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The file comprises unidentified and incomplete papers, [1968x1995], in the hand of Michael Holroyd and others.

The file comprises photocopies of letters written by Augustus John, 1934-1961, to his son Edwin, together with extracts from three letters, 1937-1946, not included in the photocopies.

The series comprises photocopies of letters, mainly written by Augustus John to his friends and sitters relating to his artwork and family matters and also to works on him such as Lillian Browse, Augustus John Drawings (London, 1941) and David Cecil (ed.), Fifty-two Drawings (London, 1957).

The series comprises extracts from letters mainly from Augustus John relating to his writings, arrangements for portraits and exhibitions, with personal and family news; photocopies from John Quinn's diary, 1911, and his diaries, 1917-1923; together with articles about the artist and papers relating to his exhibitions held in Britain and America.

The file comprises Mary Taubman's 'homage' to Hugh Kingsmill entitled '"A passing breeze": 1920-1922' (VI), together with an explanatory note, 1970. Michael Holroyd's critical biography Hugh Kingsmill was first published in 1964 and again in 1971 and selections from his writings in 1970.

The file comprises letters, 1968-[1998], from Villiers Bergne (4), son-in-law of Augustus John, Rebecca John (37), Sara John (28), Poppet Pol (13), Vivien White (17) and other members of the John family, relating to family matters.

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

The file comprises the first script of a dramatised documentary based on the life of Gwen John, 1983.

The file comprises two corrected drafts of the play, [1974].

The file comprises letters, [1968]-[1998], from Charles Tennyson (3), Peter Terson (5), Caitlin Thomas (2), Lisa T[ickner] (3), Ruthven Todd (2), William J. Weatherby (3), Sir Charles Wheeler (3), Emlyn Williams (2) and Dora Yates (11). Letters from unidentified correspondents are also included.

The file includes notes from letters written to Henry Lamb, [1912]-[1914], T. E. Lawrence, 1919-[1935], [D. S. ] MacColl, [1900]-[1945] (originals held at the Special Collections Library, Glasgow), Hugh and Michaela Pooley, 1914-[1917], Anthony Powell, 1928-1960, John Cowper Powys, 1955-1958, Michel Salaman, [1911]-[1955], Bernard Shaw, 1943-1944, and photocopies of typescript letters, 1944-1945, from Bernard Shaw, Theodore Spencer, 1929-1934, Lytton Strachey, 1913-1928, Sir Charles Tennyson and Lady Tennyson, 1944-1959, with background notes by him, and Dudley Tooth, 1928-1961.

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.

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 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 includes photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Philip Heseltine, 1920-1929; a transcript, 1972, of a letter, 1923, from the artist to Thomas Hardy, from the Thomas Hardy Memorial Collection, thanking the latter for sitting for him and stating that his portrait had been purchased by the Fitzwilliam Museum; Mary [Keene], [1945]-[1948]; and Dame Laura Knight, 1938, together with a press cutting from The Evening Standard, 1968, containing a profile of her.

The file comprises obituaries of the John family extracted from newspapers: Robin John, [?], 1986, Romilly John, The Times, 1986, by [Michael Holroyd], Vivien John, The Independent, 1994, Poppet Pol, The Independent and The Times, 1997, together with obituaries for Caitlin Thomas, The Guardian and The Independent, 1994, and Lady Pansy Lamb, The Independent, 1999. -- [Dorelia John's obituary by Michael Holroyd is in his Unreceived opinions (London, 1973)].

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Hope and Edgar Scott, 1930-[1952]. The file also includes photocopies of letters from Caspar John, 1961-1962, and from Poppet Pol, 1938, to Hope Scott; extracts from newspapers relating to Augustus John's portrait of Hope Scott and notes from Hope Scott's scrapbook, 1930-1938.

The file comprises transcripts of letters by Michael Holroyd of letters written by Augustus John to his daughters Poppet Pol, 1930, and Amaryllis Marie-Louise Fleming, 1948-1960, with an invitation to the latter's memorial service and reception at the Church of St Bartholomew The Great, Smithfield, London, 29 November 1999; photocopies of letters, [?1955], 1957 and [?1961], from Augustus John to Poppet Pol; together with extracts from letters from Augustus John to Poppet, 1923 and 1928; and photocopies of letters, 1958-[1961], written to his daughter Zoë Hicks and of letters, 1923, relating to her welfare from Seymour Leslie, her temporary guardian.

The file comprises photocopies of letters written by Augustus John, [1943]-[1958], to his son Tristan de Vere Cole.

The series comprises photocopies of letters, [1922]-1961, written by Augustus John to his wife, children and grandchildren and other family members, together with some letters to Augustus John, relating to family and professional business.