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Augustus John Papers
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Sketch-book,

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

Letters,

Thirteen letters, 1901-1943, from Augustus John to various correspondents, comprising the composer Josef Holbrooke (10) [1912]-1943; John's second wife, Dorelia McNeill (2) [?1914]-1923; and the artist Charles Conder (1) 1901. The letters contain mainly personal news and comments.

Letters to Augustus John,

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.

John, Gwen, 1876-1939

Letters,

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].

Nettleship, Ida

John & Nettleship family letters,

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.

Nettleship, Ida

Letters to Dorelia McNeill,

Over two hundred and eighty letters, 1903-[1950], from Augustus John to Dorelia McNeill, containing personal news, comments on the progress of his work, and anecdotes relating to his contemporaries. Letters entirely in Romani are accompanied by English translations, 1970s, by Ferdinand G. Huth.

McNeill, Dorelia, 1881-1969

Letters to Dorelia McNeill,

Over two hundred and eighty letters, 1903-[1950], from Augustus John to Dorelia McNeill, containing personal news, comments on the progress of his work, and anecdotes relating to his contemporaries. Letters entirely in Romani are accompanied by English translations, [1970s], by Ferdinand G. Huth.

McNeill, Dorelia, 1881-1969

Letters to Augustus John,

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].

Letters to Augustus John,

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.

Letters to Augustus John,

Some one hundred and twenty letters, 1907-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames Nettleton-R), including Kit Nicholson (1) 1936, Sean O'Casey (7) 1929-1960, John Cowper Powys (4) 1955-1956, John Quinn (1) 1913, Keidrych Rhys (3) 1956-1960, Sir John Rothenstein (2) 1941-1945, William Rothenstein (9) 1907-1935, and Bertrand Russell (5) 1936-1960.

Letters to Augustus John

Over ninety letters, 1904-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames Salisbury-Symonds), including John Sampson (20, photocopies) 1904-1930, George Bernard Shaw (3) 1944-1945, Edith Sitwell (1) 1956, Matthew Smith (10) 1930-1958, Stephen Spender (3) 1956, Marie Stopes (3) 1948-1956, and Lytton Strachey (1) 1913.

Letters to Augustus John,

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.

Sketch-book,

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

Chiaroscuro,

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.

Nettleship & John family papers,

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.

Letters,

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.

Nettleship, Ida

Letters to Augustus John,

Over one hundred and twenty letters, [c. 1904]-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames L-Nettleship), including Henry Lamb (2) [?1907]-1935, T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia (8) 1920-1932, Percy Wyndham Lewis (18) [c. 1904]-1952, Ramsay McDonald (1) 1933, Dorelia McNeill (8) [1907]-[?1938], George Moore (2) 1927, Lady Ottoline Morrell (9) 1930-1937, and Cedric Morris (1) [1930s].

Letters to Dorelia McNeill,

Over two hundred and eighty letters, 1903-[1950] from Augustus John to Dorelia McNeill, containing personal news, comments on the progress of his work, and anecdotes relating to his contemporaries. Letters entirely in Romani are accompanied by English translations, [1970s], by Ferdinand G. Huth.

McNeill, Dorelia, 1881-1969

Letters to Augustus John,

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.

Letters to Dorelia McNeill,

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.

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