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John Cowper Powys Manuscripts and Papers
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Letters from John Redwood Anderson

Seventeen letters, 1958, to John Cowper Powys from John Redwood Anderson, several of which contain comments on John Cowper Powys's novel Homer and the Aether (1959), and three of which include notes to John Cowper Powys and to Phyllis Playter from Anderson's wife Gwyneth Anderson. Enclosures comprise a letter to John Cowper Powys from Gwyneth Anderson, typed copies of poems by John and Gwyneth Redwood Anderson, and a typed copy of a translation by John Redwood Anderson of No XXVI of Les Heures d'Après-midi by Emile Verhaeren. There are notes in John Cowper Powys's hand on f. 77 verso. Also included are typescript drafts (ff. 78-82) of part of John Cowper Powys's novel Homer and the Aether (1959), together with a typescript copy of Anderson's own prose translation of Chapter III of Homer's Iliad (ff. 83-90).

Letters from John Redwood Anderson

Three letters, 1962-1963, to John Cowper Powys from John Redwood Anderson, one of which includes a note to Phyllis Playter from Anderson's wife Gwyneth. Enclosures comprise one letter from Anderson to Phyllis Playter and typed copies of poems by Gwyneth Redwood Anderson (f. 15). Also included are advertising flyers (ff. 1-3) for Anderson's book While the Fates Allow (1962), a typescript English translation of Iorwerth Peate's review of While the Fates Allow (published in Y Cymro, 10 August 1962) (ff. 7-9), a letter, 1963 (ff. 16-verso), from Anderson to Gerard [ ? ] following the death of John Cowper Powys, and two photographs (ff. 17-18) of Anderson.

Letters from E. H. Visiak

Sixteen letters and one postcard, 1943, 1945-1948, 1950, 1953, to John Cowper Powys from the Milton scholar and fantasy writer E. H. Visiak (Edward Harold Physick), containing mostly discussions of his own and others' works. Also included are an inscribed copy of Visiak's pamphlet The Animus Against Milton (Derby, 1945), an inscribed press review by Visiak of A. J. A. Waldock's Paradise Lost and its Critics (1947), an inscribed card (undated) bearing a signed ink drawing by Visiak, and a Christmas card (undated) containing signed poems by Visiak.

Letters from Edgar Lee Masters (typed carbon copies)

Carbon copies of one hundred and twenty-three typed letters (three of which are incomplete), 1916-1919, 1922-1923, 1927-1946 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from the poet Edgar Lee Masters, containing mostly discussions of Masters's own and others' writings and his responses to John Cowper Powys's works, with a reference also to the death of John Cowper Powys's brother Llewelyn Powys in 1939. Some of the copies bear annotations in Phyllis Playter's hand. Also included is a press cutting, dated 24 August 1949, relating to Masters's eightieth birthday and a list of crossed-out dates - probably relating to the sending or receipt of letters - in Phyllis Playter's hand.

Letters to Francis Llewellyn and Sally Powys

Twenty-two letters and one postcard, 1951-1952, 1954-1955, 1968-1970, 1975-1976, 1978, 1980 and undated, together with what appear to be three incomplete letters, from Phyllis Playter to John Cowper Powys's nephew, Francis Llewellyn, and his wife, Sally Powys. The letters contain mainly family and other news.

Letters to George F. Sims

Photocopies of forty-eight letters, 1954-1961, 1963 and undated, from Phyllis Playter to George F. Sims which mostly involve negotiations for the sale of John Cowper Powys's manuscripts. Some of the folios bear notes by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Letters to other friends and acquaintances

Letters from Phyllis Playter to Reginald [?Pole], (1), [1933]; Ferner Nuhn and Ruth Suckow (7), 1934-1935, 1952, 1964 (photocopies); Huw Owen Williams (Huw Menai) and his wife Anne, (1), 1945 (photocopy); Rosemary Manning (draft letters), 1972; Harold A. Van Kirk, (1), 1974; and unknown recipients (incomplete letters, one of which (ff. 53-54 verso, 55 verso) includes notes by Marian Powys). Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir has added dates to some of the letters and there is a note in her hand attached to f. 1.

Envelopes addressed to Gilbert Turner from Phyllis Playter and others

One hundred and thirty-four envelopes, 1952-1957, 1959-1976 and indiscernible/missing postmarks, addressed to Gilbert Turner from Phyllis Playter, together with two envelopes, 1947, 1949, from [Alyse Gregory], one, 1948, from [Lucy Penny], and two, 1966, from an unidentified correspondent, all addressed to Gilbert Turner, the contents of all the envelopes having 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.

Other literary papers

Fifty-four manuscript and typescript items, [1912x1934], of Phyllis Playter comprising mostly draft prose and poetry, some of which is fragmentary, together with a prose piece copied by Phyllis Playter from the works of Rainer Maria Rilke (ff. 96-8), a poem by Phyllis Playter copied out in a later (cataloguer's) hand (f. 41 recto-verso) and three items taken from printed sources, namely 'The Man in the Moon' by François de Curel, translated from the French by Phyllis Playter (ff. 123-6 verso), a play entitled 'Good-Bye, Georgette' by Phyllis Playter (ff. 127-8), and 'Dialogues of the Dead' by Bernard de Bovier de Fontenelle, translated from the French by Phyllis Playter (ff. 129-45) (photocopy). Some of the items are duplicated and one poem, 'The Dead', is also found in Phyllis Playter's 'Precious, Precious' collection. Inserted into the papers are photocopied notes on the material by Morine Krissdottir.

Diaries

Diaries of Phyllis Playter containing memoranda and various inserts, including press cuttings, address labels, photographs and preserved dried plants.

Diary

Diary of Phyllis Playter for 1931. The volume contains diary entries for the inclusive dates 1-6 January (pp. 1-6), 8-14 January (pp. 8-14), 21 January - 11 February (pp. 21-42), 13-15 February (pp. 44-46), 17-23 February (pp. 48-54), 8 March (p. 67), 10 March (p. 69), 17-19 March (pp. 76-78), 10 May - 6 July (pp. 130-187), 8-10 July (pp. 189-191), 13-28 July (pp. 194-209), 8-9 August (pp. 220-221), 15-19 August (pp. 227-231), 25 August (p. 237), 10 September (p. 253), 20-23 September (pp. 263-266), 7-8 October (pp. 280-281), 17-18 October (pp. 290-291) and 24-31 December (pp. 358-365), with some memoranda on pp. 366-367, the remaining leaves being left blank. Several press cuttings and a rough pencil draft of [?]poetry in the hand of Phyllis Playter, originally loose in the volume, are inserted at p. i and p. 112 respectively, and two photographs (no identification), also originally loose in the volume, are inserted at pp. 109 and 111. Two feathers are inserted between pp. 62 and 63, the remains of a [? dried and discoloured plant] between pp. 202 and 203, and the remains of a dried flower between pp. 206 and 207. The remains of a ribbon and a [? dried and discoloured plant] are inserted between pp. 194 and 195 and another fragment of ribbon inserted between pp. 360 and 361. Inserted in an envelope at p. 191 by an archivist at a recent date are the remains of a dried plant, with a note that the fragments "caused considerable staining on several pages", this staining being visible on pp. 180-209.

Diary

Diary of Phyllis Playter for 1969. The volume contains diary entries for the inclusive dates 1-12 January (ff. 10-15 verso) and 16-19 January 1969 (ff. 17 verso-19), the remainder of the volume (ff. 19 verso-199) having been left blank. The diary is inscribed inside the frontispiece 'Best wishes for 1969 Elsie'.

Letters from publishers and literary agents

Letters, 1934-1935, to John Cowper Powys from various publishers and literary agents. Many of the letters relate to the libel action brought against Powys for his novel A Glastonbury Romance (1932). Among the correspondents are Simon and Schuster (18) W. W. Norton (3), Laurence Pollinger (22) and John Lane (2).

Letters from Eric Harvey

Forty-six letters, 1951-1954 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from Eric Harvey of Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London, containing both professional correspondence and personal news. Enclosures comprise a printed interview-style article, [1953], relating to John Cowper Powys's novel A Glastonbury Romance (1933), a typed copy of Powys's Preface to A Glastonbury Romance, and three photographs of Eric Harvey's infant children.

Letters from Eric Harvey

Twenty-seven letters, 1955-1956, to John Cowper Powys from Eric Harvey of Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London, containing both professional correspondence and personal news, including references to the death of Powys's brother Littleton Charles Powys in 1955. There are inscriptions by John Cowper Powys on ff. 12 verso and 38.

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