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Drafts and memoranda

A hardcover notebook containing incomplete manuscript drafts by Phyllis Playter of a prose piece entitled 'Where Other Rivers Flow'. The back of the volume contains diary entries and personal memoranda by Phyllis Playter, in which she mentions John Cowper Powys and the health of her father Franklin Playter; a note (f. 65 verso) by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir suggests the date 1929 for at least part of this section. A Joplin Printing Company label is pasted on the inside front cover. Inserts comprise a printed representation of the frontispiece of J. L. Campbell's novel The Miracle of Peille (between ff. 41 verso and 42) and a feather (between ff. 56 verso and 57). Ff. 2 verso, 9-53, 54-56 verso, 64-65, and 76 verso are blank.

Juvenile poetry

A notebook containing draft manuscript poems and a short manuscript prose piece by John Cowper Powys, apparently written while he was a pupil at Sherborne School. Some of the poems refer to school life ('Prelude', 'Ode on Billy Seymour', 'End of Term'), while other poems are entitled 'My nickname', 'Corfe Castle at Night', 'Ancient Gods', 'Lyttleton's [sic] nickname' (addressed to Powys's brother Littleton Charles Powys), 'A fight between Thor and Zeus', and 'A ghost story'. There are ink and pencil drawings by Powys on ff. 2 verso, 3 verso-4. Some leaves blank. A note on the book's cover is in the hand of Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Letters from Faith Powys

Fourteen letters, 1940-1962, to John Cowper Powys from Faith Powys (née Oliver), second wife of John Cowper Powys's brother Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys. Enclosed with one letter is a note to John Cowper Powys from Faith Powys's son Oliver Powys, and there is a note to Phyllis Playter on the dorse of another letter. The letters contain mostly family news, including a proposed memorial for Bertie Powys at St Andrew's Church, Winterbourne Tomson, and one letter of 29 December 1940 vividly describes an air raid over their home in Cheltenham. The envelopes bear the names of the correspondents in the hand of Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Letters from Gertrude Powys

Forty-two letters and three postcards, 1935, 1939, 1940-1941, 1943-1946, 1948-1949, 1950-1951 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Gertrude Powys. The letters contain mainly personal and family news, including the marriage of Gertrude's nephew, Peter Powys Grey, son of Marian Powys, to Ty (Barbara Tyler). Some of the letters are illustrated with small ink drawings by Gertrude and there is also a larger pen-and-ink sketch (f. 83) of sheep in a landscape. Enclosures comprise two self-addressed postcards and a press cutting relating to Llewelyn Powys's Swiss Essays (1947). There are occasional notes on the envelopes by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Letters from Gertrude Powys

Thirty-eight letters and one postcard, 1945-1946 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to Socialism and to the end of Second World War hostilities in the summer of 1945. Enclosures comprise a series of cartoons featured in the Daily Sketch, two letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, two letters to John Cowper Powys from his sister Philippa (Katie) Powys, and one letter to Katie Powys from her niece Isobel Powys Marks. F. 95 contains a note by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Letters from John Cowper Powys

Twenty-four letters and six telegrams, [1921], 1923, 1925, 1928-31, 1954, 1957 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from her partner, John Cowper Powys, which include a letter dated 8 May 1954 stating that Powys transferred "all the Manuscripts I possess to your [Phyllis Player's] own use". Three of the letters are illustrated with ink drawings by Powys, and enclosed with one letter is a note to Phyllis Playter from Violet Powys, wife of Powys's brother Theodore. Many of the letters include notes by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir, mainly relating to the dating of the material. Also included are (ff. 79-80) notes by John Cowper Powys found in Phyllis Playter's handbag after her death; an accompanying note by Morine Krissdottir states that there was "no indication of when or why he [Powys] wrote [them]", although the quality of the script suggests that they were written towards the end of Powys's life.

Letters from Lucy Penny

Fifty-nine letters and seven postcards, 1944-1946, 1949, [?1950], 1951-1955, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain mainly family news, including references to the deaths of Lucy's sister, Gertrude Powys, and her brother, Theodore Francis Powys, and to Lucy Penny's stay at Allington Sanatorium, Bridport, Dorset from 1952 to1953. Enclosed with one letter is a letter from Lucy to her brother, John Cowper Powys. There are occasional notes by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Letters from Oliver and Eleanor Powys

Nine letters and one Christmas card, 1947, 1949-1950, 1960, 1962 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his nephew Oliver Powys, son of John Cowper Powys's brother Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys, and one letter, 1960, to John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter from Oliver's twin sister Eleanor Powys. The letters contain mostly personal and family news. The envelopes bear notes in the hand of Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Letters from other friends and acquaintances

Letters to Phyllis Playter from Father J. Hamilton C. Johnson (1), 1929; Marianne Moore (1), 1929; Edgar Lee Masters (6), 1930-1932 (typescript copies); Helen Dreiser (1), 1933; Bernard O'Neill (2), 1945; Alan Denson (1), 1955; George F. Sims (1), 1956; John Redwood Anderson (7 letters and 1 postcard), 1959, 1961-1963, his wife Gwyneth Anderson (3), 1963 and undated, and from both John Redwood and Gwyneth Anderson (1), [1963] (references to the death of John Cowper Powys); Mary Truesdale (1),1960; Dorothy May Meech (1), 1960; Kenneth Hopkins (1), 1961; Ichiro Hara (6), 1962, 1964, 1974, 1979; Minoru Akiyama (1), 1962; George Steiner (1), 1962; Brocard Sewell (1), 1963, and Moray McLaren (1), 1963, regarding a proposed radio broadcast of John Cowper Powys's son Littleton Alfred Powys's poem 'Ode to the West Wind'; Angus Wilson (1 telegram), 1963 (expressing sympathy on the death of John Cowper Powys); Harold A. Van Kirk (1), 1963; G. Wilson Knight (1), 1964; Harold P. Collins (5),1965-1966; Gerald Pollinger (1), 1975 (with typescript copy of a letter from Phyllis Playter to Gerald Pollinger dated 23 October 1975) (beginning of draft letter to G[erald Pollinger] in Francis Llewellyn Powys's hand on f. 100 verso); and David Jenkins of the National Library of Wales (1), 1979; together with undated letters from Josiah Titzell (1), Gladys Ficke (1), and Fred [ ? ] of Birkenhead. Some of the letters are inscribed with notes by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Letters from other Powys family members

Letters to Phyllis Playter from Mabel Powys, first wife of Littleton Charles Powys (1), [1940] (with a short note from Littleton Charles Powys); John Cowper Powys's sister, Philippa (Katie) Powys (8), [1945], [1948], 1957, 1960 (one letter, 1960, containing a note from Katie's sister, Lucy Penny; Isobel Powys Marks, daughter of John Cowper Powys's brother, Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys (13 letters and 2 postcards), 1946, 1949, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1971 and undated; Lucy Penny's daughter, Mary Casey (16 letters and 2 postcards), 1949, 1953, 1958-1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972 (reference to scattering John Cowper Powys's ashes on Chesil Beach and the death of Llewelyn Powys's wife, Alyse Gregory), and Mary's husband, Gerard (1), [?1980] (refers to the death of Mary Casey); John Cowper Powys's niece, Eleanor Powys (1), 1949; John Cowper Powys's son, Littleton Alfred Powys (1), 1949 (enclosing four photographs of Littleton Alfred, one taken with John Cowper Powys, and three of which are inscribed by Littleton Alfred Powys, with a note by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir on f. 51) and an undated photograph of St Dominic's Church, Dursley, Gloucestershire, inscribed on the dorse by Littleton Alfred; John Cowper Powys's brother, Littleton Charles Powys (1), 1949; Stephen Powys Marks, son of Isobel (1), 1959; John Cowper Powys's sister-in-law, Faith Powys (4), 1962, 1963, 1967; Marian Powys's son, Peter Powys Grey (2), 1963, 1966; Antonia Goldhill, daughter of Isobel (4), 1963 and undated); John Francis Cowper Powys, grandson of Theodore Francis Powys (3 letters and 1 postcard), 1967, 1971, 1972 (references to his marriage and including ink drawings illustrating his new home and possessions, and mention of the death of Violet Powys, John's grandmother); John Cowper Powys's brother, William Ernest (Willie) Powys (1), 1967; and Theodore Francis Powys's daughter-in-law, Sally Powys, wife of Francis Llewellyn Powys (5), 1967, 1978, 1980 and undated.

Letters from Theodore Francis Powys (photocopies)

Fifty-eight letters, 1914-1922, 1925-1926, 1931-1932, 1940-19411946-1947, 1950-1951, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Theodore Francis Powys, some of which are partial letters, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to the proposed publication of some of Theodore's works. The majority of the letters are photocopies of the originals, with some typed copies, and one (undated) holograph letter written on the back of a letter from one of Theodore's sons - possibly Charles ('Dicky') Powys - to his parents. Thirteen undated letters are filed within an envelope. Where the photocopied text is very faded, Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir has traced over the script in her own hand.

Letters from Theodore Francis Powys (typed copies)

Typed copies of one hundred and eleven letters and three apparently incomplete letters, 1916-1921, 1923-1926, 1928-1933, 1938-1949, 1951-1952 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Theodore Francis Powys. These letters appear to be in addition to those contained in AAA1/3/1 and AAA1/3/2. The letters contain mostly personal and family news, with references to the proposed publication of some of Theodore's works. One copied letter to his sister Marian Powys from Theodore, presumably included here in error, is crossed out. The folios contain some manuscript amendments/additions [?by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir].

Letters from various correspondents

Letters, 1866-[?1890], to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from various correspondents, as follows: [?G. H[arr]y Pearson], Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1), 1866 (regarding a teaching post for John Cowper Powys); E. S. King (1), 1868; [?] King (1), 1872 (with two photographs enclosed); George [?Collett] (1), 1873; [the Rev.] R[obert] Grant (1), 1878; Cox, Sons, Buckley & Co. and William Powys, 1884, regarding memorial stones for Charles Francis Powys's parents (with a note by Charles Francis Powys on f. 19); the poet and philosopher William Barnes (1), 1885 (with a note by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir on f. 28); [?M.] R. Phelips (3 (one a fragment only)), 1885 (regarding the living of Montacute) (with a note on the envelope by Charles Francis Powys); the congregation of St Peter's Church, Dorchester, on the occasion of Charles Francis Powys's removal from there to St Catherine's Church, Montacute (1), 1885, and the Rev. John Stapleton of St John's Church, Weymouth (1), [?1890].

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 Gertrude Powys (typescript copies)

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.

Letters to Gertrude Powys (typescript copies)

Typescript copies of letters and cards, and one holograph letter, from John Cowper Powys to his sister Gertrude Powys. The letters contain mostly personal and family news. 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).

Letters to Littleton Charles Powys (photocopies)

Photocopies of one hundred and three letters - four of which are partial and undated, others with very faint text (occasionally clarified in Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir's hand) - from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal news and reflections, together with one telegram, 1943, addressed to [presumably Elizabeth] Myers, Littleton's second wife. Some of the letters are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's ink drawings, which include self-caricatures.

Letters to Llewellyn Powys

Three letters, [1935], 1938, from Phyllis Playter to John Cowper Powys's brother, Llewelyn (Lulu) Powys, which include Phyllis Playter's response to Llewelyn's work Damnable Opinions (1935). In 1938 Phyllis Playter is writing to Switzerland, where Llewelyn had removed for the sake of his health. Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir has added brief notes on ff. 1, 3.

Letters to Minnie H. Playter

Four letters, 1929, [1932], from John Cowper Powys to Phyllis Playter's mother Minnie H. Playter, with one letter addressed to Minnie Playter and Phyllis Playter. The letters include references to the death of Toby [?a dog or cat], the acquisition of British rights to the publication of Powys's novel A Glastonbury Romance (1933), and mention of "my little Philosopy Book", possibly A Philosophy of Solitude, published in 1933. F. 2-verso is in Phyllis Playter's hand. The envelopes and all but one letter are annotated 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.

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