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Letters, 1965-1970, to John Cowper Powys's sister Lucy Penny from Marie Canavaggia (2), 1965, 1968; Renée Canavaggia (2), 1965, 1970; Glen Cavaliero (3), 1967-1969; Alan Parkes (1), 1968; Dinah White, close friend of John Cowper Powys's son Littleton Alfred Powys (1), 1968; Tom Davies of Hamilton, N.Y. (1), 1970 (with a note by L[ucy] A[melia] P[enny]); Peggy Newman (1), 1970; and Rosemary Manning (1), 1970.

Letters to John Cowper Powys from the poet John Redwood Anderson. Many of the letters contain Anderson's comments on drafts of John Cowper Powys's novel Homer and the Aether (1959).

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).

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 to John Cowper Powys from the Milton scholar and fantasy writer E. H. Visiak (Edward Harold Physick).

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.

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 John Cowper Powys from various friends and acquaintances, including Ichiro Hara, Huw Menai Williams, Angus Wilson and Gamel Woolsey.

One hundred and three envelopes, 1956-1962 and indiscernible/missing postmarks, addressed to John Cowper Powys from the librarian Gilbert Turner, the contents of the envelopes having been removed. These items were purchased with the letters contained in NLW MSS 23500-23504C, 23505D and should be considered as part of that collection.

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).

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.

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.

Photocopies of letters from John Cowper Powys to his brother Theodore Francis Powys.

Photocopies of one hundred and five letters, [1883, 1902, 1906-1907, 1909, 1912, 1914-1919, 1921-1933], 1935-1936, 1938, 1941-1949, 1951, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Theodore Francis Powys, the earliest of which was written by John Cowper Powys from Sherborne School, together with a typescript copy of one letter, 1947, possibly made by Phyllis Playter (f. 317), and one letter, 1956, from John Cowper Powys to Violet Powys, widow of Theodore (ff. 340-342). A substantial portion of the letters are undated, with likely dates (and other notes) added in pencil by Morine Krissdottir. The letters contain mostly personal, professional and family news and some are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's drawings. Enclosures comprise a photocopy of a printed article containing a review of Theodore Powys's The House with the Echo (1928) and photocopies of letters to John Cowper Powys from Barnet B. Ruder and Reginald Moore. The originals of these letters are housed in Texas. The photocopies were made by Jeffrey Kwintner and given to Morine Krissdottir.

Photocopies of one hundred and four letters, dated [c. 1905]-1956, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Theodore Francis Powys. These copies duplicate ninety-five of the letters in AAB1/1/1 and six in AAB1/1/2 but are often of somewhat better quality or more legible. There are also copies of three additional letters, dated [early 1909], 4 September [1922] and 17 January [1925], not found in AAB1/1/1-2.

Typescript copies of one hundred and thirty-three letters, five postcards, one letter card and one card, 1895-1896, 1902, [1910], 1914-1915[x1918], 1920-1925, 1927-1940, 1943, 1945-1948, 1950-1952 and undated, and one holograph letter, 1948, from John Cowper Powys to his sister Gertrude Powys. The letters contain mostly personal and family news, including the birth of John Cowper Powys's son Littleton Alfred in 1902 and Littleton Alfred's ordination in 1927, the death of John Cowper Powys and Gertrude's brother Llewelyn in 1939, accounts of John Cowper Powys's works in progress and the libel case brought against him in relation to his novel A Glastonbury Romance (1933), together with accounts of life in and around John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter's New York State home Phudd Bottom and their plans for moving to Wales. Typed notes have been added to the copied letters, presumably by the copier. Some of the letters are annotated by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir, who has also written a brief overview of the collection (inserted in the folder). A note in the hand of Morine Krissdottir explains that the typed copies were made by Sally Powys, before the original letters were sold to The Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin.

Photocopies of forty-one letters (one of which is partial), 1944, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal news and reflections. Some of the letters are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's ink drawings, which include self-caricatures. One letter is addressed to Littleton's wife Elizabeth (née Myers).

Photocopies of one hundred and thirteen letters and three postcards, 1945-1949, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal news and reflections, together with photocopies of partial/incomplete undated letters from John Cowper Powys to Littleton, which are kept in a separate folder within the box. Some of the letters are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's ink drawings, which include self-caricatures. There are references to "the 499 AD novel" (which would become Porius (1951)) and to the deaths of John Cowper Powys's wife Margaret and Littleton's second wife Elizabeth Myers, both in 1947.

Photocopies of partial and undated letters, some with very faint text, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal news and reflections. There are references to some of John Cowper Powys's works eg Wolf Solent (1929), Rabelais (1948) and Porius (1951), to Dinah White's role as amenuensis for John Cowper Powys's son Littleton Alfred at the end of the latter's life, and to the deaths of the writer Virginia Woolf in 1941 and of the American poet Edgar Lee Masters in 1950. Some of the letters are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's ink drawings, which include self-caricatures and representations of plants.

Photocopies of twenty-nine letters, 1937, 1944, 1949-1950, 1953-1961, from John Cowper Powys to Herbert Marks, husband of Powys's niece Isobel Powys Marks. The letters contain mostly personal and family news. One letter is illustrated with an ink drawing by Powys (f. 5).