Betjeman, Sir John, (1906-1984), Knight, poet, writer on architecture and broadcaster

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Surname:	Betjeman
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1906-1984
Title:	Knight
History:	Poet and author; Poet Laureate, 1972-1984. Knighted 1969.
Biography:	ODNB link for Betjeman, Sir John (1906-1984) Knight Poet Writer On Architecture and Broadcaster
References:	Who Was Who; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275884 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P135270 )
Online related resources	Artists' Paper Register link for Sir John Betjeman	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir John Betjeman

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1948-1950: Robert Adams: 1949 tour to British Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, lecturing on...	The National Archives, Kew	BW 83/8
2	corresp and literary papers	State University of New York: Buffalo State College		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
3	1913-71: corresp, literary MSS and papers	University of Victoria: McPherson Library		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories , suppl 1976
4	1943-60: manuscripts, drafts of poems and corresp	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Deposit 9417	See Annual Return 1994
5	papers	Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution		See British Archives (3rd ed)
6	misc letters and papers	University of Exeter Library (Special Collections)	MS 117	See Modern Literary Papers in the University of Exter Library: A Guide pp5-8
7	1943-82: letters (201) to Sir George and Lady Barnes	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	Barnes papers	NRA 39899
8	1940-77: corresp with Lord Clark	Tate Gallery Archive	TGA 8812	NRA 32463 Clark
9	1931-76: letters to Tom Driberg	Oxford University: Christ Church Archives		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
10	1946-71: letters to EW Gilbert	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Don c 149	See Annual Report 1977-78 p20
11	1972-80: letters (22) to London Magazine	Leeds University Library, Special Collections		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
12	1949-73: corresp with Sir Frederic Osborn	Welwyn Garden City Central Library and Information Service	B19	NRA 34633 Osborn
13	letters to William Plomer	Durham University Library and Collections	Plomer Collection	See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
14	1957-75: letters (28) to Cecil Roberts	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	RBTS	NRA 23858
15	1947-62: letters to JEH Steegman	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	STE	NRA 40500
16	1963-75: letters to (11) to Christopher Sykes	Georgetown University: Special Collections, Lauinger Library	Box 3 Fold 7-8	NRA 41595
17	1949-77: letters (20) to Royal Society of Literature	Royal Society of Literature		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
18	1906-1984: TS poems [8] with MS annotations	University of Exeter Library (Special Collections)	MS 240	NRA 10656
19	1960s: letters to David Cecil Wynter Verey, architectural historian	Gloucestershire Archives	D9341
20	annotated books and manuscripts by and rel to Betjeman, collected by Norman Matthews	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections		See Annual Return 2008
21	1959-1982: letters to Margie Geddes	Oxfordshire History Centre		See Annual Return 2012

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Geddes, Margie, (1909-2006), Mrs	John Betjeman was Margie Geddes lover	1952-1982	Associative