Sat. Nov 14th

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-1-633
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Sat. Nov 14th Laura read me her Troy preface and I made suggestions. Another version of The Manor House . Review by Helen Fletcher, in Time & Tide answered as overleaf. (Previous trouble with Laura). 'Gilfillan' & Norman Honor & Gordon to lunch. Then to Dorland Hall to hear Stephen Spender on Modern Poetry. All about aeroplanes, politics and Spain. Two verses, quoted from Wilfred Owen and Auden. Gloomy, sissy voice. We heard it relayed, the hall being crowded, with gloomy preface by Herbert Read. Boil not yet gone: I spend most of the day in bed. (Orange juice). Read The Inimitable Jeeves Good news from Madrid. Up till 2. listening to Laura's Trojan Afterword, & making suggestions.
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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