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The file comprises extracts of letters from Augustus John to his sitter Lady Ottoline Morrell, 1908-1932. The original letters from Augustus John to Lady Ottoline Morrell are in the University of Texas at Austin. Also included are quotations from newspapers, 1920, responding to his portrait of her exhibited at the Alpine Club Gallery, [London].

The file comprises photocopies of letters, [1909]-[1911], from the artist Henry Lamb to Lady Ottoline Morrell.

The series includes the reminiscences of members of the John family and acquaintances of Augustus John, [1968]-[1975], an unpublished biography by Alan Moorehead, [1968x1974], the unpublished diaries of John Everett, [1968x1974], papers relating to the Slade School of Fine Art, [1899]-1971, and press cuttings, 1928-1972, relating to the artist.

The file comprises notes on their recollections of Augustus John and their childhood, [1968]-[1975], 'Some aspects of Fryern' by Tristan de Vere Cole and of Sir Caspar John, David John, Dorelia John, Romilly John, Amaryllis Fleming, Poppet Pol, [Vivien White] and Villiers Bergne, with transcripts of three letters and a postcard from Augustus John, 1941-1958, to him with added notes on their context. Also included are photocopies from The Listener, March 1975, of Eric Rowan's article 'The fire and the fountain' quoting the impressions of Sir Caspar John and some of his siblings on the artist and on Gwen John with contributions by Mary Taubman; a note on the life of Augustus John's mother Augusta John (née Smith); notes from the talk Augustus John gave in [1949] for the [BBC, Far Eastern Service] entitled 'I speak for myself'; a note on Dorelia; and a photocopy of a typescript account 'The artist at home' by [Romilly John]. Also included is a photocopy of a letter, 1963, from the University Registry, Cardiff, relating to a proposed memorial plaque for the artist in Haverfordwest, with an extract from a Report of the Congregation of the University showing that he was awarded an LL.D degree by the University in 1932.

The file comprises notes mainly from printed sources about the artist. These include Campbell Dodgson, A catalogue of etchings by Augustus John (London, 1920); 'Augustus John' by Frank Harris in his Contemporary portraits (New York, 1920); Wyndham Lewis, Rude assignment [1950]; Anthony Bertram, A century of British painting (London, 1951); Thelma Cazalet-Keir, From the wings: an autobiography (London, 1967); Frances Lloyd George, The years that are past (1967); John Symonds and Kenneth Grant (editors), The confessions of Aleister Crowley (London, 1969); and Oliver St John Gogarty, It isn't this time of year at all! (1983), together with typescript notes from an article 'Augustus John on art training' from The Daily Telegraph, an address by Lennox Robinson, 1955, during the presentation of a bust of W. B. Yeats made by Augustus John to the Abbey Theatre, [Dublin], with a list of subscribers and 'In praise of Augustus John' by Iris Tree, 1967, uncompleted and unpublished autobiography.

The file comprises photocopies of articles and some original copies, [1910]-1972, relating to Augustus John and his portraits, including photocopies of 'The work of Augustus John', from The Cambridge Magazine, 1912, profiles of him, a book review, 1964, of his Finishing Touches, and to his death in 1961.

The file comprises photocopies of press cuttings and some originals relating to the Chenil Art Gallery, Chelsea, and art exhibitions of paintings by Augustus John held there, 1923-1924; his missing son Henry, 1935; obituaries of the artist, 1961; and a profile, 1967, of Sir Caspar John; together with notes by Michael Holroyd of headings about the artist in The Daily Telegraph, 1916-1952, and The Times, 1910-1967.

The file comprises photocopies from American newspapers, [1924]-[1928], including Chicago Evening Post and The New York Times, supplied by The Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, in 1969, relating to Augustus John and his paintings.

The file comprises reproductions of answers to art queries about Augustus John published in the magazine Time, 1946.

The file comprises notes, [1968]-[1969], about Augustus John and his family from the reminiscences of those who knew him in his early days in Tenby, as a student in the Slade and afterwards, including Simon Asquith, Michael Ayrton, Cecil Beaton, 'Notes on a friendship during the last 15 years of his life' by Sven Berlin, Chiquita Birbeck, Lillian Browse, Richard Carline, Cyril Connolly, John Davenport, Lady Epstein and Brinsley Ford. Most are in the hand of the researcher and some note the date of the interview.

The file comprises notes about Augustus John and his family, 1957-[1971], from the recollections of those who knew him, including Ethel Hatch, Fiore de Henriques, Joseph Hone, Richard Hughes, notes by the biographer H. Montgomery Hyde on him, Allan Gwynne-Jones, David Jones, Mary Keene, Sir Gerald Kelly, Anita King, Dame Laura Knight, [Seymour Leslie], Compton Mackenzie, the Macnamara sisters, Lady Melchett, and Lucy [Norton] including her impressions of The Eiffel Tower [Restaurant, London]. Also included is an incomplete transcript of a BBC interview with [Ursula Nettleship], [1968x1971], and Roderic Owen's memories of Mavis Wheeler and quotations from his book on her Beautiful and beloved: the life of Mavis de Vere Cole (London, 1974).

The file comprises notes about Augustus John and his family, 1968-[1972], from the recollections of those who knew him, including Wogan Phillips, Stuart Piggott, [Hugo] Pitman and 'The story of "Lyric Fantasy and the Blue Lake"' with a copy originally sent to the Tate Gallery in 1963, Reine Pitman, Michaela Pooley, George Rainbird, Sir John Rothenstein, Sacheverell Sitwell, Michel Salaman, Julia Strachey, Mary Taubman, Caitlin Thomas and Dudley Tooth. Most are in the hand of the researcher and some note the date of the interview. -- Also included is a description of the John family home at [28] Mallord Street, Chelsea and of the 'habitués of the Café Royal' in London.

The file comprises a photocopy of the first entry for Augustus John in the fee register of the Faculty of Arts & Laws at The University College, London, 1894-1895, a note of his academic achievements and prizes for 1895-1898, and Ida Margaret Nettleship's entry, 1893; sections from the unpublished autobiography of the Hon. Dorothy Brett; articles relating to the Slade; biographical note on Sir William Orpen, together with a photocopy of a BBC talk 'The Slade School in the nineties' by Ethel Hatch first transmitted on 17 November 1967. -- Also included is an original poster for the campaign 'Desecration of Saint Paul's', [1899], addressed to 'the art students of London', which features as an appendix in the Augustus John biography, and papers relating to the case of Sheila Nansi Ivor-Jones, a student at the Slade, who claimed that she was the illegitimate daughter of Augustus John, including copies of her birth certificate, 1912, and death certificate, 1949.

The file comprises photocopies of pages from the unpublished diaries of John Everett, 1896-1933, with references to Augustus John and [Jacob] Epstein.

The file comprises the unpublished incomplete biography of Augustus John with a letter, [1952], from him rejecting it and declaring that 'All your statements of fact are wrong' and 'I must refuse to authorise this effort at biography', together with Alan Moorehead's account of how he came to write the biography and problems encountered by him.

The file comprises photocopies of sections from the artist's unpublished work ['Painter's portrait: an autobiography'], [?1910]-[?1959], including his impressions of the Slade while a student there.

The file comprises a photocopy of the address given by Lord David Cecil in 1962, together with his reminiscences of the artist in Michael Holroyd's hand.

The series comprises papers relating to the book The art of Augustus John published in 1974, including letters from his co-author Malcolm Easton, 1969-1972, and the final revised typescript, [1974].

The file comprises letters, 1969-1972, including a list of paintings to be exhibited at the 'Portraits of the Artist's family' at the University of Hull, 1970, by Malcolm Easton, and letters mainly relating to the preparation of The art of Augustus John published in 1974, together with a letter, 1972, from John Lumley, Wildenstein & Co., London, relating to a proposed exhibition of works by Augustus John in New York.

The file, comprises letters, 1973-[1982], discussing The art of Augustus John published in 1974, including comments and corrections by Michael Holroyd, 1973, of sections of the original text entitled 'Painter's moon: the art of Augustus John', together with a photocopy of a letter, 1973, from Caspar John to Malcolm Easton, with his comments on the text, chronology and list of plates. The letters also discuss preparations for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibitions in 1975.