Ap 4 Thursday

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

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• April 4, 1935

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-1-42

Fonds title

• Robert Graves collection

Fonds identifier

• SC050

Is referenced by

• Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-04-04.html
• Special Collection finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/robert-graves-collection

Date digitized

• July 19, 2002

Transcript

• Ap 4 Thursday Telegram that money had arrived in Palma. Went in by car with Carl. Got better rate of exchange by promising more business. Difference bought am. ring at Pomar's. To Casas where bought brass star-ornament for Mesquida oak-board. Furry boot for nth time to Juan Juan. Esperanza half work done, promised for tomorrow post. Lunch with Schwarz and Strenge: Schwarz gave Laura black Gordiola bottle with “Iris Sucio.” Bought waistcoat stuff; & brass buttons at Margarita Mateu. Krasnik and Mrs, and a huge German hound, and a woman of whom Laura said “Like when one tries to buy highly scented soap and all are highly scented: so one takes the least so.??? Paid Gelat 3O,000[pts] for Bernardo , 2500 for cuenta . In our absence Gelat's cuñado Jaime tied up the vine on the lower parral . Home with Schwarz and Strenge Letter from Went to Rosa to protest against 20 pts a month price for her cottage, rented for 15[pts] to a German: she brought it down to 15. Letter from Michael Roberts, which Laura and I answered in 2000 words, working until very late, then went to village to post. Hot sun, cold wind.

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/10.58066/9rds-dn08

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