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Letters to Mary Cowper Powys from members of her family, including her parents, children and grandchildren.

Typescript copies of twenty-one letters, 1893-1910, from John Cowper Powys to his mother Mary Cowper Powys. References include John Cowper Powys's betrothal and subsequent marriage to Margaret Alice Lyon in 1896, his lecturing tours in the United States and elsewhere, and his own and his brother Llewelyn's health. Enclosures comprise two letters, 1893, to Mary Cowper Powys from her daugher Gertrude Powys, and a poem, 1902, by John Cowper Powys entitled 'June 1902', marked 'For the Wilsonian' (f. 20). Together with one other (undated) letter written in Latin from John Cowper Powys to his mother, apparently while the former was a pupil at Sherborne School. Notes relating to the two letters of 1893 are typed at the top of each, presumably by the copier.

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.

Letters to Mary Cowper Powys from the following correspondents: 'Uncle Cowper Hamilton's father' (1), 1869; her father the Rev. William Cowper Johnson (3), [1872], 1879, 1888; her mother Marianne Cowper Johnson (2), 1879 and undated; her husband the Rev. Charles Francis Powys (1), [1879]; her mother-in-law Amelia Powys (1), [1879]; her daughter-in-law Dorothy Mary Powys, wife of Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys (1), 1905; and [?Norman], her old nurse at Yaxham (1), undated; together with a sheet of paper with a note on the letters [in Mary's daughter Marian Powys's hand]. There are notes by [Marian Powys] on ff. 4 verso, 7 verso and 22, and a note by Mary Cowper Powys on f. 14. The letters contain mostly family news, including the last illness and death of the Rev. Powys's brother Major Littleton Albert Powys. For the 'Mr Lake' referred to in the Rev. Powys's letter see 'Papers relating to Littleton Albert Powys'.

Personal inscribed calling cards of the Rev. C. E. Donne and Mrs Donne sent to 'Miss Donne' of 49 George Street, Ryde.

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.

An extract of a letter, 1825, written on the occasion of the death of the Rev. Littleton Powys, father of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, copied out in the latter's hand; the 'Last Blessing' of Maria Priscilla Powys, mother of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, 1832, copied out in the latter's hand, with a note on recto in the hand of Amelia Powys, mother of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, and notes on dorse in the hands of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys and Amelia Powys; and a letter, [18?67], to the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys from his son, Littleton Albert Powys, with a note on the envelope [by the latter's niece, Marian Powys].

Papers, [?1778]-1838 and undated, relating mainly to family estate matters of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys. They comprise copies of the wills of William [?Roode], 1708, and of Thomas Powys of Lilford, 1765; an abstract of the settlement on the marriage, 1778, of the Rev. Littleton Powys and Maria Priscilla Shaw, parents of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys; the will of John Shaw of Wakefield, 1795; probate of the will of the Rev. Littleton Powys, 1825, two copies of a petition relating to the will, 1826, and accounts, 1826, relating to the administration of the effects of the Rev. Littleton Powys; statement, 1832, by Maria Priscilla Powys, wife of the Rev. Littleton Powys, relating to the division of effects, etc., specified in her husband's will; declaration of administration, 1834, of the estate of Maria Priscilla Powys, accounts, 1834, relating to administration of her effects, with an accompanying letter, 1834, to the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys from R. W. & [?F.] Slade, statements of account, 1834, relating to the estate of Maria Priscilla Powys, and details of property to be divided amongst the children of the Rev. Littleton Powys and Maria Priscilla Powys, 1834; copy of a letter, 1835, to the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys from Messrs De Hague & Holmes, stockbrokers, showing details of accounts; declaration of administration, 1837, of the estate of Helena Jane Powys, sister of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, and a residuary account, 1837, relating to the estate of Helena Jane Powys; and a deed of settlement made by the sisters of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys upon his marriage in 1838.

Papers, 1838-1851, relating mainly to family estate matters of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys. They comprise an assignment from the sisters of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys to their brother upon his marriage in 1838; declaration of administration, 1839, of the effects of his sister Maria Powys; residuary account of Maria Powys and letters relating to the account, the one, 1839, to Harriet Powys from her brother the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, and the other, 1840, [?to the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys] from the Office of Stamps and Taxes, London; copy of a deed of Family Arrangement, 1845, between the children of John Lewis Moilliet, father-in-law of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys, and others; memoranda by Littleton Charles Powys relating to the estate of his father the Rev. Littleton Powys and a note on his grandfather Thomas Powys; a letter, 1848, to Littleton Charles Powys from his [?brother] James Moilliet (containing also family news); residuary account, 1851, of Frances Dorothea Powys, sister of the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys; declarations of administration, 1851, of the effects of Frances Dorothea Powys; and a letter, 1851, to 'Miss Powys', most probably Eleanor Powys, from 'Mr Kemp' relating to the estate of Frances Dorothea Powys.

Two poems written in Amelia Powys's hand, with a note on f. 4 by her husband, the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys; a printed memorial hymn for the Rev. John Keble (1792-1866), with the intials 'E[mily] (i.e. Amelia) P.' at top left-hand corner; a book of devotional passages inscribed to Amelia Powys from her sister, Susanna Smith, and dated 1834, with a later inscription, dated June 1928, to 'L. A. Powys' (presumably Father Littleton Alfred Powys, son of John Cowper Powys) from his aunt, Gertrude Powys, with devotional passages written out at the back of the volume by [Littleton Alfed Powys] and on the back cover by [Susanna Smith]; drawings and paintings by Amelia Powys (one inscribed 'Dearest Littleton Albert's ship' [in Amelia Powys's hand], one possibly depicting her grandson, John Cowper Powys, as an infant) and by her son, Charles Francis Powys, with notes by her granddaughter, Marian Powys; a dried pansy flower, with the inscription 'Charley' (i.e. Charles Francis Powys) [in Amelia Powys's hand]; and two letters from Amelia Powys to her mother, Amelia Moilliet, with a note dated May 1935 [by Amelia Powys's grandson, Littleton Charles Powys].

Twenty-eight letters, 1879 and undated, to Amelia Powys from her son, Major Littleton Albert Powys, the majority written whilst on military service in India and Afghanistan. The year in which they were written is omitted from all but one of the letters. Ff. 1-6 are accompanied by a note on their contents by [?Marian Powys, niece of Littleton Albert Powys], and there are also occasional notes in the hand of Amelia Powys.

Letters and telegrams to Phyllis Playter from her partner, John Cowper Powys.

Twenty-four letters and six telegrams, [1921], 1923, 1925, 1928-31, 1954, 1957 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from her partner, John Cowper Powys, which include a letter dated 8 May 1954 stating that Powys transferred "all the Manuscripts I possess to your [Phyllis Player's] own use". Three of the letters are illustrated with ink drawings by Powys, and enclosed with one letter is a note to Phyllis Playter from Violet Powys, wife of Powys's brother Theodore. Many of the letters include notes by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir, mainly relating to the dating of the material. Also included are (ff. 79-80) notes by John Cowper Powys found in Phyllis Playter's handbag after her death; an accompanying note by Morine Krissdottir states that there was "no indication of when or why he [Powys] wrote [them]", although the quality of the script suggests that they were written towards the end of Powys's life.

Seven letters, 1960, 1969, 1970 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from Marion ('Mimi') Bell (née Playter). The letters contain mainly news of family and friends and of Marion Bell's work as a writer.

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.

Letters to Phyllis Playter relating to Alyse Gregory's will and estate and to Phyllis Playter's will.

Forty-two letters and three postcards, 1935, 1939, 1940-1941, 1943-1946, 1948-1949, 1950-1951 and undated, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Gertrude Powys. The letters contain mainly personal and family news, including the marriage of Gertrude's nephew, Peter Powys Grey, son of Marian Powys, to Ty (Barbara Tyler). Some of the letters are illustrated with small ink drawings by Gertrude and there is also a larger pen-and-ink sketch (f. 83) of sheep in a landscape. Enclosures comprise two self-addressed postcards and a press cutting relating to Llewelyn Powys's Swiss Essays (1947). There are occasional notes on the envelopes by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Fifty-nine letters and seven postcards, 1944-1946, 1949, [?1950], 1951-1955, to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny. The letters contain mainly family news, including references to the deaths of Lucy's sister, Gertrude Powys, and her brother, Theodore Francis Powys, and to Lucy Penny's stay at Allington Sanatorium, Bridport, Dorset from 1952 to1953. Enclosed with one letter is a letter from Lucy to her brother, John Cowper Powys. There are occasional notes by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

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.