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Aug 14 Saturday

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-1-909
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Aug 14 Saturday A rainy day: had to dry Sam's bed-clothes. But Alice came Children They hired bicycles, played games about the house, read. Visit to pub Crown in evening, all but Laura. I cooked supper. Alan & Norman, so that in the evening we were L. Robert, Alix Harry, Catherine, Sam, Karl, Alan Norman. More work on Chapter IV & 4 2 pages more of Chapter 5. Alan bought me a magnifying reading glass (30/- for 21/- because chipped) Laura weary; at Letter book . No military news from Spain for the last few days. Bombardment of Shanghai.
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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