Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1838-2023 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
20 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lucy Amelia Powys (1890-1986) was the youngest of the eleven children of the Rev. C. F. Powys, vicar of Montacute, Somerset, and Mary Cowper Johnson; her siblings included the writers John Cowper Powys, Theodore Francis Powys, and Llewelyn Powys. She married Hounsell Penny, a miller, in 1911 and they had one daughter, Mary (b. 1915). The family lived at Horsebridge, Hampshire, before moving to Shootash, Hampshire, in 1938. Hounsell Penny died in 1945 and later that year Mary married Gerard Casey. In 1950 Lucy moved to Mappowder, Dorset, to be near her brother Theodore. She was joined there in the nineteen seventies by Mary and Gerard, who lived in the cottage next door until Mary's death in 1980. Lucy Penny died in November 1986.
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Biographical history
Archival history
The archive contains papers accumulated by Lucy Penny during her lifetime, supplemented by papers inherited from her mother Mary Cowper Powys and sisters Gertrude and Phillippa (Katie) Powys. Following Lucy's death in 1986 these would have been been inherited by her son-in-law Gerard Casey (d. 2000), with the combined Penny and Casey collection being bequeathed by him to Louise de Bruin, the consignor at the 2023 auction.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Dominic Winter Auctioneers; Cirencester; Purchased at auction, lots 682-684; 14 December 2023; 995062307902419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1838-2023, mainly of Lucy Penny and Mary Casey, comprising manuscripts and papers, 1838-2005, relating mostly to John Cowper Powys and the Powys family; over seven thousand letters, [c. 1860]-[20 cent., last ΒΌ], comprising correspondence of Lucy Penny, Mary and Gerald Casey and members of the Powys and related families; and catalogues describing the collection, 2012-2023.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW as follows: manuscripts and papers; correspondence.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, unless stated otherwise.
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
July 2024.
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Sources
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Printed Books, Maps & Original Art... 13/14 December 2023 [auction catalogue] (South Cerney, 2023).
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Jones.