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The file comprises transcripts of extracts from letters written by Augustus John to his granddaughter Sara John, [1959]-1961, discussing his painting of her. The original letters were purchased by NLW in January 2004 (NLW MS 23922D, ff. 12-25).

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 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.

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Thomas W. Earp, [1938]-[1956], together with a photocopy of a letter, 28 July 1926, from the latter, relating to Augustus John's portrait of him in Ischia, [1925].

The file comprises photocopies of letters and telegrams, 1923-1926, to Homer Saint-Gaudens, Director of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, and his replies relating to arrangements for Augustus John's first visit to the States in 1923 and his exhibition, together with a letter, 1930, from Augustus John to him.

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Lady Gregory, [1904]-1926.

The file includes photocopies from New York's The Art News, 1923, of an article entitled 'Augustus John will paint our negroes'.

The file comprises photocopies of correspondence, [?1905]-[1951], together with a cutting entitled 'Damning and blasting - Michael Holroyd writes about the volcanic relationship between Wyndham Lewis and Augustus John', The Listener, July 1972. [On 30 November 1972 he gave the Don Carlos Coloma Memorial Lecture, 'Damn and "Blast"! The Friendship of Wyndham Lewis and Augustus John', to the Royal Society of Literature which was later published in his Unreceived opinions (London, 1973)]. Also included is an explanatory leaflet 'Blast' produced for an exhibition of Wyndham Lewis's work in art and literature at the University of Lancaster, 1979.

The file comprises photocopies of letters, [1907]-1912, from Augustus John to Scott Macfie, secretary and editor of the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, and from the latter to the artist, [1910]-[1912], together with a photocopy of Augustus John's article 'Russian gypsies at Marseilles and Milan' and 'The songs of Fabian de Castro, El Gypatano', Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society. Also included are extracts of a letter, 1914, from Augustus John to Scott Macfie.

The file comprises photocopies of letters, [1914]-[1941], together with a letter, 1987, from David Freeman, Keeper of Tredegar House, and a guide book to the house written by him in 1982.

The file comprises photocopies and some transcripts of correspondence between Augustus John and Sean O'Casey, [1928]-1952.

The file comprises photocopies of letters, [1949]-1960, together with a biographical note on Tim Phillips from the Evening Standard, 1961.

The file comprises photocopies of correspondence, 1955-1957, between Augustus John and George Rainbird relating to Fifty-two drawings published by Rainbird in 1957; a letter, 1957, from George Rainbird to Sir Brinsley Ford and photocopies from the book including David Cecil's introduction and information on the book for The Observer; together with a letter from Sir Brinsley Ford, 1969, enclosing photocopies from his journals, 1955-1956.

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Kit Adeane, 1943-1957, and letters from Dorelia John to her, [1951] and [1957] and Vivien John, 1957; Michael Ayrton, 1961; Tallulah [Bankhead], 1930; Sir Herbert Barker, 1930-1944, and 1950 to his widow, with a biographical note; John Beatty, Director of Fine Arts at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1910-1920; Lord Beaverbrook, 1918, and a letter, 1917, from Lord Beaverbrook to Sir Frederick Smith, relating to 'the greatest artist of our time'; Basil Burdett, [1935]; and typescript copies of letters to Count William de Belleroche, 1943-1961, and two letters from Dorelia John, 1960 and 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 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 and telegrams, [1917]-[1959].

The file comprises photocopies of letters and telegrams, [1952]-1961, together with a letter, 1968, from the archivist at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Alick Schepeler, [?1906]-[1956], one of his sitters and his mistress, together with some letters in French with translations.

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.