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Thirteen letters, six postcards and two photographs, 1950, to John Cowper Powys from his son Littleton Alfred Powys, containing mostly personal news, with some references to Francis, [? godson of John Cowper Powys], and mentioning lunch with Evelyn Waugh (f. 28).

Twenty-one letters and two postcards, 1923-1945, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Lucy Penny, mostly containing family news, including the death of Lucy's husband, Hounsell, in February 1945, Lucy's accounts of time spent in Kenya with her brother and sister-lin-law William (Willie) and Elizabeth Powys, and the marriage of Lucy's daughter Mary to Gerard Casey in November 1945. There are also a few references to and observations on wartime activities. A note in Mary Penny (later Casey)'s hand is written across the top of one letter dated 1923. Also included are one enclosed letter to Lucy Penny from her sister Philippa (Katie) Powys and one enclosed letter to Phyllis Playter from Lucy. Included as part of this correspondence and filed within an envelope are three undated letters to John Cowper Powys from Lucy which pre-date the death of Lucy's husband, Hounsell Penny, but which cannot be placed with any certainty within the chronology of the collection.

Sixteen letters and ten postcards, 1946-1949, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Lucy Penny, containing mostly family news, including accounts of time spent in Kenya with her brother and sister-in-law William (Willie) and Elizabeth Powys and daughter and son-in-law Mary and Gerard Casey; together with four enclosed letters, one separate letter and two postcards to John Cowper Powys from his niece Mary Casey and one postcard to John Cowper Powys from both Lucy and their sister Philippa (Katie) Powys.

Eighteen letters and seven postcards, 1950-1952, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Lucy Penny, containing mostly family news, including the death of their sister Gertrude in April 1952 and Lucy's purchase of the cottage at Mappowder (accompanied by a flyer announcing the sale of the cottage by auction). A note from Lucy's and John Cowper Powys's sister Philippa (Katie) Powys is included in one letter and there is also an enclosed letter from Lucy to Phyllis Playter. One of Lucy's letters, dated Christmas Eve 1952, is written from Allington Sanatorium, Bridport. Included as part of this correspondence and filed within an envelope are five undated letters and one undated postcard to John Cowper Powys from Lucy which pre-date the death of Gertrude Powys but which cannot be placed with any certainty within the chronology of the collection.

Fifty-eight letters, 1914-1922, 1925-1926, 1931-1932, 1940-19411946-1947, 1950-1951, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Theodore Francis Powys, some of which are partial letters, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to the proposed publication of some of Theodore's works. The majority of the letters are photocopies of the originals, with some typed copies, and one (undated) holograph letter written on the back of a letter from one of Theodore's sons - possibly Charles ('Dicky') Powys - to his parents. Thirteen undated letters are filed within an envelope. Where the photocopied text is very faded, Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir has traced over the script in her own hand.

Transcripts made by E. E. Bissell of letters, 1916-1920, 1922, 1932, 1951 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Theodore Francis Powys, together with photocopies of most of the transcripts.

Twenty-five letters and two telegrams, 1922-1939, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with a reference to the death of John Cowper Powys's dog, known as 'the Very Old', in 1939. The telegrams announce the deaths of Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's father, Charles Francis Powys, in 1923, and of their brother, Albert Reginald (Bertie), in 1936. Enclosures comprise woodcuts made by Gertrude (ff. 24-6, 35), one letter to Gertrude from Helen [?Bussy], one letter to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude and one letter to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's sister, Philippa (Katie) Powys. Ink drawings by Gertrude depict Charles Francis and Bertie Powys (f. 2 verso) and a caricatured head (f. 37 verso).

Twenty-six letters, 1940-1941, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to the death of poet and writer Frances Gregg in April 1941, and to the Second World War and its effects. Enclosures comprise three letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, one letter to Gertrude from Yvonne Mackenzie, and one letter to John Cowper Powys from his and Gertrude's sister, Philippa (Katie) Powys, in which she refers briefly to the death of the writer Virginia Woolf in March 1941.

Twenty-five letters, 1942-1943, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to the Second World War and its effects. Enclosures comprise four letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, and two letters to Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's sister Philippa (Katie) Powys from Yvonne Mackenzie, containing the latter's response to John Cowper Powys's Owen Glendower (1940).

Twenty letters and one postcard, 1944, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to the Second World War and its effects. Enclosures comprise five letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, one letter to Gertrude from Alyse Gregory, and one letter to Gertrude from Joan [---?].

Thirty-eight letters and one postcard, 1945-1946 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with references to Socialism and to the end of Second World War hostilities in the summer of 1945. Enclosures comprise a series of cartoons featured in the Daily Sketch, two letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, two letters to John Cowper Powys from his sister Philippa (Katie) Powys, and one letter to Katie Powys from her niece Isobel Powys Marks. F. 95 contains a note by Powys biographer Morine Krissdottir.

Thirty-six letters, 1947-1948 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, including the death of Margaret, wife of John Cowper Powys, in February 1947, the marriage of Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's nephew Peter Powys Grey and Barbara Tyler ('Ty') in 1948, and the death of 'Aunt Emily', possibly a maternal aunt of Gertrude's, also in 1948. Enclosures comprise six letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, two letters to Gertrude from Marjorie C. Ingells (one of which refers to the death of Elizabeth, wife of Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's brother Littleton, in 1947), one note to John Cowper Powys from his brother William Ernest (Willie) Powys, and one letter to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude. On f. 97 is an ink drawing by Gertrude of her cats.

Thirty-seven letters and two postcards, 1949-1950, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, with a reference to the death of 'Aunt Harriet' [?Phyllis Playter's aunt] in 1949. Enclosures comprise five letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, one letter to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude's and John Cowper Powys's brother Littleton Charles Powys, one letter to Gertrude from her sister-in-law Elizabeth (wife of her brother William Ernest ('Willie') Powys), and one letter to Minnie Playter, Phyllis Playter's mother, from Gertrude. There is a painted-in ink drawing of flowers by Gertrude on f. 43 verso and an ink drawing, also by Gertrude, of her sister Lucy's house on f. 68.

Sixteen letters (three of which are incomplete), two telegrams and one postcard, 1922, [?1924], 1938, 1940-1942, 1946-1947 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Littleton Charles Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, including Littleton's reflections following the death of his second wife, Elizabeth (née Myers), in 1947, together with references to the Second World War, its politics and effects, and to wartime activities. Ff. 8 verso, 9 and 33 verso include ink drawings by Littleton.

Ten letters (one incomplete), four telegrams and seven postcards, 1948-1949, 1952-1955 and undated, to John Cowper Powys from his brother Littleton Charles Powys, mostly containing personal and family news. One of the telegrams informs of the death of Littleton's and John Cowper Powys's sister Gertrude in 1952 (with enclosed obituary), the remainder announcing the success of Littleton's eye surgery. There is also an enclosed poem by Myra Reeve, dated February 1954. Two of the envelopes (ff. 19 and 32) have been inscribed by John Cowper Powys.

Fifty-four envelopes, 1925-1927, 1935-1939, addressed to John Cowper Powys from his brother Littleton Charles Powys, the contents of the envelopes having been removed.

One hundred and twenty-seven envelopes, 1940-1944, addressed to John Cowper Powys from his brother Littleton Charles Powys, the contents of the envelopes having been removed.

One hundred and fifty-six envelopes, 1945-1949, addressed to John Cowper Powys from his brother Littleton Charles Powys, the contents of the envelopes having been removed.

Eighty-nine envelopes, 1953-1955, addressed to John Cowper Powys from his brother Littleton Charles Powys, the contents of the envelopes having been removed.

One hundred and twelve envelopes, 1950-1952, addressed to John Cowper Powys from his brother Littleton Charles Powys, the contents of the envelopes having been removed.