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Forty-nine envelopes, 1924, 1938, 1940, 1943-1946, 1949-1951, 1953-1956, 1961-1962 and indiscernible/missing date, forty-seven of which are addressed to John Cowper Powys and the remaining two to Elwyn Evans (f. 48) and Marian Powys Grey (f. 49). The correspondents include Edgar Lee Masters (6), 1944-1945, Maurice Browne (6), 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953-1954 and missing postmark, [? Francis Llewellyn Powys] (6), 1955-1956, Alyse Gregory (1), 1961, Henry Miller (1), 1962, James Hanley (1), [?1962] and Gamel Woolsey (1), indiscernible date; ff. 27-49 are from unidentified correspondents. The contents of all envelopes have 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.

Envelopes addressed to Phyllis Playter from Alyse Gregory (53, 1952-195[?3], 1956-1958, 1960-1967) (ff. 1-53), Gilbert Turner (42, 1954-1955, 1957-1958, 1960, 1963, 1969, 1976) (ff. 54-95), Littleton Charles Powys (17, 1948-1953) (ff. 96-112), [Francis Llewellyn Powys] (12, 1958-1959, 1963-1964, 1974, 1976 and indiscernible/missing postmarks) (ff. 113-122), Gerald Brenan (11, 1968) (ff. 123-133), Gamel Woolsey (1, indiscernible postmark, envelope torn in half) (f. 134), Luis José Bonito Ribeiro (1, [?1976]) (f. 135), Philippa (Katie) Powys (1, [1961]) (f. 136) and John C. Playter (1,1976) (f. 137). The contents of all the envelopes have been removed.

Some one hundred and five love letters and telegrams, 1926, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter. The majority of the letters were written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States, while others describe a visit to England and contain accounts of meetings with members of his family and with the novelist Thomas Hardy (ff. 209 verso, 210, 215 verso-216, 219 verso).
Also included are one letter to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister-in-law, Alyse Gregory (f. 181), and two from his sister, Philippa ('Katie') Powys (ff. 197, 203).

Letters to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister-in-law, Alyse Gregory, wife of Llewelyn Powys; together with correspondence addressed to Phyllis Playter regarding Alyse Gregory's will and estate.

Twenty letters and one postcard, 1944, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to the Second World War and its effects. Enclosures comprise five letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, one letter to Gertrude from Alyse Gregory, and one letter to Gertrude from Joan [---?].

Letters to John Cowper Powys from his mother Mary Cowper Powys (1), 1914, his sister-in-law Violet Powys (wife of Theodore Francis Powys) (1) (partial), [c. 1915], his father the Reverend Charles Francis Powys (2), 1918, his sister-in-law Alyse Gregory (wife of Llewelyn Powys) (7), 1924-1925, 1929, 1939-1940, 1960, his brother Llewelyn Powys (4), 1925, 1927 and undated, his sister-in-law Mabel Powys (first wife of Littleton Charles Powys) (2), [1939] and undated, his sister Katie (Philippa) Powys (1 + 1 postcard), 1941, 1949; his sisters Gertrude Powys, Lucy Penny and 'Marz' [?Marian Powys] (1 telegram), 1942; his brother Littleton Charles Powys (1 telegram), [1942]; his sister Lucy Penny (1, with an enclosed letter from Lucy to Phyllis Playter) 1946; his companion Phyllis Playter (1), undated; his son Littleton Alfred Powys (1 [?Christmas card]), undated; and Ernest Angell (aka Peter Grey), father of Powys's nephew Peter Powys Grey (1), undated; also an envelope (contents removed) from his sister Marian Powys (1954).

Letters, 1940, 1960-1961, to John Cowper Powys's sister-in-law Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn Powys, from Sara Bard Field (1), 1940; John [ ? ] (1), 1960; Edward Ernest Bissell (1), 1960; and Donald [ ? ] (1), 1961.

Letters from John Cowper Powys to his brother Llewelyn Powys (1), 1929, his sister-in-law Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn (1), 1954, and Sally Powys, wife of John Cowper Powys's nephew Francis Llewellyn Powys (1), 1955. The letter to Llewelyn Powys contains a detailed account of John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter's Hillsdale home known as Phudd Bottom, while the letter to Sally Powys refers to Francis Powys's recent stay in hospital and is illustrated with ink drawings by John Cowper Powys (f. 11-verso).

Eighteen letters, 1928-1938, from Llewelyn Powys to his brother, John Cowper Powys, mainly concerning Llewelyn Powys's relationship with Gamel Woolsey and with his wife, Alyse Gregory, together with references to both Llewelyn's and John Cowper Powys's literary work.

Thirty-six letters, 1925-1936 and undated, from Llewelyn Powys to Phyllis Playter, relating mainly to Llewelyn Powys's relationship with Gamel Woolsey and with his wife, Alyse Gregory, with references also to Llewelyn's and John Cowper Powys's literary work.

Letters largely to and between various members of the Powys family, as follows: To Lucy Penny from her mother Mary Cowper Powys (5), 1911-1912, 1914; to Marian (May) Powys from her mother Mary Cowper Powys (1), [1914]; to Margaret Powys from her son Littleton Alfred Powys (1), 1926; to Gamel Woolsey from Mary (Molly) MacCarthy (1), undated, which refers to Gamel's then contentious work One Way of Love (1930) (with a note by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir); to Gertrude Powys from [her brother Theodore Francis Powys], (3), 1941, 1946 and undated (typescript copies); to Gertrude Powys from her sister Lucy Penny (1 postcard), [1944]; to Marian Powys from 'E. R.' (1), 1947; to Peter Powys Grey from his mother Marian Powys (1), 1948; to Bernard O'Neill from Philippa (Katie) Powys (1), 1949 (photocopy); to Francis Llewellyn Powys from his cousin Littleton Alfred Powys (1 postcard), 1951; to Littleton [?Charles] Powys from an unnamed correspondent (the letter lacking a signature and appearing incomplete) (1), 1953; to George Frederick Sims from John Cowper Powys's nephew Francis Llewellyn Powys (1), 1958 (photocopy); to Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn Powys, from Francis Llewellyn Powys (1), 1960; to Jill Olson from Katie Powys (1), 1961 (photocopy) (with note by Morine Krissdottir); to Lucy Penny from her sister Marian Powys (1), [1963]; to Lucy Penny from Powys biographer Marie Canavaggia (including a note to Phyllis Playter) (1), 1964; to Lucy Penny from her niece Isobel Powys Marks (1), 1966; to Lucy Penny from her niece Rose Dyer (1), 1969; to Lucy Penny from her nephew Gilfrid Powys (1), 1969; to Lucy Penny from her great-nephew Michael (2) and her great-niece Lucy (1), 1969; to Francis Llewellyn Powys from C. Benson Roberts (1), 1970; to John Cowper Powys's brother William Ernest (Willie) Powys from Agnes [ ? ] in Poland, enclosing a photograph [?from Adrian Upfield]) (1), 2002; together with undated letters to Alyse Gregory from Lucy Penny (1) and Ty (Barbara) Powys Grey (née Tyler), first wife of Peter Powys Grey (1), an undated letter to Bernard O'Neill from Lucy Penny (photocopy), and an undated postcard from Marian Powys to an unnamed recipient (on the dorse of which is a printed notice of an auction of some of Marian Powys's lacemaking stock upon her retirement). Included separately in an envelope are photographs of Marian Powys and Peter Powys Grey, [?1936], and an obituary of Gertrude Powys, [1952].

Unpublished manuscript and typescript poems (one photocopied), most in draft form, by John Cowper Powys, including 'The Dream of Rhonabwy' (ff. 1-6) (apparently incomplete). One of the poems is written on the back of a letter (inverted text) from Miriam Louch to Mr [?Irask] (ff. 7-8). F. 62 bears a (much later) dedication to Alyse Gregory in John Cowper Powys's hand.