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Ten letters, February 1960-April 1961, from the painter Augustus John, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, to the art collector [Emerich (Emo)] Telt[s]ch, mostly concerning John's work (ff. 1-3, 5-10, 13); together with one letter from Dorelia John to Teltsch, 19 August 1960 (f. 4), and one from the painter Jo[sette] Jones to Teltsch, [February 1961] (ff. 11-12).
The letters contain references to work on John's triptych 'Les Saintes-Maries de la Mer with Sainte Sara, l'Egyptienne' (ff. 3, 5-9, 13); Teltsch offered him up to £8000 for the work (see NLW MS 22786D, f. 68, and Michael Holroyd, Augustus John: The New Biography (London, 1996), p. 597). There are two letters, from John (f. 10) and Josette Jones (ff. 11-12), concerning John's apology for an ill-advised letter (not present) to Teltsch, criticizing drawings by Teltsch's God-child (unidentified).

Sixty-eight letters and postcards, [1947]-1968, from Dorelia McNeill, mainly addressed to Tristan de Vere Cole, and mostly containing personal and family news.
They include six letters to Mavis de Vere Cole, [?1949]-1961 (ff. 1-6), and fifty-seven to Tristan, 1951-1968 (ff. 8-76), eight of the later ones being addressed jointly to Tristan and his wife, Diana (ff. 55, 58, 61-62, 65, 67, 70-71). There are also three addressed to Diana alone, 1965-1968 (ff. 59, 72, 74) and one postcard, [?1966], to their daughter (f. 66). Also included is a single letter from Tristan to Dorelia, [1947] (f. 7).

Some four hundred and eighty-six letters and postcards, [1950s]-1978, from Edwin John, mainly in Paris, to his daughter Sara John; together with twelve from Sara to Edwin, 1964-1977.
Also included are nine miscellaneous letters to Sara John, 1965-1996, including one from Michael Holroyd; an exchange of letters between Sara John and Brian Sewell, October 2004, concerning Sewell's article on Augustus and Gwen John ('Feminists still haunt Augustus', Evening Standard, 1 October 2004, pp. 38-39); four letters from Edwin to his son Ben John, 1953; two letters from Edwin, 1946, 1973; five John family postcards, 1952-[?1964], from Ben John, Dorelia McNeill and Sara's mother Beatrice Dorothy John; and twelve scraps, postcards and other miscellaneous items, [n.d.].

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

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.

Some thirty-three letters and postcards, 1928-1975, addressed to Edwin John, mainly from family members.
The correspondents include his father Augustus John, 1932-1946 (ff. 9-11), his aunt Gwen John, 1928-1933 (ff. 15-25), and his step-mother Dorelia McNeill, 1963-1967 (ff. 31-47). Also included are two letters from Edwin to his wife Betty John, [?1933] (ff. 48-51), and two postcards addressed to Gwen John from her father, Edwin William John, 1911 (ff. 13-14).

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

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 eighty-two letters, cards and postcards, 1959-1994, to Sara John from family members, relating to family matters with occasional references to art.
The correspondents include Amaryllis Fleming, [1990s] (ff. 4-8), Augustus John, 1959-[1961] (ff. 12-25), Sir Caspar John, 1970-1983 (ff. 26-38), David John, [?1970s] (ff. 39-40), Poppet Pol (formerly Elizabeth Ann John), 1970-1994 (ff. 41-52), Vivien White (née John), 1987-1994 (ff. 53-66), and Dorelia McNeill, 1962-1969 (ff. 67-97).

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.