PERSONAL PAPERS
SUB-FONDS DESCRIPTION
IDENTITY AREA
3 series, 10 files (1032 items)
CONTEXT AREA
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA
The sub-fonds is divided into 3 series. Series Ι includes Cavafy’s correspondence and is further divided into three sub-series with the following contents: Sub-series 1, Personal correspondence. Sub-series 2, Family correspondence. Sub-series 3, General correspondence. The personal and family correspondence are divided into incoming and outgoing. Series ΙΙ contains various items and comprises two files. The first contains diary-type texts written by the poet and the second contains various personal documents (of legal, financial, personal and family-related content as well as ephemera, printed media and works by third parties). Series ΙΙΙ comprises one file and contains the collection of photographs, divided into personal, family and photographs of third parties.
The items of the sub-fonds have been arranged thematically into series, sub-series and files, and have been placed in chronological order inside the sub-files.
CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA
The language of the documents is primarily Greek and English and secondarily French; very few items (one letter and a small number of photographs) with writing in Italian.