Postcard from J. R. Ackerley to John Betjeman, September 29, 1939

Public

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 invites Betjeman to lunch the next time he is in town, and asks whether he has any poem he can use for The Listener.

In Collection:
Creator Contributor Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 postcard ; 8.6 x 13.6 cm
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 51.50853, -0.12574
  • 51.60251, -1.55997
Additional physical characteristics
  • Address in typescript and handwritten in black ink, with "The British Broadcasting Corporation" letterhead.
Physical repository Collection
  • John Betjeman Collection
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 2000-010; File: Box 1, Folder 2
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by 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

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