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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].

Miscellaneous letters, [?1912]-2017 (mostly [?1912]-1969), collected by Tristan de Vere Cole, relating mostly to the John family.
They include letters from Augustus John to Horace de Vere Cole, November 1927 (ff. 1-3), and Poppet John, [29 November 1928] (f. 4, beginning lost, sent from Boston, Massachusetts); letters to Augustus John from Arthur Symons, [?1912] (ff. 6-7), Francis Macnamara, [?1915] (ff. 8-23, incomplete), the Duke of Alba, 3 January 1945 (f. 30, partly in Caló), Jan [Sliwinski], 12 June 1945 (f. 31), and Genevieve [Banchet], [1940s] (f. 33, French); letters to Dorelia McNeill from Lytton Strachey, 12 March [1912x1916], 10 May 1918 (ff. 41-42), Michael Holroyd, 1966-1969 (ff. 43, 45-63), and Juliette [de Bairacli Levy], 19 December 1967 (f.44); letters from Henry John to Poppet John, [1927] (ff. 64-71), Romilly John to Dr [Aubrey Thomas] Westlake, 31 January 1964 (f. 73), Michael Holroyd to Tristan de Vere Cole (ff. 74-75, 77), Mavis de Vere Cole (f. 76), and Romilly John (f. 78), 1968-1969, and Meg O'Malley to [Oskar] Kokoschka, 2 February 1939 (f. 72). Also included are miscellaneous items, 1928-[?1961], in the hand of Augustus John (ff. 34-40), including poetry in English, 1928, and French, [1940s] (ff. 34-35); a photocopy of the Nettleship family tree (ff. 79-80); a photocopy, [?2000s], of a photograph published in Nova, February 1970, pp. 36-37, showing members of the John family and others (c. 1928) (ff. 81-84); cuttings, [1992], 2008, relating to Oskar Kokoschka (ff. 85-87, see also f. 72; and an anecdote regarding Augustus John, written by Lucilla van den Bogaerde, dated 12 December 2017 (f. 88).

The file comprises photocopies of press cuttings and some originals relating to the Chenil Art Gallery, Chelsea, and art exhibitions of paintings by Augustus John held there, 1923-1924; his missing son Henry, 1935; obituaries of the artist, 1961; and a profile, 1967, of Sir Caspar John; together with notes by Michael Holroyd of headings about the artist in The Daily Telegraph, 1916-1952, and The Times, 1910-1967.