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Powys, Littleton Charles, 1874-1955 (schoolmaster and author)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1955

Biography

Littleton Charles Powys (1874-1955), author, was born in Shirley, Derbyshire, on 25 April 1874, and educated at King's School, Bruton; Sherborne; and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was assistant master at King's School, Bruton, 1896-1901, and at Llandovery College, 1902-1905, and Headmaster of Sherborne Preparatory School, 1905-1923.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Letters to Ichiro Hara

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8636
Scope and Contents

Letters to Ichiro Hara from, respectively, Phyllis Playter, John Cowper Powys and Littleton Powys.

Dates: 1952-1962
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Littleton Charles Powys: Letters to A.J. Weatherhead

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8933
Scope and Contents 23 letters from Littleton Charles Powys to A.J. Weatherhead, 1951-55, on Weatherhead's poetry; an edition of letters of Powys's wife Elizabeth Myers, and a book of her stories; Brian Barder's poetry; death of his brother Theodore Powys; illness and death of his nephew, Father Littleton Alfred Powys; Roman Catholic and literary matters; and poems and quotations from poems. The letters are accompanied by the booklet, T.F. Powys. An appreciation in the King's College, London Review, May 1932;...
Dates: 1932-1955
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Littleton Charles Powys: Letters to Oliver Holt

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8635
Scope and Contents

Three folders of letters to Oliver Holt from Littleton Powys, 1928-1939, 1940-1947 and 1948-1955. The third folder includes correspondence, 1984-1986, between Oliver Holt and A.E.B. Owen, Keeper of Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, of which Owen's letters are photocopies; 'Lyttleton Powys', an article by Oliver Holt, photocopied from the Powys review, no. 10 (Spring, 1982), pp. 73-84; and a note by Holt on his own background and relationship with Powys, 1984.

Dates: 1928-1955
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Littleton Powys: Letters to Mis. Mary Thomas

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8277
Scope and Contents

Manuscript letters addressed mainly to Mary Thomas at 10 Cheylesmore House, Ebury Bridge Road, London, accompanied by the original envelopes. There is also a typescript of St Francis's sermon on animals.

Dates: 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).