Correspondence between John Betjeman and Gordon Clark. Clark invites Betjeman to read some of his poetry at the Abbotsholme Arts & Film Society. Also enclosed is Betjeman's reply (July 12, 1971): Betjeman replies that he unfortunately won't be able to as he will be in Australia for work, and won't be back until the following year.

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

• Clark, Gordon
• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Contributor

• Clark, Gordon
• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

• Authors
• Poets
• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984
• Clark, Gordon
• Modernism (Literature)
• Authors, English--Correspondence
• Authors, English
• Literature, Modern
• Television journalists
• Poets, English

Language

• eng

Date created

• May 5, 1971

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 4 pages ; 20.9 x 20.4 cm

Geographic Coverage

• England--Uttoxeter
• England--London

Coordinates

• 51.50853, -0.12574
• 52.89838, -1.86488

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in blue ink with "Abbotsholme Arts & Film Society" letterhead.
• Typescript with Betjeman's address letterhead in red lettering.

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/n65w-3c85

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