Aug 12th Wednesday

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-1-539
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Aug 12th Wednesday After shopping at Selfridges with Alan, mostly underclothes & stationary, Spent day with Liddell Hart who was very nice & son Adrian & masterful wife Jessie & secretary Miss Gamage at Merrow Grange Hotel Guildford full of very stupid people. L.H. agreed Savage's terms impossible Would try Arnie again before declaring war. Has been overworking gets £ 3,4000 a year, can't suggest reducing standard of living. Would like to chuck his job. Gave me notes to read, for possible publication. Covering manoevres manoeuvers . James & Mary came. Supper at Barcelona restaurant Alan, Karl, Laura, Honor, Gordon, James & Mary , Ward & Dorothy, me.
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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