[Podium. Literary monthly] Archive consisting of some 100 items,

handwritten and typed letters (incl. carbon copies and many original envelopes) by Kees Lekkerkerker (18x), Gerrit Borgers (18x), Helmut Salden, Hans Rooduyn (2x), Th.E. Niemeyer and publishers of Querido, De Bezige Bij and De Driehoek (15x), also correspondence related to finances and advertisements, a photo of Wim Brusse, drawings by Paul Rodenko, Oei Tjeng Sit and Ger Langeweg and a linocut by Joop Beljon.

Interesting archive of the literary monthly magazine Podium (1944-1969, nos. 1-3 issued underground), edited by Paul Rodenko, Fokke Sierksma, Simon Vestdijk, Anne Wadman and Gerrit Borgers. The letters concern in particular the Vestdijknummer (year 5, 17 October 1948, published on the occasion of Vestdijk's 50th birthday). The magazine was clearly struggling, considering the correspondence on possible collaborations with other literary periodicals such as Libertinage and Criterium and Bordewijk's rejection to publish in Podium, as he wants to publish only in his own magazine De Gids. The correspondence regarding advertisement policies sometimes balances on the edge, with authors such as Hella Haasse and Henriëtte van Eyck linked to Lux Zeep.