Preferred label

Letterlocking manipulation        

Alternative label

Unintentional damage; Fold to lock

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 

  • adhere 

  • slit/hole 

  • lock – further subdivided into lock-O, lock-SA, and lock-SU.

Parent concept

Manipulation       

uh-linked-data/concept/327        

Related concept                                                     

Locking instructions        

uh-linked-data/concept/318

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/298