Papers of Candida Lycett Green, comprising letters and papers of and relating to her mother, Penelope Betjeman
MS. 23581/97
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Papers of Candida Lycett Green, comprising letters and papers of and relating to her mother, Penelope Betjeman
Shelfmark
MS. 23581/97
Summary
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]
Date
1934-1998 and n.d. [c.1933-1990]
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Candida Lycett Green (1942-2014), author and conservationist
Papers of the Betjeman and Lycett Green families
Papers relating to Penelope Betjeman
Papers of Candida Lycett Green, comprising letters and papers of and relating to her mother, Penelope Betjeman
