A series of over eight hundred love letters, 1921-1932, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter. The majority of the letters, which begin shortly after their first meeting in March 1921, were written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States, while others (see NLW MSS 23162D, 23164D, 23166D, 23172C) describe his visits to England and contain accounts of meetings with members of his family and with the novelist Thomas Hardy.
Letters to Phyllis Playter from members of her family, from Powys family members, and from various friends and acquaintances, together with correspondence relating to the will and estate of Alyse Gregory.
Personal and estate papers of Amelia (Emily) Powys, mother of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, which include letters written to her by her son, Captain Littleton Albert Powys.
Personal, financial and estate papers of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, father of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, and estate papers relating to family members of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys.
Papers of Mary Cowper Powys, wife of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, and of members of her family, including family correspondence, photographs and estate papers.
Papers of or relating to Major Littleton Albert Powys, brother of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, comprising personal papers (including juvenilia), and material relating to his death, memorial and estate.
Papers relating to the wills of John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter and to the literary executorship, copyright, translation rights and royalies, etc. of John Cowper Powys's estate. The literary executorship of both John Cowper Powys and Theodore Francis Powys was in the hands of Phyllis Player until she transferred it to John Cowper Powys's nephew (and Theodore's son) Francis Llewellyn Powys by deed of gift in 1972; Francis, in turn, transferred it by deed of gift to his son John Francis Cowper Powys in 1994.
Manuscript and typescript poems, many in draft form, by John Cowper Powys, including juvenilia written at school. Some of the poems were later published in Powys's poetical anthologies Wolf's Bane (1916) and Samphire (1922), while others remain unpublished.
Manuscript and typescipt drafts of prose works by John Cowper Powys, which include juvenilia composed while Powys was a pupil at Sherborne Preparatory School, proofs and fragments of novels, lecture notes and essays, and an address in Welsh.
Letters from John Cowper Powys to various friends and acquaintances, including a substantial number of (photocopied) letters to the poet Huw Menai (Huw Owen Williams) and letters to the poet and novelist Gamel Woolsey. Also included are a number of envelopes addressed to Gilbert Turner and others from John Cowper Powys, the contents of the envelopes having been removed.
Letters from John Cowper Powys to various members of his family, including some of his siblings, his mother Mary Cowper Powys, and his son Littleton Alfred Powys.
Letters to John Cowper Powys from various publishers and literary agents, including Laurence Pollinger Ltd, Simon & Schuster, and a substantial number from Eric Harvey of Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London.
Letters to John Cowper Powys from friends and acquaintances, including John Redwood Anderson, E. H. Visiak, Edgar Lee Masters, Gamel Woolsey and Huw Menai; together with envelopes addressed to John Cowper Powys, mostly from Gilbert Turner, the contents of the envelopes having been removed.
