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The file includes photocopies of letters from Augustus John to [Cyril] Clemens, 1947-1955; 'Horatio' [Horace de Vere Cole], 1927; and [Aleister] Crowley, [1912].

The file comprises letters, 1968-1998, from Clough Williams-Ellis (1), Paul Ferris (3), Constantine Fitzgibbon (1), Jeanne Robert Foster (2), Sir Angus Fraser (2), [Lady] Antonia [Fraser] (1), David Garnett (5), William Gaunt (2), Frances Lloyd-George (3), George F. Goodyear (1), Robert Graves (1) (to Philippa Pullar), Germaine Greer (1) and David Griffiths (2).

The file comprises letters, 1968-1970, from institutions and repositories such as the National Library of Wales, George Rainbird Limited Book Design and Production, David Higham Associates, History Today, William Heinemann Publishers, the British Museum, Pembrokeshire Record Office, King's College Cambridge, Bodleian Library, General Register Office, Jonathan Cape Limited, BBC, Apollo magazine, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and the University of Liverpool, relating to matters such as their holdings, enquiries about the John family, lectures on Augustus John, exhibitions, scripts and recordings relating to him.

The file comprises letters, 1971-1976, mainly from repositories and societies such as the Fine Art Society, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Royal Society of Literature, Contemporary Art Society, A. P. Watt & Son, Oxford University Press, William Heinemann Publishers, Jonathan Cape Limited, the Ashmolean Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Tenby Museum, relating to matters such as Augustus John exhibitions and enquiries about the John family and paintings.

The file comprises letters, [1977]-[1999], mainly from repositories and societies such as the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, BBC, New Academy for Art Studies, Ulster Museum, Tate Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, University of Liverpool, Christie's, City of Manchester Cultural Services, City of Sheffield Department of Arts, City of Birmingham City Museums and Art Gallery, British Library, Bodleian Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Library of Ireland, Chatto & Windus, National Museums & Galleries of Wales and the Barbican Art Gallery, relating to enquiries such as the works of Augustus John, exhibitions and lectures by Michael Holroyd. Also included are letters from ZIP TV, Cardiff, 1994, relating to arrangements for Michael Holroyd's interview for the programme 'Augustus John: King of Bohemia'.

The file, 1965-[1977], also comprises a photocopy of an article from the Evening Standard, June 1967, entitled 'How Caspar tried to conform but found he had rebellion in his blood ...', and a photocopy of a letter, 1977, from Kit Orpen Casey, daughter of William Orpen, to Caspar John.

The file, [1965]-1969, also includes letters dating from 1965 when Michael Holroyd was working on his Lytton Strachey biography.

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Edwin John, 1934, to his son [Augustus] Edwin [John], Thornton John, 1959, in Canada, to his brother Augustus John and an incomplete letter from Augustus John to his sister [Winifred Shute], 1948, together with extracts from letters from Augustus John to his daughter Poppet, 1923 and 1928, and photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Poppet, [?1955] and 1957.

The file comprises letters, 1968-[1998], from foreign repositories including the Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Archives of American Art, Detroit; Art Gallery of Ontario; Brooklyn College; University of California, Los Angeles; Davis & Langdale Company, New York; Department of National Defence, Ottawa; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand; Havard University Archives; Houghton Library, Havard University; Huntington, California; University of Michigan; Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts; Musée Picasso, Paris; Musée Rodin, Paris; New York Public Library; Johannesburg Art Gallery; South African National Gallery; University of Auckland; University of Texas and Yale University Library, and also letters, 1996, from his book publishers Farrar, Straus & Giroux in New York.

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Grant Richards, 1913-1924, to Augustus John and others, together with a letter, 1922, from Augustus John to him. Also included are extracts from the correspondence of Campbell Dodgson and Grant Richards, [?1917]-1920, held at the Imperial War Museum, London, relating to the Peace Conference Picture.

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

The file comprises photocopies of letters, [1909]-[1911], from the artist Henry Lamb to Lady Ottoline Morrell.

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

The file, comprises letters, 1973-[1982], discussing The art of Augustus John published in 1974, including comments and corrections by Michael Holroyd, 1973, of sections of the original text entitled 'Painter's moon: the art of Augustus John', together with a photocopy of a letter, 1973, from Caspar John to Malcolm Easton, with his comments on the text, chronology and list of plates. The letters also discuss preparations for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibitions in 1975.

The file comprises letters, 1969-1972, including a list of paintings to be exhibited at the 'Portraits of the Artist's family' at the University of Hull, 1970, by Malcolm Easton, and letters mainly relating to the preparation of The art of Augustus John published in 1974, together with a letter, 1972, from John Lumley, Wildenstein & Co., London, relating to a proposed exhibition of works by Augustus John in New York.

The file comprises letters, 1969-[1996], from Mary Taubman, 'part-time research assistant' of Michael Holroyd and 'leading authority on Gwen John'.

The file comprises photocopies and mainly transcripts of extracts from letters referring to Augustus John, including [W. B.] Yeats to Lady Gregory and others, 1907-1935; H[elen] M[aitland] to [Henry Lamb], 1920; Christopher (Kit) Wood to his mother, 1921-1926; Horace de Vere Cole to [J. B.] Manson, 1926; W[illiam] R[othenstein] to Flora Russell, 1935-1944, and to Wyndham Lewis, 1927-[1942]; Dylan Thomas to Frances Hughes, 1939; [Jack] Knewstub to his family, [1940]-[1949]; correspondence between William de Belleroche and Frank Brangwyn, 1943-1950; John Cowper Powys to Louis Wilkinson, 1955-1956; Vivien White to Vera Stubbs, 1959, together with a photocopy of a letter from Bertrand Russell to Lady Melchett, 1964, relating to Augustus John's memorial and extracts from the D'Abernon Papers at the British Library relating to Augustus John's portrait of the Lord.

The file comprises three letters, 1972-1973, from Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, relating to the publishing of The art of Augustus John (the last one from T. G. Rosenthal to Dr Roy Strong) and a publishing agreement, 1971, together with a publisher's brochure, [1974], and Complete books in print, 1975, by David R. Godine, Publisher, with an entry for the book.

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Daniel George, 1950-1961; Elmer [Gertz], 1932; Oliver Gogarty, 1918-1947; Conger Goodyear, [1923]; William Robert Gregory, [?1907]; Pamela Grove, 1941-[1953]; and Ned [Grove], [1941x1953].