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

In Collection:

• Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939

Creator

• Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

Subject

• Authors, English
• Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

Language

• eng

Date created

• February 12, 1937

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright

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

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• diaries

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-726

Fonds title

• Robert Graves collection

Fonds identifier

• SC050

Is referenced by

• Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
• Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-02-12.html

Date digitized

• July 19, 2002

Transcript

• Feb 12 Friday Still settling in. To Lugano: bought various small things: an Italian bed spread at Innovatione and cushions 13.40 [francs] in all. Tour round shops in Paradiso. Writing post cards. Got first mail. Schw & Str to housewarming. Motto for Lugano: “Visitors are begged to leave this apartment in the same condition as that in which they would wish to find it.” Christmas roses brought from Mount San Salvatore by children “ Fiores belli ” (Short story, & dear).

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.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/bsh2-s139

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