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Title
Date(s)
- 1843-1933 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3 series, 10 files (1032 items)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The sub-fonds is divided into 3 series. ++Series Ι++ includes Cavafy's correspondence and is further divided into three sub-series with the following contents: Sub-series 1, Personal correspondence. Sub-series 2, Family correspondence. Sub-series 3, General correspondence. The personal and family correspondence are divided into incoming and outgoing. ++Series ΙΙ++ contains various items and comprises two files. The first contains diary-type texts written by the poet and the second contains various personal documents (of legal, financial, personal and family-related content as well as ephemera, printed media and works by third parties). ++Series ΙΙΙ++ comprises one file and contains the collection of photographs, divided into personal, family and photographs of third parties.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The items of the sub-fonds have been arranged thematically into series, sub-series and files, and have been placed in chronological order inside the sub-files.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The language of the documents is primarily Greek and English and secondarily French; very few items (one letter and a small number of photographs) with writing in Italian.
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Cavafy, C. P.. “PERSONAL PAPERS”. Sub-fonds, 1843-1933. GR-OF CA CA-SF02, 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/m8pd-k54e-m826.