Saturday. June 15th
Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- In Collection:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-114
- Special Collection finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/robert-graves-collection
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-06-15.html
- July 19, 2002
- Saturday. June 15th Posada: cementing window frame in entrada and walls, putting window frame in lavabo room, roofing, grouting out kitchen sink place: old sink has made good window frame. Translated Excidium Troiae into English for Laura's notes on Troy (8pp) Checked proofs of Focus . Cool weather, hot sun. To sea: lugged up 1/2 a basket of stones. Then planted michaelmas daisies, spiky plants & balsomia with Sebastian. Letter from Eddie Marsh sending poems by Christopher Hassall. Worked out games for party: 8 o'clock Can Torrent - Carl & Mary. Hors D'oeuvres: as much as one wanted: beer. Fruit salad. Dancing (Laura gave me instructions) Tasting mixed drinks: I won, on points. Prize a bottle of wine. Cards 7 1/2: Laura won, I next. Prize 2nd miniature palo . Miniature drama worked out as we went. Robert solicitor, Karl employé, Honor niece, Mary s's wife. Gordon young writer, Laura rich widow. Love entanglements and money stolen was the plot. Then circular letters, each to one for each by everyone else. Glowworms
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