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Letters to John Cowper Powys arranged alphabetically, S-W. The correspondents are as follows: Elisabeth Schoen (3), 1957-1958, 1962 (with enclosed printed piece (in French) relating to the French translation of John Cowper Powys's Autobiography (1934)); Enid Mary Starkie (1), 1956; B. T. W. Stevenson (1), 1957; Martha Sweeney (1), 1928; Gilbert Turner (1 postcard), 1945; Bridie Wall, cousin of Gerard Casey, husband of John Cowper Powys's niece Mary Casey (1), undated (photocopy) (annotated by John Cowper Powys); Theresa Whistler (1), 1959; Louis Wilkinson (2 telegrams), 1919; Dora Williams (10), 1939, 1941, 1943-1944; Huw Menai Williams (2), 1951, 1958 and Anne, his wife (1), 1962 (together with a press cutting, 1951, relating to a luncheon held in Huw Menai's honour, and a printed flyer advertising an edition of the periodical Wales in which an article by Huw Menai appeared); Angus Wilson (3), 1956, 1962-1963; and Gamel Woolsey (2), 1951 (containing her response to John Cowper Powys's novel Porius (1951), 1952 (reference to the death of John Cowper Powys's sister Gertrude Powys).

Envelopes addressed to John Cowper Powys from the librarian Gilbert Turner and others, the contents of the envelopes having 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.

Seventy-one envelopes, 1945-1949, addressed to John Cowper Powys from the librarian Gilbert Turner, the contents of the envelopes having 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.

Ninety-two envelopes, 1950-1954, addressed to John Cowper Powys from the librarian Gilbert Turner, the contents of the envelopes having 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.

One hundred and three envelopes, 1956-1962 and indiscernible/missing postmarks, addressed to John Cowper Powys from the librarian Gilbert Turner, the contents of the envelopes having 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.

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.

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 various publishers and literary agents, including Laurence Pollinger Ltd and Simon & Schuster.

Letters and telegrams, 1899-1932, to John Cowper Powys from various publishers and literary agents. Among the correspondents are Arnold Shaw (8), 1918-1925, Lee Keedick (5), 1927-1931, Will Durant (2) 1928 (with his reader’s report to Simon and Schuster on Powys’s novel Wolf Solent), Simon and Schuster (9), 1928-1931 (with royalty statements), Marianne Moore (1), 1928, and Victor Gollancz (1), 1932 (with comments on Powys’s novel A Glastonbury Romance). The file also includes one letter, 1930, from Powys to Lee Keedick.

Letters, 1934-1935, to John Cowper Powys from various publishers and literary agents. Many of the letters relate to the libel action brought against Powys for his novel A Glastonbury Romance (1932). Among the correspondents are Simon and Schuster (18) W. W. Norton (3), Laurence Pollinger (22) and John Lane (2).

Letters, 1936-1963, to John Cowper Powys from various publishers and literary agents. The correspondents include Laurence Pollinger Ltd (22), 1936-1954, 1957, Simon and Schuster (11), 1937-1947, and Keidrych Rhys (1), 1944. Enclosures comprise typescript copies of letters to Laurence Pollinger Ltd from John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd and Jonathan Cape Ltd and a printed copy of Wales (March 1944).

Letters to John Cowper Powys from Eric Harvey of Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London, containing both professional correspondence and personal news.

Forty-six letters, 1951-1954 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from Eric Harvey of Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London, containing both professional correspondence and personal news. Enclosures comprise a printed interview-style article, [1953], relating to John Cowper Powys's novel A Glastonbury Romance (1933), a typed copy of Powys's Preface to A Glastonbury Romance, and three photographs of Eric Harvey's infant children.

Twenty-seven letters, 1955-1956, to John Cowper Powys from Eric Harvey of Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London, containing both professional correspondence and personal news, including references to the death of Powys's brother Littleton Charles Powys in 1955. There are inscriptions by John Cowper Powys on ff. 12 verso and 38.

Twenty-four letters and two enclosed photographs, 1957-1962, to John Cowper Powys from Eric Harvey of Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London, and one letter, 1957, from John [?Fortis White] of Macdonald & Co. The letters contain both professional correspondence and personal news.

Letters from John Cowper Powys to family members and friends, including the poet Huw Menai (Huw Owen Williams) and the poet and novelist Gamel Woolsey.

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.

Photocopies of letters from John Cowper Powys to his brother Theodore Francis Powys.

Photocopies of one hundred and five letters, [1883, 1902, 1906-1907, 1909, 1912, 1914-1919, 1921-1933], 1935-1936, 1938, 1941-1949, 1951, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Theodore Francis Powys, the earliest of which was written by John Cowper Powys from Sherborne School, together with a typescript copy of one letter, 1947, possibly made by Phyllis Playter (f. 317), and one letter, 1956, from John Cowper Powys to Violet Powys, widow of Theodore (ff. 340-342). A substantial portion of the letters are undated, with likely dates (and other notes) added in pencil by Morine Krissdottir. The letters contain mostly personal, professional and family news and some are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's drawings. Enclosures comprise a photocopy of a printed article containing a review of Theodore Powys's The House with the Echo (1928) and photocopies of letters to John Cowper Powys from Barnet B. Ruder and Reginald Moore. The originals of these letters are housed in Texas. The photocopies were made by Jeffrey Kwintner and given to Morine Krissdottir.

The file comprises photocopies of twelve undated letters from John Cowper Powys to Theodore Francis Powys, in addition to those in AAB1/1/1.