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Envelopes addressed to the librarian Gilbert Turner, C. Benson Roberts and Susanne Lane from John Cowper Powys, the contents of the envelopes having been removed. These items were purchased with the letters contained in NLW MSS 23493-23498E, 23499D and should be considered as part of that collection.

A series of notebooks and loose leaves containing parts of a projected (unpublished) first novel by John Cowper Powys, most of which involve a character called Glendower. These narratives are closely related to those contained in NLW MSS 23672-6E.

Manuscript fragments and typescript drafts of published novels by John Cowper Powys, including a photocopy of the typescript of Powys's 1951 novel Porius, with a typescript introduction by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir, and a typescript draft of the preface to Les Sables de la Mer, Marie Canavaggia's 1958 French translation of Weymouth Sands (1934).

Manuscripts, typescripts and photocopied typescripts of non-fiction prose works, mainly lectures, essays and speeches, by John Cowper Powys.

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 concerning proposed publication and translation of, and performance rights, copyright and royalties relating to, the works of John Cowper Powys, with some of the papers relating also to the works of his brother Theodore Francis Powys and his sister Philippa (Katie) Powys. 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, 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.

Contracts concerning publication and translation rights relating to the works of John Cowper Powys, and, in some instances, to those of John Cowper Powys's brother Theodore Francis Powys.

Letters to Francis Llewellyn Powys from Laurence Pollinger and Gerald Pollinger of Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London, together with a number of letters addressed to Francis's wife Sally Powys and to Phyllis Playter. The letters mostly relate to the publication of, and copyright, royalties, performance rights, etc. relating to, the published works and other papers (eg letters and diaries) of John Cowper Powys.

Notebooks of Francis Llewellyn Powys containing material mostly relating to the proposed publication of John Cowper Powys's letters and diaries.

Letters to Mary Cowper Powys from members of her family, including her parents, children and grandchildren.

Miscellaneous items of or relating to family members of Mary Cowper Powys, including photographs and estate papers.

Family correspondence and personal calling cards of members of Mary Cowper Powys's family.

Letters and telegrams to Phyllis Playter from her partner, John Cowper Powys.

Letters to Phyllis Playter from her parents, Franklin and Minnie H. Playter, and from Marion Bell (née Playter).

Letters to Phyllis Playter from various members of the Powys family, including John Cowper Powys's sisters, Lucy, Gertrude and Marian, his nephew, Francis Llewellyn Powys, and his sister-in-law, Alyse Gregory, wife of Llewelyn Powys, together with correspondence to Phyllis Playter regarding Alyse Gregory's will and estate.

Letters to Phyllis Playter from friends and acquaintances, including Gamel Woolsey, Marie Canavaggia, Michel Gresset and Gilbert Turner.

Letters from Phyllis Playter to her parents, Franklin and Minnie H. Playter.

Letters from Phyllis Playter to various members of John Cowper Powys's family.

Letters from Phyllis Playter to various friends and acquaintances, including a substantial amount addressed to the writer Gamel Woolsey.

Diaries of Phyllis Playter containing memoranda and various inserts, including press cuttings, address labels, photographs and preserved dried plants.