Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1849-1933 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
8 sub-files (193 items)
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The items inside each thematic sub-file have been arranged in chronological order.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The majority of the documents is written in Greek and English, while some are written in French.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
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.