File F25 - Various personal documents

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GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25

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Various personal documents

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  • 1849-1933 (Creation)

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8 sub-files (193 items)

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Sub-file 1 contains documents of legal nature. Sub-file 2 contains manuscripts regarding the poet's family and its members, covering the period from the 18th century to the times of C. P. Cavafy; it also includes family trees. Sub-file 3 contains notes of financial content, pertaining to Cavafy and written by himself. Sub-file 4 includes handwritten notes by Cavafy, of personal nature. Sub-file 5 contains items pertaining to the poet's immediate family. Sub-file 6 contains ephemera (business cards, theatre programmes, etc.). Sub-file 7 contains printed media (newspapers and journals) and Press clippings. Sub-file 8 contains works by third parties.

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The items inside each thematic sub-file have been arranged in chronological order.

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      The majority of the documents is written in Greek and English, while some are written in French.

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      Cavafy Archive. “Various personal documents”. File, 1849-1933. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S02-F25, Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://cavafy.onassis.org/object/3e4t-kmn5-at5d.

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