Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection
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The Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection is comprised of works created by authors associated with modernism, a literary movement with contested dates, but largely regarded as taking place between 1910 and 1940. Authors featured here include Mary Butts (1890-1937), Robert Graves (1895-1985), James Joyce (1882-1941), Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), and Ezra Pound (1885-1972), as well as writers who produced work following WWII, such as Aidan Higgins (1927-2015), identified as late modernists or influenced by modernism.
Intellectuals and artists affiliated with parallel movements in other disciplines during the same period, such as modern art, are also found in this collection, as seen in the correspondence of Herbert Read (1893-1968) and photography of Gisèle Freund (1908-2000).
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- Items 3049
- Last Updated 2024-07-31
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Works (3033)
1261. Aug 3 Tuesday
- Title:
- Aug 3 Tuesday
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-03
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-898
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-03.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Aug 3 Tuesday Norman went off. Very hot weather, starting with a mist. Finished going over L's typescript. 4 pages Belisarius , chapter 3. 2 arrows feathered: missed a rabbit by a mere paw's breadth. Putting with Laura & Karl on the lawn. Have regained marble superiority over Harry temporarily. Went over checkings of L's introduction to Letter book until late.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1262. Aug 4th Wednesday.
- Title:
- Aug 4th Wednesday.
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-04
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-899
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-04.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Aug 4th Wednesday. To Cranleigh to dentist: no more now for some weeks. Bought a Bible – & – Concordance for 6d . Feathered another arrow: broke an arrow. Further close shots and arrows more under control. 13 pages of Belisarius , chapter 3. Ball games on lawn with Laura; Harry, Karl. Very hot weather. Laura at work on Letter book .
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1263. Aug 5 Thursday
- Title:
- Aug 5 Thursday
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-05
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-900
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-05.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Aug 5 Thursday Really hot day. Finished draft of chapter 3 of Belisarius (31 pages) and going over it. Laura on Letter book . Stalking rabbits in second field: got eight shots in. Honor came for the night: has resigned her job at the London Press Exchange as from the 17th.* Alix to Reading about the bacteriological problem in Yorkshire where tubercular germs have defied pasteurizing of milk. * was persuaded to resume it.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1264. Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Title:
- Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-05
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-900
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-05_01_enc.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Enclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson Curzon House Club, Mayfair, W.1. Mayfair 0164 (4 Lines) Bank Holiday Sunday Dear Robert, It has been difficult to answer your letter until I had got another job and knew the answers to your questions. I wrote a covering letter but lost it in the interval – which was a shame because it was quite a good letter – but still – it can't be helped! So I will head the answers:– HEALTH There has been positively no reoccurance recurrance of former troubles (according to Greene Armytage) I had a swelling of one 'ovary' which might have been taken for apendix appendix (as it was by the other doctor) for which I has had a series of injections given me by Dr Barber (of pleurisy fame). I also had severe lumbago for which I had Ultra Violet light and the same cure was given for my spots (which got worse) by the same doctor. I am now very well indeed and getting a lot better for my big campaign against permanent 'ill-health' which I think I've won. Roz does not seem to come into it. I did not know that she was to be my 'general-doctor' for 6 months – it would be better if in future these things were made quite clear to me and not thrown at me afterwards (Peggy Graves did this). You knew my reason for going to Doctor Howard as I told you in hospital – on thinking it over after my holiday I returned to G.A. and was glad I did. I wrote a nice honest letter to Roz afterwards which she showed to everybody saying it neausiated nauseated her – I'm sorry about that. I also forgot to say that I was coughing terribly and it was painful and I went back to my other X-ray man in a fear of tuberculosis but was okayed. E CARREER 'Paganini' is finished. I have resolved to either do 'straight-work' or stick-out for parts in musical plays and anyway refuse to work in anothe another chorus under £6 or £8 per week. Am at present working in the Trocodera Cochran Cabaret for a few weeks while a girl is on holiday to fill in time and to keep me in London while getting another job. MONEY I was put back a week's rentby being in Cornwall and not earning anything and since then I have missed at least two performances a week from either bad reactions to bad injections or lumbago or coughing (14/6 per performance). So paying you back so far has been impossible (would you rather I stole it to win my 'test-case['] because thats that's all I could have done) As for debts I owe my tailor £9 photographers £5 doctors £? Thats all but its quite enough. I am now earning £5. I am living here while Peggy is in Cannes and while they have put the prices down for August – I live here for 2quid a week breakfast included. I was not turned out of 48 Gloucester I don't know why you should have thought so – I shall probably go back but Peggy dosn't doesn't want to. FRIENDS & ENEMIES I have any amount of acquaintances and any amount of people I know really well. I know a very few people really well and like. But a friend I must trust and a friend must trust me so I have no friends. The sort of people I know are very varried varied as the places I meet people are varied – but I am liked by most people and have very few enemies like Sarah. I have a few friends I can trust now I come to think of it. Robert Bristow and Mother & Anne & David but thats that's all as you won't trust me (or perhaps you do and are a friend – and Laura too – how nice that would be.[)] Was there anything else – I wonder? I don't think so. I have persauded persuaded everyone that my Cornwall holiday was very chaperoned thank you for doing the same. I am sorry about mails but we took much longer sailing to Southampton than we thought. I am most awfully glad you are better and I hope you are alright in every way. Love to Laura. Best Love Jenny x x x x x
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1265. Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Title:
- Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-05
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-900
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-05_01_enc.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Enclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson Curzon House Club, Mayfair, W.1. Mayfair 0164 (4 Lines) Bank Holiday Sunday Dear Robert, It has been difficult to answer your letter until I had got another job and knew the answers to your questions. I wrote a covering letter but lost it in the interval – which was a shame because it was quite a good letter – but still – it can't be helped! So I will head the answers:– HEALTH There has been positively no reoccurance recurrance of former troubles (according to Greene Armytage) I had a swelling of one 'ovary' which might have been taken for apendix appendix (as it was by the other doctor) for which I has had a series of injections given me by Dr Barber (of pleurisy fame). I also had severe lumbago for which I had Ultra Violet light and the same cure was given for my spots (which got worse) by the same doctor. I am now very well indeed and getting a lot better for my big campaign against permanent 'ill-health' which I think I've won. Roz does not seem to come into it. I did not know that she was to be my 'general-doctor' for 6 months – it would be better if in future these things were made quite clear to me and not thrown at me afterwards (Peggy Graves did this). You knew my reason for going to Doctor Howard as I told you in hospital – on thinking it over after my holiday I returned to G.A. and was glad I did. I wrote a nice honest letter to Roz afterwards which she showed to everybody saying it neausiated nauseated her – I'm sorry about that. I also forgot to say that I was coughing terribly and it was painful and I went back to my other X-ray man in a fear of tuberculosis but was okayed. E CARREER 'Paganini' is finished. I have resolved to either do 'straight-work' or stick-out for parts in musical plays and anyway refuse to work in anothe another chorus under £6 or £8 per week. Am at present working in the Trocodera Cochran Cabaret for a few weeks while a girl is on holiday to fill in time and to keep me in London while getting another job. MONEY I was put back a week's rentby being in Cornwall and not earning anything and since then I have missed at least two performances a week from either bad reactions to bad injections or lumbago or coughing (14/6 per performance). So paying you back so far has been impossible (would you rather I stole it to win my 'test-case['] because thats that's all I could have done) As for debts I owe my tailor £9 photographers £5 doctors £? Thats all but its quite enough. I am now earning £5. I am living here while Peggy is in Cannes and while they have put the prices down for August – I live here for 2quid a week breakfast included. I was not turned out of 48 Gloucester I don't know why you should have thought so – I shall probably go back but Peggy dosn't doesn't want to. FRIENDS & ENEMIES I have any amount of acquaintances and any amount of people I know really well. I know a very few people really well and like. But a friend I must trust and a friend must trust me so I have no friends. The sort of people I know are very varried varied as the places I meet people are varied – but I am liked by most people and have very few enemies like Sarah. I have a few friends I can trust now I come to think of it. Robert Bristow and Mother & Anne & David but thats that's all as you won't trust me (or perhaps you do and are a friend – and Laura too – how nice that would be.[)] Was there anything else – I wonder? I don't think so. I have persauded persuaded everyone that my Cornwall holiday was very chaperoned thank you for doing the same. I am sorry about mails but we took much longer sailing to Southampton than we thought. I am most awfully glad you are better and I hope you are alright in every way. Love to Laura. Best Love Jenny x x x x x
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1266. Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Title:
- Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-05
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-900
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-05_01_enc.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Enclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson Curzon House Club, Mayfair, W.1. Mayfair 0164 (4 Lines) Bank Holiday Sunday Dear Robert, It has been difficult to answer your letter until I had got another job and knew the answers to your questions. I wrote a covering letter but lost it in the interval – which was a shame because it was quite a good letter – but still – it can't be helped! So I will head the answers:– HEALTH There has been positively no reoccurance recurrance of former troubles (according to Greene Armytage) I had a swelling of one 'ovary' which might have been taken for apendix appendix (as it was by the other doctor) for which I has had a series of injections given me by Dr Barber (of pleurisy fame). I also had severe lumbago for which I had Ultra Violet light and the same cure was given for my spots (which got worse) by the same doctor. I am now very well indeed and getting a lot better for my big campaign against permanent 'ill-health' which I think I've won. Roz does not seem to come into it. I did not know that she was to be my 'general-doctor' for 6 months – it would be better if in future these things were made quite clear to me and not thrown at me afterwards (Peggy Graves did this). You knew my reason for going to Doctor Howard as I told you in hospital – on thinking it over after my holiday I returned to G.A. and was glad I did. I wrote a nice honest letter to Roz afterwards which she showed to everybody saying it neausiated nauseated her – I'm sorry about that. I also forgot to say that I was coughing terribly and it was painful and I went back to my other X-ray man in a fear of tuberculosis but was okayed. E CARREER 'Paganini' is finished. I have resolved to either do 'straight-work' or stick-out for parts in musical plays and anyway refuse to work in anothe another chorus under £6 or £8 per week. Am at present working in the Trocodera Cochran Cabaret for a few weeks while a girl is on holiday to fill in time and to keep me in London while getting another job. MONEY I was put back a week's rentby being in Cornwall and not earning anything and since then I have missed at least two performances a week from either bad reactions to bad injections or lumbago or coughing (14/6 per performance). So paying you back so far has been impossible (would you rather I stole it to win my 'test-case['] because thats that's all I could have done) As for debts I owe my tailor £9 photographers £5 doctors £? Thats all but its quite enough. I am now earning £5. I am living here while Peggy is in Cannes and while they have put the prices down for August – I live here for 2quid a week breakfast included. I was not turned out of 48 Gloucester I don't know why you should have thought so – I shall probably go back but Peggy dosn't doesn't want to. FRIENDS & ENEMIES I have any amount of acquaintances and any amount of people I know really well. I know a very few people really well and like. But a friend I must trust and a friend must trust me so I have no friends. The sort of people I know are very varried varied as the places I meet people are varied – but I am liked by most people and have very few enemies like Sarah. I have a few friends I can trust now I come to think of it. Robert Bristow and Mother & Anne & David but thats that's all as you won't trust me (or perhaps you do and are a friend – and Laura too – how nice that would be.[)] Was there anything else – I wonder? I don't think so. I have persauded persuaded everyone that my Cornwall holiday was very chaperoned thank you for doing the same. I am sorry about mails but we took much longer sailing to Southampton than we thought. I am most awfully glad you are better and I hope you are alright in every way. Love to Laura. Best Love Jenny x x x x x
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1267. Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Title:
- Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-05
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-900
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-05_01_enc.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Enclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson Curzon House Club, Mayfair, W.1. Mayfair 0164 (4 Lines) Bank Holiday Sunday Dear Robert, It has been difficult to answer your letter until I had got another job and knew the answers to your questions. I wrote a covering letter but lost it in the interval – which was a shame because it was quite a good letter – but still – it can't be helped! So I will head the answers:– HEALTH There has been positively no reoccurance recurrance of former troubles (according to Greene Armytage) I had a swelling of one 'ovary' which might have been taken for apendix appendix (as it was by the other doctor) for which I has had a series of injections given me by Dr Barber (of pleurisy fame). I also had severe lumbago for which I had Ultra Violet light and the same cure was given for my spots (which got worse) by the same doctor. I am now very well indeed and getting a lot better for my big campaign against permanent 'ill-health' which I think I've won. Roz does not seem to come into it. I did not know that she was to be my 'general-doctor' for 6 months – it would be better if in future these things were made quite clear to me and not thrown at me afterwards (Peggy Graves did this). You knew my reason for going to Doctor Howard as I told you in hospital – on thinking it over after my holiday I returned to G.A. and was glad I did. I wrote a nice honest letter to Roz afterwards which she showed to everybody saying it neausiated nauseated her – I'm sorry about that. I also forgot to say that I was coughing terribly and it was painful and I went back to my other X-ray man in a fear of tuberculosis but was okayed. E CARREER 'Paganini' is finished. I have resolved to either do 'straight-work' or stick-out for parts in musical plays and anyway refuse to work in anothe another chorus under £6 or £8 per week. Am at present working in the Trocodera Cochran Cabaret for a few weeks while a girl is on holiday to fill in time and to keep me in London while getting another job. MONEY I was put back a week's rentby being in Cornwall and not earning anything and since then I have missed at least two performances a week from either bad reactions to bad injections or lumbago or coughing (14/6 per performance). So paying you back so far has been impossible (would you rather I stole it to win my 'test-case['] because thats that's all I could have done) As for debts I owe my tailor £9 photographers £5 doctors £? Thats all but its quite enough. I am now earning £5. I am living here while Peggy is in Cannes and while they have put the prices down for August – I live here for 2quid a week breakfast included. I was not turned out of 48 Gloucester I don't know why you should have thought so – I shall probably go back but Peggy dosn't doesn't want to. FRIENDS & ENEMIES I have any amount of acquaintances and any amount of people I know really well. I know a very few people really well and like. But a friend I must trust and a friend must trust me so I have no friends. The sort of people I know are very varried varied as the places I meet people are varied – but I am liked by most people and have very few enemies like Sarah. I have a few friends I can trust now I come to think of it. Robert Bristow and Mother & Anne & David but thats that's all as you won't trust me (or perhaps you do and are a friend – and Laura too – how nice that would be.[)] Was there anything else – I wonder? I don't think so. I have persauded persuaded everyone that my Cornwall holiday was very chaperoned thank you for doing the same. I am sorry about mails but we took much longer sailing to Southampton than we thought. I am most awfully glad you are better and I hope you are alright in every way. Love to Laura. Best Love Jenny x x x x x
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1268. Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Title:
- Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-05
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-900
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-05_01_enc.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Enclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson Curzon House Club, Mayfair, W.1. Mayfair 0164 (4 Lines) Bank Holiday Sunday Dear Robert, It has been difficult to answer your letter until I had got another job and knew the answers to your questions. I wrote a covering letter but lost it in the interval – which was a shame because it was quite a good letter – but still – it can't be helped! So I will head the answers:– HEALTH There has been positively no reoccurance recurrance of former troubles (according to Greene Armytage) I had a swelling of one 'ovary' which might have been taken for apendix appendix (as it was by the other doctor) for which I has had a series of injections given me by Dr Barber (of pleurisy fame). I also had severe lumbago for which I had Ultra Violet light and the same cure was given for my spots (which got worse) by the same doctor. I am now very well indeed and getting a lot better for my big campaign against permanent 'ill-health' which I think I've won. Roz does not seem to come into it. I did not know that she was to be my 'general-doctor' for 6 months – it would be better if in future these things were made quite clear to me and not thrown at me afterwards (Peggy Graves did this). You knew my reason for going to Doctor Howard as I told you in hospital – on thinking it over after my holiday I returned to G.A. and was glad I did. I wrote a nice honest letter to Roz afterwards which she showed to everybody saying it neausiated nauseated her – I'm sorry about that. I also forgot to say that I was coughing terribly and it was painful and I went back to my other X-ray man in a fear of tuberculosis but was okayed. E CARREER 'Paganini' is finished. I have resolved to either do 'straight-work' or stick-out for parts in musical plays and anyway refuse to work in anothe another chorus under £6 or £8 per week. Am at present working in the Trocodera Cochran Cabaret for a few weeks while a girl is on holiday to fill in time and to keep me in London while getting another job. MONEY I was put back a week's rentby being in Cornwall and not earning anything and since then I have missed at least two performances a week from either bad reactions to bad injections or lumbago or coughing (14/6 per performance). So paying you back so far has been impossible (would you rather I stole it to win my 'test-case['] because thats that's all I could have done) As for debts I owe my tailor £9 photographers £5 doctors £? Thats all but its quite enough. I am now earning £5. I am living here while Peggy is in Cannes and while they have put the prices down for August – I live here for 2quid a week breakfast included. I was not turned out of 48 Gloucester I don't know why you should have thought so – I shall probably go back but Peggy dosn't doesn't want to. FRIENDS & ENEMIES I have any amount of acquaintances and any amount of people I know really well. I know a very few people really well and like. But a friend I must trust and a friend must trust me so I have no friends. The sort of people I know are very varried varied as the places I meet people are varied – but I am liked by most people and have very few enemies like Sarah. I have a few friends I can trust now I come to think of it. Robert Bristow and Mother & Anne & David but thats that's all as you won't trust me (or perhaps you do and are a friend – and Laura too – how nice that would be.[)] Was there anything else – I wonder? I don't think so. I have persauded persuaded everyone that my Cornwall holiday was very chaperoned thank you for doing the same. I am sorry about mails but we took much longer sailing to Southampton than we thought. I am most awfully glad you are better and I hope you are alright in every way. Love to Laura. Best Love Jenny x x x x x
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1269. Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Title:
- Bank Holiday SundayEnclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-05
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-900
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-05_01_enc.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Enclosure – Letter to RG from Jenny Nicholson Curzon House Club, Mayfair, W.1. Mayfair 0164 (4 Lines) Bank Holiday Sunday Dear Robert, It has been difficult to answer your letter until I had got another job and knew the answers to your questions. I wrote a covering letter but lost it in the interval – which was a shame because it was quite a good letter – but still – it can't be helped! So I will head the answers:– HEALTH There has been positively no reoccurance recurrance of former troubles (according to Greene Armytage) I had a swelling of one 'ovary' which might have been taken for apendix appendix (as it was by the other doctor) for which I has had a series of injections given me by Dr Barber (of pleurisy fame). I also had severe lumbago for which I had Ultra Violet light and the same cure was given for my spots (which got worse) by the same doctor. I am now very well indeed and getting a lot better for my big campaign against permanent 'ill-health' which I think I've won. Roz does not seem to come into it. I did not know that she was to be my 'general-doctor' for 6 months – it would be better if in future these things were made quite clear to me and not thrown at me afterwards (Peggy Graves did this). You knew my reason for going to Doctor Howard as I told you in hospital – on thinking it over after my holiday I returned to G.A. and was glad I did. I wrote a nice honest letter to Roz afterwards which she showed to everybody saying it neausiated nauseated her – I'm sorry about that. I also forgot to say that I was coughing terribly and it was painful and I went back to my other X-ray man in a fear of tuberculosis but was okayed. E CARREER 'Paganini' is finished. I have resolved to either do 'straight-work' or stick-out for parts in musical plays and anyway refuse to work in anothe another chorus under £6 or £8 per week. Am at present working in the Trocodera Cochran Cabaret for a few weeks while a girl is on holiday to fill in time and to keep me in London while getting another job. MONEY I was put back a week's rentby being in Cornwall and not earning anything and since then I have missed at least two performances a week from either bad reactions to bad injections or lumbago or coughing (14/6 per performance). So paying you back so far has been impossible (would you rather I stole it to win my 'test-case['] because thats that's all I could have done) As for debts I owe my tailor £9 photographers £5 doctors £? Thats all but its quite enough. I am now earning £5. I am living here while Peggy is in Cannes and while they have put the prices down for August – I live here for 2quid a week breakfast included. I was not turned out of 48 Gloucester I don't know why you should have thought so – I shall probably go back but Peggy dosn't doesn't want to. FRIENDS & ENEMIES I have any amount of acquaintances and any amount of people I know really well. I know a very few people really well and like. But a friend I must trust and a friend must trust me so I have no friends. The sort of people I know are very varried varied as the places I meet people are varied – but I am liked by most people and have very few enemies like Sarah. I have a few friends I can trust now I come to think of it. Robert Bristow and Mother & Anne & David but thats that's all as you won't trust me (or perhaps you do and are a friend – and Laura too – how nice that would be.[)] Was there anything else – I wonder? I don't think so. I have persauded persuaded everyone that my Cornwall holiday was very chaperoned thank you for doing the same. I am sorry about mails but we took much longer sailing to Southampton than we thought. I am most awfully glad you are better and I hope you are alright in every way. Love to Laura. Best Love Jenny x x x x x
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1270. Aug 6th, Friday.
- Title:
- Aug 6th, Friday.
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1937-08-06
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- 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-1-901
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-08-06.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Aug 6th, Friday. Answered Jenny's's letter: will pay her doctor's bills, & work out an anti-debt plan: paid her 2 forfeits. Finished Belisarius chapter3, the going over. Reading for chapter 4 & asking Alan to look up points about C'ple. The rabbits are gowing shyer. and avoid coming remaining within bowshot. I hunt them in neighbouring fields. A very hot day: 86[°] in the shade
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.