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 if Betjeman is interested in writing a review of Gerald Cobb's "The Old Churches of London". The verso of the letter has some random sketches of people and insects in blue ink. Ackerley includes two introductions for Betjeman - one for "The Old Churches of London", and one for the "The English Woodland".

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

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

Contributor

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1940? to 1941?

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 pages ; 20.2 x 12.6 cm
• 2 pages ; 10.5 x 14 cm

Geographic Coverage

• England--London

Coordinates

• 51.50853, -0.12574

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink with "The Listener" letterhead. Random sketches in blue ink on verso. Included book introductions are in black print on blue paper.

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/m5mk-fv04

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