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- 1889-1914 (Creation)
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73 ff. (3 envelopes in 1 folder)
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Letters, 1889-1914 and undated, to Mary Cowper Powys from her children (other than John Cowper Powys) and grandchildren as follows: son Albert Reginald (Bertie) (8 letters + 1 poem), [1891]-1908 and undated (one letter also signed by Bertie's wife Dorothy Mary Powys) (with notes on envelopes in Mary Cowper Powys's hand); son William Ernest (Willie) Powys (22 letters + 1 fragment + 1 poem), [1899]-1914 and undated (with notes on envelopes in Mary Cowper Powys's hand); daughter Gertrude Powys (3), 1889 and undated; son Llewelyn Powys (1), [?1906]; grandson Theodore ('Charles ('Dicky')') Powys (son of Theodore Francis Powys) (2), 1913 and undated; and grandson Littleton Alfred Powys (son of John Cowper Powys) (1), [1909]. Many of the letters are illustrated with ink and/or pencil drawings by the correspondent.
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Accruals
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Arranged chronologically as far as possible within each set of correspondence.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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Folio 12 torn.
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Note
For two further letters (enclosures), 1893, to Mary Cowper Powys from Gertrude Powys see 'Letters to Mary Cowper Powys from John Cowper Powys'.
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- Powys, A. R. (Albert Reginald), 1881-1936 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Powys, William Ernest, 1888-1978 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Powys, Gertrude M. (Gertrude Mary) -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Powys, A. R. (Albert Reginald), 1881-1936 (Subject)
- Powys, Gertrude M. (Gertrude Mary) (Subject)
- Powys, Dorothy Mary, 1882-1956 (Subject)
- Powys, William Ernest, 1888-1978 (Subject)
- Powys, Llewelyn, 1884-1939 (Subject)
- Powys, Charles, 1906-1931 (Subject)
- Powys, Littleton A. (Subject)