John Cowper Powys, 1872-1963
Literary File, Photography Collection
277 items (2 boxes)
Acquisition: Internal transfers
Access: Open for research
Processed by: Susan McClellan, 2006
RLIN Record ID: None
Table of Contents
Scope and Contents
The John Cowper Powys Literary File consists of 277 photographic prints and negatives, including images of Powys, his parents, several of his siblings (Albert Reginald, Gertrude, Llewelyn, Philippa, Theodore Francis, and William), and various other people. Over one third of the items are images associated with a 1957 edition of Somerset and Dorset Essays by Llewelyn Powys. There are also images of Llewelyn Powys' death mask and views of his house, as well as photographic prints and negatives removed from his correspondence. An index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this file. Further descriptions of some items are available in a card catalog in the repository.This file forms a part of the Literary File Collection, which is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally include portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
Item List
| Container | Accession / P No. | Description |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P1 | Image of Powys as a young man, seated with a dog in his lap. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P2A-P2B | Images of Powys standing in a doorway, June 19, 1954. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P3 | Image of Powys as an older man, on a dirt road with a dog. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P6 | Image of an aged, bedridden Powys with Louis Wilkinson seated next to him. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P7 | Image of Powys as an older man seated in a library looking at something with an unidentified man. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P8A-P8B | Images of Philippa Powys and her fisherman friend Bob Wooly. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P9 | Image of bas relief portrait of "Katie" by Gertrude Powys. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P10 | Image of Katey Grey. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P11 | Image of an older man in a clerical collar who is probably one of Powys' sons by his wife Margaret. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P12 | Image of Alfred Littleton. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P13 | Image of E. Sophia Bent. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P14A-P14I | Images of a bust of J. B. Priestley (8 variant photographic prints with corresponding negatives and 1 negative without print). |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P15 | Image of Theodore Francis Powys and his wife Violet. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P16 | View of Montacute Vicarage. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | P17 | Publicity photograph of Powys as a middle-aged man. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 1 | 957:0059:0005-0012, 0014-0027 | Photographic prints removed from correspondence of Llewelyn Powys. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 2 | 957:0059:0000 | Images associated with a 1957 edition of Somerset and Dorset Essays by Llewelyn Powys (folders 2.1-2.3, 107 photographic prints); accompanied by a typed, signed letter from John Foster White, director of MacDonald & Co., Publishers, to Alyse Gregory, 6th September 1957. |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 2 | 957:0059:0000 | Images of the death mask of Llewelyn Powys (folder 2.4, 19 photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 2 | 957:0059:0000 | Images of various subjects, including portraits of J. C. Powys, his parents, several of his siblings (Albert Reginald, Gertrude, Llewelyn, Theodore Francis, and William), and various other people, as well as views of Llewelyn Powys' house (folders 2.5-2.15, 77 photographic prints). |
| PH:LF:Powys, J. C., Box 2 | 988:0033:0013 | Portrait of Powys as a young man. |
| PH:FC-01:DR-04 | 957:0059:0000 | Glass negative of Powys as an old man in bed. |
| NV:LF Boxes | P4 | Nitrate negative of Powys standing in a stone arch. |
| NV:LF Boxes | P5 | Nitrate negative of Powys standing on a hillside. |
| NV:LF Boxes | 957:0059:0001-0004, 0013 | 5 nitrate negatives removed from correspondence of Llewelyn Powys. |
| NV:LF Boxes | 957:0059:0000 | 4 nitrate negatives removed from folder 2.1. |
| NV:LF Boxes | 957:0059:0000 | 6 nitrate negatives removed from folder 2.11. |
Index of Photographers
Boughton, Alice, 1865-1943--988:0033:0013
John Chaffin & Sons--Box 2 (1 item)
S. J. Herbert & Sons--Box 2 (1 item)
Stearn & Sons--Box 2 (1 item)
(Last modified: 27 April 2007 )
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