Dec 14 Wed.

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-1-1396
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Dec 14 Wed. Dictionary : & Ghost Anita & Juan came out with Juanita & Francisca and Anita brought a pair of baroque pearl ear-rings for Laura. We gave Anita her Anger jar, & Juan his Henry Clay cigarettes, and Juanita her umbrella – & Francisca got a blue bead-necklace I had made. Juan told us that his household expenses were 800 francs per day: which the shop had to provide. He had been losing about 4, or 5000 fr monthly for 3 years, because of Franco embargo on Government oranges Worked till 3.30 am, keeping Laura company. She had been having a lot of exhausting talk with Dorothy.
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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