File 4/2 - Letters A-B

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4/2

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Letters A-B

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  • 1969-1970 (Creation)

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1 folder (2 cm.), 1 envelope (0.5 cm.)

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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.

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The original letters from Augustus John to Sir Herbert Barker are in the Royal College of Surgeons. The correspondence of John Beatty is at the American Archives of Art, Detroit, Michigan. The correspondence of Lord Beaverbrook is in the House of Lords Record Office: The Parliamentary Archives, London. The correspondence of Basil Burdett is in the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.

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Letters, [1930], from Lady Kit Adeane (née Dunn) to Augustus John are in NLW MS 22780E. Letters from Michael Ayrton, 1942, Sir Herbert Barker, 1930, and Lord Beaverbrook, 1959, to Augustus John are in NLW MS 22779E.

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Preferred citation: 4/2

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vtls004299056

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(WlAbNL)0000299056

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