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WITHDRAWN CUSTANCE, OLIVE, poet, wife of Lord Alfred Douglas (1874-1944). Research material for Fr. Brocard's monograph, published in Makers of the Nineties series, ed. By G. Krishnamurti, Eighteen Nineties Society, 1975, including 17 ALSs from Krishnamurti, 1974 - 75, regarding the publication; ALS from Sir Osbert Lancaster 3pp., Oct. 1974, "She was very kind hearted...Despite their separation she used always to have that deplorable old wreck Bosie, who had treated her quite abominably, to stay for a fortnight each summer"; TLS from Sir John Betjeman 1p., Nov. 1974, "She liked to be known as Opal...She was large, curved and jovial and not at all the wispy sad, inward-looking person her excellent poetry might lead you to believe"; 3 ALsS and one TLS from Cecil Woolf, 1975 and 1988 regarding publication of her poems. - HAWKER, Rev. ROBERT STEPHEN, Vicar of Morwenstow, Cornwall (1803 - 1875). Correspondence relating to the centenary gathering in 1975, including 2 ALsS from Sir John Betjeman July and August 1975, one enclosing a corrected typescript of his introduction to Hawker's works, "He was a big, generous man, like his handwriting and a revolutionary in introducing harvest festival to our country churches...Whether he was Church of England or Roman Catholic in his dying moments we can leave to his Maker and thank God for his poetry..."; 2 ALsS from Tom Driberg, 1975; 6 ALsS and 3 TLsS, Aug. 1975 - April 1976 from Cecil Woolf, Banim Street, London, approx. 39pp., various sizes, relating to the publication of Hawker's work, and also referring to that of Olive Custance. (2 folders)