Unlocking History Concept uri

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/225


Preferred label

letterlocking category


Alternative label

categories; category; LC 


Scope note

A classification system for opened letters defined by the presence of physical manipulations (fold/roll, slit/hole, tuck, adhesive, and lock) used to transform a writing substrate into a letterpacket. category is used to assign security score to a letterpacket. 


Top concept

techniques       

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/611


Broader/Parent concept

techniques 

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/611


Related concept 

letterlocking format        

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/295


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


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