July 2 Friday.

Public

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-1-866
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • July 2 Friday. Two more drafts of Florist Rose . Laura with news that O.K. is agreeable to us taking on those books with Cassell. Flowers from Margaret. Karl with talk about his researches into Mrs Heine. A.G., with Clarissa for a moment, & paper bag presents of oatcake, salt butter, bananas, tomatoes, a Christening (German) silver spoon of mine, & two gold rings – my old eagle ring, & a signet ring of my paternal grandfather mitre & initials C.L. (Charles Limerick ) on a garnet. Afraid a male Graves will be born to Philip & Kitty which will demote David from his heir-presumptivity of the family.
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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