Nov 19 Friday

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

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 19, 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-1-1006

Fonds title

• Robert Graves collection

Fonds identifier

• SC050

Is referenced by

• Special Collection finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/robert-graves-collection
• Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-11-19.html

Date digitized

• July 19, 2002

Transcript

• Nov 19 Friday 2 pages Belisarius . This is by far the best place we have been in since we left Deyá. To Caledonian Market & bought all sorts of things for Alan's mad flat – a Polish battle picture 1/6d plate, blue bedspread 4/-, green baize 1/6, set of six blue plates & soup plates 1/9, map of China (17th century) & of Near East 3/6 each & frames for them 6d & 3/6d, a china ship 1/6, a lustre cream jug 3/6, a solitaire board 4/- butter-dish 2d – also a Dutch flower mug-jug 3/6 for Marie – and for ourselves a W lustre saucer for a pot of cyclamen 6d, a map of Balearics 16th century 3/6, four H.B. teaspoons for our set 10/- each, a silver sherry label (HB) 15/-, a frame for Sheldonian picture 6d. Harry & Alix took us & Alix in the car and there was some hesitation about a writing table for Alix which someone else bought. In the house electricians, glazier; the Spanish chest & Laura's wardrobe came. To Charing + to see Roz: Jim trying to boss her in a brutal way & making a mess of things for her. Saw Betty Cadness, the pathologist there. A walk with Laura after supper. To bed at 2 o'clock after work.

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/zpd9-zk76

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