File AAA1/1/15 - Letters from Littleton Alfred Powys

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AAA1/1/15

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Letters from Littleton Alfred Powys

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  • 1952 (Creation)

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52 ff. (1 folder)

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Sixteen letters, ten postcards and one photograph, 1952, to John Cowper Powys from his son Littleton Alfred Powys, containing mainly personal news, a reference to the death of his aunt, Gertrude Powys (ff. 10-verso), and ink drawings by Littleton Alfred on ff. 4 verso, 5, 6 verso, 22 verso, and 34-verso. There is one enclosed letter to John Cowper Powys from Nell Sampson, friend of Littleton Alfred, and one letter dictated to and written by John Cowper Powys's [?godson], Francis. Littleton Alfred's declining health is mirrored in his deteriorating handwriting.

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Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio รข Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.

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English.

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description compiled by Geraint Phillips and Bethan Ifan.

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  • Folder: John Cowper Powys Manuscripts and Papers AAA1/1/15 (Box 3)