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Miscellaneous material of or relating to Father Littleton Alfred Powys, son of John Cowper Powys. They comprise Littleton Alfred's baptismal certificate, [1914]; his Declaration of Ordination, 1927, 1928; birthday greetings to him from his mother Margeret Powys, 1930; a press cutting relating to his service as army chaplain during the Second World War; a holograph copy of his poem 'The Sound'; four photographs showing a procession of nuns and children from Nympsfield Orphanage, Dursley, Gloucestershire, 1950 (with notes on dorse by Littleton Alfred); an undated photograph of Dinah White, close friend of Littleton Alfred, with Dinah's name inscribed on the back cover in Phyllis Playter's hand; press obituaries (one in Welsh) of Littleton Alfred Powys, [1954], including one taken from The Beda Review; an envelope containing an embroidered handkerchief and photograph [?of Littleton Alfred], undated, the envelope inscribed 'From Littleton Alfred's Silver Box' in Phyllis Playter's hand; a copy, in the hand of Littleton Charles Powys (Littleton Alfred's uncle), of a letter from Dinah White, dated 22 August 1954, to Littleton Charles, together with typescript notes by Littleton Charles on Littleton Alfred's poem 'Ode to the West Wind', including public response to the work (see also NLW MS 24061D); and a printed copy of Littleton Alfred's poem 'Ode to the West Wind', at the back of which is inserted a press cutting from The Listener, 24 June 1954, relating to Theodore Francis Powys's possible influence on Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood'. There is a note in Morine Krissdottir's hand on f. 8.

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.

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.

Twenty-two letters, two postcards and four telegrams, 1953-1954, addressed to John Cowper Powys, mostly from his son Littleton Alfred Powys. Only one postcard is in Littleton Alfred's hand, the remainder of the correspondence having been dictated by him during the last stage of his illness. Most of the dictated letters are written by Dinah White, Littleton Alfred's close friend during his last year; they contain mostly personal news and also poems composed by Littleton Alfred, with notes added by Dinah White which follow on from the dictated text. There are also fourteen letters, almost exclusively concerned with Littleton Alfred's health, written by Dinah White directly to John Cowper Powys, whom she addresses as 'Dear Adopted Dad'. Three of the telegrams are to inform John Cowper Powys of Littleton Alfred's death. Also included is a poem on Littleton Alfred's death by K. Tranter. Included as part of this correspondence are undated and fragmentary letters and one postcard to John Cowper Powys from Littleton Alfred Powys, containing mostly personal news and also a character sketch of Macbeth.