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Aug 2nd Sunday

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-1-529
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Aug 2nd Sunday At 2 o'clock. Lindo Webb ex-consul told us we our last chance to go was this evening by a destroyer from Los Pinos, Palma. One suitcase each. We had just had lunch. Packed hurriedly and at random. Gelat came & undertook to do everything. He said 'sin verguenzas' and wept. Magdalena & Medora came. Antonia and her husband to sleep at Can Torrent, and look after Alice & Nicholas. Gelat took keys, will keep everything for us, “don't worry” , will take Solomon for walks. Everyone weeping as we went off. Skirted Palma – saw broken windows no other damage. Today 60 bombs dropped. Soldiers lounging about. Growing beards already. Letters for Schw & Str. who stay at Deyá to forward to Nickel & Emmi's sister. Forgot to excuse ourself to tea with the Junyers. Short confident Fascists will soon win. Saward examined passports at English tea room.
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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