Part of a collection of letters to John Betjeman from William Plomer (British poet, novelist and literary editor). Plomer informs Betjeman that he has decided not to travel to Cincinnati, despite Betjeman's efforts. Front of postcard shows picture of "The Mill School" with a quote underneath: "Yes there is holy pleasure in thine eyes, The lovely cottage in the golden nook".

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

• Plomer, William, 1903-1973

Contributor

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

• Literature, Modern
• Authors
• Poets
• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984
• Authors, English--Correspondence
• Authors, English
• Poets, English
• Modernism (Literature)
• Television journalists
• Plomer, William, 1903-1973

Language

• eng

Date created

• April 3, 1950

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 postcard ; 14 x 9 cm

Geographic Coverage

• England--Sussex
• England--London

Coordinates

• 51.50853, -0.12574
• 50.91667, -0.08333

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in black ink.

Physical Repository

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

Collection

• John Betjeman Collection

Provider

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

Genre

• correspondence
• picture postcards
• postcards

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2000-010; File: Box 36, Folder 9

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

• July 12, 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

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/txj7-c067

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