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040-001965923

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032-001965920

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BETJEMAN ARCHIVE. Vol. II. (ff. 148). Correspondence; 1933-1963.

Contents:

1. ff. 1-29. Letters and postcards to Betjeman, with two to his wife, Penelope (ff. 10-14), from various correspondents, including: Louis MacNeice, W.H. Auden, Bryan Guinness, Christopher Isherwood, Edith Sitwell and T.S. Eliot; circa 1925-1963.

2. ff. 30-31. Letters, one each to Betjeman and his wife, Penelope, from her father, Lord Chetwode; 1933.

3. ff. 32-148v. Letters and postcards from Betjeman to his daughter, Candida; 1949-1963.

includes:

ff. 1-2 Field-Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode: Letters to J. and P. Betjeman from Field-Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode: 1933.
ff. 1-2, 5-7, 13-14, 17-18 Wystan Hugh Auden, poet: Letters and postcards to Sir John Betjeman: 1926-1939.
f. 3 Louis Macneice, poet: Letter to Sir John Betjeman: 1925-1928, n.d.
f. 8 Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne: Lady Penelope Valentine Hester Betjeman, née Chetwode: Letter to Lady Penelope Valentine Hester Betjeman from Bryan Walter Guinness: 1933.
f. 12 Lady Penelope Valentine Hester Betjeman, née Chetwode: Wystan Hugh Auden, poet: Letter to Lady Penelope Valentine Hester Betjeman from Wystan Hugh Auden: 1933.
ff. 15-16 Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood, author: Wystan Hugh Auden, poet: Postcards to Sir John Betjeman: 1938.
f. 19 Edith Louisa Sitwell, DBE; poet: Letter to Sir John Betjeman: 1943.
f. 28 Thomas Stearns Eliot, poet: Letter to Sir John Betjeman: 1963: Signed.
f. 29 Field-Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode: Letter to Sir John Betjeman: 1933.
f. 30 Lady Penelope Valentine Hester Betjeman, née Chetwode: Field-Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode: Letter to Lady Penelope Valentine Hester Betjeman from Field-Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode: 1933.
ff. 31-151v Candida Lycett-Green, daughter of J Betjeman: Letters and postcards from Sir John Betjeman: 1949-1982, n.d.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-001965920
036-001965922
040-001965923

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Add MS 71645-71656 : BETJEMAN ARCHIVE Poems, letters and sketchbooks of Sir John Betjeman, (b. 1906, d. 1984), poet, architectural historian…
Add MS 71646-71647 : BETJEMAN ARCHIVE. Vols II, III. Correspondence of Sir John Betjeman with family, friends and associates; 1933-1982.

Add MS 71646 : BETJEMAN ARCHIVE. Vol. II. (ff. 148). Correspondence; 1933-1963. Contents: 1. ff. 1-29. Letters and postcards to Betjeman, with two…

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032-001965920[0002]/036-001965922[0001]/040-001965923

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Languages:

English

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Latin

Start Date:

1920

End Date:

1963

Date Range:

1920-1963

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Names:

Auden, Wystan Hugh, poet, 1907-1973
Betjeman, Penelope Valentine Hester, née Chetwode, author, 1910-1986
Chetwode, Philip Walhouse, 1st Baron Chetwode, army officer, 1869-1950
Eliot, Thomas Stearns, poet and dramatist, 1888-1965
Green, Candida Rose, née Betjeman, author, 1942-2014
Guinness, Bryan Walter, 2nd Baron Moyne, lawyer, poet and writer, 1905-1992
Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw, author, 1904-1986
MacNeice, Louis, poet and playwright, 1907-1963
Sitwell, Edith Louisa, poet and biographer, 1887-1964