Preferred label

Secretarial notation (techniques)               

Alternative label

Scope note

Information which identifies the letter for administrative purposes, either at before the letter or sent or after it has been received. This information might include: sender, recipient, date, short summary of contents, or notes about locking and dispatching. This notation is named after an official clerical role, but can be made by anyone.  

Parent concept      

Writing manipulation        

uh-linked-data/concept/596        

Related concept                   

Secretary        

uh-linked-data/concept/463

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/461