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Correspondence, literary papers and material relating to the estate and literary executorship of the novelist John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), and papers, including estate papers, of previous generations of his family; together with correspondence and literary and personal papers of Powys's companion Phyllis Playter (1893-1982).

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.

Papers of or relating to John Cowper Powys, comprising correspondence with family members, friends and acquaintances, publishers and agents, literary papers, including early prose works, and material relating to the Powys estate and literary executorship; together with papers, including estate papers, of previous generations of Powys's family.

Papers of and relating to the novelist John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) and other members of his family, including his correspondence with family, friends and associates, as well as published and unpublished literary works, diaries, lectures, essays, and material relating to his estate and literary executorship. Also included are correspondence and literary and personal papers of Powys's companion Phyllis Playter (1893-1982), as well as personal and estate papers of members of the Powys family including his father, Charles Francis Powys, his paternal grandfather, Littleton Charles Powys, his uncle, Littleton Alfred Powys, his aunts, the Johnson sisters, and his nephew, Francis Llewellyn Powys.

Papers and other material of or relating to members of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys's family, in particular his brother Major Littleton Albert Powys, his father the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys and his mother Amelia (Emily) 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.

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

Samples of dried plants, 1846, 1850, and a piece of lace; a piece of embroidery; a list of clothing requirements for 'Caroline Parsons 6 years old' dated 1850; a list of Christmas gifts, 1851; a printed copy of a drawing, inscribed 'Lenore'; a list of family events which occurred in the year 1866; a copy of a print, with a note by 'A.M.', possibly Charles Francis Powys's maternal grandmother, Amelia Moilliet; a 'Psalm in trouble' written out by hand; a list of artists and their works; and a knitting pattern written out by hand.

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

Three notebooks, 1850-1853, containing botanical drawings and notes compiled by the Rev. Charles Francis Powys as a boy. The envelope in which the notebooks were kept is inscribed with a note on its contents by John Cowper Powys.

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.

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

Letters to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from his brother Major Littleton Albert Powys (2), 1854, [1872] (the death of their father the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys); his father-in law and former tutor William Cowper Johnson (3), 1866 (congratulations to Charles Francis Powys on his Cambridge success), [1872]; his prospective wife Mary Cowper Johnson (1), 1871 (Charles Francis Powys's transfer to Shirley and their forthcoming marriage); his maternal aunt Susanna Smith (3), [?1872], [1879] (congratulations on the birth of Charles and Mary Powys's second daughter Eleanor (who died in 1893 aged 13)), [1885] (congratulations on attaining the living of Montacute); his maternal aunt Louisa J. Moilliet (1), 1883 (an offer of the living of Burton-le-Coggles, Lincolnshire, with a note in Charles Francis Powys's hand on the envelope stating that he declined the offer 'at Mother's advice'); and his [?] sister Philippa F[rances] E[milia] Shirley (3), 1891 (regarding Charles Francis Powys's mother Amelia Powys's memorial at Stalbridge) (with a note on the envelope in the hand of [Marian Powys], daughter of Charles Francis Powys), 1892, 1901.

Letters, 1866-[?1890], to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from various correspondents, as follows: [?G. H[arr]y Pearson], Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1), 1866 (regarding a teaching post for John Cowper Powys); E. S. King (1), 1868; [?] King (1), 1872 (with two photographs enclosed); George [?Collett] (1), 1873; [the Rev.] R[obert] Grant (1), 1878; Cox, Sons, Buckley & Co. and William Powys, 1884, regarding memorial stones for Charles Francis Powys's parents (with a note by Charles Francis Powys on f. 19); the poet and philosopher William Barnes (1), 1885 (with a note by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir on f. 28); [?M.] R. Phelips (3 (one a fragment only)), 1885 (regarding the living of Montacute) (with a note on the envelope by Charles Francis Powys); the congregation of St Peter's Church, Dorchester, on the occasion of Charles Francis Powys's removal from there to St Catherine's Church, Montacute (1), 1885, and the Rev. John Stapleton of St John's Church, Weymouth (1), [?1890].

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

Letters to Mary Cowper Powys from the following correspondents: 'Uncle Cowper Hamilton's father' (1), 1869; her father the Rev. William Cowper Johnson (3), [1872], 1879, 1888; her mother Marianne Cowper Johnson (2), 1879 and undated; her husband the Rev. Charles Francis Powys (1), [1879]; her mother-in-law Amelia Powys (1), [1879]; her daughter-in-law Dorothy Mary Powys, wife of Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys (1), 1905; and [?Norman], her old nurse at Yaxham (1), undated; together with a sheet of paper with a note on the letters [in Mary's daughter Marian Powys's hand]. There are notes by [Marian Powys] on ff. 4 verso, 7 verso and 22, and a note by Mary Cowper Powys on f. 14. The letters contain mostly family news, including the last illness and death of the Rev. Powys's brother Major Littleton Albert Powys. For the 'Mr Lake' referred to in the Rev. Powys's letter see 'Papers relating to Littleton Albert Powys'.

Miscellaneous personal papers of Mary Cowper Powys comprising printed pieces of card bearing the inscriptions 'Mrs Thomas Hardy At Home' and 'Max Gate, Dorchester' and dated in pencil 30th August 1905 [in Mary's hand]; a birthday card, on the dorse of which is inscribed '1st Feby. 1883 C.F.P.'s [i.e. Charles Francis Powys's] birthday' [in Mary's hand]; a printed leaf of 'Daily Texts' dated January 1874, with pencil note [in Mary's hand]; an envelope bearing a note on contents [in Mary's hand]; a verse and note addressed to Charles Francis Powys in Mary's hand; a pencil drawing, dated August 1895, by Mary of her son John Cowper Powys's house; an envelope bearing the inscription 'Isobel Powys May 1906' containing a photograph of Dorothy Powys, wife of Mary's son Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys, dated 1906, and a lock of [?Dorothy Powys's] hair; and a wedding announcement of Littleton Charles and Alice Mabel Powys, son and daughter-in-law of Mary Cowper Powys, 1904.

Thirty letters, 1878-1889 and undated, to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from his mother Amelia Powys. The letters contain mostly family news, including the birth of Charles and Mary Powys's second daughter Eleanor, who died in 1893 aged 13, and reflections on Charles's brother Major Littleton Albert Powys, following his death in August 1879. There are notes by [Amelia Powys's granddaughter Marian Powys] on ff. 38 verso, 44 verso and 49, and by Charles Francis Powys on ff. 33, 53 verso and 55. Enclosues comprise proposed memorial inscriptions for Amelia Powys and her husband the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys (ff. 52-54) and a card bearing Biblical verses (f. 73).

Papers, 1879-1881, relating to the estate of Major Littleton Albert Powys, comprising a list of costs, 1875-1879, relating to the preparation and administration of his will, addressed to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, as executor of the will, from Newman, Jeans & Co. [solicitors], Clements Inn, London; correspondence, 1879, 1881, addressed to the Rev. Powys from Newman, Jeans & Co. relating to the administration of the estate; and inland revenue legacy receipts and residuary accounts, 1881, also relating to the administration of the estate.