Thursday Feb 28th.

Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.

In Collection:

• Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939

Creator

• Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

Subject

• Authors, English
• Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

Language

• eng

Date created

• February 28, 1935

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright

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

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• diaries

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-7

Fonds title

• Robert Graves collection

Fonds identifier

• SC050

Is referenced by

• Special Collection finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/robert-graves-collection
• Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-02-28.html

Date digitized

• July 19, 2002

Transcript

• Thursday Feb 28th. Got up early to give Karl a commission for Palma: buttons. Antonia at the café pretended to know nothing about the Posada though she has been discussing it at length with Isabel. Wrote three drafts of a poem “ Advice to Storytellers ”. Went to sea: brought back cuttlefish for ink-stains, and a bunch of rosemary in flower for Laura's table. The wind has hardly stopped blowing for a week (more damage to trees last night) yet the Cala was quite calm. Folded the sheets of Second Leaf . Best way is to lay the pages lengthwise,away from one with title underneath away from one, then fold over towards one, hold edges true with left hand, find presscentre with right, keep paper steady with elbows use both forefingers for creasing down. The second process I did holding the sheet in the air. Put up towel rail & paper roll in cellar retrete , painted the pipe against water dripping. After all it isn't the motor, but not sufficient depth of water 2 metres depth are needed. Worst wind of all: blew all night from southwest. German royalty accounts 3108 marks: but how to get it from Germany? 5000 sales in five weeks.

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

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/xrvx-s311

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