Letters, 1923-[1933?], various places, to Ada McVickar, New York.

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Letters, 1923-[1933?], various places, to Ada McVickar, New York.

Friendly letters to his "most faithful deciple" chiefly consisting of announcements of events such as his marriage to Alyse Gregory, the publication of his writings, and his travel plans, as well as news of his health and his sister Katie's [i.e., Philippa Powys's] activities.

9 items. Holographs signed, with envelopes.

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University of Michigan

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Gregory, Alyse, 1884-1967

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Alyse Gregory was a British political campaigner, editor of THE DIAL, suffragette, novelist, and wife of novelist and essayist Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939). From the description of Alyse Gregory correspondence, 1944-1967. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 83953354 Alyse Gregory, 1884-1967, social reformer and writer; managing editor of the literary magazine The Dial, 1924-1926; married to English author Llewelyn Powys and close associate of the P...

Powys, Philippa

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English novelist and poet, sister of John Cowper Powys. From the description of Letters, 1924 Feb. 24, Apr. 1, and July 2, New York and East Chaldon, Dorchester, Dorset [England], to Ada McVickar, New York. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364820 Catharine Edith Philippa Powys, known as "Katie," was one of the eleven siblings of the literary Powys family. She was the author of a novel, The Blackthorn Winter (1930) and a volume of poetr...

McVickar, Ada.

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Powys, Llewelyn, 1884-1939

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Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939) came from a family of distinguished British writers, and wrote a wide variety of works, including essays, a biography, a novel, travel books, works of popular philosophy and propaganda, autobiographical memoirs, and "an imaginary autobiography." Married in 1924 to Alyse Gregory, managing editor of the Dial magazine, and a well-known and well-connected New York novelist and essayist, Powys generally divided his active career between the U.S. and his beloved Dorset. He d...