Autograph manuscripts of poems by John Betjeman, together with a typed letter from his secretary. ca. 1966.

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Autograph manuscripts of poems by John Betjeman, together with a typed letter from his secretary. ca. 1966.

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Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph manuscript drafts of Betjeman's poems 'Monody on the death of Aldersgate Street Station', 'Thoughts on 'The diary of a nobody'', and 'Felixstowe or The last of her order' (n.d.); and (2) Typed letter from Lee Sturgeon, Betjeman's secretary (1966), held with a copy of Betjeman's printed book 'Mount Zion, or In touch with the infinite' (1931) and addressed to Dick Hansen, an earlier owner of it.

2 items, held in 2 vols; manuscript and typescript.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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SNAC Resource ID: 7710128

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

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John Betjeman was a poet, journalist, free-lance writer, architectural commentator, broadcaster, and television personality who was popular in England in the 1960s and 1970s and was active in the campaigning for the preservation of churches, buildings and landscape. He was knighted in 1969 and became poet laureate in 1972. During his time at Oxford University, Betjeman's active social life included writers such as Evelyn Waugh, Bryan Guiness, Graham Greene, and W.H. Auden. He married Penelope Ch...

Sturgeon, Lee, 1956-

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