Letter from William Plomer to John Betjeman, February 17, 1970

Public

Part of a collection of letters to John Betjeman from William Plomer (British poet, novelist and literary editor). Plomer asks Betjeman if he would be interested in being the guest of honour at the Poetry Society's annual luncheon on May 30. He also asks about a drawing that Max did in March 1916, that included Yeats, Masefield, Sturge Moore, Binyon, Hewlett, Belloc, Seaman, and Newbolt.

In Collection:
Creator Contributor Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 2 pages ; 17.5 x 13.5 cm
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 50.92814, -0.16617
Additional physical characteristics
  • Handwritten in black ink with letterhead in black capital letters "43 Adastra Avenue, Hassocks, Sussex".
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 13, 2023
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.
DOI

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