published letters
Printed personal writings
Published letters are correspondence that has been collected and made available to readers, typically after the writer's death.
The letters of notable figures—writers, artists, politicians, scientists—often appear as edited volumes revealing their private thoughts, relationships, and creative processes: The published letters of Virginia Woolf fill six volumes.
Distinguished from personal correspondence by its public availability and from epistolary fiction by being genuine communication rather than literary invention.
- diariesPersonal daily records
- personal papersIndividual's identifying records
- formal salutationsProper greeting phrases
- provenance studiesResearch into objects' origins
- memoirsWritten personal history
dear diary · private musings · handwritten notes · pen and ink · newspaper editorials · wartime correspondence · essay collections · literary criticism · opinion columns · diplomatic cables · library archives · political manifestos · revolutionary pamphlets · advocacy campaigns · rhetorical devices · community bulletins · literary estate
published lettersprivate correspondence
Confidential written communication
sealed letters · personal diaries · private papers · secret letters · family letters
published lettersoral communication
Speaking to convey information
telephone calls · rough drafts · text messages · instant messages
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