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Personal inscribed calling cards of the Rev. C. E. Donne and Mrs Donne sent to 'Miss Donne' of 49 George Street, Ryde.

Papers and correspondence, 1935, relating to the estates of Maria Theodora Johnson, Catherine Cowper Donne (née Johnson) and Henrietta Cowper Johnson, [?cousins] of Mary Cowper Powys. They comprise letters, 1935, to Theodore Francis Powys from Foster, Calvert & Marriott, Norwich, solicitors, relating to the estates of his aunts Maria Theodora Johnson and Catherine Cowper Donne (née Johnson), and residuary accounts, 1935, relating to the estates of Maria Theodora Johnson, Catherine Cowper Donne and Henrietta Cowper Johnson; together with photocopies of these papers.

An extract of a letter, 1825, written on the occasion of the death of the Rev. Littleton Powys, father of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, copied out in the latter's hand; the 'Last Blessing' of Maria Priscilla Powys, mother of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, 1832, copied out in the latter's hand, with a note on recto in the hand of Amelia Powys, mother of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, and notes on dorse in the hands of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys and Amelia Powys; and a letter, [18?67], to the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys from his son, Littleton Albert Powys, with a note on the envelope [by the latter's niece, Marian Powys].

Papers, [?1778]-1838 and undated, relating mainly to family estate matters of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys. They comprise copies of the wills of William [?Roode], 1708, and of Thomas Powys of Lilford, 1765; an abstract of the settlement on the marriage, 1778, of the Rev. Littleton Powys and Maria Priscilla Shaw, parents of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys; the will of John Shaw of Wakefield, 1795; probate of the will of the Rev. Littleton Powys, 1825, two copies of a petition relating to the will, 1826, and accounts, 1826, relating to the administration of the effects of the Rev. Littleton Powys; statement, 1832, by Maria Priscilla Powys, wife of the Rev. Littleton Powys, relating to the division of effects, etc., specified in her husband's will; declaration of administration, 1834, of the estate of Maria Priscilla Powys, accounts, 1834, relating to administration of her effects, with an accompanying letter, 1834, to the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys from R. W. & [?F.] Slade, statements of account, 1834, relating to the estate of Maria Priscilla Powys, and details of property to be divided amongst the children of the Rev. Littleton Powys and Maria Priscilla Powys, 1834; copy of a letter, 1835, to the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys from Messrs De Hague & Holmes, stockbrokers, showing details of accounts; declaration of administration, 1837, of the estate of Helena Jane Powys, sister of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, and a residuary account, 1837, relating to the estate of Helena Jane Powys; and a deed of settlement made by the sisters of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys upon his marriage in 1838.

Papers, 1838-1851, relating mainly to family estate matters of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys. They comprise an assignment from the sisters of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys to their brother upon his marriage in 1838; declaration of administration, 1839, of the effects of his sister Maria Powys; residuary account of Maria Powys and letters relating to the account, the one, 1839, to Harriet Powys from her brother the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, and the other, 1840, [?to the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys] from the Office of Stamps and Taxes, London; copy of a deed of Family Arrangement, 1845, between the children of John Lewis Moilliet, father-in-law of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, and others; memoranda by Littleton Charles Powys relating to the estate of his father the Rev. Littleton Powys and a note on his grandfather Thomas Powys; a letter, 1848, to Littleton Charles Powys from his [?brother] James Moilliet (containing also family news); residuary account, 1851, of Frances Dorothea Powys, sister of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys; declarations of administration, 1851, of the effects of Frances Dorothea Powys; and a letter, 1851, to 'Miss Powys', most probably Eleanor Powys, from 'Mr Kemp' relating to the estate of Frances Dorothea Powys.

Two poems written in Amelia Powys's hand, with a note on f. 4 by her husband, the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys; a printed memorial hymn for the Rev. John Keble (1792-1866), with the intials 'E[mily] (i.e. Amelia) P.' at top left-hand corner; a book of devotional passages inscribed to Amelia Powys from her sister, Susanna Smith, and dated 1834, with a later inscription, dated June 1928, to 'L. A. Powys' (presumably Father Littleton Alfred Powys, son of John Cowper Powys) from his aunt, Gertrude Powys, with devotional passages written out at the back of the volume by [Littleton Alfed Powys] and on the back cover by [Susanna Smith]; drawings and paintings by Amelia Powys (one inscribed 'Dearest Littleton Albert's ship' [in Amelia Powys's hand], one possibly depicting her grandson, John Cowper Powys, as an infant) and by her son, Charles Francis Powys, with notes by her granddaughter, Marian Powys; a dried pansy flower, with the inscription 'Charley' (i.e. Charles Francis Powys) [in Amelia Powys's hand]; and two letters from Amelia Powys to her mother, Amelia Moilliet, with a note dated May 1935 [by Amelia Powys's grandson, Littleton Charles Powys].

Twenty-eight letters, 1879 and undated, to Amelia Powys from her son, Major Littleton Albert Powys, the majority written whilst on military service in India and Afghanistan. The year in which they were written is omitted from all but one of the letters. Ff. 1-6 are accompanied by a note on their contents by [?Marian Powys, niece of Littleton Albert Powys], and there are also occasional notes in the hand of Amelia Powys.

Thirty letters, 1878-1889 and undated, to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from his mother Amelia Powys. The letters contain mostly family news, including the birth of Charles and Mary Powys's second daughter Eleanor, who died in 1893 aged 13, and reflections on Charles's brother Major Littleton Albert Powys, following his death in August 1879. There are notes by [Amelia Powys's granddaughter Marian Powys] on ff. 38 verso, 44 verso and 49, and by Charles Francis Powys on ff. 33, 53 verso and 55. Enclosures comprise proposed memorial inscriptions for Amelia Powys and her husband the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys (ff. 52-54) and a card bearing Biblical verses (f. 73).

Photocopies of letters from John Cowper Powys to his brother Theodore Francis Powys.

Photocopies of one hundred and five letters, [1883, 1902, 1906-1907, 1909, 1912, 1914-1919, 1921-1933], 1935-1936, 1938, 1941-1949, 1951, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Theodore Francis Powys, the earliest of which was written by John Cowper Powys from Sherborne School, together with a typescript copy of one letter, 1947, possibly made by Phyllis Playter (f. 317), and one letter, 1956, from John Cowper Powys to Violet Powys, widow of Theodore (ff. 340-342). A substantial portion of the letters are undated, with likely dates (and other notes) added in pencil by Morine Krissdottir. The letters contain mostly personal, professional and family news and some are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's drawings. Enclosures comprise a photocopy of a printed article containing a review of Theodore Powys's The House with the Echo (1928) and photocopies of letters to John Cowper Powys from Barnet B. Ruder and Reginald Moore. The originals of these letters are housed in Texas. The photocopies were made by Jeffrey Kwintner and given to Morine Krissdottir.

Photocopies of one hundred and four letters, dated [c. 1905]-1956, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Theodore Francis Powys. These copies duplicate ninety-five of the letters in AAB1/1/1 and six in AAB1/1/2 but are often of somewhat better quality or more legible. There are also copies of three additional letters, dated [early 1909], 4 September [1922] and 17 January [1925], not found in AAB1/1/1-2.

Photocopies of forty-one letters (one of which is partial), 1944, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal news and reflections. Some of the letters are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's ink drawings, which include self-caricatures. One letter is addressed to Littleton's wife Elizabeth (née Myers).

Photocopies of one hundred and thirteen letters and three postcards, 1945-1949, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal news and reflections, together with photocopies of partial/incomplete undated letters from John Cowper Powys to Littleton, which are kept in a separate folder within the box. Some of the letters are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's ink drawings, which include self-caricatures. There are references to "the 499 AD novel" (which would become Porius (1951)) and to the deaths of John Cowper Powys's wife Margaret and Littleton's second wife Elizabeth Myers, both in 1947.

Photocopies of partial and undated letters, some with very faint text, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal news and reflections. There are references to some of John Cowper Powys's works eg Wolf Solent (1929), Rabelais (1948) and Porius (1951), to Dinah White's role as amenuensis for John Cowper Powys's son Littleton Alfred at the end of the latter's life, and to the deaths of the writer Virginia Woolf in 1941 and of the American poet Edgar Lee Masters in 1950. Some of the letters are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's ink drawings, which include self-caricatures and representations of plants.

Some forty-three letters and cards, 1942, from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys.

Some sixty-two letters and cards, 1955, from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys. Also included is a letter, 1 May [1955], to John Cowper Powys from his sister Lucy [Penny] (f. 38).

Papers, 1954-1994, relating to the wills of John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter and to the literary executorship, related copyright and royalies, etc. of John Cowper Powys's estate. The material includes the first codicil, dated 1955, to John Cowper Powys's will; deeds of gift of literary executorship made by Phyllis Playter to Francis Llewellyn Powys, dated 1972, and by Francis Llewellyn Powys to his son John Francis Cowper Powys, dated 1994 (unsigned); photocopies of the last will and testament of Phyllis Playter, dated 16 April 1981 (signed), and of the probate of the will of Phyllis Playter, dated 8 June 1982; together with four letters, 1954-1955, from Alfred Blundell, solicitors, London, three letters, 1954, 1964, from Ribbons, Winder & Sons Ltd, income tax consultants, Rhyl, and one letter, 1973, from Hunter's, solicitors, London.

Correspondence and other papers, 1962, 1967-[1990], relating to the publication, disposal and literary copyright of the works and manuscripts of John Cowper Powys, with one letter (f. 4) relating to the disposal of Theodore Francis Powys letters. The material includes forty-six letters (some of which are photocopies), 1980-1990, to Francis Llewellyn Powys from Bertram Rota Ltd, booksellers, London, together with three letters, 1984, and two undated drafts to Anthony Rota from Francis Llewellyn Powys; eight letters, 1972-1973, to Phyllis Playter from Michelmores, solicitors, Exeter and four letters, 1972, 1974, to Phyllis Playter from Wilfred T. Fry Ltd, taxation consultants, Exeter relating to the transfer of John Cowper Powys's literary copyright from Phyllis Playter to Francis Llewellyn Powys; three notebooks, [1980s-1990s], of Francis Llewellyn Powys containing draft letters, some of which are addressed to Gerald Pollinger of Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London; a list of books in Alyse Gregory's library; etc.

Papers, 1985-1993, 1998, relating to the publication and translation of the works of John Cowper Powys and Theodore Francis Powys comprising mainly contracts and agreements (some photocopied), mostly between Francis Llewellyn Powys and Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London.

One hundred and twenty-two letters, 1985-1987, to Francis Llewellyn Powys and three letters, 1985-1986, to Sally Powys from Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London, concerning the publication and translation of, and royalties, copyright and performance rights relating to, the works and other papers (eg diaries and letters) of John Cowper Powys and Theodore Francis Powys. Most of the letters are signed by Gerald Pollinger. A draft letter and rough arithmetical calculations, accounts and memoranda are written by Francis Llewellyn Powys on the reverse of some of the letters and a few of the letters from Gerald Pollinger are annotated in Francis Llewellyn Powys's hand. Enclosures include copies of press reviews, [1987], of The Diary of John Cowper Powys (ed. Frederick Davies) and of the U.S edition of John Cowper Powys's A Glastonbury Romance. Also included are seven letters, 1985-1987, to Francis Llewellyn Powys and to Francis and Sally Powys from various correspondents. Amongst the correspondence addressed to Gerald Pollinger is a copy of a letter, 1986, from Andrew Motion, then Editorial Director of Chatto & Windus, publishers, London (f. 95).