Dec 25 Sunday Christmas Day.

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-1-1407
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Dec 25 Sunday Christmas Day. Much snow still. Very cold. Refreeze after thaw. Turkey. Anita sent champagne. Present of silver card case for Laura from Julie, & scarf for me. Handkerchiefs from Jenny for L & me. A little Dictionary . Swollen ankle. Sorted all my papers. Preached a Christmas sermon after lunch: subject was Samson's riddle & the Philistines. Huge Yule log in kitchen.
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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