Unlocking History Concept uri
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/298
Preferred label
letterlocking manipulation (features)
Alternative label
unintentional damage
Scope note
A physical alteration performed on a writing substrate in order to turn it into a letterpacket and secure it shut. Manipulations include:
fold/roll
tuck
slit/hole
adhere
lock – further subdivided into
lock-other substrate (lock-O)
lock-same substrate, attached (lock-SA), and
lock-same substrate, unattached (lock-SU).
Top concept
features
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/605
Broader/Parent concept
manipulation
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/327
Related concept
document locking manipulation
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/107
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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