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Typed transcripts, by Jeff Kwintner, of one hundred and ninety-six letters, dated 1938-1942, from John Cowper Powys to Huw Menai. The transcripts mostly correspond to the photocopied letters in AAB2/1/1 and the beginning of AAB2/1/2. However letters Nos 1-11 (dated 8 December 1938-24 February 1939) and No 196 (17 June 1942), have photocopies of the originals appended, none of which are to be found in AAB2/1/1-2. Additionally Nos 37, 61, 68, 128, 158, 170 and 173 are transcripts of letters not in AAB2/1/1-2, while seven of the letters present there are not transcribed (see AAB2/1/1, ff. 145-6, 153-4, 160-1, 268-71, 274-9, 436-9, and AAB2/1/2, ff. 71-80).

Four letters, 1930, 1942, 1952, 1959, from John Cowper Powys to the poet and novelist Gamel Woolsey. The letters contain references to Powys's preparations prior to embarking on his novel Porius (1951), as well as his response to his brother Llewelyn Powys's novel Apples Be Ripe (1930) and to some writings of Gerald Brenan; there are references also to the death of Powys's sister Gertrude Powys in 1952. Enclosed with the letter of 1959 is a poem addressed to Gamel Woolsey by Powys entitled 'A Pity' (f. 17).

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.

Manuscript and typescipt drafts of prose works by John Cowper Powys, which include juvenilia composed while Powys was a pupil at Sherborne Preparatory School, proofs and fragments of novels, lecture notes and essays, and an address in Welsh.

A series of notebooks and loose leaves containing parts of a projected (unpublished) first novel by John Cowper Powys, most of which involve a character called Glendower. These narratives are closely related to those contained in NLW MSS 23672-6E.

A school exercise book containing a historical romance entitled 'Llewelyn Meredith, a tale' by John Cowper Powys. The story was composed while Powys was a pupil at Sherborne Preparatory School between 1883 and 1886. The inside front cover is illustrated with ink drawings by Powys showing the profiled heads of some of the characters and a scene from the story. Ff. 14-41 verso inverted text. Ff. 10-31 either detached from spine or inserted from another notebook.

An exercise book containing two chapters of an early story by John Cowper Powys entitled 'The Lost Chord'. The story is a historical romance, apparently written during Powys's school years. F. 1 is illustrated with ink drawings by Powys of two profiled heads.

A sewn booklet containing a manuscript story by John Cowper Powys entitled 'The astonishing adventures of a Zulu a Welshman and an English Sailor (continued)'. The text is a continuation of a story now held, in manuscript, in the Powys Collection at Dorset County Museum, and published in The Powys Society Newsletter, 52 (July 2004), pp. 17-20. The story was apparently composed by Powys at the age of 9. The text is illustrated with an ink drawing by Powys on f. 3. Ff. 5-14 verso blank.

A typescript, ?1928, containing six chapters which were deleted from the final proof of John Cowper Powys's novel Wolf Solent (1929). Powys summarised these chapters in a revised Chapter 19, but with significant events omitted. The manuscript of these six chapters is at Syracuse University Library, New York. The typescript was made by Ms Boyne Grainger, a neighbour of John Cowper Powys in New York, from the holograph manuscript pages now at Syracuse University.

Provenance for the typescript may be established from The Powys Journal Volume XXXI (2021) Supplement: Wolf Solent, The Six Deleted Chapters, available on JSTOR at https://www.jstor.org/journal/powysj. I am indebted to Mr Kevin Taylor, editor of The Powys Journal, for this updated information.

A photocopy of the typescript of John Cowper Powys's novel Porius (minus a lost first chapter), with a typescript introduction by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir to the most recent (2007) edition of the novel originally published in 1951 and subsequently revised and republished in 1994 and 2007. This text of the novel includes occasional manuscript emendations by John Cowper Powys and several of the individual chapters include notes by Morine Krissdottir.

A carbon copy of a typescript, dated 28 January 1909, of a lecture by John Cowper Powys on the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. The typescript bears numerous pencilled additions and emendations by Powys.

Typescript notes, with manuscript additions, for a lecture on Homer and typescript notes on the philosophical concepts of Scepticism and Elementalism by John Cowper Powys.

Six typescript lectures by John Cowper Powys on Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Lamb, Sir Walter Scott and William Makepeace Thackeray, with some revision, mainly in the author's hand, and an additional passage by the author at the end of the final lecture. The scripts may have been taken down by a stenographer from Powys's delivery when he was lecturing in the United States. The lectures were published in Singular Figures: Six Lectures by John Cowper Powys, ed. by Paul Roberts (Colchester, 1989).

Letters, 1926-1968, to John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter from various correspondents, including Gerald Brenan (16, including one poem), 1957-1968; Maurice Browne (20), 1930-1954; James Hanley (15), [c. 1955]-1967; Claude Houghton (5), 1955-1956; Edgar Lee Masters (9), 1928-1945; Henry Miller (7), 1957-1962; and Ralph Shirley (18), 1940-1946; together with a few miscellaneous letters, including an undated draft letter from John Cowper Powys concerning literary censorship in America.

Letters to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from his brother Major Littleton Albert Powys (2), 1854, [1872] (the death of their father the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys); his father-in law and former tutor William Cowper Johnson (3), 1866 (congratulations to Charles Francis Powys on his Cambridge success), [1872]; his prospective wife Mary Cowper Johnson (1), 1871 (Charles Francis Powys's transfer to Shirley and their forthcoming marriage); his maternal aunt Susanna Smith (3), [?1872], [1879] (congratulations on the birth of Charles and Mary Powys's second daughter Eleanor (who died in 1893 aged 13)), [1885] (congratulations on attaining the living of Montacute); his maternal aunt Louisa J. Moilliet (1), 1883 (an offer of the living of Burton-le-Coggles, Lincolnshire, with a note in Charles Francis Powys's hand on the envelope stating that he declined the offer 'at Mother's advice'); and his [?] sister Philippa F[rances] E[milia] Shirley (3), 1891 (regarding Charles Francis Powys's mother Amelia Powys's memorial at Stalbridge) (with a note on the envelope in the hand of [Marian Powys], daughter of Charles Francis Powys), 1892, 1901.

A collection mostly comprising copies of prints and drawings, some inscribed on dorse.

Papers of or relating to Major Littleton Albert Powys, brother of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, comprising personal papers (including juvenilia), and material relating to his death, memorial and estate.

Miscellaneous personal papers of Major Littleton Albert Powys, comprising drawings and paintings, some of which depict military figures of different historical periods; a hunting song; and a letter, [1872], to Littleton from his mother Amelia Powys relating to the death of his father the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys; only two of the items are dated. The items bear inscriptions by Littleton (ff. 3 verso, 9 verso), his mother (ff. 1 verso [?], 6 verso, 11), [?and his niece Marian Powys] (ff. 2 verso, 7 verso).

Papers, 1879-1881, relating to the estate of Major Littleton Albert Powys, comprising a list of costs, 1875-1879, relating to the preparation and administration of his will, addressed to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, as executor of the will, from Newman, Jeans & Co. [solicitors], Clements Inn, London; correspondence, 1879, 1881, addressed to the Rev. Powys from Newman, Jeans & Co. relating to the administration of the estate; and inland revenue legacy receipts and residuary accounts, 1881, also relating to the administration of the estate.

Miscellaneous personal papers of Mary Cowper Powys comprising printed pieces of card bearing the inscriptions 'Mrs Thomas Hardy At Home' and 'Max Gate, Dorchester' and dated in pencil 30th August 1905 [in Mary's hand]; a birthday card, on the dorse of which is inscribed '1st Feby. 1883 C.F.P.'s [i.e. Charles Francis Powys's] birthday' [in Mary's hand]; a printed leaf of 'Daily Texts' dated January 1874, with pencil note [in Mary's hand]; an envelope bearing a note on contents [in Mary's hand]; a verse and note addressed to Charles Francis Powys in Mary's hand; a pencil drawing, dated August 1895, by Mary of her son John Cowper Powys's house; an envelope bearing the inscription 'Isobel Powys May 1906' containing a photograph of Dorothy Powys, wife of Mary's son Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys, dated 1906, and a lock of [?Dorothy Powys's] hair; and a wedding announcement of Littleton Charles and Alice Mabel Powys, son and daughter-in-law of Mary Cowper Powys, 1904.