Oct 2 Sat.

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-1-958
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Oct 2 Sat. Went over yesterday's Belisarius & did 10 more pages, ending chapter XII. Laura still on 'newspaper recommendation'. Archery & marbles as usual. Jenny rang up about Charles & said that all was settled. In evening to Dorking (Alix, Harry, L & I) to a cinema & saw Astaire & Rogers in Shall We Dance? & laughed at Hitler & Musso in the News Pictorial, & bought a glass sailors' rolling pin for Alix (3/6) & sandwiches; & a beer in the 'Shades'; & saw a number of red-headed men; on returning I had 4 brandies to cure a stomach shaken by the car; & a kidney supper.
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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