Postcard from J. R. Ackerley to John Betjeman, April 14, 1951

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 asks Betjeman to send him a new poem. Verso of postcard shows a picture from the Llangattock School of Arts and Crafts for Crippled Girls, Heritage Craft Schools, in Chailey, Sussex.

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

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

Contributor

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• April 14, 1951

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 postcard ; 8.8 x 14 cm

Geographic Coverage

• Cartwright, William, 1611-1643
• England--Wantage

Coordinates

• 51.50853, -0.12574
• 51.58846, -1.42565

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in blue ink with photo on other side.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• John Betjeman Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• picture postcards
• 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/tn1t-5r16