Showing 6 results

The file comprises 'Augustus John. Artists, anarchist and gypsy' by Horace Shipp, Everybody's Weekly, March 1954; photocopies of galley proofs corrected by Augustus John of his review of Dora E. Yates's My gypsy days: recollections of a Romani Rawnie, [1953]; Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, containing tributes to Augustus John by Sacheverell Sitwell and Walter Starkie, 1962, and Dorelia John by Joseta Jones, 1970; photocopies of Juliette de Bairacli Levy's 'Augustus John in the New Forest', Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society and a draft of the article; 'Hungarian gypsies in Comberton Camp' by the same author; book reviews of Sven Berlin, Dromengro: Man of the road (London, 1971), with references to Augustus John, and an article by Ronald Blythe, The Listener, June 1972, relating to sites for gypsies.

The file comprises photocopies of letters written to Augustus John. The correspondents include John Samp[son], 1910, Frida Strindberg, [?1911], [?1914]; Wyndham Lewis, 1928; James Joyce, [1933]; Dora Yates, 1947; Holt Beever & Kinsey, Solicitors, London, 1950, declaring that The Rt Hon. Katharine Viscountess Tredegar had left him a Bronze Angel by Franc Krisnic in her will; and Ulick O'Connnor, 1958, together with a translation of a letter written in French by Albert Schweitzer, [1955], to the artist, and a covenant, 1927, signed by Horace de Vere Cole and Augustus John to drink no rum, whisky, gin or vodka.

Sixty-four letters, 1927-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames W-Z), including Lord Howard de Walden (1) 1938, Dame Ethel Walker (1) ?1950, and Dora E. Yates (34, photocopies) 1931-1960.

Fifty-six letters, 1903-1969, to Dorelia McNeill from various correspondents including Boris Anrep (2) 1914-1920s, Dora Carrington (15) 1926-1931, Tommy Earp (7) 1929-1948, Gwen John (4) [1904-1905], Ida John (7) ?1904-1905, Dame Laura Knight (1) 1969, John Sampson (1, photocopy) 1903, Lytton Strachey (4) 1913-1931, and Dora Yates (1, photocopy) 1962.

The file comprises photocopies of letters, 1909-[1948], from Augustus John to Professor Charles Reilly at the Liverpool School of Architecture, including one from Dorelia John, 1932, and a letter from Annette Reilly, 1994. Also included are letters from Augustus John to Dora Yates, [1935]-[1960], and a letter from Dorelia, 1967, to her; letters from Augustus John to John Sampson, 1919-[1930]; and a letter, 1927, to Professor Garmon Jones.

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.