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Papers once in the possession of Francis Llewellyn Powys, nephew of John Cowper Powys, relating to the wills of John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter and to the literary executorship, copyright, translation rights and royalies, etc. of John Cowper Powys's estate. The material includes contracts, correspondence, and notes and accounts concerning proposed publication and translation of, and performance rights, copyright and royalties relating to, the works of John Cowper Powys, Theodore Francis Powys and Philippa (Katie) Powys. The literary executorship of both John Cowper Powys and Theodore Francis Powys was in the hands of Phyllis Player until she transferred it to John Cowper Powys's nephew (and Theodore's son) Francis Llewellyn Powys by deed of gift in 1972; Francis, in turn, transferred it by deed of gift to his son John Francis Cowper Powys in 1994.

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).

First and second autograph drafts, 1940-1941, both extensively revised, of an uncompleted novel by John Cowper Powys entitled 'Edeyrnion'. The work, set in Corwen and containing autobiographical elements, was abandoned in 1941.

Revised autograph draft, [c. 1960]-1961, of John Cowper Powys's fantastic story 'Cataclysm', begun early in 1960 and published in Three Fantasies (1985).

Ten letters, 1935-1938, to John Cowper Powys from his brother, Theodore Francis Powys, containing mainly personal and family matters, including the health of their brother, Llewelyn ('Lulu'), discussions of reading matter and Theodore's reaction to the abdication of Edward VIII (f. 7).

Thirty-six letters, 1925-1936 and undated, from Llewelyn Powys to Phyllis Playter, relating mainly to Llewelyn Powys's relationship with Gamel Woolsey and with his wife, Alyse Gregory, with references also to Llewelyn's and John Cowper Powys's literary work.

Two incomplete draft novels by John Cowper Powys, the first (ff. 1-13, originally numbered 86-98, headed 'Chapter 2') being a fragment apparently excluded from a draft of Rodmoor (1916), the second (ff. 14-128, originally numbered 2-115) being a draft of chapters 1-4 of a novel set in East Sussex in 1920.

Letters, 1926-1968, to John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter from various correspondents, including Gerald Brenan (16, including one poem), 1957-1968; Maurice Browne (20), 1930-1954; James Hanley (15), [c. 1955]-1967; Claude Houghton (5), 1955-1956; Edgar Lee Masters (9), 1928-1945; Henry Miller (7), 1957-1962; and Ralph Shirley (18), 1940-1946; together with a few miscellaneous letters, including an undated draft letter from John Cowper Powys concerning literary censorship in America.

Letters from John Cowper Powys to James Hanley (3), 1929-1930; John Wilstach (1), 1932; and Charlotte Miller (3), 1934-1935; together with a poem by Charlotte Miller addressed to John Cowper Powys.

Notebook of John Cowper Powys, [c. 1895]-1901, containing heavily revised drafts of over twenty poems, including an early version of 'To A. C. Swinburne' (ff. 21 verso-22), published in Odes and Other Poems (London, 1896), and of 'Written on Monday Evening March 29' (f. 14 recto-verso; cf. NLW MS 21930E, f. 162), published in Horned Poppies ... (North Walsham, 1986); the opening of a verse play (ff. 25-28); and two prose fragments (ff. 9-13 and 46-47 verso (reverse text)), apparently of Powys's unpublished first novel (see NLW MSS 23672-23676), referred to as 'Work without a name' in Powys's Autobiography (1934), pp. 314-315. Leaves not originally part of the notebook but found loose inside have been filed at the beginning of the volume (ff. 1-8).

Four unpublished prose pieces by John Cowper Powys: 'The Hunchback's House', an outline, possibly of a projected novel (ff. 1-11), its sequel, an untitled short story (ff. 12-14), and an unfinished story outline (ff. 15-16), all set in the United States and dating, apparently, from the author's residence there; and 'Whatsoever' (ff. 17-27), an amalgam of philosophical reflection and journal, written in 1960.

Eight letters, [1927]-[1928], from John Cowper Powys to Phyllis Playter's mother, Mrs Minnie H. Playter (ff. 4-17 verso), and one letter, [1927], from him to Phyllis Playter (f. 1).

A series of over eight hundred love letters, 1921-1932, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter. The majority of the letters, which begin shortly after their first meeting in March 1921, were written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States, while others (see NLW MSS 23162D, 23164D, 23166D, 23172C) describe his visits to England and contain accounts of meetings with members of his family and with the novelist Thomas Hardy.

Forty-three love letters, March-December 1921, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter. The letters, which begin shortly after their first meeting in March 1921, were written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some fifty-two love letters, 1922, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter. The majority of the letters were written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States, while others describe a visit to England and contain accounts of meetings with members of his family and with the novelist Thomas Hardy (f. 91 recto-verso).

Some one hundred and sixteen love letters, 1925, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some seventy-one love letters, July-November 1927, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some three hundred and fifty letters, 1945-1969, from Gilbert Turner to John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter, which include references to the novelist Elena Puw Morgan, Welsh language and literature, visits to North Wales, the writer's procurement of library books for the recipients and the preparation of typescript copies of Powys's Dostoievsky (1947) and Rabelais (1948). Turner continued corresponding with Phyllis Playter after John Cowper Powys's death in 1963.

A typescript copy, [c. 1960], with editor's corrections, of John Cowper Powys's novella Two and Two (1974), written in 1959.