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Letters to Phyllis Playter from Father J. Hamilton C. Johnson (1), 1929; Marianne Moore (1), 1929; Edgar Lee Masters (6), 1930-1932 (typescript copies); Helen Dreiser (1), 1933; Bernard O'Neill (2), 1945; Alan Denson (1), 1955; George F. Sims (1), 1956; John Redwood Anderson (7 letters and 1 postcard), 1959, 1961-1963, his wife Gwyneth Anderson (3), 1963 and undated, and from both John Redwood and Gwyneth Anderson (1), [1963] (references to the death of John Cowper Powys); Mary Truesdale (1),1960; Dorothy May Meech (1), 1960; Kenneth Hopkins (1), 1961; Ichiro Hara (6), 1962, 1964, 1974, 1979; Minoru Akiyama (1), 1962; George Steiner (1), 1962; Brocard Sewell (1), 1963, and Moray McLaren (1), 1963, regarding a proposed radio broadcast of John Cowper Powys's son Littleton Alfred Powys's poem 'Ode to the West Wind'; Angus Wilson (1 telegram), 1963 (expressing sympathy on the death of John Cowper Powys); Harold A. Van Kirk (1), 1963; G. Wilson Knight (1), 1964; Harold P. Collins (5),1965-1966; Gerald Pollinger (1), 1975 (with typescript copy of a letter from Phyllis Playter to Gerald Pollinger dated 23 October 1975) (beginning of draft letter to G[erald Pollinger] in Francis Llewellyn Powys's hand on f. 100 verso); and David Jenkins of the National Library of Wales (1), 1979; together with undated letters from Josiah Titzell (1), Gladys Ficke (1), and Fred [ ? ] of Birkenhead. Some of the letters are inscribed with notes by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Letters from Phyllis Playter to her parents, to members of John Cowper Powys's family, and to various friends and acquaintances.

Letters from Phyllis Playter to various friends and acquaintances, including a substantial amount addressed to the writer Gamel Woolsey.

Twenty-four letters, 1961-1963, from Phyllis Playter to Gamel Woolsey, with one enclosed note from [?Alyse Gregory] and an enclosed photograph of John Cowper Powys and Louis Wilkinson. The letters contain mainly personal news and news of family and friends, including the death of Katie Powys in January 1963 and John Cowper Powys's declining health leading up to his death in June 1963.

Manuscript fragments and typescript drafts of published novels by John Cowper Powys, including a photocopy of the typescript of Powys's 1951 novel Porius, with a typescript introduction by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir, and a typescript draft of the preface to Les Sables de la Mer, Marie Canavaggia's 1958 French translation of Weymouth Sands (1934).

Manuscript fragments from John Cowper Powys's novel Wolf Solent (1929), including discarded drafts of passages from Chapter 1 and a list of characters (f. 1); together with heavily worked drafts of the two poems attributed to the character Jason Otter, namely 'The Slow Worm of Lenty' (Chapter 12 (ff. 2-3)), and 'The Owl and Silence' (Chapter 19 (ff. 4-8)).

A typescript, [1920], of John Cowper Powys's posthumously published third novel After My Fashion (London, 1980), with manuscript corrections by the author. Also included is a foreword to the work by Powys's nephew, Francis Llewellyn Powys. It seems likely that no manuscript of this novel has survived, and that this is the only extant typescript. The title page bears the stamp of Powys's literary agent, G. Arnold Shaw.

A manuscript essay on 'Patriotism' by John Cowper Powys, apparently composed during the First World War.

Manuscript drafts of five poems by John Cowper Powys which later appeared in his poetic anthology Odes and other Poems (1896), and one which appeared in Poems (1899).

Draft manuscript and some typescript poems by John Cowper Powys, including one poem (f. 3) in the hand of Phyllis Playter.

Typescript poems, some dated, by John Cowper Powys, several of which are addressed to Phyllis Playter and one (f. 15) to Powys's son Littleton Alfred Powys.

An exercise book containing manuscript drafts of early poems by John Cowper Powys, including 'The Occult Madonna' of 1906.

Unpublished poems by John Cowper Powys, all but one (typescript) of which are in manuscript, some in draft form. Attached (f. 1) is a note in Phyllis Playter's hand regarding date of production.

Miscellaneous items of or relating to John Cowper Powys, including a diary and address book, an United States immigration visa (1924), and details of honours conferred upon him.

Twenty-eight letters, 1964-1967, and one undated and apparently incomplete letter, from Phyllis Playter to Gamel Woolsey, with one enclosed postcard from [?Harry and Ramona S.]. The letters contain mainly personal news and news of family and friends, including an account of Phyllis Playter's voyage to South America early in 1964 and the death of Alyse Gregory in 1967. There are also references to publishing John Cowper Powys's letters and poems and mention of posthumous works relating to the Powys brothers.

Seventy-two items of Phyllis Plater, nineteen items of which are a collection referred to by her as 'Precious, Precious'. The papers mainly comprise draft prose and poetry by Phyllis Playter, together with three items taken from printed sources. Inserted into both sets of papers are notes on the material by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir. Also included is a hardcover notebook containing draft prose and personal memoranda by Phyllis Playter.

Drafts of unpublished poems and prose pieces, [1921x1934], by Phyllis Playter, including a story in French entitled 'Voyage à l'infini' (f. 1-14), five chapters of a story entitled 'Mrs Telfair's Companion' (ff. 53-76), and a fragment of a poem called 'Cimmeria' (ff. 77-78), together with what purports to be the first chapter of John Cowper Powys's novel The Inmates (1952) (ff. 86-8), though Playter's text does not tally with the corresponding section of the published work. The items were preserved by Playter in an envelope marked 'Precious, Precious'. Inserted into the papers are original manuscript and photocopied notes on the material by Morine Krissdottir.

Diary of Phyllis Playter for 1971, with possible further usage in 1973. The volume contains copious diary entries for the inclusive dates 1 January - 6 May (ff. 9-27), thereafter becoming intermittent, with general memoranda on ff. i verso, 6 verso-7, 19 verso, 27, and 62 verso. Press cuttings, originally loose in the volume, have been inserted inside the frontispiece, and fragments of paper containing addresses, address labels and memoranda, also originally loose in the volume, have been inserted at the back. Inside the front cover is inscribed 'Best wishes Elsie Price'. On ff. 27 verso-33 the printed year '1971' at the top of each page has been altered to '1973'. Ff. 7 verso-8 verso, 18, 29-verso, 30 verso, 31 verso, 32 verso-35, 36-41, 43-44, 48 verso-49, 50-51 verso, 52 verso, 54-56, 57 verso, 58 verso, 60-verso, and 62 are blank.

Diary of Phyllis Playter for 1972. The volume contains memoranda on f. 2 verso and diary entries for the inclusive dates 2 January - 8 February (ff. 6 verso-25) and 12 February - 21 February (ff. 27-31 verso), thereafter becoming intermittent. On 1 March (f. 36) the death of Marian Powys "about 1 AM New York time" is noted. Ff. 3-6, 25 verso-26 verso, 32-35 verso, 36 verso-59, 60-84 verso and 85 verso-191 verso are blank.

Passports, issued 1923, 1938, 1963 and 1974, a certificate of registration (under the Aliens Order, 1920), 1934, together with related documentation, 1963 and undated, of Phyllis Playter; and a savings book, 1936-1950, of Phyllis Playter (issued in the name of both Phyllis Playter and of her mother, Minnie H. Playter).