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A letter, 1949, from Theodore Francis Powys to his brother, John Cowper Powys; together with twenty-eight letters and cards, 1946-1979, to Gilbert Turner, mostly from members of the Powys family or from friends of John Cowper Powys, including John Cowper Powys's sister, Gertrude Powys (2), 1946-1948, his sister-in-law, Alyse Gregory (2), 1947-1949, his sister, Lucy Amelia Penny (13), 1952-1973, his niece, Isobel Powys Marks (1), 1973, Lucy's daughter, Mary Casey (1), 1952, Mary's husband, Gerard Casey (2), 1976-1979, and John Redwood Anderson (1), 1947.

Some four hundred and fifty-six letters and cards, 1926-1953 (mostly 1926-1927, 1945-1947, 1949-1953), from Mary Casey (Mary Penny before 1945) to her mother Lucy Penny, containing personal and family news, together with occasional enclosures such as press cuttings and textile swatches; from October 1946, when Mary and Gerard Casey settled in Kenya, the majority of the letters are air letters.
A single letter, 15 December 1953, from Gerard Casey to Lucy is also included, as is Lucy’s correspondence with White & Co., Southampton, February-March 1947, re. transporting some of her furniture to Kenya.

Four hundred and thirteen family and other letters, [c. 1883]-1963, addressed to Lucy Penny's siblings, comprising: (i) sixty nine letters, 1890-1963, to John Cowper Powys from C. F. Powys (1), 1890, Littleton Powys (1), 1948, William Powys (36), 1943-1954, Lucy Penny (6), 1932-1948, Mary Casey (6), 1942-1954 (with 1 to Phyllis enclosed), Gerard Casey (14), 1944-1954, Frances Gregg (1), [1912x1914], H. E. Fanshawe (1), 1894 (letter of recommendation for JCP as a lecturer), and Frederick E. Davies (1), 1963; (ii) six letters, [c. 1886]-1954, to Littleton C. Powys from Theodore Powys (1), Gertrude Powys (2), Lucy Penny (1), [Hermione Justice Shirley], Countess Ferrers (1), and Patrick Bury (1); (iii) six letters, [c. 1883]-[1945], to Theodore Powys from John Cowper Powys (2), Gertrude Powys (1), Llewelyn Powys (1), Lucy Penny (1) and Mary Casey (1); (iv) one hundred and eighty-seven letters, [c. 1883]-1952, to Gertrude Powys from C. F. Powys (7), 1893-1918, Mary Cowper Powys (23), 1893-1914, John Cowper Powys (5), [c. 1883]-1949, Littleton Powys (2), 1945, Theodore Powys (2), [c. 1886], 1947, Eleanor Powys (1), 1891, Llewelyn Powys (2), 1937, Katie Powys (2), 1951-1952, William Powys (21), [1914]-1950, Lucy Penny (65), 1935-1951, Mary Casey (14), 1930-1950, various other relatives (20), 1913-1949, Alyse Gregory (11), 1939-1952, Phyllis Playter (4), 1939-1951, and Bernard O’Neill (6), 1942-1947; (v) six letters, [c. 1883]-[c. 1893], to Eleanor Powys from John Cowper Powys (3) and Gertrude Powys (3); (vi) six letters, [?1909]-[1915x1936], to Albert Reginald Powys from Katie Powys (1), William Powys (1) and Lucy Penny (4); (vii) three letters, 1893-1949, to Marian Powys from Llewelyn Powys (1) and others; (viii) seven letters, 1910-1936, to Llewelyn Powys mostly from his siblings; (viii) one hundred and four letters, [1880s/1890s]-1962, to Philippa (Katie) Powys from C. F. Powys (1), 1919, John Cowper Powys (2), [1880s/1890s], [c. 1934], Theodore Powys (5), 1901-1950, Gertrude Powys, (15), 1923-1951, Marian Powys (3), 1929-1960, Llewelyn Powys (4), 1937-1938, William Powys (18), [1910]-1962, Lucy Penny (23), 1915-1954, Mary Casey (20), 1943-1962, Phyllis Playter (4), 1954-1962, Alyse Gregory (1), 1962, Bernard O’Neill (3), 1930-1947, Valentine Ackland (1), 1954, and others; and (ix) nineteen letters, 1903-1949, to William Ernest Powys from Gertrude Powys (5), 1935-1949, Llewelyn Powys (8), 1917-1937, Katie Powys (2), [c. 1922], Lucy Penny (2), 1936, Alyse Gregory (1), 1939, and Bernard O’Neill (1), 1903.
The letters of Gertrude Powys and William Powys occasionally contain thumbnail sketches or watercolour drawings.

Some six hundred and eighty-one letters, mostly air letters, 1960-1965, from Mary Casey, Timau, Kenya, to her mother Lucy Penny, containing personal and family news, and occasional enclosures such as press cuttings; together with two letters, 1960, 1965, from Gerard Casey to Lucy.

Papers relating to Mary Casey's posthumous novel The Kingfisher's Wing (Crawley, 1987), comprising (i) the original manuscript, [1960s] (340 ff., foliated 1-316, 318-341); (ii) a typescript copy, dated Kenya, 1969, with autograph corrections by Mary Casey (i, 331 ff.); (iii) typescript copies of the preliminary matter prepared by Gerard Casey (title page, preface, epigraph, preliminary note) (12 ff.), typescript notes on 'Plotinus and Christianity' by Prof. A. H. Armstrong (5 ff.), copies of three reviews of the novel (7 ff.) and a copy of the publisher's contract with Gerard Casey, dated 23 May 1987 (14 ff.); and (iv) a copy of the novel's dust jacket; together with a copy of the published book, 1987.

Journals and other printed items collected by Dinah White relating to Father Littleton Alfred Powys and other members of the Powys family.
The items comprise obituaries of Littleton Alfred Powys, 1954 (ff. 1-2), and Littleton Charles Powys, 1955 (f. 3); The Shirburnian, 44.2 (Summer 1954), inscribed (f. 5) to Dinah White from John Cowper Powys, 8 August 1954, printing Littleton Alfred Powys's poem 'Ode to the West Wind'; The Beda Review, 7.8 (September 1955), inscribed 'For Dinah White from Littleton Powys Sept 9 1955' (inside front cover) and including an article on Littleton Alfred Powys; three issues of the Aylesford Review, 1.7 (Spring 1957) (articles (and reviews) on Elizabeth Myers, Littleton C. Powys and John Cowper Powys), 1.8 (Summer 1957) (an article on Littleton Alfred Powys), and 5.1 (Winter 1962-1963) (articles on Littleton Alfred Powys (one by Dinah White) and John Cowper Powys); A Review of English Literature, 4.1 (January 1963) (number in honour of John Cowper Powys); and a printed order of service, 1987, for Lucy Penny's funeral (on 10 November 1986), with a letter, 6 July 1987, to Dinah White from Lucy's son-in-law Gerard Casey (f. 166). Also included is a typescript copy of Part 1 of Mervin Havard-Brown's thesis 'Philosophy in the Works of John Cowper Powys', [1966] (ff. 174-201).

Two hundred and twenty-nine letters, 1901-1986, to Lucy Penny from various family members and friends and acquaintances, including fifty from her Aunts Kate, Dora and Etta and other Johnson relatives, 1901-1970; fourteen from her mother-in-law Mary Penny, 1912-1931 (addressed to both Lucy and her husband Hounsell Penny); a single Christmas card from Hounsell Penny, [n.d.]; six letters from her son-in-law Gerard Casey, 1958-1977; twenty-five from Alyse Gregory, 1940-1967, with ten from other partners of her siblings, 1905-1956; letters from her friends Monica Blake (28, postcards), 1938-1969, Bernard Price O’Neill (20), 1909-1947, Louis Wilkinson (14), 1904-1960, Emily Clare (9), 1906-1934, Valentine Ackland (11), 1965-1969, Florida Scott-Maxwell (5), 1963-1969, and John Redwood Anderson (7), 1943-1963; and some twenty-five miscellaneous letters from other acquaintances, 1925-1986.

Some 2121 letters, 1922-1978, addressed to Mary Casey, comprising 1192 from her mother Lucy Penny, 1922-1978, 249 from her husband Gerard Casey, 1945-1978, and 680 from other family and friends, 1917-1978; together with 619 letters to Gerard Casey, 1939-1996, including 326 from Mary, 1945-1979; and five letters, 1953-1954, from Gerard Casey to his brother Patrick.

Some five hundred and seventy letters, mostly air letters, 1954-1959, from Mary Casey, Timau, Kenya, to her mother Lucy Penny, containing personal and family news, and occasional enclosures such as photographs and press cuttings; together with two letters, 1959, from Gerard Casey to Lucy.