Thirty-nine letters and four postcards, 1956-1959, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny, three of which are written from Timau, Kenya, where Lucy was staying from April to June 1959. The letters contain mainly family news. One letter, dated 17 June 1959, is inscribed by John Cowper Powys (f. 87). Together with three photographs, [?1959] (filed in envelope, ff. 88a-c), taken by Lucy Penny while staying in Timau with her daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Gerard Casey.