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

Twenty-two letters, 1956-1965, to Phyllis Playter from Eric Harvey of Macdonald & Co. Ltd, publishers, London. Along with personal news, the letters mainly discuss the publication of John Cowper Powys's works, including the libel case involving Powys's novel Weymouth Sands (1934) and its subsequent reprinting, by Macdonald, in 1963. There are references also to the death of John Cowper Powys in June 1963, the death of Powys's nephew, Charles Powys, in Kenya in 1964, and to Phyllis Playter's proposed voyage to South America early in 1964. Enclosed with one letter, dated 21 September 1963, are letters to Phyllis Playter from Harvey's children, Richard and Juliet.

Twenty-seven letters, 1958, 1960-1964 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from Marie Canavaggia, French translator of John Cowper Powys's works. Enclosures comprise a typescript copy of a letter [to Marie Canavaggia] from the painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet, a typescript copy of a letter sent by Marie Canavaggia to the writer and editor Bernard Privat, and an annotated typescript draft of a short biographical piece on John Cowper Powys by Marie Canavaggia.

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.

Twenty-two letters and one postcard, 1951-1952, 1954-1955, 1968-1970, 1975-1976, 1978, 1980 and undated, together with what appear to be three incomplete letters, from Phyllis Playter to John Cowper Powys's nephew, Francis Llewellyn, and his wife, Sally Powys. The letters contain mainly family and other news.

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 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.

One hundred and thirty-four envelopes, 1952-1957, 1959-1976 and indiscernible/missing postmarks, addressed to Gilbert Turner from Phyllis Playter, together with two envelopes, 1947, 1949, from [Alyse Gregory], one, 1948, from [Lucy Penny], and two, 1966, from an unidentified correspondent, all addressed to Gilbert Turner, the contents of all 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.

Fifty-four manuscript and typescript items, [1912x1934], of Phyllis Playter comprising mostly draft prose and poetry, some of which is fragmentary, together with a prose piece copied by Phyllis Playter from the works of Rainer Maria Rilke (ff. 96-8), a poem by Phyllis Playter copied out in a later (cataloguer's) hand (f. 41 recto-verso) and three items taken from printed sources, namely 'The Man in the Moon' by François de Curel, translated from the French by Phyllis Playter (ff. 123-6 verso), a play entitled 'Good-Bye, Georgette' by Phyllis Playter (ff. 127-8), and 'Dialogues of the Dead' by Bernard de Bovier de Fontenelle, translated from the French by Phyllis Playter (ff. 129-45) (photocopy). Some of the items are duplicated and one poem, 'The Dead', is also found in Phyllis Playter's 'Precious, Precious' collection. Inserted into the papers are photocopied notes on the material by Morine Krissdottir.

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

Diary of Phyllis Playter for 1931. The volume contains diary entries for the inclusive dates 1-6 January (pp. 1-6), 8-14 January (pp. 8-14), 21 January - 11 February (pp. 21-42), 13-15 February (pp. 44-46), 17-23 February (pp. 48-54), 8 March (p. 67), 10 March (p. 69), 17-19 March (pp. 76-78), 10 May - 6 July (pp. 130-187), 8-10 July (pp. 189-191), 13-28 July (pp. 194-209), 8-9 August (pp. 220-221), 15-19 August (pp. 227-231), 25 August (p. 237), 10 September (p. 253), 20-23 September (pp. 263-266), 7-8 October (pp. 280-281), 17-18 October (pp. 290-291) and 24-31 December (pp. 358-365), with some memoranda on pp. 366-367, the remaining leaves being left blank. Several press cuttings and a rough pencil draft of [?]poetry in the hand of Phyllis Playter, originally loose in the volume, are inserted at p. i and p. 112 respectively, and two photographs (no identification), also originally loose in the volume, are inserted at pp. 109 and 111. Two feathers are inserted between pp. 62 and 63, the remains of a [? dried and discoloured plant] between pp. 202 and 203, and the remains of a dried flower between pp. 206 and 207. The remains of a ribbon and a [? dried and discoloured plant] are inserted between pp. 194 and 195 and another fragment of ribbon inserted between pp. 360 and 361. Inserted in an envelope at p. 191 by an archivist at a recent date are the remains of a dried plant, with a note that the fragments "caused considerable staining on several pages", this staining being visible on pp. 180-209.

Diary of Phyllis Playter for 1969. The volume contains diary entries for the inclusive dates 1-12 January (ff. 10-15 verso) and 16-19 January 1969 (ff. 17 verso-19), the remainder of the volume (ff. 19 verso-199) having been left blank. The diary is inscribed inside the frontispiece 'Best wishes for 1969 Elsie'.

Passports, a savings book and address books of Phyllis Playter, together with a notebook and lists relating to John Cowper Powys manuscripts and a copy of Y Faner dated 27 June 1980.

Over one hundred and twenty letters, 1946-1967, from Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn Powys, to Phyllis Playter, the majority of which belong to the period 1960-1967; together with four letters, 1957-1961, from Alyse Gregory to John Cowper Powys (NLW MS 21937E, ff. 11, 22, 47, 73). The letters contain frequent family references, particularly to Gertrude Powys and Katie Powys, and discussion regarding the preservation of Powys family manuscripts, diaries and correspondence.

Over seventy letters, 1940-1955, to John Cowper Powys from various correspondents, including W[illiam] J[ohn] Gruffydd (1) 1942; Timothy Lewis (13) 1943-1954; Iorwerth C[yfeiliog] Peate (19) 1942-1951; Keidrych Rhys (9) 1943-1946; and Sir Ifor Williams (1) 1941. The letters relate mainly to John Cowper Powys's work, the Welsh language and culture, and personal matters.

Papers of, or in the possession of, the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, father of John Cowper Powys, comprising personal papers; letters from family members and other correspondents; personal and family estate documents; and papers of various family members, namely his brother Major Littleton Albert Powys, his wife Mary Cowper Powys and her sisters, and his parents Littleton Charles and Amelia Powys.

Personal papers of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, including botanical notebooks (juvenilia) and samples of hair taken from Powys family members.

Printed poems inscribed to Charles Francis Powys, 24 March 1867; a printed representation of a manual alphabet for the deaf (with manuscript notes on dorse); a folio bearing a note in Charles Francis Powys's hand, with a small pencil drawing, possibly also by Charles Francis Powys; an envelope addressed to Charles Francis Powys, with a pencil note, possibly relating to a photograph or photographs, signed by 'MPG' [?his daughter Marian Powys [Grey]]; a note addressed to Charles Francis Powys from his mother Amelia Powys (unsigned); a copy of a poem entitled 'To the Water Lily' by the poet Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans (Mrs Hemans) and a short passage on the Bible 'by Lord Shaftesbury'; lines based on Psalm 55 verse 6 by the Rev. Robert Grant, copied out by the Venerable S. [?]; and a pencil sketch apparently by Charles Francis Powys, with a related note and further sketches on the dorse.

Letters addressed to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from his mother Amelia Powys, other family members and various other correspondents.