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The file comprises photocopies of letters from John Quinn to Gwen John, 1910-1924.

The file includes a photocopy of Gwen John's entry in the fee register at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, 1895; a 'statement as to the domicile' of Gwen John, 1940, by R. T. P. Williams & Sons [Solicitors, Haverfordwest] (original); an article 'Gwen John: artist in exile', [1982], [later published in Michael Holroyd, Works on paper: the craft of biography and autobiography (London, 2002)]; article 'The shy sister' concerning Gwen John, The Sunday Times Magazine, 1976; transcripts of two letters from Gwen John to Ursula Tyrwhitt, 1903 [in NLW MS 21468D]; brief summaries of letters from Edwin John to Gwen John, 1911-1938, and from Ida John to Gwen John, 1902-1904; transcripts of letters from her to William and Alice [Rothenstein], [?1907]-[1926]; text amendments by [Sara John] et al. of Susan Chitty's Gwen John (London, 1981) and typescript and corrected proof, [1981], by Michael Holroyd of his review. -- Also included are photocopies of Augustus John's article on 'Gwendolen John', The Burlington magazine, October 1942; The Art Quarterly, Autumn 1991, advertising Michael Holroyd's lecture 'Gwen and Augustus John' at the Royal Geographical Society; and a leaflet advertising The golden nineties. Gwen John and her forgotten contemporaries, when Michael Holroyd gave a talk on 'Gwen and Augustus John' at Lincoln in 1996; and a leaflet promoting 'An afternoon with Gwen and Augustus John', Manchester 1986.

The file comprises notes on their recollections of Augustus John and their childhood, [1968]-[1975], 'Some aspects of Fryern' by Tristan de Vere Cole and of Sir Caspar John, David John, Dorelia John, Romilly John, Amaryllis Fleming, Poppet Pol, [Vivien White] and Villiers Bergne, with transcripts of three letters and a postcard from Augustus John, 1941-1958, to him with added notes on their context. Also included are photocopies from The Listener, March 1975, of Eric Rowan's article 'The fire and the fountain' quoting the impressions of Sir Caspar John and some of his siblings on the artist and on Gwen John with contributions by Mary Taubman; a note on the life of Augustus John's mother Augusta John (née Smith); notes from the talk Augustus John gave in [1949] for the [BBC, Far Eastern Service] entitled 'I speak for myself'; a note on Dorelia; and a photocopy of a typescript account 'The artist at home' by [Romilly John]. Also included is a photocopy of a letter, 1963, from the University Registry, Cardiff, relating to a proposed memorial plaque for the artist in Haverfordwest, with an extract from a Report of the Congregation of the University showing that he was awarded an LL.D degree by the University in 1932.

The fonds comprises the research papers of Michael Holroyd mainly relating to his biography of Augustus John originally published in 1974-1975, other editions and the revised edition published in 1996. These include letters from the John family, researchers, British and foreign repositories, photocopies of letters from Augustus John to his family, letters to fellow artists, his writer friends and members of the Gypsy Lore Society; reminiscences of friends and family; press cuttings relating to his works; papers relating to Augustus John's autobiography Chiaroscuro published in 1952, including publishing contracts; photocopies of writings by Augustus John; publishing agreements and book reviews of the biography. Also included are exhibition addresses on the artist by Michael Holroyd; scripts written about him and Gwen John by others, papers relating to the book co-written by Michael Holroyd and Malcolm Easton, The art of Augustus John (London, 1974), together with some research papers relating to Gwen John and to other projects.