Papers of Candida Lycett Green, comprising letters and papers of and relating to her mother, Penelope Betjeman, 1934-1998 and n.d. [c.1933-1990]

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Comprises:

Folder 1: correspondence of Lady Penelope Betjeman with Bevis Hillier, biographer of Sir John Betjeman, John (Jock) Murray and others, mainly relating to the publication of John Betjeman: A Life in Pictures (John Murray, 1984), compiled and introduced by Hillier, and related papers, 1974-1985 (= Closed).

Folder 2, comprising:

letters received by Hester Chetwode from her daughter, Penelope Betjeman, n.d. [c.1935]
letters received by Penelope, including letters from her parents in law, [Mabel] 'Bess' and Ernest Betjeman, and one from her father, Philip Chetwode, 6 May 1935, 1934-1941 and n.d. [c.1933-1942]
letters received by Penelope from John Betjeman while she attended the Congress of Orientalists in Rome, Sep-Oct 1935
photocopies of letters, [1943-1965] and n.d. [c.1940-1960], written by Penelope and John Betjeman
photocopies of letters from 'Plymstoine' [Penelope] to 'Rewples' [John] Betjeman, [1938-1978] and n.d. [c.1940-1970]

Folder 3: letters from Penelope Betjeman to friends, 1961-1984 and n.d. [c.1960-1980], including

'Letters from Penelope and John for Candida', letters to Jean and Irvine Loudon, with a photocopy of a 1946 poem by John Betjeman, apparently passed to Candida Lycett Green by the Loudon family, 1961-1984 and n.d. [c.1961-1980]
letters to Henry, passed by him to Candida Lycett Green in 1998, 1998 and n.d. [c.1960]

Folder 4: papers, 1958-1998 and n.d. [c.1970-1990], including

passport of Lady Betjeman, 1980
notebook, including notes on a visit to Wales, n.d. [c.1975]
draft introduction to a 'White Horse Cookery Book', n.d. [c.1970]
Daily Telegraph obituary for Lady Penelope Betjeman, 17 Apr 1986
notes relating to Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalusia (John Murray, 1963) by Penelope Chetwode, n.d. [c.1990]