Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter

by Jana Dambrogio, the Unlocking History Research Group (contributor), Daniel Starza Smith

Genres: History

528 pages, Hardcover

Published March 4, 2025

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating book supported by online resources such as videos and folding diagrams. I did find it a little uneven though with some areas quickly passed over and others repeated and done to death. Considering the research is based on 250k+ items the repeated use of only a handful for illustrative examples seemed like an odd choice.
Very glad I read it but equally glad it was a library loan and not a $54 purchase.

[Ali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Valuable resource for archivists identifying and describing letter locked correspondence in archival collections. Accessibly written and I love the videos!