Wednesday, May 20th

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-1-454
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Wednesday, May 20th * Hot day. Summer clothes at last. No letters for days of any interest. Finished Historical Particulars. Twice to Posada helping with paths, telling how to window the casita there, planting scabious scabiosa rooting out dead pomegranate, supervising cleaning out of escusado . School of the nuns shut today. Help Went over Burdekin checks with Laura. Transplanted laurels from their tubs. One will live, one may. Black painted Pressroom light, and top-of-stair hinges. For the first time for months have a momentarily clear work-table. Nicholas's hurt paw a little better after 5 or 6 days. Protest by village to Inspector against the maestra . Inspector choose chose Can fusimain site for school. Gelat reads us draft of his speech.
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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