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March 23 Saturday

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-1-30
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • March 23 Saturday To village to Margarita: paid 150 [pts] on account. Bought a sheepshead for Salamo. Brought back two dresses for Laura. Rosa here: had made me a white silk night shirt and a pair of red linen trousers. To sea with Salamo. The noise of water frightened him. Trebol: (bright yellow plant flower on clover stalk). Figs on carretera leafing. Road surfaced nearly to pines. Another version of the poem, now called What Then? Slept afternoon. In evening collected whistle, muzzle (too small) and lead from Fábrica. Letter from Middleditch about impossibility of getting money from Germany. First artichokes. Suggestion that Laura Carl, I and possibly Gelat should go to Germany collect & spend the money on useful non-dutiable articles. Boira
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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