Document (#16005)

Author

Imholtz, A.A.

Title

Indexer nascitur, not fit : Lewis Carroll as indexer again

Source

Indexer. 20(1996) no.1, S.11-13

Year

1996

Abstract

The author Lewis Carroll produced humorous indexes to his late novels, childhood magazines, and to Tennyson's poem 'In Memoriam'. He also produced an indexing system for his personal correspondence. Details the procedure he followed in this letter register and reports on a study of it which shows that he employed, in embryonic form, 20th century database concepts

Theme

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