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Fifty-eight letters and cards, 1889-1953, fifty-five of which, 1889-1948, were sent to Sir W. Goscombe John from various correspondents including sculptors, artists, statesmen and politicians, relating mainly to his career as a sculptor and to honours bestowed on him.
The correspondents include H. H. Asquith, 1910 (ff. 4-5), Lilian Baylis, 1929 (ff. 7-8), James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, 1912-1913 (ff. 12-14), George Clausen, 1898-1899 (ff. 15-18), Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth, 1912 (ff. 19-20), Sir Cyril Fox, 1940-1948 (ff. 34-35), George Frampton, 1907 (f. 36), David Lloyd George, 1910 (ff. 39-40, 42), Alfred Gilbert, 1899 (ff. 43-44), Edmund Gosse, 1899, 1919 (ff. 45-48), Augustus John, 1928 (f. 49), Edward Burne-Jones, [1889], [?1893] (ff. 53-55), Sir Lewis Morris, 1899 (ff. 58-59), Sir Edward J. Poynter, 1917 (f. 63), Auguste Rodin, [1902] (f. 66), John Singer Sargent, [?1907] (f. 70), John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquis of Bute, 1937 (ff. 75-76), and Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1890-1911 (ff. 77-80). Also included is a note in the hand of King George V, 1911 (f. 38), copy letters from Goscombe John to David Lloyd George, 1910 (f. 41), and Queen Mary, 1932 (f. 57), and one letter, 1953, to his daughter, Mrs Muriel Fildes, from D. Dilwyn John of the National Museum of Wales (f. 50).

Correspondents include General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 1941, John Anderson, 1939, Sir Evelyn Baring, 1943, Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Gwendolen Cecil, 1932, General Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton, 1917, Lord David Davies, 1918-1943, the Duke of Devonshire, 1942, Sir Patrick Duff., 1938, Sir Patrick Duncan, 1942, Sir Lionel Earle, 1933, Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph, 1914, Sir Cyril Fox, 1938, Sir Ernest Basil Gibson, 1942, Sir Ronald Graham, 1917, Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1918-1936, David George Hogarth, 1917, and Sir Charles John Holmes, 1907. Letters of particular interest are from Thomas Hopper Alderson on his receipt of the George Cross, 1940; the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres concerning London galleries and the British Museum, preservation of valuable pictures and manuscripts, and wartime forestry damage to Chequers, 1942; the Earl of Cromer on the silver jubilee celebration of George V, 1935; and Beatrice ('Mima') Ormsby-Gore on a royal tour of South Africa, 1947.

Correspondence with Jenkin Evans and others (including Sir Cyril Fox, Iorwerth Peate and Esther Grainger) concerning his work, together with related press cuttings, notes, photographs, catalogues and committee minutes, and correspondence with him concerning personal and social matters. Also included is correspondence with members of his family, especially his wife, Bessie, concerning personal and family matters.