Finding Aid
Powys family collection. – 1916-2003. – 1.25 m of textual records.
Series 1
John Cowper Powys. – 1916-2002. – 12 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of series.
Box 1
Correspondence:
F.1 Two pages, autographed letter signed John Cowper Powys. Dated 15th February, 1935, from 38 High East Street, Dorchester, Dorset, England, to a Mr. Adams. A reply, saying he values Mr. Adams’s letter and that it was an encouragement in his work.
F.2 One page, typed letter from W.F. Parrish of Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., dated 19th July, 1954, to Malcolm Elwin. Mentions John Cowper Powys in regard to Atlantis, published in 1954.
F.3 Four pages, autographed letter signed J.C. Powys. Dated 29th September, 1955, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales, to Oliver Holt. A reply to Oliver Holt concerning the death of Littleton Powys who died 27th September, 1955. JCP thanks him profusely and reminisces about Littleton Powys and Oliver Holt.
F.4 Four pages, autographed letter signed J.C. Powys. Dated 6th October, 1955, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. A reply to Oliver Holt, who had sent him a memoir of his years at Sherborne School, which, according to the Foreword of Three Sherborne Memoirs by Oliver Holt, published in 1987, was written in 1952. The memoir evidently mentions Nowell Smith who was headmaster of the Senior School and Littleton Powys who was headmaster of the Preparatory School. The letter reminisces and comments on the memoirs.
F.5 Four pages, autographed letter signed Old Powys Ma. Dated 2nd November, 1955, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. To Oliver Holt, saying how thrilled he was with the piece Holt had written for the Western Gazette on Littleton Powys and encouraging him to offer the piece to other newspapers. Two folds, 6 ½” x 8", handwritten in ink and his usual scrawl with bits written around the edges.
F.6 Four pages, autographed letter signed J.C. Powys. Dated 19th December, 1955, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. A reply to Oliver Holt, about a description of a Swiss holiday, possibly with Littleton Powys. JCP writes about identifying flowers and states that he cannot go out collecting them any more. Two folds 6 1/2" x 8", handwritten in ink in large scrawl.
F.7 Two pages, autographed letter signed J.C. Powys. Dated 17th September, 1956, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. Written to Oliver Holt, asking him if he wrote an obituary on Littleton Powys in the Old Sherbornian and saying that Phyllis Playter had just finished proof-reading Littleton’s Still the joy of it. Two folds 6 1/2" x 8", handwritten in ink with writing around the edges.
F.8 Four pages, autographed letter signed J.C. Powys. Dated 22nd September, 1956, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. Written to Oliver Holt, saying how delighted he was to learn that his articles had appeared in a periodical which circulated only amid Heals or Preps. There are some reminiscences about staying with Littleton when he returned from America in 1934. He mentions that he and Phyllis Playter had finished proof-reading Brazen Head which, with Still the joy of it would be published in October. Two folds 6 1/2" x 8", handwritten in ink, in JCP’s typical style.
F.9 Four pages, autographed letter signed J.C. Powys. Dated 20th December, 1956, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. Thanks Oliver Holt for his card, mentions Brazen Head and Roger Bacon. Two folds 6 1/2" x 8", handwritten in ink in large scrawl.
F.10 Four pages, autographed letter signed J.C. Powys. Dated 6th January, 1957, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. Comments on Oliver Holt’s brochure on Nowell Smith, who was headmaster of Sherborne senior school. Two folds, 6 1/2" x 8", handwritten in ink in large scrawl. Includes envelope.
F.11 Two pages, autographed letter signed J.C. Powys. Dated 22nd September, 1958, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. Written to Oliver Holt about his son starting his second year at Sherborne and the Holts moving to their new home at Shepton Motagne, Wincanton, Somerset. Two folds, 6 ½" x 8", handwritten in ink. Includes envelope.
F.12 Two pages, autographed letter signed J.C. Powys. Dated 26th February, 1959, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. Thanks Oliver Holt for his letter. JCP expresses his excitement that Macdonald will be publishing Homer and the Aether on the 27th February and explains that the Aether is a goddess he invented who can read people’s thoughts and desires. He mentions that a poet has continued the Odyssey. This is probably The Odyssey a modern sequel by Nikos Kazantzakis, published in England by Secker and Warburg in 1959. Two folds, 6 ½" x 8", handwritten in ink, pages completely filled with small handwriting.
F.13 Two pages, autographed letter signed John Cowper Powys. Dated 27th December, 1959, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. Thanks Oliver Holt for his affectionate words, probably on a Christmas card. JCP reminisces about the Vicarage at Montacute. Two folds, 6 ½" x 8", handwritten in ink
F.14 Two pages, autographed letter signed John Cowper Powys. Dated 14th January, 1962, from 1 Waterloo, Blenau-Ffestiniog, Merioneth, N. Wales. Written to Oliver Holt, saying it was a great pleasure hearing from him again. JCP mentions some of the books that Oliver Holt has had published. Two folds, 6 ½" x 8", handwritten in ink.
Writings about John Cowper Powys
F.15. “Wild Welshman”. Time. 10th February, 1941. A review of Owen Glendower. Press cuttings.
F.16 Hazelton, Maude V. “Serendipity Trail”. Musical Leader. January 1945. p. 14. A review of The art of growing old. Press cutting.
F.17 Wilson, Angus. “Giant and Mystic”. [The Times?], [1955?]. A review of A Glastonbury romance. Macdonald edition. Press cutting.
F.18 Weatherby, W.J. “The private life of John Cowper Powys”. The Guardian. Friday, 21st July, 1961. p. 9. Press cutting.
F.19 a-b Jones, Bernard. John Cowper Powys. Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1962. A single leaf folded once to form a four-page pamphlet. Dorset Worthies No. 3 . Jones, Bernard. John Cowper Powys 1872-1963. Printed, Broadoak, Bridport, Dorset, C.J. Creed, 1983. Revised edition. A single leaf folded once to form a four-page pamphlet, printed on three pages. Dorset Worthies No. 3.
F.20 “Writer who loved laziness dies in seclusion”. Daily Mail. 19th June, 1963. Obituary. Press cutting.
F.21 Holloway, David. “John Cowper Powys novelist and philosopher”. Daily Telegraph. 19th June, 1963. Obituary. Press cutting.
F.22 “John Cowper Powys: a rich and versatile talent”. The Times. 19th June, 1963. Obituary. Press cutting.
F.23 Steiner, George. “The Titan of Blenau-Ffestiniog”. Sunday Times. 23rd June, 1963. Press cutting, article on John Cowper Powys after his death.
F.24 Steiner, George. “Champion for a Welsh Titan”. Sunday Times. 14th March, 1965. A review of The saturnine quest by G. Wilson Knight. Press cutting.
F.25 The Library Association Record. Vol. 69, No. 5. May 1967. p. 165. Advertisement of Derek Langridge’s John Cowper Powys: a record of achievement.
F.26 Miller, Henry. The immortal bard. London, Village Press, [1974?] p. 4. Photocopy
F.27 Batty, Steve. “The secret heart of silence”. Feeding the fish No. 2. July 1982. pp. 10-12.
F.28. Cavaliero, Glen. “Entering a new life”. The Times Literary Supplement. 16th October, 1987. A review of The diary of John Cowper Powys, 1930. Photocopy.
F.29 Cavaliero, Glen. “A man one could only like”. The Times Literary Supplement No. 4570, 2nd November, 1990. p. 1177. Review of The letters of John Cowper Powys to Hal W. and Violet Trovillion, The letters of John Cowper Powys to Ichiro Hara and Visions and vices by G. Wilson Knight. Photocopy.
F.30 Bayley, John. “A seer of the flesh: gusto, innocence and the life illusion in the diaries of John Cowper Powys”. The Times Literary Supplement No. 4807, 19th May, 1995. Cover picture and pp. 3-4.
F.31 McGann, Jerome. “Marvels and wonders: Powys, Porius and the attempt to revive romance in the age of modernism”. The Times Literary Supplement, No. 4835. 1st December, 1995. pp. 4-6.
F.32 Kavanagh, P.J. “Bywords”. The Times Literary Supplement, No. 4888, 6th December, 1996. p. 15.
F.33 Kavanagh, P.J. “Bywords”. The Times Literary Supplement, No. 4892, 3rd January, 1997. p. 16.
F.34 Kavanagh, P.J. “Bywords”. The Times Literary Supplement No. 4944, 2nd January, 1998. p. 14
F.35 Jones, Bernard. “Montacute gone”. The Times Literary Supplement. No. 5032, 10th September, 1999. p. 31. A review of The Dorset year: the diary of John Cowper Powys June 1934-1935
F.35a Millman, Lawrence. “An irresistible long-winded bore”. The Atlantic Monthly Vol. 286 No. 2. August 2000. pp. 88-91.
F.36 Wilson, A.N. “Building the ‘Church of me’”. The Times Literary Supplement No. 5114. 6th April 2001. pp. 18-19.
Ephemera
F.37 A ticket for John Cowper Powys’s lecture on “Modern European literature: D’Annunzio”. 22nd January, 1916, 8:15 p.m.
F.38 Price list of books recommended by John Cowper Powys in his pamphlet on Landmarks of modern literature. Includes a letter addressed to Dear Powysian from G. Arnold Shaw. [no date] [1919 or 1920?] Folded sheet 8 1/2" x 11" to make a four-page pamphlet, last page blank. Typewritten.
F.39 Browne, Louise. “Literary landmarks”. Chicago Evening Post, 21st January, [1920?]
F.40 Small advertisement of a lecture to be given by John Cowper Powys on “The genius of the Jew” that appeared in the Boston Transcript, 22nd December, 1923. Press cutting.
F.41 Three pieces:
A postcard: from the Woman’s City Club [Kansas City, Missouri?], notifying members of events during April 1933. Lists a Round Table Discussion on 19th April, by Mrs. John M. Hazelton, on Philosophy of Solitude, by John Cowper Powys and Pro Vita Monastica by Henry Dwight Sedgwick.
A pencilled note about John Cowper Powys’s borrowed thoughts from literature [by Mrs. J.M. Hazelton?] Folded twice, 7" x 8".
Notepaper headed “The Woman’s City Club, Kansas City, Missouri”. Three folds, 6" x 7", written in ink: “John Cowper Powys - Brooklyn Academy of Music, March 11 - am Marcel Proust”.
F.42 Peston, Robert. “City watchdog who bites but won’t bark”. The Sunday Times 17th March 2002. p. 7 Business section. Press cutting.
F.43 Births: John Cowper Powys on his one hundred and thirtieth birthday anniversary, from The Times 8th October 2002. Press cutting.
F.44 Full-page advertisement for John Cowper Powys by Derek Langridge in The Library Association Record. Vol. 68, No. 11, November 1966. p. 407
F.45 Quarter-page advertisement for John Cowper Powys by Derek Langridge in The Library Association Record. Vol. 69, No. 4, April 1967. p. 136.
F.46 Confessions of two brothers: four page leaflet issued by G. Arnold Shaw announcing the forthcoming title by John Cowper Powys and Llewelyn Powys. [n.d.].
Box 2
Periodical contributions by John Cowper Powys
F.1 Powys, John Cowper. “Elusive America”. The American Mercury. Vol. X, No. 39. March 1927. pp. 306-309.
F.2 Powys, John Cowper. “Edgar Lee Masters”. The Bookman. Vol. LXIX, August 1929. pp. 650-656. (Photocopy).
F.3 Powys, John Cowper. “Dorothy M. Richardson”. (1) The Adelphi. Vol. 2, No. 2, new series. May 1931. pp. 103-115.
F.4 Powys, John Cowper. “Welsh culture”. The Welsh Review. Vol.1, No. 5, June 1939. pp. 255-262.
F.5 Powys, John Cowper. “Welsh Aboriginals”. Wales. No. 1. July 1943. pp. 60-69.
Reprinted in Obstinate Cymric: essays 1935-1947.
F.6 Powys, John Cowper. “Pair Dadeni or ‘The Cauldron of Rebirth’”. Wales, Vol VI No. 2, June, 1946. pp. 20-41. First appearance of this article, later issued as a pamphlet by Druid Press in 1946 and 1948. Reprinted in Obstinate Cymric by Druid Press, 1947.
F.7 Powys, John Cowper. “T.F.Powys”. The Aylesford Review. Vol. V, No. 2, Spring 1963. pp. 81-83.
F.8 Powys, John Cowper from Wolf Solent, Brick a literary journal. No. 64 Spring 2000. p. 65.
F.9 Powys, John Cowper. “Letters from John Cowper Powys to Clifford Tolchard”, World Review, new series 17. July 1950. pp. 11-22.
Series 2
Theodore Francis Powys. – 1926-2003.– 24 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of series.
Box 3
Correspondence
F.1 One-page autographed letter, signed Theodore F.Powys. Dated 18th April, 1932, from East Chaldon, Dorchester, Dorset. A reply to thank Mr. Robb for sending him a copy of a review of Unclay that appeared in The New York Times, 6th March, 1932. Powys comments that he does not think his books will sell like popular books do. Four folds, 8" x 10", handwritten in ink.
Writings about T.F.Powys
F.2-3 Hutchinson, Cecil G. “T.F.Powys”. The Bookman. Vol. LXXXIII, No. 496. January, 1933. pp. 396-397. (Note: A check-list of Powys’s work is on p. 416.)
F.4 Powys, Francis. “Hermit of `The house in the pasture’”. Everybody’s Weekly. 2nd January, 1954. p. 31. Two copies.
F.5 “Elf-light”. [The Times Literary Supplement?], [1960?]. p. 354. A review of T.F. Powys by H. Coombes. Press cutting.
Periodical contributions
F.4 “The mullet and the swans. A fable”. The New Coterie No. 1. November 1925. pp. 67-70.
F.5 Powys, Theodore Francis. “A stubborn tree”. The New Coterie No. 2. Spring 1926. pp. 57-62. First published as a limited edition in January 1926 by E. Archer, the publisher of The New Coterie.
F.6 Powys, Theodore Francis. “Feed my swine”. The New Coterie. No. 3. Summer 1926. pp. 69-77. First published as a limited edition in May 1926 by E. Archer, the publisher of The New Coterie, and was later included in The white paternoster, 1930.
F.7 Powys, Theodore Francis. “The bride”. The New Coterie. No. 4. Autumn 1926. pp. 79-82. (The frontispiece is a portrait of T.F.Powys by William Roberts.)
F.8 Powys, Theodore Francis. “Mr. Toller’s new clothes”. The Bermondsey Book, Volume V, No. 4. September, October, November, 1928. pp. 72-77.
F.9 Powys, Theodore Francis. “Jane Mollet’s”. The Bookman. Christmas Number Vol. LXXXV, No. 507, December 1933. pp. 177-179.
F.10 Powys, Theodore Francis. “Another Godiva”. Argosy. Volume V, No. 1. February, 1944. pp. 25-29.
Box 4 (Contributions to journals continued)
F.1 Powys, Theodore Francis. “The white paternoster”. Argosy Vol. IX, No.6. June, 1948. pp. 67-73.
F.2 Powys, Theodore Francis. “The seaweed and the cuckoo clock”. Argosy Vol.IX, No.7. July 1948. pp. 65-74.
F.3 Powys, Theodore Francis. “The lost proofs.” Argosy Vol IX, No.10. October, 1948. pp. 83-86. From The house with the echo, 1928.
F.4 Powys, Theodore Francis. “King Duck”. Argosy Vol. IX, No.12. December, 1948. pp. 75-81. From Captain Patch, 1935.
Writings about T.F. Powys
F.5 Coward, David. Powysland. The Times Literary Supplement. No. 4827, 6th October, 1995. p. 26. A review of Mock’s curse by T.F. Powys.
F.6 “Literary Criticism in Brief”. The Times Literary Supplement No. 4947. 23rd January, 1998. p. 27. A review of The sixpenny strumpet by T.F. Powys, published by Brynmill Press.
F.7 Binding, Paul. “Revaluation: Leavis, Lawrence and the reverence for life”. The Times Literary Supplement, No. 5219, 11th April, 2003. p. 14-15. Mentions Leavis’s opinion that T.F. Powys was an important writer. Unfortunately, the author describes T.F. Powys as a rural Anglican clergyman, which is incorrect.
F.8 Coggrave, John. “Letters to the editor”. The Times Literary Supplement, No. 5220, 18th April. p. 17. Responding to Paul Binding’s article in TLS, 11th April, 2003, saying that “T.F. Powys was certainly rural but never an Anglican clergyman.”
Series 3
Llewelyn Powys. – 1925-1956. – 24 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of series.
Box 5
F.1 Two typescripts, one signed by Llewelyn Powys; “Memoirs” crossed out by L.P. then hand-written “Memories”. This typescript of 22 pages, titled Memories of Thomas Hardy, signed on the front page “by Llewelyn Powys, Clavadel, Davas Platz, Switzerland”. This typescript has a short note attached, from Alyse Gregory to Kenneth Hopkins, explaining that passages were left out in the published article in The Virginia Quarterly. There are emendations by Alyse Gregory and possibly by Kenneth Hopkins. The article was published in full in Llewelyn Powys: a selection from his writing, compiled by Kenneth Hopkins, pp. 195-207, in 1952.
F.2 Ts. entitled “Recollections of Thomas Hardy” and appears to be a draft for the published “Memories” with pencilled corrections. [Written in 1937?]
F.3 A letter from Dr. Peter Foss, offering his comments on the typescripts.
F.4 One page, five-line, autographed letter signed Llewelyn Powys. Not dated, from 4 Patchin Place, New York City, to a Mr. Leigh declining an invitation to give a lecture, explaining he had given up speaking in public. Three folds, 8" x 10", handwritten in ink.
F.5 One page, six-line, autographed letter signed Llewelyn Powys. Dated 4th November, 1929, from White Nose, Warmwell, Dorset, to Mr. Conklin (writing from the U.S.), granting permission to include “Not Guilty” from Ebony and ivory in an anthology. Two folds, 7" x 9", handwritten in ink.
F.6 One page, fourteen-line, autographed letter signed Llewelyn Powys. Not dated, from Chydyok, Chaldon Herring, Dorchester, Dorset, to Mr. Conklin (from the U.S.) about the republication of “Not Guilty” in an anthology. One fold, 4½” x 7", handwritten in ink; some pencil notes, presumably by Mr. Conklin. Llewelyn Powys moved to Chydyok in November of 1931 and “Not Guilty” was published in A smart set anthology, 1934, pp. 718-721, compiled by Burton Rascoe and Groff Conklin. Letter was probably written in 1932 or 1933.
F.7 One page, eight-line, autographed letter signed Llewelyn Powys. Dated 12th October, 193? (last figure difficult to read), from Chydyok, Chaldon Herring, Dorchester, Dorset, to a Mr. Robb, providing information about obtaining a copy of one of Powys’s books. One fold, 4 ½” x 7", handwritten in ink, includes an envelope. The envelope is addressed to Mr. Elias D. Robb, 717, First National Bank Buildings, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. The postmark seems to read 18th April, 1932. A six-month lapse, or the wrong envelope?
F.8 “Under the stars: the tale of an infant lost”. The Times. 8th March, 1937. Press cutting.
F.9 “The west country”. The Times. 30th November, 1937. Press cutting. This is a review of Somerset essays by Llewelyn Powys, by Oliver Holt.
Second accrual, Files 7a and 7b only
F.7a Postcard with photo of soldier and goat, inscribed on opposite side to Ian [Macdonald] from “Uncle Llewelyn”. May 1937.
F.7b Autograph letter to Mrs. Macdonald written from Switzerland, dated Oct. 2, 1939. 2 p.
First accrual resumes
F.10 “Somerset essays”. The Times Literary Supplement. 11th December, 1937. Press cutting.
F.11 Gregory, Alyse. “Llewelyn Powys”. The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review. New Series No. 524. February 1940. p. 3 8.
F.12 Gregory, Alyse. “In vindication of a great man”. The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review. Vol. LVII No. 3. March 1942. pp. 37-38. An article written in response to a radio talk by E.M. Forster.
F.13 Elwin, Malcolm. “Llewelyn Powys”. Voices. New Series, No. 1. Autumn 1946. pp. 71-77.
F.14 The West Country Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2. Autumn 1946. Contains “Hedgecock” by Llewelyn Powys, pp. 73-76, and “The Race” by Theodore Francis Powys, pp. 90-93.
F.15 Allen, W. Gore. “Llewelyn Powys: a village radical”. The Wind and The Rain, Vol. VI, No. 3. Winter, 1949-50. pp. 175-181.
F.16 Seal, Gabriel. “Country authors - 8. Llewelyn Powys”. The Countryman Vol. 54, No. 2. Summer 1957. pp. 277-283. Two copies.
F.17 Jones, Bernard. “Llewelyn Powys 1884-1939". Dorset Worthies No. 15, 1984. p. 4.
F.18 Head, Anthony. “Love with bees”. The Times Literary Supplement No. 5258. 9th January, 2004. p.10.
Box 6
F.1 Powys, Llewelyn. “A Struggle for Life”. The Dial Vol. LXXVIII, No. 2, February 1925. p. 125.
F.2 Powys, Llewelyn. “Half truths”. The Dial Vol. LXXVIII, No. 4. April 1925. pp. 330,
F.3 Powys, Llewelyn. “Dutch damozels”. The Dial Vol. LXXXI, No. 3. March 1926. pp. 243-246.
F.4 Powys, Llewelyn. “The Genius of Peter Breughel”. The London Mercury Vol. XV, No. 85. November 1926. pp. 41-45.
F.5 Powys, Llewelyn. “One of a thousand”. The Rag Mag: Weymouth Hospital’s Carnival Programme. 1931. pp. 27 & 29.
F.6 Powys, Llewelyn. “The epicurean vision”. The Rationalist Annual 1931. pp. 43-48.
F.7 Powys, Llewelyn. “The poetic vision”. The Rationalist Annual 1932. pp. 27-32.
F.8 Powys, Llewelyn. “The Oxford Group”. The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review. New Series No. 441, March 1933. p. 55.
F.9 Powys, Llewelyn. “Natural worship”. The Adelphi Vol. 6, No. 4. July 1933. pp. 280-283.
F.10 Powys, Llewelyn. “Natural happiness”. The Rationalist Annual 1933. pp. 21-26
F.11 Powys, Llewelyn. Letters to Editor. The New English Weekly. Vol.4, No. 3. 2nd November, 1933. p. 72.
F.12 Powys, Llewelyn. The letters of Llewelyn Powys. Selected and edited by Louis Wilkinson and with an introduction by Alyse Gregory. London, John Lane The Bodley Head.
F.13 Powys, Llewelyn. “Gipsies”. The London Mercury Vol. 29, No. 170. 6 December 1933. pp. 151-155.
F.14 Powys, Llewelyn. “Bats Head”. The Rag Mag: Weymouth Hospital’s Carnival Programme. 1934. pp. 9 & 11.
F.15 Powys, Llewelyn. “Celsus and Origen”. The Rationalist Annual 1934. pp. 35-41.
F.16 Powys, Llewelyn. “Stalbridge Rectory”. The London Mercury Vol.XXXI, No. 184. February, 1935. pp. 372-377. (Wood engraving by Gertrude M. Powys, p. 375.)
F.17 Powys, Llewelyn. “The dawn breakers”. The Rationalist Annual 1935. pp. 45-50.
Box 7
F.1 Powys, Llewelyn. “Threnody”. The London Mercury Vol. 34, No. 200. June 1936. pp. 141-146.
F.2 Powys, Llewelyn. “Thomas Hobbes”. The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review. New Series No. 481. July 1936. pp. 117-120.
F.3 Powys, Llewelyn. “The Ways of Providence”. The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review. New Series No. 483. September 1936. p.165.
F.4 Powys, Llewelyn. “Julian the apostate”. The Rationalist Annual 1936. pp. 75-80.
F.5 Powys, Llewelyn. “For ever in the dust”. The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review. New Series No. 487. January 1937. pp. 7-8.
F.6 Powys, Llewelyn. “Fair Rosamund”. The Cornhill Magazine. Vol. 156, No. 934. October 1937. pp. 534-547.
F.7 Powys, Llewelyn. “How I became and why I remain a rationalist”. The Rationalist Annual 1937. pp. 41-46.
F.8 Powys, Llewelyn. “The superstitious sophistications of Christianity”. The Rationalist Annual 1938. pp. 28-33.
F.9 Powys, Llewelyn. “The two buffaloes”. The Countryman Vol. 18, No. 2. January-March 1939. pp. 485-488.
F.10 Powys, Llewelyn. “Welsh and English”. The Welsh Review. Vol. 1, No. 3. April 1939. pp. 138-143.
F.11 Powys, Llewelyn. “Cringing and Crematoriums”. The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review. New Series No. 517. July 1939. pp. 117-118. (Folio)
F.12 Powys, Llewelyn. “Morality without God”. Rationalist Annual 1939. pp. 22-28.
F.13 Powys, Llewelyn. “A foot-path way of the senses”. Rationalist Annual 1940. pp. 26-30.
F.14 Powys, Llewelyn. “Wanted - A Metropolitan Improvement Society”. The Literary Guide and Rationalist Review. Vol. LXV No. 5, May 1950. pp. 93-95.
F.15 Powys, Llewelyn. “A west countryman’s return”. The Countryman Vol. 53, No. 3. Autumn 1956. pp.449-453.
Series 4
Writings about the Powys family and their works.– 1963-2003 – 3 cm of textual records. – Title based on contents of series.
Box 8
F.1 A Review of English Literature, Vol. 4, No. 1. January 1963. This edition was published in honour of John Cowper Powys who was in his ninety-first year. He died 17th June, 1963.
The contents included two poems by John Cowper Powys, The Ailanthus and The Ridge. The articles on J.C.P. are by Angus Wilson, Henry Miller, J.B. Priestley, Dominique Aury, Iowerth C. Peate and G. Wilson Knight. There are articles on T.F. Powys and Llewelyn Powys by Kenneth Hopkins and R.C. Churchill.
F.2 Holt, G.A.E. “Memories of the Powys brothers”. The Western Gazette, 17th February, 1967. (A letter to the editor of The Western Gazette.) Press cutting.
F.3 Cavaliero, Glen. “Powysiana, collecting a family”. Antiquarian Book Monthly Review, Vol. 5, No. 11. November 1978. pp. 452-459. (Photocopy.)
F.4 Kavanagh, P.J. “Bywords”. The Times Literary Supplement No. 5031, 3rd September, 1999. p. 16.
F.5 The Times Literary Supplement. No. 5211, 14th February 2003. p. 16. Jean-Pierre de Waegenaere, from Belgium responded to an item in the TLS “NB” column.
Series 5
Writings by A. R. Powys. – 1924-1927. – 9 cm of textual records – Title based on contents of series.
F.6 Powys, A.R. “Archaeology and architecture”“. The London Mercury. Vol. 9, No. 53. March 1924. pp. 538-540.
F.7 Powys, A. R. “Impressions of New York buildings”. The London Mercury, Vol. 11, No. 64. February 1925. pp. 423-425,
F.8 Powys, A.R. “The trade in antiques”. The London Mercury. Vol. 13, no. 77, March 1926. pp. 543-545.
F.9 Powys, A.R. “The eleventh Church of Christ Scientist, Nutford Place, W. By O.P. Milne”. The London Mercury. Vol. 15, no. 89, March 1927. pp. 541-543.
Series 6
Periodicals with contributions with more than one of the Powys family. – 1928-1946. – 6 cm of textual records. –Title based on contents of series.
Box 9
F 1. The Dial. Vol. LXXXIV, January to June 1928. Contains “Civil Disillusionment”, “Son and Mother” by Alyse Gregory and “The Confessions of St. Augustine” and “A Grave in Dorset” by Llewelyn Powys.
F.2 The West Country Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2. Autumn 1946. Contains “Hedgecock” by Llewelyn Powys, pp. 73-76, and “The Race” by Theodore Francis Powys, pp. 90-93.
