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Saturday. May 16th

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-1-450
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 19, 2002
Transcript
  • Saturday. May 16th To Palma : not much to do. Paid debt at Pomar, bought 4 pesetas tray at Gelabert's (behind Cathedral) and six blackberry pattern plates at Casas 7 pesetas Laura worked on Honor's novel & Karl took me for a walk to the Puig at Palma & round. Fuller sent interim report on Ant . Second Trial is all wrong: he will rewrite. Sent other comments. Bought small silver buttons at 2 pesetas each for Laura's Magdalena-wedding dress, & small silver & amethyst buttons for her lilac silk dress at 2 pesetas too. At Alhambra dictated letter to Daily Telegraph about Roman Triumphs . Rained in the night.
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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