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Letters to John Cowper Powys from his brother, Littleton Charles Powys, mostly containing personal and family news; also envelopes addressed to John Cowper Powys from Littleton Charles Powys, the contents of the envelopes having been removed.

Photocopies of letters from John Cowper Powys to his brother Littleton Charles Powys. The original letters are in the Powys Collection in Dorset County Museum. The photocopies were made by Jeffrey Kwintner of the Village Press.

Three letters, [1935], 1938, from Phyllis Playter to John Cowper Powys's brother, Llewelyn (Lulu) Powys, which include Phyllis Playter's response to Llewelyn's work Damnable Opinions (1935). In 1938 Phyllis Playter is writing to Switzerland, where Llewelyn had removed for the sake of his health. Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir has added brief notes on ff. 1, 3.

Eleven notebooks, [1970s-1980s], containing material mostly relating to the proposed publication of John Cowper Powys's letters and diaries. Nine of the notebooks are in Francis Llewellyn Powys's hand, one (ff. 1-12) bearing the title 'My Dearest Sea-Eagle. Selected Letters from J.C.P. to His sister Katie. NOTES', the rest containing draft letters relating to proposed publication (many addressed to representatives of Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London), a draft of The Quiet Man of Dorset (ff. 258-260) (Francis's portrait of his father Theodore Francis Powys) and a draft of an unnamed work by Francis Llewellyn Powys (ff. 260 verso-290, about half of which is inverted text), and rough arithmetical calculations (presumably related to publishing costs). Many of the notebooks contain rough sketches and drawings, mainly depicting female figures, and some leaves bear evidence of watercolour paint mixing. A photographic negative depicting a crowd of people at the seaside which was originally loose inside one of the notebooks is now inserted at f. 156. Two of the eleven notebooks, containing indexes to the proposed publications, are possibly in the hand of Sally Powys, wife of Francis Llewellyn Powys.

Some one hundred and five letters and cards, 1925, 1935-1939, mostly from Littleton Charles Powys, headmaster of Sherborne Preparatory School, 1905-1923, to his elder brother, John Cowper Powys, with two from Littleton to Phyllis Playter (ff. 137-138, 145-146).

Some eighty-nine letters and cards, 1940-1941, from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys.

Some forty-three letters and cards, 1942, from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys.

Some eighty-one letters and cards, 1943-1945, from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys.

Some thirty-four letters and cards, 1946-1947, from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys.

Some eighty-nine letters and cards, 1949-1950, mostly from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys, with five from Littleton to Phyllis Playter (ff. 14-16, 74-75, 128, 139, 151).

Some seventy-seven letters and cards, 1951-1952, mostly from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys, with six from Littleton to Phyllis Playter (ff. 17, 33-35, 115-116, 136-138, 155, 187-188).

Some thirty-nine letters and cards, 1953, mostly from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys, with one from Littleton to Phyllis Playter (f. 20). Also included is a letter, 9 August 1953, to Littleton from his nephew Littleton Alfred Powys (in the hand of his amanuensis Dinah White) (f. 50).

Some one hundred and five letters and cards, 1954, mostly from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys, with four from Littleton to Phyllis Playter (ff. 97-98, 168, 193-195). Also included is a letter, 16 May 1954, to Littleton from Dinah White (f. 80).

Some sixty-two letters and cards, 1955, from Littleton Charles Powys to John Cowper Powys. Also included is a letter, 1 May [1955], to John Cowper Powys from his sister Lucy [Penny] (f. 38).

Over two hundred letters, 1924-1967, from Alyse Gregory, widow of John Cowper Powys's brother, Llewelyn Powys, to Phyllis Playter. There are frequent references to family and friends, and to the publication and preservation of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of John Cowper Powys and Llewelyn Powys.

Four notebooks and a series of disbound notebooks and loose leaves, [c. 1900]-[c. 1902], containing parts of a projected first novel by John Cowper Powys comprising substantial drafts of a romance set on the Sussex Downs; together with numerous, shorter fragments of narrative, mainly passages of prolix theological and philosophical discussion, and Rabelaisian fantasy, involving characters based on the author's friends. Also included are heavily worked drafts of unpublished poems (NLW MS 23672E, ff. 57-60 and ff. 135-137 verso, 138 verso, 139 verso-140, inverted text; NLW MS 23673E, ff. 146 recto-verso, 147 verso, 154 recto-verso, 155 verso, 156 verso-60 verso, 161 verso-162, inverted text; NLW MS 23676E, ii, ff. 250 verso-251, 253 verso-255, 259 verso, 260 verso, 261-262 verso, 263 verso, 264 verso-265 verso, 266 verso, 267 verso-268 verso, 269 verso, 270 verso, inverted text); and notes on Shakespeare's The Tempest, Macbeth, Richard III and The Taming of the Shrew (NLW MS 23673E, ff. 148-153 verso, inverted text), possibly for use in Powys's lecturing work.