Thurs Dec 31st 1936
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-1-682
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-31.html
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- July 19, 2002
- Thurs Dec 31st 1936 O.K. replied not graciously. Got breakfast. Mary behaved as if she were dying. J.F took swab but found no diptheria. Teeth cleaned at W.Turner's. To Selfridge shopping for Laura. Nancy came up. Lunch with Laura at Canuto's: then to Dr. Wright who talked over Jenny case & gave advice. With Nancy to Belleville (gave her the horn whistle) Nancy went off at 6 o'clock. Boil reappeared. Ordered golden bean to be engraved for Jenny in commemoration of Follow the Sun . Norman to supper. Then on to Alix & Harry's, (where sherry, coffee, games (and Moses ...) Then and Book Reviews, Grab-hanky, Three chairs) Then with sparklers to flat, & champagne New Year for all, including James & Mary with addition of Maisie and J.F. Night Custard jokes. New Year wishes remembering Deyá . Karl, first foot. Resolutions Maisie for Laura 'no smoking', me for James 'poems', James for Harry, 'don't worry about job', Mary for me “comb-drill”, Karl for Maisie “change flat”, Laura for Alix “Go big with Cheese”, me for Mary “Write the Macdonald book”, Mary for Karl “ Pas pleurer ”, Dorothy & Ward rang us up. We rang up W.N. Also the Freemans. Sent night letter to Jenny for 1937. Maisie gave me a torsoiseshell tortoiseshell gold & silver brooch, & I, her, handkerchiefs.
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
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