Preferred label

Letter-opening manipulation

Alternative label

Scope note

A physical alteration to a closed letterpacket designed to gain access to its contents.        

Parent concept

Manipulation        

uh-linked-data/concept/327        

Related concept 

Material feature          

uh-linked-data/concept/332

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT       

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/220