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Nine notepads, [?1920s]-[1930s], of Gwen John, some containing charcoal sketches of people in church, with occasional notes.

Rough sketches and notes, 1928-1933, by Gwen John, mostly made in the reading room of the Grands Magasins du Louvre, and including fragments of draft letters to Véra Oumançoff.

Photographs and prayer cards, 1909-1926, including prints made from negatives found amongst Gwen John's papers.

Notes, 1908-1930, in English and French, by Gwen John consisting mainly of personal and religious reflections, together with rough sketches.

Notes and extracts, 1911-1917, by Gwen John, copied from printed sources, mainly of a religious nature.

Notepad, 1928, containing draft letters to Véra Oumanҫoff from Gwen John, together with personal notes and religious reflections, mainly in French.

Notebook, [?1920s]-[1930s], containing notes on pictures in the Prado, National Gallery, and elsewhere, together with miscellaneous notes by Edwin John and in various hands.

Notepad, 1927, of Gwen John containing personal reflections, mainly in the form of draft letters to Vera Oumancoff.

Notebook, c. 1927-1930, containing draft letters, in French, from Gwen John to Véra Oumanҫoff, together with extracts from Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty, translated into French.

Notebook, 1928-1929, containing personal reflections in the form of draft letters from Gwen John, in French to Véra Oumanҫoff, and in English to Tom Burns.

Notebook, c. 1930-1932, containing personal reflections, mainly in the form of draft letters from Gwen John to Véra Oumançoff and to Chanoine A. Pierme.

Miscellaneous papers, 1910s-1930s, including postcards and reproductions of paintings, formerly in the possession of Gwen John.

Seven letters from Gwen John, comprising three, 1914-1926, to Augustus John, and four, 1904-1909, to his second wife, Dorelia McNeill. The letters contain personal news, including references to her work, and impressions of Paris during the First World War (ff. 9-10).

Some seventy letters, 1907-1939, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames R-W), including Arthur Symons (7) 1919-1920, and Ursula Tyrwhitt (31) [1907]-1939, together with a few business letters and papers, and six letters addressed to various correspondents, 1902-1926, mostly from Ida John.

Some fifty letters, 1908-1932, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames Q-R), including John Quinn (38) 1911-1924 (together with typescript copies of four replies from Gwen John, 1911-1923), and Rainer Maria Rilke (4) 1908-1914.

Some one hundred and fifteen letters, 1903-1939, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames L-P), including Mary Constance Lloyd (6) 1906-[1930], Dorelia McNeill (38) c. 1903-1939, and Véra Oumançoff (9) ?1927-[1928].

Some one hundred and ten letters, 1903-1939, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames J-L), including Ida John (née Nettleship) (11) [1903]-1904, and members of the John family.

Some sixty-five letters, 1904-1938, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames B-J), including Tom Burns (4) 1927-1929, Father Martin D'Arcy (1) 1933, Jeanne Robert Foster (13) [1920]-1925, Maud Gonne (1) 1915, and Augustus John (27) 1904-1938.

Over a hundred letters, 1906-1938, to Gwen John from various correspondents (surnames A-B), including Chloe Boughton-Leigh (64) ?1907-1938, and Grilda Boughton-Leigh (9) 1906-c. 1932.

Some sixty letters, 1928-1953, to Edwin John from various correspondents (surnames K-W), including Dorelia McNeill (6) 1938-1945.