Speech given at the Savoy Hotel

This material is held atSt John's College Library, University of Oxford

Reference
- GB 473 RG/H/SH
Dates of Creation
- 1970
Physical Description
- 3 items

Scope and Content

Ms notes, apparently for a talk given by Graves at the Savoy Hotel on the subject of warfare, the two world wars and the regimental system.

Note

Canelluñ Collection number: CC0042

This refers to the arrangement of the papers in Robert Graves’ study before they were transferred to the College.

Subjects

First World War (1914-1918)

Second World War (1939-1945)

Corporate Names

Archive Record|Table of contents

Papers of Robert Graves: Lectures and speechesRG/H

Address to the Poetic Congress at Lake Balaton, HungaryRG/H/APC

'Address to the Poets of Hungary'RG/H/APH

'A Toast to the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns'RG/H/BN

Speech given at a joint poetry reading with Camillo José CelaRG/H/CJC

Creweian OrationsRG/H/CO

Speech given at Dowling CollegeRG/H/DC

Speech of acceptance for the Premio Flor d'AmetllerRG/H/FA

Acceptance speech [for the Guinness Poetry Award]RG/H/GPA

'Humanism'RG/H/H

'Hebrew and Greek Myths Contrasted'RG/H/HGMC

Speeches given at the Indigo jazz clubRG/H/I

Speech given at the opening of Joan Miró's 80th birthday exhibitionRG/H/JM

'Moral Principles in Translation'RG/H/MPT

'Nine Hundred Iron Chariots'RG/H/NHIC

Oxford lectures on poetryRG/H/O

Speeches given at poetry readings in OxfordRG/H/OU

'Poetic Gold'RG/H/PG

'The Phenomenon of Mass-Tourism'RG/H/PMT

'The Poet's Paradise'RG/H/PP

'Pulling a Poem Apart'RG/H/PPA

Speech given at a screening of 'A Lover's Quarrel with the World'RG/H/RF

Speech given at the Savoy HotelRG/H/SH

Acceptance speech for the 'Sol de Oro' awardRG/H/SO

'Taking English for a Ride'RG/H/TER

'The Uses of Superstition'RG/H/US

'The Word Báraka'RG/H/WB