Unlocking History number (UH#)

UH6260 


Original 

Emily Dickinson's holograph letter to W. Austin Dickinson, Amherst, MA, May 1, 1842. Houghton Library, Harvard University, b MS 1118.4 (54). 

Two edited letter editions. 

Johnson and Ward (1958) 2 or JW2

Miller and Mitchell (2024)  2 or MM2


Model and research notes

MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 04.


Letterlocking Unique Video number(s) (LUV #s)

LUV303


Letterlocking Category number (LC #)

LC06L


Letterlocking Format number (LF #)

4RW 


Security score

Low


Assessment of Confidence in assigning LC#

Attested


Substrate

Paper


Dimensions

Opened (in mm):     255mm x 200mm  

Letterpacket (in mm): 83mm x 135mm


Manifestation

Opened


Distinctive letterlocking style(s)

Rectangle inside 

Tuck-and-seal


Instructional video(s)

LUV303 https://youtu.be/b2_K29Xqelc 


Instructional video info transcription

Forthcoming


Locking mechanism

Tuck


Security enhancements   

NA


Letterlocking category formula (shorthand)

LC6 

Fold + Tuck + Adhere 

(F + T + A)


Letterlocking manipulation sequence (shorthand)

Forthcoming



Locking instructions

Forthcoming



Images 

Forthcoming


Foldable(s)

Forthcoming


Step-by-steps 

Forthcoming


Substrate map

Forthcoming


Virtual unfolding results

NA


Manipulations

Writing: Margin folds 

Postal: NA

Opening: Tear 

Filing (Storage, Display): NA

Repair: NA


Damage

NA


Features

NA


Article(s)

NA


Book 

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.


Citation for the letter(s)

Original

Emily Dickinson's holograph letter to W. Austin Dickinson, Amherst, MA, May 1, 1842. Houghton Library, Harvard University, b MS 1118.4 (54)


Model

MIT Libraries, Unlocking History Research Group archive, MC0760, Box 04.


Video

Jana Dambrogio, Leslie Morris, Jennifer Pellecchia, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Title: "11-year-old Emily Dickinson's roll-folded locked letter to her brother, USA (May 1, 1842)." Letterlocking Instructional Videos. Unlocking History number 6260/Letterlocking Unique Video number: 303. Filmed: April 9, 2024. Duration: 3:19. Posted: May 1, 2024. URL: https://youtu.be/b2_K29Xqelc. Accessed: [Date].



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