Good Friday Ap 19

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

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement 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 Collection
  • Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-57
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Good Friday Ap 19 Gelat came, and Jaime to kill the kid; which they did with loving jokes from Jaime. Then Gelat told of his Carnarvon divorce experiences: with what he hadn't told before. He told the interpreter that they had been promised everything. Where were the women? He found 4 that evening. Didn't go to bed until 6 [a.m.] Ordered cake from baker, and arranged for Carl to change "Cares & pastries" to "Cakes & pastries" on his signboard. “ Lastima que no fuese Jordi ” a proverb.(Jordi, an ass.) Fetched lilac ribbon from Fábrica for Laura 's Easter dress. Miguel, Francisco 's son, fixed gate on Viejo camino . Esperanza has made 2nd Focus different format from first. Yellow daisies out. Focus sent to: Maisie Len & Jane Isabel Honor James Gordon John & Lucie Harold John Cullen Tom & Julie Strenge, Schwarz, Emmerich to tea: bonito, sardine & anchovy paste sandwiches. Umbrella in garden. Gelat excited. He found he could use a divining rod: more than that, found Molí spring 70 metres higher up than the fuente . Inginiero says very strong & not very deep. “The most important day in the history of Deyá: water will reach Puig. Deyá is now able to be richer than Bañalbufar.” But water starts on Antonio the Guitarrist's land: will have to buy that back for 5000 pesetas.
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

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