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Twenty-two letters, two postcards and four telegrams, 1953-1954, addressed to John Cowper Powys, mostly from his son Littleton Alfred Powys. Only one postcard is in Littleton Alfred's hand, the remainder of the correspondence having been dictated by him during the last stage of his illness. Most of the dictated letters are written by Dinah White, Littleton Alfred's close friend during his last year; they contain mostly personal news and also poems composed by Littleton Alfred, with notes added by Dinah White which follow on from the dictated text. There are also fourteen letters, almost exclusively concerned with Littleton Alfred's health, written by Dinah White directly to John Cowper Powys, whom she addresses as 'Dear Adopted Dad'. Three of the telegrams are to inform John Cowper Powys of Littleton Alfred's death. Also included is a poem on Littleton Alfred's death by K. Tranter. Included as part of this correspondence are undated and fragmentary letters and one postcard to John Cowper Powys from Littleton Alfred Powys, containing mostly personal news and also a character sketch of Macbeth.

Eighteen letters and seven postcards, 1950-1952, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Lucy Penny, containing mostly family news, including the death of their sister Gertrude in April 1952 and Lucy's purchase of the cottage at Mappowder (accompanied by a flyer announcing the sale of the cottage by auction). A note from Lucy's and John Cowper Powys's sister Philippa (Katie) Powys is included in one letter and there is also an enclosed letter from Lucy to Phyllis Playter. One of Lucy's letters, dated Christmas Eve 1952, is written from Allington Sanatorium, Bridport. Included as part of this correspondence and filed within an envelope are five undated letters and one undated postcard to John Cowper Powys from Lucy which pre-date the death of Gertrude Powys but which cannot be placed with any certainty within the chronology of the collection.

Photocopies, transcripts and typed copies of letters to John Cowper Powys from his brother Theodore Francis Powys.

Fifty-eight letters, 1914-1922, 1925-1926, 1931-1932, 1940-19411946-1947, 1950-1951, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Theodore Francis Powys, some of which are partial letters, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to the proposed publication of some of Theodore's works. The majority of the letters are photocopies of the originals, with some typed copies, and one (undated) holograph letter written on the back of a letter from one of Theodore's sons - possibly Charles ('Dicky') Powys - to his parents. Thirteen undated letters are filed within an envelope. Where the photocopied text is very faded, Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir has traced over the script in her own hand.

Transcripts made by E. E. Bissell of letters, 1916-1920, 1922, 1932, 1951 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Theodore Francis Powys, together with photocopies of most of the transcripts.

Twenty-five letters and two telegrams, 1922-1939, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with a reference to the death of John Cowper Powys's dog, known as 'the Very Old', in 1939. The telegrams announce the deaths of Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's father, Charles Francis Powys, in 1923, and of their brother, Albert Reginald (Bertie), in 1936. Enclosures comprise woodcuts made by Gertrude (ff. 24-6, 35), one letter to Gertrude from Helen [?Bussy], one letter to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude and one letter to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's sister, Philippa (Katie) Powys. Ink drawings by Gertrude depict Charles Francis and Bertie Powys (f. 2 verso) and a caricatured head (f. 37 verso).

Twenty letters and one postcard, 1944, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to the Second World War and its effects. Enclosures comprise five letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, one letter to Gertrude from Alyse Gregory, and one letter to Gertrude from Joan [---?].

Thirty-three letters and one telegram, [?1916-?1918], 1917, 1931-1933 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, containing mostly news of family and friends, including the death of Phyllis Playter's father, Franklin Playter. Enclosures comprise two letters from Marian's son Peter Powys Grey to his uncle, John Cowper Powys.

Thirteen letters and one telegram (announcing the birth of Marian's first grandchild), 1951, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, mostly containing news of family and friends, together with accounts of negotiations regarding the publishing of John Cowper Powys's novel Porius (published 1951) and references to Marian's own writing.

Thirteen letters, 1952, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, mostly containing news of family and friends, including the death of Marian's and John Cowper Powys's sister Gertrude Powys and references to Marian's writing and lacemaking work. Enclosures comprise two letters to Marian from the Reverend J. H. C. Johnson.

Twenty-two letters and three cards, 1916, [1925], 1927, 1931, 1945-1947, to John Cowper Powys from his wife Margaret Alice Powys (née Lyon), containing mostly personal and family news, some of the letters illustrated with ink drawings by Margaret; together with one enclosed letter to Margaret from a friend of her son Littleton Alfred Powys, and an undated letter to John Cowper Powys from his brother-in-law Thomas Henry Lyon.

Ten letters and one postcard, 1935-1938, 1940, 1945-1946, 1948, 1959 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his nephew Peter Powys Grey, containing mostly personal news, including Peter Powys Grey's forthcoming marriage to Barbara ('Ty') Tyler. Some of the letters are illustrated with small drawings by Peter, including a plan of his room at Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire (f. 1 verso).

Papers, [c. 1893]-1988, of John Cowper Powys, some published posthumously, which include letters, both to John Cowper Powys and to his companion, Phyllis Playter, as well as drafts of works, both published and unpublished, diaries, lectures and essays. The correspondence includes over eight hundred love letters, 1921-1932, from John Cowper Powys to Phyllis Player; some six hundred and forty letters and cards, 1925 and 1935-1955, from Littleton Charles Powys to his brother, John Cowper Powys; some four hundred and fifty letters, 1942-1962, from John Cowper Powys and other members of his family to Gilbert Turner, and some three hundred and fifty letters, 1945-1969, from Turner to John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Player; and over two hundred letters, 1924-1967, from Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn Powys, to Phyllis Playter.

Revised autograph draft, [c. 1960], of John Cowper Powys's fantastic story 'Topsy-Turvy', begun towards the end of 1959 and published in Three Fantasies (1985).

Eighteen letters, 1928-1938, from Llewelyn Powys to his brother, John Cowper Powys, mainly concerning Llewelyn Powys's relationship with Gamel Woolsey and with his wife, Alyse Gregory, together with references to both Llewelyn's and John Cowper Powys's literary work.

Thirty-two letters and ten postcards, 1950-1963, from the American novelist Henry Miller to John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter, mainly in praise of John Cowper Powys and his work, with references also to Miller's own writing and to his family and friends. Also included are corrected typescript extracts from Miller's Plexus (1949) and The Books in My Life (1952) (ff. 76-156), a short typescript account by John Cowper Powys of Henry Miller and his work, [c. 1952]-[c. 1953] (ff. 158-159), and related papers.
The letters were first published, in translation, in Henry Miller & John Cowper Powys, Correspondance privée, ed. and trans. by Norine Haddad (Paris: Criterion, 1994); they were published in English in Proteus and the Magician: The Letters of Henry Miller and John Cowper Powys, ed. by Jacqueline Peltier (Mappowder: Powys Press, 2014).

Some sixty letters, 1918-1964, to John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter from various correspondents, relating mainly to personal matters and to John Cowper Powys's work, with one letter, [n.d.], from John Cowper Powys to Phyllis Playter (ff. 73-76). The correspondents include: J[ohn] D[avys] Beresford (10) 1929-1938; Theodore Dreiser (5) 1923-1939; Emma Goldman (2) 1936-1937; Marianne Moore (6) 1926-1929; Sir Osbert Sitwell (2) 1935; and Stevie Smith (2, and two illustrated poems) 1951-1952.

Drafts of poems by John Cowper Powys, published between 1896 and 1926; a heavily worked draft of an incomplete poem in two cantos, published in A Review of English Literature (January 1963); and drafts of over fifty poems, forty-one of which were published posthumously in Horned Poppies ... (1986), the remainder, including a blank verse autobiography, as yet unpublished.