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The file comprises letters, 1971-1976, mainly from repositories and societies such as the Fine Art Society, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Royal Society of Literature, Contemporary Art Society, A. P. Watt & Son, Oxford University Press, William Heinemann Publishers, Jonathan Cape Limited, the Ashmolean Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Tenby Museum, relating to matters such as Augustus John exhibitions and enquiries about the John family and paintings.

The file comprises letters, [1977]-[1999], mainly from repositories and societies such as the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, BBC, New Academy for Art Studies, Ulster Museum, Tate Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, University of Liverpool, Christie's, City of Manchester Cultural Services, City of Sheffield Department of Arts, City of Birmingham City Museums and Art Gallery, British Library, Bodleian Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Library of Ireland, Chatto & Windus, National Museums & Galleries of Wales and the Barbican Art Gallery, relating to enquiries such as the works of Augustus John, exhibitions and lectures by Michael Holroyd. Also included are letters from ZIP TV, Cardiff, 1994, relating to arrangements for Michael Holroyd's interview for the programme 'Augustus John: King of Bohemia'.

The file comprises letters, 1968-1998, from Clough Williams-Ellis (1), Paul Ferris (3), Constantine Fitzgibbon (1), Jeanne Robert Foster (2), Sir Angus Fraser (2), [Lady] Antonia [Fraser] (1), David Garnett (5), William Gaunt (2), Frances Lloyd-George (3), George F. Goodyear (1), Robert Graves (1) (to Philippa Pullar), Germaine Greer (1) and David Griffiths (2).

The file includes photocopies of letters from Augustus John to [Cyril] Clemens, 1947-1955; 'Horatio' [Horace de Vere Cole], 1927; and [Aleister] Crowley, [1912].

The file comprises letters, 1968-[1999], from Richard Carline (3), Noel Carrington (4), Candida Cave (2), Lord David Cecil (3), Susan Chitty (5), Maurice Collis (2), John [Stewart Collis] (1), Barnaby Conrad (1), Father Martin D'Arcy (7), Rhys Davies (1), Rupert Hart-Davies (1), Bernard Denvir (1), Honor Drysdale (1), Daphne du Maurier (1), Janet Dunbar (4) and Valentine Dyall (1).

The file comprises letters, 1968-2000, from Cecil Beaton (1), Karl Beckson (10), Quentin Bell (1), Miriam J. Benkovitz (2), Anthony Wedgwood Benn (1), Sven Berlin (4) and Richard Buckle (1).

The file comprises photocopies of letters from Augustus John to Kit Adeane, 1943-1957, and letters from Dorelia John to her, [1951] and [1957] and Vivien John, 1957; Michael Ayrton, 1961; Tallulah [Bankhead], 1930; Sir Herbert Barker, 1930-1944, and 1950 to his widow, with a biographical note; John Beatty, Director of Fine Arts at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1910-1920; Lord Beaverbrook, 1918, and a letter, 1917, from Lord Beaverbrook to Sir Frederick Smith, relating to 'the greatest artist of our time'; Basil Burdett, [1935]; and typescript copies of letters to Count William de Belleroche, 1943-1961, and two letters from Dorelia John, 1960 and 1962.

The file comprises letters, 1968-1993, from Christabel Aberconway (2), Marcia Allentuck (4), Boris Anrep (1), Bruce Arnold (2), Ronald Ayling (1) and Michael Ayrton (2).

The file comprises biographical material relating to the identity of the Belgian artist 'Leonard' [with whom Dorelia had been living in Bruges in 1904], including photocopies of a letter from 'Leonard' to Gwen John, 1904, a short biography of Leon de Smet, together with a copy of Michael Holroyd's article 'Who was Leonard?', published in the Independent on Sunday, [1996], and a letter from Robin de Smet, 1997, confirming that 'Leonard' and Leonard de Smet were two different people .

The file comprises the first script of a dramatised documentary based on the life of Gwen John, 1983.

The file comprises photocopies of correspondence, 1924-1962, mainly between Augustus John and his publisher Jonathan Cape relating to the artist's autobiography originally called 'In search of oneself: fragments of autobiography', together with William Plomer's reader's report, 1948.

The file comprises photocopies from the diary of John Quinn, 1911, a New York lawyer and patron of the arts, with references to Augustus John, and notes taken from his diaries, 1917-1923, and from his various correspondents, including [Jacob] Epstein, Iris Tree and W. B. Yeats, 1908-1923, together with a photocopy of a letter, 1911, from the artist to John Quinn.

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 obituaries of the John family extracted from newspapers: Robin John, [?], 1986, Romilly John, The Times, 1986, by [Michael Holroyd], Vivien John, The Independent, 1994, Poppet Pol, The Independent and The Times, 1997, together with obituaries for Caitlin Thomas, The Guardian and The Independent, 1994, and Lady Pansy Lamb, The Independent, 1999. -- [Dorelia John's obituary by Michael Holroyd is in his Unreceived opinions (London, 1973)].

The series comprises letters written by members of the John family, [1965]-[1998], assisting Michael Holroyd in his quest for information about Augustus John.

The file comprises two corrected drafts of the play, [1974].

The file comprises Mary Taubman's 'homage' to Hugh Kingsmill entitled '"A passing breeze": 1920-1922' (VI), together with an explanatory note, 1970. Michael Holroyd's critical biography Hugh Kingsmill was first published in 1964 and again in 1971 and selections from his writings in 1970.

The file comprises photocopies of letters and telegrams, 1923-1926, to Homer Saint-Gaudens, Director of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, and his replies relating to arrangements for Augustus John's first visit to the States in 1923 and his exhibition, together with a letter, 1930, from Augustus John to him.

The file comprises photocopies of letters, 1927-1929, from Father Martin D'Arcy to [Henry John] and his reminiscences of Henry John, [1968x1976], in the hand of Michael Holroyd and of Tom Burns, 1973; letters, 1926-[1929], from Augustus John to his son Henry; a letter from Henry to 'Grannie' [Mrs Ada Nettleship] and Poppet; a letter, 1926, from Henry to his father from Rome, together with a photocopy of an article entitled 'Augustus John's son a Jesuit novice', [1929].

The file comprises the following catalogues: Gwen John Memorial Exhibition, 1946 (with an introduction by Augustus John); Ethel Walker, Frances Hodgkins, Gwen John, a memorial exhibition at the Tate Gallery, 1952; Gwen John 1876-1936 , Faerber and Maison Ltd (with an introduction by Mary Taubman), 1964; Gwen John 1876-1939, Faerber and Maison Ltd, London, 1970; Gwen John. A retrospective exhibition, Davis & Langdale Company, Inc, New York, 1975; and Gwen John 1876-1939. Drawings and watercolors, 1981.