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 and Daniel Starza Smith with 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.




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