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Over one hundred and forty-five letters, 1907-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames A-C), including Boris Anrep (2) 1928, Lord Beaverbrook (1) 1959, Max Beerbohm (1) 1952, Frank Brangwyn (1) 1947, Gerald Brenan (7) ?1946-1957, Roy Campbell (5) ?1928-c. 1951-1952, Dora Carrington (1) 1928, Aleister Crowley (2) 1925-1947, and Nancy Cunard (2) c. 1934-[1954].

Eighty-four letters, [c. 1909]-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames D-F), including John Davenport (2) 1956-1961, Tommy Earp (9, with six poems) 1930s-1956, Clough Williams-Ellis (1) 1957, Jacob Epstein (1) 1929, and Roger Fry (1) 1931.

Over a hundred letters, ?1908-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames G-I), including Oliver St John Gogarty (10, and two poems) 1918-1952, Nina Hammett (3) [1930]-1956, Philip Heseltine, Peter Warlock (1) 1930, and J. D. Innes (3) ?1910-1913.

Forty-six letters, ?1908-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames Symons-V), including Arthur Symons (11, and forty-three poems) ?1908-[1935], Dylan Thomas (1) 1950, and G. M. Trevelyan (1) 1956.

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.

Sketch-book, 1908, containing rough drawings by Augustus John, mainly of people, in pencil and in ink, together with occasional brief notes.

Sketch-book, [mid 1920s], containing rough drawings by Augustus John, mainly of people, in pencil and in ink, together with occasional brief notes.

Sketch-book, [mid 1920s], containing rough drawings by Augustus John, mainly of people, in pencil and in ink, together with occasional brief notes.

Miscellaneous papers, [c. 1908]-1967, relating to the Nettleship and John families, including plans and accounts, 1930-1934, relating to houses owned by Augustus John; a Christmas card, 1945, in aid of William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw; and papers, 1962-1967, relating to Augustus John's memorial service, his memorial appeal and the unveiling of his statue at Fordingbridge.

Autograph and typescript drafts, [c. 1938]-1951, of autobiographical writings by Augustus John, published as Chiaroscuro (London, 1952); some chapters had previously appeared in Horizon, 1941-1949.

A catalogue of the Augustus John papers compiled, [c. 1977], by Ronald Hamand at the request of Sir Caspar John.

Sketch-book, [mid 1920s], containing rough drawings by Augustus John, mainly of people, in pencil and in ink, together with occasional brief notes.

Over one hundred and fifteen letters, [?1899]-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames J-K), including Gwen John (5) [c. 1910]-[1925], Ida John (née Nettleship) (20) [?1899]-[1907], Professor Gwyn Jones (1) 1950, James Joyce (1) [1933], Dame Laura Knight (1) 1961, and Oskar Kokoschka (1) 1938.

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.

Index to the catalogue of the Augustus John papers compiled, [c. 1977], by Ronald Hamand.

Forty letters, [1880s]-1907, from Ida John to friends and relatives, including one to Augustus John, [1906], twenty-one to her mother, Ada Nettleship, 1897-1907, and one to her father, John Trivett Nettleship, [1901].

Forty-two letters, [c. 1892]-1906, from Ida John (née Nettleship) to relatives and friends, including fourteen to Michel Salaman. The letters contain mainly personal news.

Twenty-six letters, 1906-1979, from members of the John and Nettleship families or relating to Augustus John and his circle, including two letters, 1906-1907, to Ida John from her sister-in-law Winifred John, and fourteen letters, 1961-1979, from various correspondents to Sir Caspar John and Romilly John, relating to the estate of Augustus John.

Some forty-two letters, 1899-1980, from, or addressed to, members of the Nettleship and John families, including correspondence relating to the deaths of John Trivett Nettleship, 1902, and of his daughter, Ida John, 1907, and to Augustus John and his estate, 1972-1980; together with one letter, [1904], from Gwen John to Dorelia McNeill, five letters, 1924-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents, and recollections of Ida John by Edna Clarke Hall, 1974.

A notebook, originally perhaps used by Augustus John as a sketch-book, but containing poems by Arthur Symons, composed during his period of madness and written down, c. 1909, by his amanuensis, Agnes Tobin.