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Some seventy letters, 1906-1915, to Gwen John from Auguste Rodin.

Pocket diary, 1923-1933, of Gwen John containing personal and religious reflections and extracts from various authors.

Pocket diary, 1921-1924, of Gwen John containing jottings, mainly relating to painting and drawing.

Pocket diary, 1931-1935, of Gwen John containing notes, including personal reflections, notes on technique and method, and rough sketches.

Some forty draft letters, 1919-1939, from Gwen John to various correspondents (surnames A-N), including Chloe and Grilda Boughton-Leigh (1) ?1920s, Tom Burns (4) 1927-c. 1928-1929, Father Martin D'Arcy (1) 1933, Mary Constance Lloyd (5) c. 1920-1930, Dorelia McNeill (7) c. 1928-1936, and various members of the John family.

Some one hundred and thirty draft letters, [c. 1908]-1938, from Gwen John to various correspondents (surnames P-W), including Rainer Maria Rilke (4) [c. 1910]-1913, Auguste Rodin (57) [c. 1908]-[c. 1916], and Ursula Tyrwhitt (4) 1911-1938.

Some one hundred and five undated draft letters, [c. 1927]-[c. 1932], from Gwen John to Véra Oumançoff, containing mainly personal news and reflections but including references to drawing in church (ff. 13-14, 49); showing her pictures to Véra and the latter's reactions to them (ff. 41, 47, 50, 52-56); the 'dessins du lundi' (ff. 40, 50, 76, 95, 107, 127, 129-130); general reference to her work (ff. 19, 31, 51, 87, 115-116); rough sketches (ff. 79 verso, 83, 86 verso); visits to the Galerie Bernheim (f. 125), and to la Chapelle du Val (f. 124); fragmentary drafts of letters to her godmother (f. 46 verso) and to [?Chloe Boughton-Leigh] (f. 134 verso).

Some eighty-two draft letters, July 1927-April 1932, from Gwen John to Véra Oumançoff, containing mainly personal news and reflections but also including references to John's drawing in church (ff. 1-4, 42 verso); showing her pictures to Véra, and the latter’s reactions to them (ff. 12 verso, 29 verso, 30, 38-40 verso, 66); the 'dessins du lundi' (ff. 56, 78, 97); general references to her work (ff. 21, 23); notes on colours and tones (f. 41); rough sketches (f. 90 verso); the demolition of the mairie [at Meudon] and new buildings going up (ff. 60-62); the dampness of the house where she lives (f. 87); fragmentary drafts of letters to Tom Burns (ff. 34, 53 verso).

Some sixty letters, 1910-1938, to Gwen John from her father, Edwin William John.

Over forty letters and telegrams, 1939-1945, to Edwin John, as Gwen John's executor and principal legatee, relating to the disposal of her estate.

Some fifty-five letters, 1940-1949, to Edwin John from galleries, dealers and agents, relating mainly to the dispersal of Gwen John's work after her death.

Exercise book, 1910-1912, of Gwen John containing miscellaneous notes and reflections, mainly of a religious character.

Exercise book, 1917-1925, of Gwen John containing notes on methodology and impressions of subjects for pictures.

Exercise book, 1922, of Gwen John containing extracts copied from printed sources, of a literary and devotional character.

Exercise book, 1933, of Gwen John containing a few notes on colours and impressions of subjects for pictures.

Exercise book, [c. 1903]-[c. 1904], of Gwen John containing notes on art history and related subjects together with transcripts of verse and prose in English, Welsh and Romani.

Exercise book, [?1910]-1912, of Gwen John containing advice on prayer and meditation copied from a printed source.

Exercise book, [c. 1913]-1926, of Gwen John containing extracts copied from printed sources, mainly on literary and philosophical subjects, together with draft letters, in French, to Auguste Rodin.

Exercise book, 1910-1911, of Gwen John containing extracts copied from various authors, mostly philosophical and religious.

Exercise book, [?1920]-1930, of Gwen John containing a few impressions and sparse notes for pictures.