Letter from the Oxford University Blue Ribbon Club to John Betjemen, March 28, 1971

Correspondence between John Betjemen and the Blue Ribbon Club (Oxford University Conservative Association). The President of the Blue Ribbon Club in Oxford University, invites Betjeman as a guest speaker to their annual dinner. Betjeman replies that he cannot make it as he will be away filming, before going to the west and then to Australia. He mentions that it is rare for him to have free time to accept these kind of invitations.

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

• Groom, S. C.

Contributor

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

• Authors, English--Correspondence
• Associations, institutions, etc.
• Literature, Modern
• Modernism (Literature)
• Television journalists
• Authors
• Poets, English
• Oxford University Blue Ribbon Club
• Poets
• Magdalen College (University of Oxford)
• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984
• Authors, English

Language

• eng

Date created

• March 28, 1971

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 5 pages ; 15 x 20.3 cm and 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Geographic coverage

• England--Oxford
• England--London

Coordinates

• 51.50853, -0.12574
• 51.75222, -1.25596

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in blue ink. Typescript on white paper with letterhead "43, Cloth Fair, London, EC1A 7JJ" in red lettering in upper right hand corner.

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 6, Folder 10

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

• October 27, 2021

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek OpticbookA300 at 600 DPI Tiff, cropped and resized to under 35MB each image 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/10.58066/3x08-jp93

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