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Fourteen letters, 1940-1962, to John Cowper Powys from Faith Powys (née Oliver), second wife of John Cowper Powys's brother Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys. Enclosed with one letter is a note to John Cowper Powys from Faith Powys's son Oliver Powys, and there is a note to Phyllis Playter on the dorse of another letter. The letters contain mostly family news, including a proposed memorial for Bertie Powys at St Andrew's Church, Winterbourne Tomson, and one letter of 29 December 1940 vividly describes an air raid over their home in Cheltenham. The envelopes bear the names of the correspondents in the hand of Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

A manuscript draft of John Cowper Powys's story 'The owl, the duck, and "Miss Rowe! Miss Rowe!"' (Chicago, 1930), which differs from the published version. Ff. 32-35, also in manuscript draft form, are in the hand of Phyllis Playter.

Draft manuscript and some typescript poems by John Cowper Powys, including one poem (f. 3) in the hand of Phyllis Playter.

Unpublished poems by John Cowper Powys, all but one (typescript) of which are in manuscript, some in draft form. Attached (f. 1) is a note in Phyllis Playter's hand regarding date of production.

Twenty-six letters, 1940-1941, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to the death of poet and writer Frances Gregg in April 1941, and to the Second World War and its effects. Enclosures comprise three letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, one letter to Gertrude from Yvonne Mackenzie, and one letter to John Cowper Powys from his and Gertrude's sister, Philippa (Katie) Powys, in which she refers briefly to the death of the writer Virginia Woolf in March 1941.

Twenty-two letters, 1951-1952, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, including Gertrude's response to a piece for radio broadcast by John Cowper Powys relating to their brother Llewelyn Powys ('Lulu'), who died in 1939, and to reading John Cowper Powys's novel Porius (published 1951), and Gertrude's and her sister Philippa (Katie)'s memories and reflections on their mother, Mary Cowper Powys. There is an ink drawing by Gertrude of 'Mr Kent' [?her brother Littleton Charles Powys's landlord] on f. 19. Enclosures comprise three letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, two letters to Gertrude from her sister-in-law Elizabeth (wife of her brother William Ernest ('Willie') Powys), two letters to John Cowper Powys from Katie Powys, and one letter to Phyllis Playter from Katie Powys. Written at the head of the final letter in this collection is a note signed 'J' which reads: 'This is our Gertrude's last letter she must have died soon after writing this.'

Twenty letters, 1948, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, including the relationship and subsequent marriage of Marian's son Peter Powys Grey and Barbara Tyler (Ty). Enclosures comprise one letter to Phyllis Playter from Marian.

Sixty envelopes, 1938-1945, 1947, 1950-1951, 1953-1954, 1956-1959 and indiscernible/missing postmarks, addressed to C. Benson Roberts, fifty-seven of which are from John Cowper Powys, two from Phyllis Playter and one (f. 58) from an unidentified correspondent; and twenty-one envelopes, 1958-1961, addressed to Susanne Lane, with one (f. 75) to Cyril J. Lane, from John Cowper Powys. The contents of the envelopes have been removed. These items were purchased with the letters contained in NLW MSS 23493-23498E, 23499D and should be considered as part of that collection.

Eighteen letters, 1963, 1969-1970, to Francis Llewellyn Powys and ten letters, 1970, to Phyllis Playter from Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London, concerning the publication of, and copyright, royalties, performance rights, etc. relating to, the works and other papers (eg letters and diaries) of John Cowper Powys. Almost all the letters are signed by Laurence Pollinger. Amongst the enclosed items are a copy of a letter, 1969, to Laurence Pollinger from Phyllis Playter, copies of five letters, 1970, to Phyllis Playter from Laurence Pollinger, copies of six letters, 1970, to Laurence Pollinger from Anthony Rota of Bertram Rota Ltd, publishers, London, and a copy of a letter, 1970, to Laurence Pollinger from Francis Llewellyn Powys. Also included is one [?]incomplete letter to Laurence Pollinger from Francis Llewellyn Powys, one letter, 1970, to Francis Llewellyn Powys from the author Malcolm Elwin, and two draft letters, 1970, from Francis Llewellyn Powys to unspecified recipients, one of which relates to a personal insurance policy.

Eighty letters, 1971-1973, to Francis Llewellyn Powys from Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London, concerning the publication and translation of, and copyright, literary copyright, royalties, etc. relating to, the works and other papers (eg letters) of John Cowper Powys. Most of the letters are signed by Laurence Pollinger. Some rough arithmetical calculations are written on the reverse of some of the letters in Francis Llewellyn Powys's hand. Enclosures include copies of letters, 1971, 1973, to Phyllis Playter from Laurence Pollinger, a copy of a letter, 1973, to Laurence Pollinger from Phyllis Playter, and a copy of a press review of Essays on John Cowper Powys ([ed. Belinda Humfrey, 1972]). Four of the letters contain references to an alleged incidence of plagiarism (ff. 44, 46-8, 71, 78). Also included are two letters, 1971, 1972, to Francis Llewellyn Powys from the author Malcolm Elwin, a letter, 1973, to Francis Llewellyn Powys from Anthony Ward of K. A. Ward, publisher and bookseller, Essex, and an undated draft letter to 'Miss M' (possibly Yvonne Muller of Laurence Pollinger Ltd) from Francis Llewellyn Powys.

Seven notebooks, [1970s-1990s], of Francis Llewellyn Powys, one of which has most of the leaves and the front cover missing with the volume inverted and the text written from the rear, mostly relating to the proposed publication of John Cowper Powys's letters and diaries. They contain draft letters, a short autobiographical piece (f. 68), what appears to be a draft of a driver's insurance claim (ff. 1, 2, 3), personal accounts, arithmetical calculations and rough memoranda. Two of the notebooks (ff. 85- 221) contain notes detailing receipt of royalties from publication, film adaptations, etc. of John Cowper Powys's and Theodore Francis Powys's works. Some of the notebooks contain rough sketches and drawings and there is evidence of watercolour paint mixing on f. 83. Also included are an undated draft letter from Francis Llewellyn Powys to Denzil de Silva of Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London, relating to sales and royalties of some of John Cowper Powys's works and a copy of a letter, 1976, to Phyllis Playter, but marked for the attention of Francis Llewellyn Powys, from Laurence Pollinger Ltd, on the back of which Francis has written rough arithmetical calculations and a draft letter, probably his intended response to Pollinger's letter.

Thirty-eight letters and one postcard, 1945-1946 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to Socialism and to the end of Second World War hostilities in the summer of 1945. Enclosures comprise a series of cartoons featured in the Daily Sketch, two letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, two letters to John Cowper Powys from his sister Philippa (Katie) Powys, and one letter to Katie Powys from her niece Isobel Powys Marks. F. 95 contains a note by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Thirty-seven letters and two postcards, 1949-1950, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with a reference to the death of 'Aunt Harriet' [?Phyllis Playter's aunt] in 1949. Enclosures comprise five letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, one letter to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's brother Littleton Charles Powys, one letter to Gertrude from her sister-in-law Elizabeth (wife of her brother William Ernest ('Willie') Powys), and one letter to Minnie Playter, Phyllis Playter's mother, from Gertrude. There is a painted-in ink drawing of flowers by Gertrude on f. 43 verso and an ink drawing, also by Gertrude, of her sister Lucy's house on f. 68.

Thirty-four letters and six postcards, 1953-[?1963] and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Lucy Penny, containing mostly family news, including the death of John Cowper Powys's son Littleton Alfred in 1954 and the final illness and death of Lucy's and John Cowper Powys's brothers Theodore Francis (1953) and Littleton Charles (1955). Two of the letters are written from Allington Sanatorium, Bridport. Enclosures comprise one letter to Lucy from her husband's cousin, Nellie Hounsell, three letters and one note to Phyllis Playter from Lucy, one letter to Lucy from her daughter, Mary Casey, and one letter to Phyllis Playter from Philippa (Katie) Powys. Included as part of this correspondence and filed within an envelope are one undated letter and two undated postcards which pre-date the deaths of Theodore, Littleton Alfred and Littleton Charles but which cannot be placed with any certainty within the chronology of the collection.