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Letters, 1923-1963, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Lucy Penny, containing mostly family news, together with some enclosed letters from other family members.

Letters to Phyllis Playter from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Penny.

Letters and cards to Frederick Davies, mainly from members of the Powys family, including forty-seven letters and seventeen cards, 1962-1986, from John Cowper Powys's sister, Lucy Amelia Penny (ff. 3-82) and sixteen letters, 1963-1967, from Alyse Gregory, widow of Llewelyn Powys (ff. 87-110), together with five letters and three cards, 1964-1967, mostly in French, from Marie Canavaggia, translator of John Cowper Powys's works (ff. 111-125).

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.

Over 3500 letters, [c. 1890]-1986, addressed to Lucy Penny, comprising 755 from her parents and siblings, [c. 1890]-1976; some 2378 from her daughter Mary Casey, 1926-1977; and 414 from other family members, her siblings's wives and partners, friends and miscellaneous acquaintances, 1901-1986, including 185 from Phyllis Playter, 1935-1980.

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).

Some three hundred and twenty-seven letters, mostly air letters, 1965-1978, from Lucy Penny to her daughter Mary Casey, containing personal and family news, together with occasional enclosures such as photographs, press cuttings, pressed flowers and letters from family and friends.
The enclosed correspondence comprises thirteen letters addressed to Lucy from correspondents including Valentine Ackland, 13 January 1966, 22 March 1968, 2 November 1969, Sylvia [Townsend Warner], 8 November 1969, Glen [Cavaliero], 10 January 1970, and Peter [Powys Grey], 22 January 1972. Also included are letters to Mary Casey from Helen Maddick, 22 November 1970, and Cathy Lentz, 3 February 1977.

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.

Four hundred and sixty-seven letters, [c. 1860]-1980, from members of the Powys family to other family members (the eleven siblings excepted), spouses and partners and friends, comprising: (i) nine letters, [?1870s]-[1912], to C. F. Powys, at least one from each of his six sons, with three from John Cowper Powys; (ii) sixty-two letters, 1879-1914, to Mary Cowper Powys from C. F. Powys (1), [c. 1900], her children John (18), [c. 1882]-1914, Littleton (2), [c. 1880]-1906, Theodore (22), [c. 1880]-1909, Gertrude (2), 1888, 1891, Eleanor (1), [?1891], Albert (2), 1904-1905, Llewelyn (5), 1892-1911, and William (3), 1904-1914, her mother Amelia Powys (1), 1885, and other relatives (6), 1879-1913; (iii) five letters, [c. 1860]-1926, to various Johnson relatives; (iv) one letter, 1911, from Mary Cowper Powys to Mary Penny, Lucy's mother-in-law; (v) one letter, [n.d.], from Lucy Penny to Margaret Casey, Mary's mother-in-law; (vi) one letter, 1929, to Alice Mabel Powys from her husband Littleton C. Powys; (vii) one letter, [1920s], to Violet Powys from Gertrude Powys; (viii) one hundred and twenty-two letters, 1941-1967, to Alyse Gregory, including one hundred and eighteen from Mary Casey; (ix) seventeen letters, 1938-1954, to Phyllis Playter from Lucy Penny (5), 1945-1948, Elizabeth Powys (née Cross) (3), 1948-1953, Mary Casey (6), 1949-1953, and others; (x) ten letters, 1911-1938, to Hounsell Penny from his wife Lucy Penny (7), 1911-1938, and Llewelyn Powys (3), 1936 and [n.d.]; (xi) one letter, 1910, to Isobel Powys from her father A. R. Powys; (xii) one letter, 1953, to Gilfrid and Charles Powys from their father William Powys; (xiii) fifteen letters, 1951-1965 to Valentine Ackland, including twelve, [n.d.] from Lucy Penny; (xiv) two hundred and eighteen letters, 1946-1980, to Gertrude Shackleton (née Jeffreys) from her friend Mary Casey; with (xv) three letters, 1901-1967, to other friends and acquaintances.