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Saturday, Dec 3 5

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-1-655
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Saturday, Dec 3 5 To J.F. for advice Took Jenny to Curzon House and settled up. Then to station & saw her off. Saw Sherrick at Dorchester (with Pamela Boscomb who sympathised with me as Charles ['] brother and had tried to save Peggy from marrying her him ) who was sensible and helpful. Wrote to N.N. a long letter indicating that P.M. had deliberately tried to force a marriage by blackmail. Dinner at Ward & Dorothy: Janet present looking 35 and talking nonsense. Allan from Oxford. We talked Personal Relation scheme until late. Welcome letter from Hillgarth: money has arrived, he has seen the Deyá people, is sending the manuscript, all quiet, food not too bad though bread coarse. And letters from Juan, Anita, Magdalena, Gelat.
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.
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