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Graves' diary manuscript includes 1546 pages including 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games, etc.

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JUNE 1938

June is dominated by an air of flurried activity as Graves and Riding finish last-minute details of various writing projects before they leave for France at the end of the month. The diary entries also indicate the two hope to travel to Deyá after spending time in Rennes. When they are not packing, Graves and Riding work long hours on the protocols project (finishing the proofs only hours before they leave for France), and on Len's pamphlet, which is finally sent off to the printer. The T. E. Lawrence proofs are also completed, but not before Liddell-Hart and Graves meet personally with the Lawrence Trustees to go over each editorial point, rescuing all the important excisions (that the Trustees had suggested previously). Graves also works with Riding on Greeks and Trojans, and on his Collected Poems. Harry Kemp's Left Heresy is finished, and Graves reads over this as well. Riding works with Cameron on Rimbaud. Both Graves and Riding devote considerable energy to The Smuggler.

When the two writers are not working, their days are consumed with packing, sorting, mending and organizing. Graves and Riding decide not to take any furniture, silver or china to France. They give away various extras to Harry and Alix, and Honor and Gordon. Graves remarks drily that they are restoring the flat to its original barbarity. At the beginning of June, Karl still does not have a job, and the situation becomes more desperate when he is refused entry to Canada. Graves spends a considerable amount of time on the telephone looking for a suitable post. Before the end of the month, antiquarian bookseller Harold Edwards and his wife Olive Wallis offer Karl a position.

As the two poets get ready to leave England, there are frequent visits from family and friends. Sam arrives unannounced and stays the night. Catherine also visits. A phone call from Jenny is chiefly about money, but she and David and Graves' mother lunch with Graves later in the month.

Mary Lucy writes to say that all is well and that her husband is behaving. There is a visit from Ethel Herdman, and Graves continues to make bead necklaces as gifts. Mid-month, Alan Hodge visits Rennes briefly and phones to say he likes it. When he returns, he brings peaches and chevrievenison eds. from Anita Vives (Gelat's daughter). A week or so before Riding and Graves are to leave London, Maisie picks them up in the car for a day in Arkesden, but Maisie's withdrawal from protocol makes relationship unreal & spoilt the day.

In the midst of all the busy-ness, Stella Reevesdaughter to James and Mary Reeves eds. is born. And throughout the month, Graves' stomach continues to trouble him. Concerned that the pain might be due to a bowel obstruction, Graves' doctor orders x-rays, but these come back normal. Graves resorts once again to self-medication with brandy. There is an advantage to stomach ailments, however: Graves is pleased to discover that he has dropped weight.

On 29 June, Graves, Riding and Alan and Beryl dine in Southampton with the McCormacks and then board the S. S. Dinard to St. Malo. The four friends arrive in St. Malo the next day, where they are met by Juan Vives, who takes them to Rennes, where Anita welcomes them with tears and open arms. Both couples have rented flats in the town before the end of the day.

There are two enclosures this month:

1. Letter from Graves to Richard Church 2. Page out of calendar for Sam's school
Deyá Deyá Majorca Sp Town located on the northwest coast of Majorca, on the hillside between the Teix Mountains and the sea: this was RG's home with Laura Riding from 1929 to 1936. He returned there with his family after WW II. Eds. Rennes Rennes France where Gelat's daughter, Anita, and son-in-law, Juan Vives live; visited by RG and LR et al in 1938 eds. Arkesden Essex England St. Malo St. Malo France port on the north-west coast of France. eds. Graves Robert Robert Graves, Robert [1st person]. (1895-1985). Poet, novelist, essayist, critic, and author of his diary. eds. Riding Laura Laura Riding, Laura (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk). Lye Len Len Lye, Len New Zealand painter, sculptor, and filmmaker whom LR & RG had met in London. He helped with the Seizin Press publications. WG; married to Jane Lye, son Bix. eds. Liddell Hart Basil Liddell Hart Liddell Hart, Capt. Basil War-fare expert and friend of T.E. Lawrence. Collaborated with RG on a book of T.E.L'.s letters, published in 1938. See RPG p.231. WG & Eds. Harry Kemp Kemp, Harry Poet. Met Graves and Riding through James Reeves in August 1936, just after their arrival in England. In their previous correspondence, Riding had been intrigued by his falling-out with Communism. He became associated with their circle, collaborating on various projects. (RPG 248-49) Cameron Norman Norman Cameron Cameron, Norman Poet. Built Can Torrent in 1932-1933. W.G.; m. to Elfriede, then to Catherine Vandervelde; friend and contributor to LR and RG's work eds. Alix Kemp Kemp, Alix Married to poet Harry Kemp. The couple shared a house with Graves and Riding in Ewhurst, Surrey (1937). eds (RPG 277); also referred to as Frau Eierman by RG eds. see Diary August 30, 1936 Wyatt Honor Honor Wyatt, Honor Journalist. Arrived in Deyá fortuitously. Married to Gordon Glover...Son Julian. W.G. First acquainted with R.G. and L.R. early in 1934; returned to visit in 1935; continued friendship in England. eds (RPG 211). Glover Gordon Gordon Glover, Gordon Married to Honor Wyatt. WG Goldschmidt Karl Karl/Carl Goldschmidt, Karl Karl Goldschmidt, later Kenneth Gay: Graphic artist, friend and secretary of Robert Graves and Laura Riding since 1934. R. G. spells both as Carl and Karl. Edwards Harold Harold Edwards Edwards, Harold Antiquarian bookseller & British Buddhist; bookshop at 4, Cecil Court off Charing X Rd. K.G.; wife Olive née Wallis and baby girl Sally. Karl Goldschmidt's employer in 1938. eds. Edwards Olive Olive Edwards, Olive married to Harold Edwards KG Graves Samuel Sam Graves, Samuel R.G.'s youngest child by Nancy Nicholson. C.P.& WG Nicholson Catherine Catherine Nicholson, Catherine Catherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds. Nicholson Jenny Jenny Nicholson, Jenny Jenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson. Graves David David Graves, David R.G.'s second child [by Nancy Nicholson]. W.G. In RAF; killed in the war. The only one of Graves' children who might have become a poet had he lived. K.G., eds. Graves Amy A.G. (A.E.S.G) Graves, Amy Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG Lucy Mary Mary Lucy Lucy, Mary Visited R.G. and L.R. at Ewhurst. An admirer of both Graves and Riding, but her marital problems brought tensions to their household. See diary entry January 2, 1938 (and K.G. note). Herdman Ethel Ethel Herdman Herdman, Ethel James Reeves' sister RPG; Assistant warden of Ashbourne Hall, Manchester University KG; nicknamed "Ether" by RG and LR, Sept 1937 eds. Hodge Alan Alan Hodge, Alan Oxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WG Marroig Anita Anita Ana, Anita Marroig. Gelat's daughter, married to Juan Vives the Doctor's brother. Live in Rennes, France. WG Sommerville Maisie Maisie Sommerville, Maisie Head of BBC Education broadcasting department. Friend of R.G. and L.R. Arranged accomodation for them when they returned to London as exiles. W.G., eds. Reeves James James Reeves, James Schoolmaster, writer and Poet. Friend of Jacob Bronowski. W.G./ K.G.; m. to Mary Phillips; daughter Stella born June 14, 1938 eds. Reeves Mary Mary Reeves, Mary wife of James Reeves; daughter Stella born 14 June, 1938 eds. Beryl Pritchard, Beryl daughter of Harry and Amy Pritchard, R.G.'s second wife. Formerly married to Alan Hodge. Robert and Beryl had four children: William, Lucia, Juan and Tomas. eds McCormack Walter; Violet; Betty; Jennifer McCormacks McCormack, Walter & Violet Tenants of Ca'n Torrent. Had two daughters: Jennifer, a dancer, & Betty. Continued their friendship with Robert and Laura in England. eds. Vives Juan Juan Vives, Juan The Doctor's brother. Married to Gelat's daughter. Lived in Rennes, France. WG Church Sir Richard Thomas Richard Church Church, Richard Sir Richard Thomas Church, (1893-1972), British poet and writer eds. Graves Robert Graves, Robert Author of the diary. Graves Beryl A. Graves, Beryl A. Second wife of Robert Graves. Transcribed the diary entries and register of letters written (hereafter, logs) from a photocopy of the manuscript, and these 53 monthly MS Dos, ASCII files, dated 01/01/83 were sent to Chris Petter by The Robert Graves Trust on floppy disc in 1996. Goldschmidt Karl Goldschmidt, Karl Karl Goldschmidt, d.1995, who later changed his name to Kenneth Gay, was Robert Graves' and Laura Riding's personal secretary during the period when the diary was written. He later annotated another printout of the diary produced from the B.A. Graves transcript, which is at the Graves Trust Archives in St. John's Oxford. Notes by Karl Goldschmidt are denoted as KG. Shoichet Jillian Shoichet, Jillian Abstracts: responsible for researching and writing the abstracts for the whole diary Graves William Graves, William Son of Robert and Beryl Graves. Helped to identify names, places and titles in Deya (1935-1936) and with translations and other references in three ways. He left an annotated printout of the first six months of the diary in the Graves Trust Room at St. John's College, Oxford. He also sent Chris Petter an Excel file with a list identifying names and places, principally in the Majorcan sections of the diary, and a glossary of Spanish terms. Finally he has sent the editors answers in response to reference questions. Notes by William Graves are identified with the initials WG. T.E. Lawrence Trustees Trustees T.E. Lawrence Trustees Trustees of the T.E. Lawrence estate (Arnie Lawrence was the executor) with whom R.G. had extensive dealings over copyright issues. eds. Editors Editors of the Graves Diary Project. Covenant of Literal Morality, The [subtitle Protocol I; privately printed] Aldridge, John, Dorothy Hutchinson, Lucie Brown, Ward Hutchinson, George Buchanan, Alix Kemp, Mary Buchanan, Hary Kemp, Norman Cameron, Len Lye, Gordon Glover, Albert Mills, Robert Graves, Mary Phillips, Sally Graves, Beryl Pritchard, Liddell Hart, David Riding, Laura Bristol Western Printing Services Ltd. A37 1938 Len Lye and the Problem of Popular Films [pamphlet; see Wexler xi] Riding, Laura Seizin Press London N/A 1938 T.E. Lawrence to His Biographer Lawrence, T.E. Graves, Robert New York Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. A49 1938 Trojan Ending [dramatised version based on Laura Riding's book; later called Greeks and Trojans] Graves, Robert 1938-01 Collected Poems [1938] Graves, Robert London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney Cassell and Co. Ltd A48 1938 The Left Heresy in Literature and Life [the essay "Politics and Poetry" comprises the closing section of this book.(RPG 278) eds.] Kemp, Harry/ Riding, Laura/ others Riding, Laura London Methuen B29 1939 Translation [prose: unpublished?] Graves, Robert, Riding Laura 1936-02 Smuggler Scenario [projected screenplay for a Korda film RPG] Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura 1937-08-26