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Handmade folder with the annotations "Dictionary 9" and "Tro-Hav". Pieces of paper and print clippings with notes and quotes for the Dictionary. It includes the entries "Tsakro-Havia". Quotes from various bibliographical sources below each entry. The title and author of each work are cited and often the place of publication and the publishing house.

Handwritten list for the distribution of the 1908-14 Collection consisting of four cut small-sized sheets initially folded in bifolios and with notes on both sides as well as of one folded sheet with notes on both sides. The names of individuals are recorded chronollogically (1920-1926); next to the names is the number of issues sent to each of them as well as notes by Cavafy regarding the person who mediates for the acquisition of the issue or who will be the final recipient. An the top of the list it is stated that the distribution started in April 1920. The total of issues distributed is recorded at the end of each page and then it is carried forward to the top of the next one.

Handwritten list for the distribution of the 1915 onwards Collection consisting of five sheets of paper, initially folded in bifolios, with notes on both sides, except for the last one which bears notes only on one. The names of individuals are recorded in chronological order (1920-1926); next to the names is the number of issues sent to each of them as well as notes by Cavafy regarding the person who mediates for the acquisition of the issue or who will be the final recipient. At the top of the list it is stated that the distribution started in August 1920. The total of issues distributed is recorded at the end of each page and then it is carried forward to the top of the next one.

Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy to [Alekos Singopoulo] on both sides of a sheet. The poet advises Singopoulo to benefit from the trip to Athens and conveys personal and social news from Alexandria. He sends his regards to authors of Athens.

Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy to Rica [Singopoulo] on both sides of a ruled sheet. Cavafy comments on the social activity of the Singopoulos in Athens. Moreover, he gives instructions on how copies of his poetry collection should be distributed.

Four copies of a printed invitation to a lecture by Alekos Singopoulo on the subject of his contemporary Greek poets, among whom Cavafy.

Four-page programme of lectures by Mme Barthe (Josephine Barthe d'Yvermont) in the Apollo Theatre of Athens. The lectures are on modern Greek poetry and the Greek origins of certain cities in France. Advertisement of the journal Nea Techni on the last page. Cavafy is included among the authors presented.

Handwritten letter by Cavafy to Alekos [Singopoulo] on both sides of a sheet. The poet advises Singopoulo to benefit from the trip to Athens and conveys personal and social news from Alexandria. He sends his regards to authors in Athens.

Handwritten letter by Cavafy to Rica [Singopoulo] on both sides of a ruled sheet. The poet comments on the social activity of the Singopoulos in Athens. Moreover, he gives instructions on how copies of his poetry collection should be distributed.

Handwritten letter by Marios Vaianos to Cavafy in a bifolio, accompanied by the printed programme of the lectures in the "Apollo" theatre of Athens. Reference to an event which included a lecture by J. Barthe D'Yvermont and recitation of poems by Cavafy ("In the Month of Hathor", "Tomb of Iases", etc.) as well as a publication in the newspaper Proia. Rubber stamp of the Hellenic Navy Pension Fund, as the logo, at the top of the first page. (Athens)

Handwritten letter by Polyxeni Dimara to Cavafy. The author asks to be sent a poetry collection of his and informs him that she is sending him a volume by I. Gryparis (Skaravaioi kai terrakotes), which she has illustrated herself. Small photo affixed at the top right of the recto. (Athens)

Handwritten letter by Polys Modinos to Cavafy in three sheets, with notes to the recto of the last. References to Hubert Pernot –Modinos urges Cavafy to write to him–, to J. Kefalinos, K. Varnalis –for whom there are comments on his personal opinion on K. Palamas– as well as to a poet who wrote a sonnet dedicated to Cavafy and intends to visit him in Alexandria. Extended reference to Miltos Kountouras and the opinion he expressed regarding Cavafy's poetry as well as to Psichari. The sheets are numbered (2, 3). Handwritten note in pencil ("Modinos"). at the end of the text, below the sender's name (Polys). (Paris)

Four-page programme of a musical and literary charity event organised by the journal Grammata of Alexandria, in the hall of the "Aeschylus-Arion" association. The programme includes poem recitation (including "Voices" by Cavafy) and presentation of music works.

Handwritten notes on both sides of a piece of paper, in a handwriting other than Cavafy's (most probably Rica Singopoulo's). List of names of authors and intellectuals.

Handwritten list of names of authors and intellectuals on both sides of a small piece of paper, not by the poet (it is probably written by Giannis Saregiannis).

Handwriten notes on eight sheets of a notebook (most of which with text on both sides) as well as on one side of four small-size loose sheets. It is a record of thoughts, criticisms and episodes from Cavafy's life with date indications covering the period 28 March 1926-16 April 1930. Reference to the Grammata publishing house, to the journals Libre, Nea Zoi, Nea Techni, Panathinaia, Alexandrini Techni, Nea Epitheorisi and La Semaine égyptienne, to the newspapers I Proia, Tachydromos of Alexandria, Ethnos and The Times as well as to the Delphic Festival, the Nobel Prize, the work I politeia kai i monaxia by K. Palamas, the study O Palamas filosofos by D. Vezanis, the poem "Tragoudi gia tin Eleni" by S. Skipis and the books Skepsi kai zoi by A. Panagiotatou and [Ta gynaikeia pathi.] Afrodisia nosimata by A. Syngelakis. Eftychia Zelita is mentioned as having written down the notes. There is, however, a second handwritng, which is probably that of Makis Antaios, a person who appears to be reproducing the specific episodes.

Handwritten notes by Cavafy on three sheets and on the verso of a printed letter of the Société française de Bienfaisance, signed by the French consul Pierre Girad, which also includes a handwritten note by Paul Cavafy. Every page is numbered in Greek, "α'" to "στ'", at top left. Quotes from poems and references to pages and volumes (Α'-Ε', Η') of a publication with no further details.

Handmade paperboard folder with the handwritten note "Remarks on the repeated identical syllables in our language". The handwriting is not the poet's (it is most likely Rica Singopoulo's). The folder contains handwritten notes by Cavafy on nine sheets, four double sheet notepapers and two printed broadsheets. Quotes from poems by Palamas, Nirvanas, Solomos, Gryparis etc, as well as from folk songs and prose texts. Bibliographical references. The two broadsheets, bearing the same fragment of a poem by Cavafy, were printed in 1920. Also, reference to a 1925 print.

Handwritten notes on nine sheets forming a homemade notepad. Linguistic remarks. Quotes from poems by Palamas, Drosinis, Krystallis, Valaoritis, etc. Bibliographical references to publications and journals of the period 1903-1908. Press clipping from the newspaper Astrapi (1904), with a poem by Achillefs Venetas. Abbreviations. Handmade paperboard folder, entitled "Linguistics of C. P. Cavafy", in a handwriting other than Cavafy's (most likely Rica Singopoulo's).

Manuscript by Alekos Singopoulo on the recto of 43 sheets and papers of various sizes. Blank verso. Page numbering 1 to 44, corrected on some of the pages. Pages 25-28 are missing, as well as the end of the text. The papers include: clipping from the newspaper Nea Zoi (1912) with poems by Malakasis and Ugo Foscolo, pp. 153-154; clipping from an issue of the O Noumas (1920) with fragment of a poem; the poem "Ithaca", printed on two sheets in 1917; printed broadsheet with Cavafy's poem "Dangerous" (1919). Singopoulo's text is preceded by an unnumbered sheet with the poem "Fthinoporini Fysi". This is the text of a lecture delivered by Singopoulo on 10/6/1920 at the hall of the Greek Secondary School Alumni Association (of the Averoff Secondary School and the Salvageios School of Commerce), on the work by seven Modern Greek poets.