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Mainly manuscript poems by Littleton Alfred Powys, son of John Cowper Powys, some of which are dated (1920, 1922) and some signed 'L.A.P.' One poem, entitled 'Allenby's entry into Jerusalem', bears the note (f. 17 verso): 'Only fair copy Keep it please with utmost care'.

Drafts of eight poems by John Cowper Powys written for Phyllis Playter, most of them bearing the dedication 'to the T.T.', together with a pencilled caricature (f. 5) inscribed 'To my Valentine Feb 14 1949'.

Typescript copies and manuscript drafts of poems by John Cowper Powys which would later be included in his poetical anthology Samphire (1922).

Draft manuscript and one typescript copy of poems by John Cowper Powys addressed to his partner Phyllis Playter, including two copies of the poem entitled 'November' (ff. 7-8). Some of the poems are inscribed to Phyllis Playter and dated.

Manuscript and typescript poems, many in draft form, by John Cowper Powys, including juvenilia written at school. Some of the poems were later published in Powys's poetical anthologies Wolf's Bane (1916) and Samphire (1922), while others remain unpublished.

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.

An uncorrected typescript of the original full text of John Cowper Powys's novel Porius, lacking the first chapter.

Preserved locks of hair taken from some of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys and Mary Cowper Powys's children, and from Charles Francis Powys and other family members.

A letter, 1949, from Theodore Francis Powys to his brother, John Cowper Powys; together with twenty-eight letters and cards, 1946-1979, to Gilbert Turner, mostly from members of the Powys family or from friends of John Cowper Powys, including John Cowper Powys's sister, Gertrude Powys (2), 1946-1948, his sister-in-law, Alyse Gregory (2), 1947-1949, his sister, Lucy Amelia Penny (13), 1952-1973, his niece, Isobel Powys Marks (1), 1973, Lucy's daughter, Mary Casey (1), 1952, Mary's husband, Gerard Casey (2), 1976-1979, and John Redwood Anderson (1), 1947.

Drafts of unpublished poems and prose pieces, [1921x1934], by Phyllis Playter, including a story in French entitled 'Voyage à l'infini' (f. 1-14), five chapters of a story entitled 'Mrs Telfair's Companion' (ff. 53-76), and a fragment of a poem called 'Cimmeria' (ff. 77-78), together with what purports to be the first chapter of John Cowper Powys's novel The Inmates (1952) (ff. 86-8), though Playter's text does not tally with the corresponding section of the published work. The items were preserved by Playter in an envelope marked 'Precious, Precious'. Inserted into the papers are original manuscript and photocopied notes on the material by Morine Krissdottir.

Draft typescript preface by Jean Wahl to Les Sables de la Mer (1958), the translation into French by Marie Canavaggia of John Cowper Powys's novel Weymouth Sands (1934). The typescript contains manuscript emendations by Marie Canavaggia. Together with two typescript biographical pieces relating to Powys, one, by Marie Canavaggia, containing particular references to Powys's novels.

Printed notices of John Cowper Powys's works Wood and Stone (1915), Rodmoor (1916), Wolf's Bane (1916), Visions and Revisions (1915), Suspended Judgements (1916), One Hundred Best Books (1916) and The Complex Vision (1920); and a photocopy of an undated newspaper cutting showing a photograph of Powys under the headline 'Follower of Hardy'.

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

Four unpublished prose pieces by John Cowper Powys: 'The Hunchback's House', an outline, possibly of a projected novel (ff. 1-11), its sequel, an untitled short story (ff. 12-14), and an unfinished story outline (ff. 15-16), all set in the United States and dating, apparently, from the author's residence there; and 'Whatsoever' (ff. 17-27), an amalgam of philosophical reflection and journal, written in 1960.

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.

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.

Papers, 1953, 1967, 1970-1974, relating to the publication and translation of the works of John Cowper Powys and comprising mainly of contracts and agreements mostly between Francis Llewellyn Powys and Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London.

Papers, 1975-1984, relating to the publication and translation of the works of John Cowper Powys comprising mainly contracts and agreements (some photocopied), mostly between Francis Llewellyn Powys and Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, 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.

A typescript copy, [c. 1960], with editor's corrections, of John Cowper Powys's novella Real Wraiths (1974), written in 1959.