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 30, 1938

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-1-1382

Fonds title

• Robert Graves collection

Fonds identifier

• SC050

Is referenced by

• Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1938-11-30.html
• Special Collection finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/robert-graves-collection

Date digitized

• July 19, 2002

Transcript

• Nov 30 Wed. French General Strike. It did not seem very general to us – we got letters, newspaper (Ouest Eclair) watched trains go by, used phone. Laura misses the syringe which I broke: David bungled the job of replacing it when he went to Paris. Bellyache all day and & in evening broke 10 dessert plates by dropping a box of dates on them. We play Cambeluk in evening (Alan, Beryl, David & I) 2 against 2 changing partners. Dictionary : planned next chapter of Ghost .

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/g1eq-gq63

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