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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.

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.

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.

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.

Four letters, 1918, 1922, 1925, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Albert Reginald (Bertie) Powys and three letters, [1935] and undated, from his brother William Ernest (Will) Powys, containing mostly personal and family news.

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.