Tuesday Dec 22
Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- In Collection:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-672
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-22.html
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- July 19, 2002
- Tuesday Dec 22 To J.F. for injection. Bought pair 1750 candle sticks, London pewter with round bases & octagonal flaps: £2. Proofs. Sent off telegrams to Cochran etc for Jenny. On way to Jenny's, met P.M. in hall who gave me watch, said nothing. Addressed to me, no note inside. This made Jenny silent. Bought more Xmas cards & things. Apples from Mr. Neale. Marguerite & her husband (insurance chap) came & brought cake & pudding. Joyce came and brought picture Return from School. I bought old Bristol glass marbles 2d each & more Chinese ones, also glass picture of sportsmen for Honor 5/-, and 18th inlaid easel for John 5/-. With Len & Karl & Joyce to eat at Guy's Snack Bar: then to see propaganda (Montague) Defence of Madrid film at Besant Hall. Proofs until 2.30.
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
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