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Forty-three love letters, March-December 1921, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter. The letters, which begin shortly after their first meeting in March 1921, were written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some thirty-five love letters, 1923, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some sixty-one love letters, 1924, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter. The majority of the letters were written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States, while others describe a visit to England and contain accounts of meetings with members of his family.

Some one hundred and sixteen love letters, 1925, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some fifty-five love letters, January-February 1927, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some seventy-one love letters, July-November 1927, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some sixty-three love letters, February-June 1928, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.
Two photographs of Powys, dated January 1928, are also included (ff. 1-2).

Thirty love letters, July 1928, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some fifty-seven love letters, October-December 1928, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Twenty-five love letters, June-August 1929, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, describing a visit to England and containing accounts of meetings with members of his family.

Some forty-nine love letters, 1930, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Some fifty-six love letters, February-November 1931, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Fourteen love letters, 1932, from John Cowper Powys to his companion, Phyllis Playter, written during the course of Powys's lecture tours in the United States.

Typescript draft of John Cowper Powys's play Paddock Calls (1984) which he wrote in the autumn of 1922, the action taking place in Chesil Grange and Chesil Vicarage near Weymouth, Dorset in 1921.

Autograph drafts of three untitled lectures by John Cowper Powys on Homer, the contents relating to the Homeric Philosophy (ff. 1-26), the humanity and humour of Homer (ff. 27-43), and Books II and III of the Iliad (ff. 44-58).

Autograph drafts of two essays by John Cowper Powys entitled 'Scepticism' and 'Elementalism or My Philosophy', the latter heavily revised.

First and second autograph drafts, 1940-1941, both extensively revised, of an uncompleted novel by John Cowper Powys entitled 'Edeyrnion'. The work, set in Corwen and containing autobiographical elements, was abandoned in 1941.

Revised autograph draft, [c. 1960]-1961, of John Cowper Powys's fantastic story 'Cataclysm', begun early in 1960 and published in Three Fantasies (1985).

Revised autograph draft, [c. 1960]-1961, of John Cowper Powys's fantastic story 'Abertackle', begun in 1960 and published in Three Fantasies (1985).