Friday May 1. May Day.
Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- In Collection:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-435
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-05-01.html
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- July 19, 2002
- Friday May 1. May Day. Transcopied Antigua . At 12 o'clock the Fabrica came: G. M, Magdalena, Juan, Anita, her little sister Francisquita, and we sent the picnic things by donkey-cart to the Vinyet . There was chicken, ham-sandwiches, lamb, beer, crespels , cheese, fruit, chocolates, a cake, beer, wine, mineral-waters. Made coffee (in the little house) to which Bernardo came. Gramophone. The donkey suddenly realized what a lovely place it was and she started braying and kicking up her heels madly & rushing all over the place. Sad. Scores of other picnicers picnickers parties could be seen along the coast. News that Salerosa & Siqui are to be sold, and that the baker would probably sell the house by the sea for 15,000pesetas. We may buy. Played a lot of 66 on return & started scoring by wins not aggregate points. Bad night with stomach.
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
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