Friday Dec 24 nd th

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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-1-654
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Friday Dec 24 nd th Another boil injection by J.F. Nancy, most of the day. Finally decided that Jenny must go down to Sutton Veny; and persuaded her. Car fire seen from kitchen window. Sally came, was lovely. Supper at Prada with Richard, N.N., Jenny, Laura. New blue suit and smoke grey-waistcoat. No work for three two days. Jenny did not keep 11 oclock appointment so Laura & I went to Curzon House: thence to [drawing of Appletree Yard] saw W.N. & Margaret Steen. Then Nancy & I fetched Jenny from Dorchester to Betty Colquohoun's flat in the George St Mews. Crowds shouting: “God Save the King from Mr Baldwin.”
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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