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Photocopies of one hundred and eighty-four letters (one partial and undated), [1901-1902, 1904-1905, 1909-1914, 1916-1918, 1921-1923, 1926-1938, 1940], most of which lack an exact date, together with one holograph letter, [?1940], from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, including the birth of John Cowper Powys's son Littleton Alfred in 1902 and Littleton Charles's proposed marriage in 1904. Although John Cowper Powys refers to his move to Patchin Place and subsequently to Phudd Bottom, Phyllis Playter is conspicuous by the absence of any reference to her until 1934, just prior to their departure for England. There are occasional ink drawings by John Cowper Powys, including caricatures of himself, his father and his infant son (f. 522) and an epitaph for his dog, known as The Very Old (f. 546).

Photocopies of one hundred and three letters - four of which are partial and undated, others with very faint text (occasionally clarified in Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir's hand) - from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal news and reflections, together with one telegram, 1943, addressed to [presumably Elizabeth] Myers, Littleton's second wife. Some of the letters are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's ink drawings, which include self-caricatures.

Photocopies of one hundred and thirty letters (including one partial letter), 1953-1955, from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal news and reflections. There are references to John Cowper Powys's novels Atlantis (1954) and The Brazen Head ("my Roger Bacon book") (1956), and to his plans to move to Blaenau Ffestiniog (with subsequent descriptions of 1 Waterloo), as well as mention of Littleton's health, the health of John's son Littleton Alfred and of Phyllis Playter's mother Minnie, and the last illness and death of John and Littleton's brother Theodore Francis Powys in 1953. Some of the letters are illustrated with John Cowper Powys's ink drawings, which include self-caricatures and representations of plants. Enclosed with one letter is a photocopy of a poem by Marjorie [?Yilden] entitled 'Need' (f. 273).

Letters from John Cowper Powys to his son Littleton Alfred Powys.

Letters from John Cowper Powys to his sister Marian Powys and to his nephew, Peter Powys Grey, Marian's son.

Letters from John Cowper Powys to his brother Llewelyn Powys (1), 1929, his sister-in-law Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn (1), 1954, and Sally Powys, wife of John Cowper Powys's nephew Francis Llewellyn Powys (1), 1955. The letter to Llewelyn Powys contains a detailed account of John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter's Hillsdale home known as Phudd Bottom, while the letter to Sally Powys refers to Francis Powys's recent stay in hospital and is illustrated with ink drawings by John Cowper Powys (f. 11-verso).

Letters from John Cowper Powys to Minnie H. Playter, mother of Phyllis Playter, whom Powys addresses as 'Mistress Mary'.

Four letters, 1929, [1932], from John Cowper Powys to Phyllis Playter's mother Minnie H. Playter, with one letter addressed to Minnie Playter and Phyllis Playter. The letters include references to the death of Toby [?a dog or cat], the acquisition of British rights to the publication of Powys's novel A Glastonbury Romance (1933), and mention of "my little Philosopy Book", possibly A Philosophy of Solitude, published in 1933. F. 2-verso is in Phyllis Playter's hand. The envelopes and all but one letter are annotated by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Photocopies (some text faint) of eighty letters, 1942-1943, from John Cowper Powys to the poet Huw Menai (Huw Owen Williams). The letters include references to health matters, to some of Powys's past works and works in progress, and to Huw Menai's (unpublished) autobiography. Many of the letters are illustrated with Powys's ink drawings, which include caricatures of himself and of Huw Menai. Enclosures comprise a diagram of a mechanical device entitled the 'Fuze 700' (f. 50), a photocopy of a printed excerpt from 'Month By Month, A Journal of Progressive & Revolutionary Ideas' (ff. 110-13), a photocopy of a letter to Powys from Margaret Casey, mother-in-law of Powys's niece Mary Casey (ff. 163-164), and photocopies of drawings of animals from a printed source (ff. 168-170).

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

Literary papers of John Cowper Powys which include manuscript drafts and typescript copies of prose fiction, poetry and lecture notes. Some of the material comprises juvenilia composed while Powys was a pupil at Sherborne Preparatory School.

A notebook, [1894x1901], containing draft fiction by John Cowper Powys, possibly parts of a projected first novel. The narrative involves characters with the following names: Hugh Bigod, Lacrima Colonna, Suckfist, Pontifex, Taxater and de Woztnak. Ff. 6 verso-30 verso blank.

A notebook containing a list of chapters, with brief synopses, for a projected novel by John Cowper Powys. Among the characters mentioned in the synopsis are Owen Glendower, and Ray and Elspeth Runnymede. The notebook also contains draft poetry by Powys, including a sonnet entitled 'Christmas 1900', together with notes on Welsh history and a description of the City of York. Ff. 88-89 verso inverted text; ff. 31, 33 verso-45 verso, 54 verso, 57-61, 67-80, 86 verso-87 verso, 88 verso-91 verso blank.

A series of loose leaves containing draft fiction by John Cowper Powys, possibly part of a projected first novel. The narrative involves characters with the following names: Glendower, Lacrima, de Woztnak, Theophilus Grave and Towzeler. Ff. 12 verso, 13 verso, 19-verso, 26 verso-27 verso, 36 verso-37 verso blank.

Manuscript drafts of stories by John Cowper Powys, including juvenilia which Powys composed while a pupil at Sherborne Preparatory School.

A single manuscript leaf from John Cowper Powys's novel A Glastonbury Romance (1932). The text includes a description of Tom Barton's room.

Manuscripts, typescripts and photocopied typescripts of non-fiction prose works, mainly lectures, essays and speeches, by John Cowper Powys.

A typescript, [1927], of John Cowper Powys's essay 'Elusive America', published in the collection Elusive America, ed. Paul Roberts (London, 1994). The typescript is headed by a note, apparently in the hand of Llewelyn Powys (f. 1).

Photocopies of typescript notes, with (photocopied) annotations, on the writers William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Lamb and Sir Walter Scott by John Cowper Powys. Originally foliated: 2-10, 2-11, 2-10, 2-11, 2-10, 2-10.

Miscellaneous manuscripts of John Cowper Powys comprising: a piece entitled 'A Vision May 18'; a list of poets and writers with, in most cases, one of their works named alongside; and a structural plan, including chapter headings, for The Art of Growing Old (1944).