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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Collection Details
- Items 3049
- Last Updated 2024-07-31
Subcollections (15)
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Works (3033)
791. June 15th Monday.
- Title:
- June 15th Monday.
- 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:
- 1936-06-15
- 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-1-480
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-06-15.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- June 15th Monday. Absurd heavy drenching rain. Did some more work on Poetry and Politics . Checked Laura's Drama notes. Letter from H.S. announcing that instead of recovering $1000 on income tax I must refund $1186 surtax! A. Hodge is coming. Laura went over Antigua first 40 pages in an hour. Laura to Alice who turned up her nose at bread: “When I was a cat I always ate bread!” Only drizzle in afternoon (went to Can Gelat where vine has been tied up) but heavy rain in evening. Orange balls at their best, and tamarisk. Antigua to page 66 at night: rather sticky part.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
792. June 16 Tuesday.
- Title:
- June 16 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:
- 1936-06-16
- 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-1-481
- 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_1936-06-16.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- June 16 Tuesday. Absurd drenching rain all night. In morning Alice who has had a war with Solomon for months brought her kitten, drowned, into his kennel as if either to reproach him for being the cause of its having to be kept away from the house, or (more likely) to blame to make us think its death was due to his violence. He got greatly excited over the corpse but did not maul it. Alice is pregnant again, too. The other side's lawyer has put in a sick-certificate at the trial today, to tide over the Boy trouble. Unexpected £30 from Albatross and ditto ex gratia from Cape for L.&.A 2/- edition. Wrote to Cape : about limited edition.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
793. June 17 Wednesday.
- Title:
- June 17 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:
- 1936-06-17
- 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-1-482
- 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_1936-06-17.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- June 17 Wednesday. A little sun, but clouded over again immediately. Men working again, removing top olive from drive and replanting it below, Bartolome making frame of cement to put a cover over the pit, & continuing shrubbery path. Laura gave me job of going on with Schools by myself. Last night worked on Chinese, this morning on Indian school systems. In evening Laura went over more Antigua with me, in afternoon we went over what I had written about Politics & Poetry and Gelat & Medora came & former explained danger Nuns are in of getting their school convent closed as well as school, because they have canvassed against the maestra who is now turning nasty, though previously prepared to exchange. At Bañalbufar the people turned out to prevent inspector serving notice on nuns, & inspector to avoid bloodshed(Guardia Civiles were ready to fire) drove off.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
794. June 18, Thursday
- Title:
- June 18, 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:
- 1936-06-18
- 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-1-483
- 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_1936-06-18.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- June 18, Thursday Hot, cloudy. To Palma , with Karl, by camion . Changed £60 with Short (2000 [pesetas.] to Gelat) at 'black' rate of 37.50 [pesetas.]. Notarized my U.S. income [tax] claim & sent off. postcard to David, advising him & Sam to come on the 15th by the Scharnhorst (Southampton 11th). Letter Bought net skirt for Laura 15 pesetas and at M.M's, L various cushion cover stuffs, also small amethyst and pearl pendant 12 pesetas; at Casas keyhole for Posada, toccador tocador for knocker, & old tile 1 peseta in all, nothing else of interest. On return, letter from Fuller returning missing chapter and from Richards about Curzon & the Lancers. To Posada where fixed keyhole & toccador tocador .
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
795. June 19 Friday.
- Title:
- June 19 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:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-06-19
- 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-1-484
- 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_1936-06-19.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- June 19 Friday. Working on 2nd trial and interlocutory injunction in Antigua , on India in Schools , with Laura on Politics & Poetry ; went to Margarita, no trousers yet ready. Bartolome mending plaster at Canellun round doors, paths in shrubbery finished, pu making holes for putting bannisters on the steps in front of front door. Amador brought Can Mado earth to Posada. Sebastian Aquel made seed-bed with Emmi's seeds. In the evening a punch-bowl at Str & Sch. Laughed like anything over nothing. To bed at 10.30. Found number of seedling lavender bushes and Garden daisy first out. Laura writing about politics.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
796. June 20 Saturday.
- Title:
- June 20 Saturday.
- 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:
- 1936-06-20
- 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-1-485
- 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_1936-06-20.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- June 20 Saturday. Rained in night: hot wind. Working on Schools , India & Japan, and checking p & cross-copying 3 sections of Politics to send off today. Watt unable to get an offer from Watt Rosenbach , trying Wells. Told him to accept Maggs', rather than nothing by delaying too long. Ordered bl brown suit and two grey flannels from Allen, to be brought by David: cost £14.7. in all (suit £11.9, with discount) To Posada where paths are laid but casita not yet floored. Hot wind had taken half the leaves off the almond trees. Bartolome dressing stones on Luna land for building the wall with the inscribed st. Moli stone in. Gelat reports that a meeting for an arreglo at 9 am summoned by the opposition lawyer & G's lawyer (Luis Alemany & Barcelo) was not attended owing to differences. The hearing is now on July 1st.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
797. June 21 Sunday
- Title:
- June 21 Sunday
- 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:
- 1936-06-21
- 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-1-486
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-06-21.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- June 21 Sunday Laura went over Ant with me: to page 94. Hot, clear day. Hydrangea flowering. Did Jewish schools & read up Moslem . Ice cream at Sala . Yesterday Sebastian Aquel brought ivy and maidenhair for the grotto. Two nectarines ripe. (Only two).
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
798. June 22 Monday.
- Title:
- June 22 Monday.
- 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:
- 1936-06-22
- 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-1-487
- 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_1936-06-22.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- June 22 Monday. Worked on Moslem Schools . Hair cut, ordered San Juan cake, and ventilator for Can Torrent. To Fabrica to hear what news of last nights night's meeting about water (Don Pedro and Secretario brought offer to Gelat). Apparently a surrender, but asked for too much water. Gelat scaled down six hours as a condition for signing. The Doctor was not at the meeting which appointed these emissaries and adopted these terms. Bartolomé building bench under the algarrobé algarrobo . Girls schools in the East . Went over P&Politics with Laura, but it snagged, so did to page 113 in Antigua . Sebastian Aquel brought more plants (from Salerosa) aloes & cactus & chrysanthemums.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
799. June 23 Tuesday
- Title:
- June 23 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:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-06-23
- 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-1-488
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-06-23.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- June 23 Tuesday Very hot day. but clear Women's education in the East . Gelat came with a long report. The Education committee referred the maestra 's complaint to the mayoralty, Gelat called a meeting of parents, one of whom (was prompted to) brought up question of her nationality – This was put in writing: if she consents to exchange she won't be turned out. If she doesn't she will. The water thing is practically settled. Gelat has conditioned that a certain pipe be put at the fuente source to go down to the claimants. This leaves half the water to him, and he will divert the stream to the deposito which will always remain full: & he has hours free from 4 in the morning to 9 every day. The road business shelved, apparently to save the staff-colonel's face. The school may be built for nothing by applying for 5 units (3 schoolrooms, library, doctor's consulting room) at 12,000 pesetas grant each. Miguel putting up the crosspieces of the rose-arbour including a rounded piece that came from the Moli: Bartolome tiling the bench. Finished Poetry & Politics with Laura: now about 45 typed pages. In evening to Plaza to the Comedia at 9. Back at 1.30. First play, classical about dead soldier's return – rascally mayor – soldier struck dumb. Other about unemployment in Mallorca, comic.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
800. Enclosure – San Juan Fiesta programme
- Title:
- Enclosure – San Juan Fiesta programme
- 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:
- 1936-06-24
- 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-1-489
- 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_1936-06-24_01_enc.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Enclosure – San Juan Fiesta programme [No transcription available for this item.]
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.