Passports, issued 1923, 1938, 1963 and 1974, a certificate of registration (under the Aliens Order, 1920), 1934, together with related documentation, 1963 and undated, of Phyllis Playter; and a savings book, 1936-1950, of Phyllis Playter (issued in the name of both Phyllis Playter and of her mother, Minnie H. Playter).
Letters to Minnie H. Playter and from Franklin Playter
Two letters, undated, to Minnie H. Playter from Jane [?Keany] and from Stella Creamer, and a letter, undated, from Franklin Playter to 'Frank'.
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 Franklin and Minnie H. Playter
Five letters, [?one incomplete], 1903, 1909, 1917, from Phyllis Playter to her father, Franklin Playter, and her mother, Minnie H. Playter. The letters contain mainly family news and mention of Phyllis Playter's work as a writer.
Letters from Minnie H. Playter
Twelve letters and one apparently incomplete letter, 1926, 1930, 1934 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from her mother, Minnie H. Playter. The letters mainly contain news of family and friends.
Thirty-seven letters and two postcards, 1949-1950, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with a reference to the death of 'Aunt Harriet' [?Phyllis Playter's aunt] in 1949. Enclosures comprise five letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, one letter to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's brother Littleton Charles Powys, one letter to Gertrude from her sister-in-law Elizabeth (wife of her brother William Ernest ('Willie') Powys), and one letter to Minnie Playter, Phyllis Playter's mother, from Gertrude. There is a painted-in ink drawing of flowers by Gertrude on f. 43 verso and an ink drawing, also by Gertrude, of her sister Lucy's house on f. 68.