Letter from J. R. Ackerley to John Betjeman, August 23, 1965

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 writes Betjeman that he will return to The Listener in September to help with staff difficulties. He asks for a poem and tells him not to reply unless it includes one.

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

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

Contributor

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• August 23, 1965

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 page ; 17.7 x 11.3 cm

Geographic coverage

• England--London--Putney

Coordinates

• 51.46072, -0.21814

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in blue ink.

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/hgxm-4c49

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