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Printed notices of John Cowper Powys's works Wood and Stone (1915), Rodmoor (1916), Wolf's Bane (1916), Visions and Revisions (1915), Suspended Judgements (1916), One Hundred Best Books (1916) and The Complex Vision (1920); and a photocopy of an undated newspaper cutting showing a photograph of Powys under the headline 'Follower of Hardy'.

A notebook containing draft manuscript poems and a short manuscript prose piece by John Cowper Powys, apparently written while he was a pupil at Sherborne School. Some of the poems refer to school life ('Prelude', 'Ode on Billy Seymour', 'End of Term'), while other poems are entitled 'My nickname', 'Corfe Castle at Night', 'Ancient Gods', 'Lyttleton's [sic] nickname' (addressed to Powys's brother Littleton Charles Powys), 'A fight between Thor and Zeus', and 'A ghost story'. There are ink and pencil drawings by Powys on ff. 2 verso, 3 verso-4. Some leaves blank. A note on the book's cover is in the hand of Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

An exercise book containing draft manuscript poetry by John Cowper Powys, titles including 'A modern Melody' and 'By the Arun'. Ff. 7-verso, 11 verso, 12 verso, 16 verso, 17 verso, 18 verso, 19 verso, 20 verso-22 verso and 25 verso-39 verso blank.

Unpublished manuscript and typescript poems (one photocopied), most in draft form, by John Cowper Powys, including 'The Dream of Rhonabwy' (ff. 1-6) (apparently incomplete). One of the poems is written on the back of a letter (inverted text) from Miriam Louch to Mr [?Irask] (ff. 7-8). F. 62 bears a (much later) dedication to Alyse Gregory in John Cowper Powys's hand.

Draft manuscript poetry by John Cowper Powys, which include a poem entitled 'A Panegyric upon the World'.

Miscellaneous material of or relating to Father Littleton Alfred Powys, son of John Cowper Powys, including a collection of Littleton Alfred's poems.

Miscellaneous material of or relating to Father Littleton Alfred Powys, son of John Cowper Powys. They comprise Littleton Alfred's baptismal certificate, [1914]; his Declaration of Ordination, 1927, 1928; birthday greetings to him from his mother Margeret Powys, 1930; a press cutting relating to his service as army chaplain during the Second World War; a holograph copy of his poem 'The Sound'; four photographs showing a procession of nuns and children from Nympsfield Orphanage, Dursley, Gloucestershire, 1950 (with notes on dorse by Littleton Alfred); an undated photograph of Dinah White, close friend of Littleton Alfred, with Dinah's name inscribed on the back cover in Phyllis Playter's hand; press obituaries (one in Welsh) of Littleton Alfred Powys, [1954], including one taken from The Beda Review; an envelope containing an embroidered handkerchief and photograph [?of Littleton Alfred], undated, the envelope inscribed 'From Littleton Alfred's Silver Box' in Phyllis Playter's hand; a copy, in the hand of Littleton Charles Powys (Littleton Alfred's uncle), of a letter from Dinah White, dated 22 August 1954, to Littleton Charles, together with typescript notes by Littleton Charles on Littleton Alfred's poem 'Ode to the West Wind', including public response to the work (see also NLW MS 24061D); and a printed copy of Littleton Alfred's poem 'Ode to the West Wind', at the back of which is inserted a press cutting from The Listener, 24 June 1954, relating to Theodore Francis Powys's possible influence on Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood'. There is a note in Morine Krissdottir's hand on f. 8.

Over one hundred and twenty letters, 1946-1967, from Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn Powys, to Phyllis Playter, the majority of which belong to the period 1960-1967; together with four letters, 1957-1961, from Alyse Gregory to John Cowper Powys (NLW MS 21937E, ff. 11, 22, 47, 73). The letters contain frequent family references, particularly to Gertrude Powys and Katie Powys, and discussion regarding the preservation of Powys family manuscripts, diaries and correspondence.

Over seventy letters, 1940-1955, to John Cowper Powys from various correspondents, including W[illiam] J[ohn] Gruffydd (1) 1942; Timothy Lewis (13) 1943-1954; Iorwerth C[yfeiliog] Peate (19) 1942-1951; Keidrych Rhys (9) 1943-1946; and Sir Ifor Williams (1) 1941. The letters relate mainly to John Cowper Powys's work, the Welsh language and culture, and personal matters.

Papers of, or in the possession of, the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, father of John Cowper Powys, comprising personal papers; letters from family members and other correspondents; personal and family estate documents; and papers of various family members, namely his brother Major Littleton Albert Powys, his wife Mary Cowper Powys and her sisters, and his parents Littleton Charles and Amelia Powys.

Personal papers of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, including botanical notebooks (juvenilia) and samples of hair taken from Powys family members.

Printed poems inscribed to Charles Francis Powys, 24 March 1867; a printed representation of a manual alphabet for the deaf (with manuscript notes on dorse); a folio bearing a note in Charles Francis Powys's hand, with a small pencil drawing, possibly also by Charles Francis Powys; an envelope addressed to Charles Francis Powys, with a pencil note, possibly relating to a photograph or photographs, signed by 'MPG' [?his daughter Marian Powys [Grey]]; a note addressed to Charles Francis Powys from his mother Amelia Powys (unsigned); a copy of a poem entitled 'To the Water Lily' by the poet Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans (Mrs Hemans) and a short passage on the Bible 'by Lord Shaftesbury'; lines based on Psalm 55 verse 6 by the Rev. Robert Grant, copied out by the Venerable S. [?]; and a pencil sketch apparently by Charles Francis Powys, with a related note and further sketches on the dorse.

Letters addressed to the Rev. Charles Francis Powys from his mother Amelia Powys, other family members and various other correspondents.

Samples of dried plants, 1846, 1850, and a piece of lace; a piece of embroidery; a list of clothing requirements for 'Caroline Parsons 6 years old' dated 1850; a list of Christmas gifts, 1851; a printed copy of a drawing, inscribed 'Lenore'; a list of family events which occurred in the year 1866; a copy of a print, with a note by 'A.M.', possibly Charles Francis Powys's maternal grandmother, Amelia Moilliet; a 'Psalm in trouble' written out by hand; a list of artists and their works; and a knitting pattern written out by hand.

Papers of Mary Cowper Powys, wife of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, and of members of her family, including family correspondence, photographs and estate papers.

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'.