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Record Id:
040-003315549
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003252088
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100032954697.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89161/3/9
Title:
Joan Bakewell: Letters from Michael Bakewell (January-March 1954)
Scope & Content:

Letters from Michael Bakewell (January-March 1954), as follows:

  • 1 January 1954 (franking date, Sutton Coldfield). Letter without date (4 sheets), with envelope.
  • 4 January 1954 (franking date, Sutton Coldfield). Letter without date (1 sheet), with envelope.
  • 8 January 1954 (franking date, Sutton Coldfield). Letter dated 'Friday' (10 sheets), with envelope.
  • 9 January 1954 (franking date, Birmingham). Letter without date (2 sheets), with envelope.
  • [25 January 1954]. 'Home' [Sutton Coldfield]. Letter (4 sheets) without envelope, dated 'Wednesday'. Date of letter suggested by reference to getting home 'just in time for Under Milk Wood' (first broadcast on Third Programme 25 January 1954).
  • March 1954 (indistinct franking, Sutton Coldfield), 31 Melrose Avenue. Letter dated 'Wed night' (7 sheets, first 2 sheets in pencil), with envelope. Letter encloses 'a playlet' (on Robinson Crusoe) from one of Michael Bakewell's 'childhood notebooks' (8 small sheets, in pencil).
  • 20 March 1954 (franking date, Birmingham). Letter dated 'Thursday evening', 'Friday lunchtime', and 'Midnight' (5 sheets), with envelope. 'I have to go into the RAF one week from today' (p. 9).
  • 22 March 1954 (franking date, Sutton Coldfield). Letter dated 'Sunday' and 'Monday' (4 sheets) with envelope.
  • 23 March 1954 (franking date, Birmingham) Letter without date, written from the 'Reference Library' (2 sheets), with envelope.
  • 24 March 1954 (franking date, Sutton Coldfield). Letter without date (1 sheet), with envelope.
  • 25 March 1954 (franking date, Sutton Coldfield). Letter dated 'Wednesday night' and 'Thursday' (8 sheets), with envelope.
  • 26 March 1954 (franking date, Sutton Coldfield). Letter dated 'Thursday' (3 sheets) together with further undated letter (8 sheets), and a single envelope.
  • 27 March 1954 (franking date), RAF, Wiltshire. Letter without date (9 sheets), with envelope.
  • 28 March 1954 (franking date), RAF Rudlow [sic] Manor, Nr Chippenham, Wiltshire. Letter dated 'Saturday evening (7 sheets), with envelope. 'There are only six of us here for Reserve Training [....] Everyone else here looks at us rather enviously and moan about the years of service they have yet to do. We, with our 15 days, must be a continual torment to them.'
  • 30 March 1954 (franking date), RAF Rudlow [sic] Manor, Nr Chippenham. Letter dated 'Sunday morning' and 'Monday' (7 sheets), with envelope.
  • 31 March 1954 (franking date), RAF Rudloe Manor, Nr Chippenham. Letter dated 'Tuesday' and 'Wednesday' (3 sheets).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003252088
036-003315323
040-003315549
Is part of:
Add MS 89161 : Joan Bakewell: Personal, Professional and Literary Papers
Add MS 89161/3 : Joan Bakewell: Personal Letters Received

 

Add MS 89161/3/9 : Joan Bakewell: Letters from Michael Bakewell (January-March 1954)
Hierarchy:
032-003252088[0003]/036-003315323[0009]/040-003315549
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89161
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1954
End Date:
1954
Date Range:
1954
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Bakewell, Michael John, radio and television drama producer, 1931-2023