Unlocking History Number (UH#)

UH0110


Original

Hyde Kyle's accordion folding technique 


Model and research notes

MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 03. See also TC0003, container 97


Letterlocking Unique Video Number(s) (LUV #s) & Instructional Video(s) URL

LUV301 https://youtu.be/IrlXX0wX4o8   


Instructional video info transcription

Forthcoming


Letterlocking category Number (LC #)

LC01Z


Letterlocking format Number (LF #)

4RXW


Security score

Zero


Assessment of Confidence in assigning LC#

Attested


Substrate

Paper


Dimensions

NA


Manifestation

Opened


Distinctive letterlocking style(s)

Simple fold


Locking Mechanism

NA


Security enhancements

NA 

 

Letterlocking category formula (shorthand)

LC1 

Scroll (Sc)

Fold

(F)


Letterlocking manipulation sequence (shorthand)

Fold + fold + fold + fold +fold + fold


Locking instructions

Forthcoming


Images 

Forthcoming


Foldable(s)

Forthcoming


Step-by-steps 

Forthcoming


Substrate map

Forthcoming


Virtual unfolding results

NA


Manipulations

Writing: NA

Postal: NA 

Opening: NA

Filing (Storage, Display): NA

Repair: NA


Damage

Forthcoming


Features

NA


Article(s)

NA


Books 

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


Hedi Kyle, Ulla Warchol, The Art of the Fold: How to Make Innovative Books and Paper Structures. Laurence King Publishing: 2018.


Citation for the letter(s)

UH0110

Original 


Original and model

MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 03. See also TC0003, container 97


Video

LUV110 

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group, “Accordion Fold,” Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Unlocking History number 0110/Letterlocking Unique Video number: 0110. Filmed: October 2016. Duration: 0:47. Posted: October 2016. URL: https://youtu.be/pmJsbYKAL84 . Accessed: March 4, 2025.       


LUV301

Hedi Kyle, Ulla Warchol, Jana Dambrogio, and the Unlocking History Research Group, “Hedi Kyle’s accordion-folding technique, USA (August 8, 2023).” Unlocking History number 0110/Letterlocking Unique Video number: 301. Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Filmed: August 8, 2023. Duration: 4:24.Posted: November 6, 2023. URL: https://youtu.be/IrlXX0wX4o8. Accessed March 4, 2025.