File A4. - Powys family manuscripts

Manuscript items, 1838-[c. 1953], relating to various members of the Powys family, comprising: (i) a leaf from her diary for January [1838], three poems, 1846-1847, and a fragment of religious writing by Amelia Powys (née Moilliet); (ii) a fragment of a travel journal in [?India] by Major Littleton Albert Powys, [?1870s], and two copies, dated 1883, of his poem 'A day with the B.V. Foxhounds'; (iii) copies of two letters, 1937 and [c. 1953], in the hand of Littleton C. Powys; (iv) a poem entitled 'To a Dog Violet' by Eleanor Powys, [early 1890s]; (v) fragments, [?1930s], in the hand of Llewelyn Powys, including an annotated photograph, 1939; (vi) nine manuscript poems, 1908-1946 and [n.d.], and two other items by C. E. P. (Katie) Powys; (vii) papers of William Powys, including extracts from an old diary, a pencil copy of a series of poems written during World War I and a sketch map of part of Kenya; (viii) transcripts and notes, [1937]-[1982], in the hand of Lucy Penny (16 ff.); (ix) 'To JCP and the Soul of MAP. 8/10/40', a poem by Father Littleton Alfred Powys; together with (x) a group of other miscellaneous items, including a financial memorandum to Amelia Powys (nee Moilliet) from her mother, July 1853, a card for C. F. Powys and M. C. Powys on their silver wedding, 1896, [a copy of] a letter to Lucy Powys from residents of Montacute on the occasion of her wedding, 1911, and a draft by Faith Powys for the memorial tablet to her late husband, A. R. Powys, in the church at Winterbourne Tomson, [?late 1930s].