Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 14/5/1897 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
20.5 x 13.5 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Handwritten letter by Charikleia Cavafy to her sons, John and Constantine Cavafy, on all sides of the four-pager. The two brothers had recently embarked on their trip to Paris and London. Brief reference to the situation in Greece; social and family news from Alexandria. Accompanied by an envelope with John’s details.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Greek
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Physical item wear: oxidations, small tears and holes on the folding point.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Cavafy (Fotiadi), Charikleia. “Letter by Ch. Cavafy to John and C. P. Cavafy”. Letter, 14.05.1897. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF003-0011a (1892), 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://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS02-F20-SF003-0011a.
Alternative identifier(s)
Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Cavafy (Fotiadi), Charikleia (Authority)
- Anastasiadis, Pericles A. (Subject)
- Vallis, Konstantinos (Kostis) (Subject)
- Moss, Robert Johnson (Subject)
- Rodocanachi, (?) (Subject)
- Cavafy, Alexandros P. (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
- Cavafy, John Constantine (Subject)
- Cavafy, Paul (Subject)
- Steinschneider, Luigi (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
The physical item belongs to the materials from C. P. Cavafy and John Cavafy’s trip to France and England (Sub-fonds SF02, series S02, file F25, sub-file SF009). The item remains in its original classification so as to ensure the integrity of the existing classification scheme.