Personal notes

GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF004

SUB-FILE DESCRIPTION

IDENTITY AREA

REFERENCE CODE:
Records the unique identifier that has been appointed to the unit of description by the archivists, in order to facilitate references made to the fonds on an international level.
GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25-SF004
TITLE:
Records the name of the unit of description.
Personal notes
DATE(S):
Identifies the date of creation of the unit of description.
1893-1933
LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION:
Identifies the level of arrangement of the unit of description (fonds, sub-fonds, series, sub-series, file, sub-file, item).
Sub-file
EXTENT AND MEDIUM:
Records the extent of the unit of description. In case of an item description, it records the exact dimensions of the item.

57 items

CONTEXT AREA

NAME OF CREATOR(S):
Identifies the author or the creator of the unit of description.

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

SCOPE AND CONTENT:
Provides a summary of the scope (such as, time periods, geography) and content of the unit of description.

Personal notes by Cavafy on various subjects. They include notes recording his engagement in gambling; lists of personal and household items and garments; notes on household chores; notes of confessional nature, related to the poet’s personal and love life; the notes through which the poet communicated during the last period of his life, when he was unable to speak due to his illness; notes containing the poet’s thoughts on his life and his art as well as others, related to friends and relatives. Finally, two handwritten lists with titles of printed media (which he, most προβαβλυ, had in his possession). Twenty-three of the items are dated.

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA

LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT NOTES:
Identifies the language(s) and script(s) employed in the unit of description.

English and Greek mainly; very few documents in French.

Metadata in machine-readable format

PERSONAL PAPERS
Miscellanea
Various personal documents
Personal notes
Sub-file SF001 - Legal documents
Sub-file SF002 - Genealogical data
Sub-file SF003 - Notes on financial matters
Sub-file SF005 - Various family documents
Sub-file SF006 - Ephemera
Sub-file SF007 - Press and printed documents
Sub-file SF008 - Works by others