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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Miscellaneous papers relating to Augustus John, comprising a bill, 1930, for artist's materials purchased by him; typescript copies of talks and essays in English and French on him; a list of guests at the Augustus John memorial service, January 1962, and a copy of the address given there by Lord David Cecil; together with notes, ?1973, in the hand of Michael Holroyd.

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.

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.

Eighty-seven letters, 1907-1961, from Augustus John to various correspondents, including fifty-one to Admiral Sir Caspar John, 1950-[1961], seven to T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia [1919-1935], and one to Percy Wyndham Lewis, 1930.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.