Unlocking History Concept uri
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/599
Preferred label
letterlocking manipulation (techniques)
Alternative label
fold to lock
Scope note
A technique involving one or more physical alterations 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-other substrate (lock-O), lock-same substrate, attached (lock-SA), and lock-same substrate, unattached (lock-SU).
Top concept
techniques
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/611
Broader/Parent concept
manipulation
https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/327
Related concept
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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