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Some four hundred and seventy-one letters, 1897-1976, to Lucy Penny from her younger siblings, comprising five letters, 1905-1953, from Theodore F. Powys; eighty-two, 1897-1953, from Gertrude Powys; one, [c. 1890], from Eleanor Powys; six, 1903-1935, from A. R. Powys; nineteen, 1907-1971, from Marian Powys; sixty-seven, 1908-1939, from Llewelyn Powys; two hundred and forty-three, 1903-1963, from Philippa (Katie) Powys; and forty-eight, 1903-1976, from William Powys.
The letters of Gertrude Powys and William Powys occasionally contain thumbnail sketches or watercolour drawings.

Four hundred and forty letters, 1923-1996, addressed to Mary or Gerald Casey, consisting of (i) one hundred and forty-seven letters, 1923-1972, to Mary Casey from correspondents including her grandmother Mary Jane Penny (23), 1923-1931, Gertrude Shackleton (10), 1944-1969, Valentine Ackland (54), 1966-1969 (mainly 1969), Monica Blake (10), 1939-1964, Patrick Casey, her brother-in-law (2), 1953-1956, Nellie S. Hounsell (5), 1945-1955, her grandfather Rowland Penny (2), 1931-1932, Barbara Kerr (1), 1973, and Vera Wainwright (2), 1956; (ii) seventy-six letters, 1939-1996, to Gerard Casey from the Powys family: John Cowper Powys (6), 1939-1949, Marian Powys Grey (1), [?1965], Katie Powys (26), 1946-1962, William Powys (14), 1946-1969, Lucy Penny (10), 1945-1960, Alyse Gregory (3), 1951-1962, Phyllis Playter (6), 1947-1971, Rose Dyer (1), 1986, Eleanor Walton (2), 1986, 1996, Peter Powys Grey (2), 1969 and [n.d.], Anthony (Tony) Dyer (1), 1986, Gilfrid Powys (3), 1986, and Mary Barham Johnson (1), 1986; and (iii) two hundred and seventeen letters, 1943-1996, to Gerard Casey from other correspondents including his mother Margaret Casey (156, mainly addressed to him and Mary, with eight addressed to Mary only), 1943-1975, John Redwood Anderson (5), 1946-1962, Timothy Hyman (3), 1975-1985, Jeremy Hooker (4), 1972-1986, Glen Cavaliero (5), 1974-1987, Kathleen Raine (10), [1970s]-1986, Kim [Taplin] (2 postcards), 1986 and [n.d.], Roland Mathias (2), 1976, Alan Clodd (1), 1975, Iorwerth Peate (1), 1974, Jack Clemo (1), 1986, Oliver [Marlow Wilkinson] (2), 1986-1987, Rosemary Manning (1), 1975, G[eorge Richard] Wilson-Knight (3), 1971-1977, David Blamires (1), 1972, and Gertrude Shackleton (2), [?1973], 1986.

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 three hundred and forty-three letters and cards, 1922-1953 (mostly 1926, 1945-1953), from Lucy Penny to her daughter Mary Casey, containing personal and family news, together with occasional enclosures such as press cuttings, textile swatches, pressed flowers and family letters; from October 1946, when Mary and Gerard Casey settled in Kenya, the majority of the letters are air letters.
The enclosed correspondence comprises thirteen letters addressed to Lucy from Phyllis Playter, 16 October 1945 (postcard), Littleton [C.] Powys, 5 June 1950, 8 and 24 April 1953, John Cowper Powys, 20 July 1950, [13] October 1951, Willie Powys, 26 July and 4 [?August] 1950, Katie Powys, 28 October 1951, 21 August 1953, Marian Powys, 16 November 1952, 1 March 1953, and Littleton Alfred Powys, 10 February 1953; and six letters to Mary from Katie Powys, 27 March 1947, 22 October and 26 November 1949, 8 January and 16 April 1950, and Gertrude Powys, 16 April 1950. Also included are one air letter each to Mary Casey from Alyse Gregory, Nellie S. Hounsell and G. Hunt, all March-April 1949.

Some five hundred and twenty-two letters, mostly air letters, 1954-1964, from Lucy Penny to her daughter Mary Casey, containing personal and family news, together with occasional enclosures such as photographs, press cuttings, textile swatches, pressed flowers and family letters.
The enclosed correspondence comprises letters addressed to Lucy from Littleton Powys, 22 January and 30 April 1954, Alyse Gregory, 22 April 1954, Phyllis Playter, 7 June 1954, [September 1955], Nellie G. Hounsell, 5 December 1954, 3 July and 26 September 1955, [November 1956], and Marian Powys, 13 February 1955; and letters to Mary from Nellie S. Hounsell, 22 May 1956, and Katie Powys, 9 July 1956, [July 1960] (2).

Five hundred and thirty-three letters, 1917-1978, to Mary Casey from John Cowper Powys (32), 1926-1960; Littleton C. Powys (5), 1940, 1953-1954; Theodore F. Powys (1), 20 March 1938; Gertrude Powys (43, mainly postcards), 1922-1952; Marian Powys Grey (28), 1945-1967; Llewelyn Powys (2), 1938 and [n.d.]; Katie Powys (175), 1923-1962; William Powys (179), 1917-1978; Rose Dyer (7), 1968-1978; Charles Powys (2), 1973; Eleanor (Nellie) Walton (née Powys) (3), 1956-1973; Alyse Gregory (14), 1944-1966; Sally Powys (1), 1970; Mabel Bennett, first wife of Littleton C. Powys (16), 1937-1942; Henrietta Cowper Johnson (Aunt Etta) (11), 1924-1933; Maria Theodora Johnson (Aunt Dora) (2), 1923; Catherine Cowper Donne (Aunt Kate) (1 note), [n.d.]; 'M.J.' (2 postcards), 1924-1928; Dorothy Powys, first wife of A. R. Powys (3 postcards), 1930-1934; Elizabeth Powys (née Cross), William Powys's wife (3), 1936; and Phyllis Playter (3), 1953-1956.
A letter from Gerard Casey is enclosed with William Powys's January 1978 letter. The letters of Gertrude Powys and William Powys occasionally contain thumbnail sketches or watercolour drawings.

Manuscript items, 1838-[c. 1953], relating to various members of the Powys family, comprising: (i) a leaf from her diary for January [1838], three poems, 1846-1847, and a fragment of religious writing by Amelia Powys (née Moilliet); (ii) a fragment of a travel journal in [?India] by Major Littleton Albert Powys, [?1870s], and two copies, dated 1883, of his poem 'A day with the B.V. Foxhounds'; (iii) copies of two letters, 1937 and [c. 1953], in the hand of Littleton C. Powys; (iv) a poem entitled 'To a Dog Violet' by Eleanor Powys, [early 1890s]; (v) fragments, [?1930s], in the hand of Llewelyn Powys, including an annotated photograph, 1939; (vi) nine manuscript poems, 1908-1946 and [n.d.], and two other items by C. E. P. (Katie) Powys; (vii) papers of William Powys, including extracts from an old diary, a pencil copy of a series of poems written during World War I and a sketch map of part of Kenya; (viii) transcripts and notes, [1937]-[1982], in the hand of Lucy Penny (16 ff.); (ix) 'To JCP and the Soul of MAP. 8/10/40', a poem by Father Littleton Alfred Powys; together with (x) a group of other miscellaneous items, including a financial memorandum to Amelia Powys (nee Moilliet) from her mother, July 1853, a card for C. F. Powys and M. C. Powys on their silver wedding, 1896, [a copy of] a letter to Lucy Powys from residents of Montacute on the occasion of her wedding, 1911, and a draft by Faith Powys for the memorial tablet to her late husband, A. R. Powys, in the church at Winterbourne Tomson, [?late 1930s].