A continuing correspondence between literature and the written hand.

Each month, Letters from the Archive begins with an essay and an invitation to read, copy, reflect, and respond by hand.

Each Archive remains open for correspondence. You may respond to the current issue or return to any earlier Archive.

Notes from the Archivist

Wearingeul The Sign of Four ink swatched on four papers: MARK'S EDiT notebook, Tomoe River card, Col-o-ring card and Hobonichi Techo page, showing silver shimmer with green, teal and violet tones.
No. 0001 The Sign of Four on Four Papers: A Swatching Study
Notes from the Archivist, No. 0001 In The Sign of the Four (1890), Arthur Conan Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes narrative, Holmes insists that once the impossible has been eliminated, whatever... Read more...