Sept 25 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-1-951
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Sept 25 Saturday Heavy bad day. Laura still in bed & had no breakfast or lunch. Alix sat & talked with her, & so did I. 2 pages of Belisarius . Invented a marble game: same as other but with [figure: sketch of marble board and arrangement of marbles] this arrangement which makes moves very different. Laura ate supageser & she talked to Harry & me about the teaching of mathematics I went to Cranleigh by bus & back in the mist, getting wet in the woods. Three versions of a poem called The Grudge In Cranleigh I bought Laura an old English drinking glass (9/-)to take the place of the one Karl broke while I was in Hospital.
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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