Part of a collection of letters to John Betjeman from Joe Randolph "J. R." Ackerley (writer and literary editor of the BBC's weekly magazine The Listener, and open homosexual). Ackerley asks Betjeman for a Christmas poem that he could possibly use for The Listener.

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

• Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967

Contributor

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

• Poets
• Authors
• Modernism (Literature)
• Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967
• Authors, English--Correspondence
• Poets, English
• Literature, Modern
• Authors, English
• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984
• Television journalists

Language

• eng

Date created

• December 8, 1939

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 page ; 20.2 x 12.6 cm

Geographic Coverage

• England--London

Coordinates

• 51.50853, -0.12574

Additional physical characteristics

• Typescript with "The Listener" letterhead. Paper watermark "Portland Bond".

Physical Repository

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

Collection

• John Betjeman Collection

Provider

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

Genre

• correspondence
• letters (correspondence)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2000-010; File: Box 1, Folder 2

Fonds title

• John Betjeman fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC015

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/john-betjeman-fonds

Date digitized

• November 9, 2021

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek OpticbookA300 at 600 DPI Tiff, each image cropped and resized to under 35MB for Vault by PD. Metadata by MT.

Rights

• Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/05dc-cx49

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