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Fourteen letters, 1971, 1977-1978, 1980, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain mainly family news, together with references to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances.

Seventy-six letters and one postcard, undated (no year noted), to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain family news, including the death of Lucy's brother, Littleton Charles Powys, with references also to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances.

Sixteen letters and ten postcards, 1946-1949, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Lucy Penny, containing mostly family news, including accounts of time spent in Kenya with her brother and sister-in-law William (Willie) and Elizabeth Powys and daughter and son-in-law Mary and Gerard Casey; together with four enclosed letters, one separate letter and two postcards to John Cowper Powys from his niece Mary Casey and one postcard to John Cowper Powys from both Lucy and their sister Philippa (Katie) Powys.

Thirty-two letters and two postcards, 1968, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain mainly family news, with mention also of the death of the writer Gamel Woolsey.

Twenty-one letters and two postcards, 1923-1945, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Lucy Penny, mostly containing family news, including the death of Lucy's husband, Hounsell, in February 1945, Lucy's accounts of time spent in Kenya with her brother and sister-lin-law William (Willie) and Elizabeth Powys, and the marriage of Lucy's daughter Mary to Gerard Casey in November 1945. There are also a few references to and observations on wartime activities. A note in Mary Penny (later Casey)'s hand is written across the top of one letter dated 1923. Also included are one enclosed letter to Lucy Penny from her sister Philippa (Katie) Powys and one enclosed letter to Phyllis Playter from Lucy. Included as part of this correspondence and filed within an envelope are three undated letters to John Cowper Powys from Lucy which pre-date the death of Lucy's husband, Hounsell Penny, but which cannot be placed with any certainty within the chronology of the collection.

Thirty-two letters, 1964, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain mainly family news, including the death in Kenya of Lucy's nephew, Charles, son of William and Elizabeth Powys, and references to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances, including the death of the poet John Redwood Anderson.

Twenty-nine letters and one postcard, 1966, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain mainly family news, including the death of Lucy's sister-in-law, Violet Powys, wife of Theodore Francis Powys, together with references to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances, including the death of the writer Louis Wilkinson.

Twenty-eight letters, 1967, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters mainly contain family news, including the death by suicide of Alyse Gregory, widow of Lucy's brother, Llewelyn Powys, and mention of her will, together with frequent references to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances.

Thirty-one letters, 1969, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain mainly family news, including the health issues of Lucy's brother, William Ernest (Willie) Powys, and the decision to amputate his leg, together with references to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances, including the death of writer and poet Valentine Ackland in November 1969.

Thirty-six letters and one postcard, 1960, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny, with notes from Lucy's sister, Philippa (Katie) Powys added to two of the letters. The letters contain mainly family news, with references to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances.

Thirty-four letters and two postcards, 1962-1963, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain mainly family news, including the deaths of John Cowper Powys, his sister, Katie (Philippa) Powys, and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Powys (née Myers), second wife of Littleton Charles Powys, together with references to members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances.

Thirty-six letters and two postcards, 1965, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny, within one of which is enclosed part of a letter from Marie Canavaggia [?to Lucy Penny]. The letters contain mainly family news and mention members of the Powys circle of friends and acquaintances.

Thirty-four letters and six postcards, 1953-[?1963] and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Lucy Penny, containing mostly family news, including the death of John Cowper Powys's son Littleton Alfred in 1954 and the final illness and death of Lucy's and John Cowper Powys's brothers Theodore Francis (1953) and Littleton Charles (1955). Two of the letters are written from Allington Sanatorium, Bridport. Enclosures comprise one letter to Lucy from her husband's cousin, Nellie Hounsell, three letters and one note to Phyllis Playter from Lucy, one letter to Lucy from her daughter, Mary Casey, and one letter to Phyllis Playter from Philippa (Katie) Powys. Included as part of this correspondence and filed within an envelope are one undated letter and two undated postcards which pre-date the deaths of Theodore, Littleton Alfred and Littleton Charles but which cannot be placed with any certainty within the chronology of the collection.

Twenty-two letters and three cards, 1916, [1925], 1927, 1931, 1945-1947, to John Cowper Powys from his wife Margaret Alice Powys (née Lyon), containing mostly personal and family news, some of the letters illustrated with ink drawings by Margaret; together with one enclosed letter to Margaret from a friend of her son Littleton Alfred Powys, and an undated letter to John Cowper Powys from his brother-in-law Thomas Henry Lyon.

Thirty-three letters and one telegram, [?1916-?1918], 1917, 1931-1933 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, containing mostly news of family and friends, including the death of Phyllis Playter's father, Franklin Playter. Enclosures comprise two letters from Marian's son Peter Powys Grey to his uncle, John Cowper Powys.

Thirteen letters and one telegram (announcing the birth of Marian's first grandchild), 1951, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, mostly containing news of family and friends, together with accounts of negotiations regarding the publishing of John Cowper Powys's novel Porius (published 1951) and references to Marian's own writing.

Thirteen letters, 1952, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, mostly containing news of family and friends, including the death of Marian's and John Cowper Powys's sister Gertrude Powys and references to Marian's writing and lacemaking work. Enclosures comprise two letters to Marian from the Reverend J. H. C. Johnson.

Twenty letters and one telegram, 1937-1939, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, mostly containing news of family and friends, including the deaths of Marian's and John Cowper Powys's brother Llewelyn Powys and of John Cowper Powys's aged dog (both in 1939), and the death of John Cowper Powys's publisher and tour manager G. Arnold Shaw in 1937. Enclosures comprise one letter to Marian from Howard Cox and a watercolour drawing by Marian of a holiday cabin at Mount Desert, Maine.

Twenty-one letters, 1940-1941, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, mostly containing family news, especially of Marian's son Peter Powys Grey, including his academic successes and Marian's disclosure to him of his father's identity. There are also references to Marian's application to become an American citizen, and part of one letter, dated 30 June 1940, contains a statement by Marian relating to her assumption of custody of Faith Powys and her children and of Isobel Powys Marks's children.

Twenty-two letters (one [?]incomplete), one postcard and one telegram, 1947, to John Cowper Powys from his sister Marian Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, including the death of Margaret, wife of John Cowper Powys.