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Dec 20 Monday

Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
Additional physical characteristics
  • The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
Physical Repository Collection
  • Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-1037
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Dec 20 Monday Heavy cold. Kept in all day. Mad letter from John Lucy. Mary in Cumberland 'phoned. Typewriter came. Prepared Chapter XXV for typing, & began going over Chapter 1. Margaret & Montague Simmonds to supper, & Honor. Settled Jenny's debts. Talk about education etc with Simmonds until midnight. Presents from Honor & Gordon R. A bottle in a silver case. L. A Davenport teapot. From Ward & Dorothy L. A lovely scarf with a bad design. R. A charming little box – yew-wood I think. Maisie wants to get John certified as insane. He is still in Ireland.
Technical note
  • 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
Rights
  • Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
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