Sept 28 Wednesday
Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
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- 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-1-1319
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1938-09-28.html
- July 19, 2002
- Sept 28 Wednesday Consternation in village at Hitler's new ultimatum to Czechs which expires at 2 pm (Then general mobilization) probably to terrorize Parliament which meets at 2.45 pm. The Levrels came to be comforted. Cats misbehaving everywhere. Sunny day. Dictionary & Swiss Ghost Juan Anita & Francisca came out: we got mushrooms. Juan behaves very sensibly. At 6 he took us in a car to listen to the wireless. Chamberlain told Parliament that Hitler had been persuaded to a 24 hour postponent while he & Deladier Daladier & Mussolini conferred with Hitler. Everyone relieved at the Hotel but our gorge rose. Fresh mobilization. orders in the village
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