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The file includes photocopies of letters, 1937-1938, from Augustus John to [Sir John] Lavery; letters, 1920, relating to Augustus John's portrait of Lord Leverhulme, 1920, with a letter, 1970, from the Honorary Director of Beaverbrook Library; J. B. Manson, [1912]-[1940]; [General Bernard] Montgomery, 1938; Grant Murray, 1948; Arnold Palmer, 1930-[1959]; Hugo [Pitman], 1952-1953, and transcripts of letters, 1954 and [?1956], to Reine Pitman; Will[iam] [Rothenstein], [1911]-[1935], with transcripts of letters, [?1900]-[1913], and of two letters from Dorelia [John] to Alice [Rothenstein], [1914x1927]; [John Sampson, 1914-1915]; Frances Stevenson, 1919-1920, and extracts from letters, [1919], in NLW MS 21570E, concerning Augustus John's commission to paint the Paris Peace Conference in 1919; [Frida Strindberg], [?1911]; Winifred Coombe Tennant, 1950, with a photocopy of a letter from her; [Henry] Tonks, 1918; Sir Emery Walker, [1916]; and Maynard Walker, 1945. Also included are a few letters to some unidentified recipients.

The file comprises letters, 1968-[1996], from Darsie Japp (1), David Fraser Jenkins (2), Gwyneth Johnston (3), J. E. Jones (1), Edmond X. Kapp (1), Mary Keene (3), Mary Lago (3) to Jessie Petrie and a letter, 1970, from Charles Hampton to Mary Lago, Bernard Leach (2), Seymour Leslie (9) and Stanley Loomis (2).

The file includes photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Philip Heseltine, 1920-1929; a transcript, 1972, of a letter, 1923, from the artist to Thomas Hardy, from the Thomas Hardy Memorial Collection, thanking the latter for sitting for him and stating that his portrait had been purchased by the Fitzwilliam Museum; Mary [Keene], [1945]-[1948]; and Dame Laura Knight, 1938, together with a press cutting from The Evening Standard, 1968, containing a profile of her.

The file comprises letters, 1968-2000, from Kathleen Hale (9), Edna Clarke Hall (3), James Hanley (3), Ethel C. Hatch (2), Beshlie [Heron] (6), Bevis Hillier (1), Richard Hughes (4), Daniel Huws (2) and H. Montgomery Hyde (1).

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Daniel George, 1950-1961; Elmer [Gertz], 1932; Oliver Gogarty, 1918-1947; Conger Goodyear, [1923]; William Robert Gregory, [?1907]; Pamela Grove, 1941-[1953]; and Ned [Grove], [1941x1953].

The file comprises three letters, 1972-1973, from Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, relating to the publishing of The art of Augustus John (the last one from T. G. Rosenthal to Dr Roy Strong) and a publishing agreement, 1971, together with a publisher's brochure, [1974], and Complete books in print, 1975, by David R. Godine, Publisher, with an entry for the book.

The file comprises photocopies and mainly transcripts of extracts from letters referring to Augustus John, including [W. B.] Yeats to Lady Gregory and others, 1907-1935; H[elen] M[aitland] to [Henry Lamb], 1920; Christopher (Kit) Wood to his mother, 1921-1926; Horace de Vere Cole to [J. B.] Manson, 1926; W[illiam] R[othenstein] to Flora Russell, 1935-1944, and to Wyndham Lewis, 1927-[1942]; Dylan Thomas to Frances Hughes, 1939; [Jack] Knewstub to his family, [1940]-[1949]; correspondence between William de Belleroche and Frank Brangwyn, 1943-1950; John Cowper Powys to Louis Wilkinson, 1955-1956; Vivien White to Vera Stubbs, 1959, together with a photocopy of a letter from Bertrand Russell to Lady Melchett, 1964, relating to Augustus John's memorial and extracts from the D'Abernon Papers at the British Library relating to Augustus John's portrait of the Lord.

The file comprises letters, 1969-[1996], from Mary Taubman, 'part-time research assistant' of Michael Holroyd and 'leading authority on Gwen John'.

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.

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 photocopies of letters from John Quinn to Gwen John, 1910-1924.

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

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Gwen John to her patron John Quinn, 1910-1924.

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Grant Richards, 1913-1924, to Augustus John and others, together with a letter, 1922, from Augustus John to him. Also included are extracts from the correspondence of Campbell Dodgson and Grant Richards, [?1917]-1920, held at the Imperial War Museum, London, relating to the Peace Conference Picture.

The file comprises letters, 1968-[1998], from foreign repositories including the Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Archives of American Art, Detroit; Art Gallery of Ontario; Brooklyn College; University of California, Los Angeles; Davis & Langdale Company, New York; Department of National Defence, Ottawa; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand; Havard University Archives; Houghton Library, Havard University; Huntington, California; University of Michigan; Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts; Musée Picasso, Paris; Musée Rodin, Paris; New York Public Library; Johannesburg Art Gallery; South African National Gallery; University of Auckland; University of Texas and Yale University Library, and also letters, 1996, from his book publishers Farrar, Straus & Giroux in New York.

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Edwin John, 1934, to his son [Augustus] Edwin [John], Thornton John, 1959, in Canada, to his brother Augustus John and an incomplete letter from Augustus John to his sister [Winifred Shute], 1948, together with extracts from letters from Augustus John to his daughter Poppet, 1923 and 1928, and photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Poppet, [?1955] and 1957.

The file, [1965]-1969, also includes letters dating from 1965 when Michael Holroyd was working on his Lytton Strachey biography.

The file, 1965-[1977], also comprises a photocopy of an article from the Evening Standard, June 1967, entitled 'How Caspar tried to conform but found he had rebellion in his blood ...', and a photocopy of a letter, 1977, from Kit Orpen Casey, daughter of William Orpen, to Caspar John.

The file comprises letters, 1968-1970, from institutions and repositories such as the National Library of Wales, George Rainbird Limited Book Design and Production, David Higham Associates, History Today, William Heinemann Publishers, the British Museum, Pembrokeshire Record Office, King's College Cambridge, Bodleian Library, General Register Office, Jonathan Cape Limited, BBC, Apollo magazine, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and the University of Liverpool, relating to matters such as their holdings, enquiries about the John family, lectures on Augustus John, exhibitions, scripts and recordings relating to him.