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Letter from William Plomer to John Betjeman, September 21, 1941

Part of a collection of letters to John Betjeman from William Plomer (British poet, novelist and literary editor). Plomer explains to Betjeman why he hasn't written back sooner. He talks about how he would like to make a book of collected poems. He mentions that he and Joe Ackerley had dinner with General Charlton, and talks about reading the autobiography of Augustus Hare. He tells Betjeman that he would like to hear more about his epic.

In Collection:
Creator Contributor Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 4 pages ; 26 x 20 cm
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 51.50853, -0.12574
Additional physical characteristics
  • Handwritten in blue ink.
Physical Repository Collection
  • John Betjeman Collection
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 2000-010; File: Box 36, Folder 9
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • July 20, 2022
Technical note
  • Scanned on Plustek OpticBookA300 @ 300 & 600 DPI Tiff, as well as on Epson 10000XL @ 300 & 600 DPI by KM. Images cropped and resized for Vault @ approx 35MB. 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.
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