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Royalty statements (some photocopied) and translation rights material, 1957-1999 and undated, relating to John Cowper Powys's literary executorship, with some royalty statements relating to his brother Theodore Francis Powys's literary executorship. Most of the statements and rights are addressed to Francis Llewellyn Powys, with some addressed to Violet Powys, wife of Theodore. Together with related correspondence, 1958-1959, 1961, 1963, 1966-1967, 1970-1971, 1974-1975, 1977, 1980-1982, 1984, 1990 and undated, addressed to Francis Llewellyn Powys and Violet Powys mainly from publishers Chatto & Windus, and draft letters from Francis Llewellyn Powys to Gerald Pollinger (3), Laurence Pollinger (1) and Denzil de Silva (1) of literary agents Laurence Pollinger Ltd and one letter from Violet Powys to Ian Parsons of Chatto & Windus. Some of the papers and correspondence bear manuscript notes, accounts, etc. made by Francis Llewellyn Powys.

Miscellaneous items of or relating to John Cowper Powys, comprising printed signed confirmations by Henry Barclay Swete, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, and Herbert Edward Ryle, Hulsean Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, that Powys attended a course of their lectures during 1892 and 1893, with a note by Powys's father the Reverend Charles Francis Powys; Powys's certificate of rejection from the Army Medical Board, 29 May 1918 (signed by Powys); an envelope inscribed by Powys 'Little Objects of unknown value belong to me' containing various receipts, 1919, a cheque dated 22 May 1919 made out to Powys's wife Margaret Powys, a printed calling card of Mrs T. Oatley Bennett, an envelope containing butterfly antennae (the contents noted on the envelope by Powys), and an undated newspaper cutting detailing accommodation to let; an immigration visa (as nonquota returning immigrant) dated 2 September 1924, which is signed by Powys and displays a photograph of him; a printed announcement of a testimonial dinner held in honour of Powys, 29 May 1929; a prescription note for Powys from Dr Max Einhorn of New York City to Dr C. Thomas, dated 15 March 1930, suggesting a diagnosis of excess stomach acid and possible gastric ulcer; a poem by William J. Williams ('The Catholic') entitled L'Ours' written out in Powys's hand; a watercoloured ink drawing by Powys depicting caricatures of Owain Glyndŵr, Hitler, a sea-serpent (possibly the poet Huw Owen Williams (Huw Menai), whom Powys often depicted in this guise) holding the sword Excalibur, and Powys himself (bottom left); a pocket diary for 1949 containing mainly names and addresses and memoranda, with a photograph on f. 22 inscribed on the back by Powys 'Sammy Clemens great nephew or great cousin of Mark Twain!!'; an address book, with occasional entries also by Phyllis Playter; a caricatured ink drawing of Powys and Phyllis Playter by Powys, dated 29 April 1951; a copy of Blaenau Observed A Broadcast Poem (Dock Leaves Press, 1957) by Raymond Garlick, inscribed 'Raymond Garlick 30:XII:57'; a list written on headed British Museum paper 'For John Cowper Powys, from some admirers of his genius' (comprising Museum staff and University lecturers); an invitation to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party held on 20 July 1961; an address book, with occasional entries also by Phyllis Playter; printed cards 'to his Friends' announcing that Powys would no longer be writing letters 'owing to the Physical and Mental Infirmities of Old Age'; a certificate and related material from the University of Wales, Cardiff conferring (in absentia) on Powys the honourary degree of D.Litt., July 1962; a list of household expenses in Powys's hand, showing that 'stationary & Postage' was the single greatest expense for the period in question; and a typescript copy of a radio broadcast, dated 24 May 1976, entitled A Glastonbury Romance, written and read by P. J. Kavanagh. Together with an undated poem entitled Forum Romanum by Frances Gregg, with whom Powys had a relationship prior to settling down with Phyllis Playter, and two typescript biographical pieces on the novelist, pamphleteer and physician Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (Louis-Ferdinand Céline), one of which is by Powys translator Marie Canavaggia (undated) and the other by 'J. C[?anavaggia], dated June 1962.

Papers and correspondence, 1935, relating to the estates of Maria Theodora Johnson, Catherine Cowper Donne (née Johnson) and Henrietta Cowper Johnson, [?cousins] of Mary Cowper Powys. They comprise letters, 1935, to Theodore Francis Powys from Foster, Calvert & Marriott, Norwich, solicitors, relating to the estates of his aunts Maria Theodora Johnson and Catherine Cowper Donne (née Johnson), and residuary accounts, 1935, relating to the estates of Maria Theodora Johnson, Catherine Cowper Donne and Henrietta Cowper Johnson; together with photocopies of these papers.

A notebook containing draft manuscript poems and a short manuscript prose piece by John Cowper Powys, apparently written while he was a pupil at Sherborne School. Some of the poems refer to school life ('Prelude', 'Ode on Billy Seymour', 'End of Term'), while other poems are entitled 'My nickname', 'Corfe Castle at Night', 'Ancient Gods', 'Lyttleton's [sic] nickname' (addressed to Powys's brother Littleton Charles Powys), 'A fight between Thor and Zeus', and 'A ghost story'. There are ink and pencil drawings by Powys on ff. 2 verso, 3 verso-4. Some leaves blank. A note on the book's cover is in the hand of Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Later manuscript prose, mostly in rough draft form or merely rough notes, by John Cowper Powys, some of which is dated (1960, 1962). F. 11 is illustrated with a doodle drawing in ink by Powys.

Six typescript lectures by John Cowper Powys on Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Lamb, Sir Walter Scott and William Makepeace Thackeray, with some revision, mainly in the author's hand, and an additional passage by the author at the end of the final lecture. The scripts may have been taken down by a stenographer from Powys's delivery when he was lecturing in the United States. The lectures were published in Singular Figures: Six Lectures by John Cowper Powys, ed. by Paul Roberts (Colchester, 1989).

Autograph drafts of three untitled lectures by John Cowper Powys on Homer, the contents relating to the Homeric Philosophy (ff. 1-26), the humanity and humour of Homer (ff. 27-43), and Books II and III of the Iliad (ff. 44-58).

Photocopy of one undated letter from John Cowper Powys to Harold A. Van Kirk.

A letter, 1961, from John Cowper Powys to Hywel Davies. The letter was returned to the sender.

Letters to John Cowper Powys arranged alphabetically, A-E. The correspondents are as follows: Tetsuo Akiyama (5), 1961-1964 + 1 undated Christmas card; Margaret Armstrong (1), 1953; Avice Maud Bowbyes (1), 1960 (reference to the death of the novelist, poet and playwright Reginald Hunter); Nellie Browne (1), [1920s]; Adrian Bury (2), 1946; A. B. Clinkscales (1), 1957; Benjamin De Casseres (1), 1937; Helen Dreiser (1) [?incomplete], undated; P. [?W.] Drinkwater, of the Home Office (1), 1937; Malcolm Elwin (2), 1944, 1960; and Emily, family nurse (1), undated.

Four letters, 1918, 1922, 1925, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys and three letters, [1935] and undated, from his brother William Ernest (Will) Powys, containing mostly personal and family news.

Forty-four letters, 1963-1965 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister-in-law, Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn Powys, one of which encloses part of a letter [?from the writer Gamel Woolsey to ?Alyse Gregory]. The letters contain mainly news of family and friends and many references to Alyse Gregory's physical and emotional health, together with a discussion concerning the publication of John Cowper Powys's letters and diaries.

Forty-three letters and several incomplete/fragmentary letters, 1966-1967 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister-in-law, Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn Powys. The letters contain multiple references to Alyse Gregory's declining physical and emotional health, her thoughts on death and her own suicide, and her anxiety over the disposal of her papers.

Thirty-three letters, 1929, [c. 1953], [1957], 1960 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister-in-law, Alyse Gregory, wife of Llewelyn Powys. The letters contain mainly family news and mention of members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances, together with Alyse Gregory's thoughts on the issue of suicide.

Forty-four letters and one postcard, 1961-1962, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister-in-law, Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn Powys. The letters contain mainly family news and mention of members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances, together with Alyse Gregory's thoughts on the issue of suicide.

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. Enclosures 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).

Eight letters and one postcard, 1962, 1964-1965, 1967, to Phyllis Playter from Michel Gresset, and one letter, 1966, to Phyllis Playter from an unknown correspondent mentioning Michel Gresset. Gresset's letters mostly contain personal and family news and references to the translation of John Cowper Powys's works into French.

Letters to John Cowper Powys from his cousins Father Hamilton Johnson (7, one partial), 1925, 1930-1931, 1940 and undated, (together with two letters, 1944, 1950, from Father Johnson to John Cowper Powys's sister Marian Powys, and one letter, 1950, from Father Johnson to Helen Morgan), Warwick Gurney Powys (2), 1928, 1930 (including poetry by him), Ralph Shirley (6), 1936, 1940-1941, 1944, 1946, (together with a comment in verse on a poem by John Cowper Powys, with an inscription by the latter on f. 53, and a typed poem by Ralph Shirley), and Trevor Moilliet (2), 1952.

Sixteen letters and one postcard, 1943, 1945-1948, 1950, 1953, to John Cowper Powys from the Milton scholar and fantasy writer E. H. Visiak (Edward Harold Physick), containing mostly discussions of his own and others' works. Also included are an inscribed copy of Visiak's pamphlet The Animus Against Milton (Derby, 1945), an inscribed press review by Visiak of A. J. A. Waldock's Paradise Lost and its Critics (1947), an inscribed card (undated) bearing a signed ink drawing by Visiak, and a Christmas card (undated) containing signed poems by Visiak.

Carbon copies of one hundred and twenty-three typed letters (three of which are incomplete), 1916-1919, 1922-1923, 1927-1946 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from the poet Edgar Lee Masters, containing mostly discussions of Masters's own and others' writings and his responses to John Cowper Powys's works, with a reference also to the death of John Cowper Powys's brother Llewelyn Powys in 1939. Some of the copies bear annotations in Phyllis Playter's hand. Also included is a press cutting, dated 24 August 1949, relating to Masters's eightieth birthday and a list of crossed-out dates - probably relating to the sending or receipt of letters - in Phyllis Playter's hand.