GLS D/1/3 - Letters from Augustus John - 1935-1960

Letters from Augustus John, 1935-c.1960 (64); and from Augustus John to John Sampson, 1919-c 1931 (14); from Osbert Sitwell, 1949-60 (7); and Sacheverell Sitwell, 1939-54 (13); marked up MS and typescript lists of 'Gypsy books from Augustus John's library for disposal to members of the Gypsy Lore...

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Previous ID:GLS D/1/3 formerly GLS D9
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Letters from Augustus John, 1935-c.1960 (64); and from Augustus John to John Sampson, 1919-c 1931 (14); from Osbert Sitwell, 1949-60 (7); and Sacheverell Sitwell, 1939-54 (13); marked up MS and typescript lists of 'Gypsy books from Augustus John's library for disposal to members of the Gypsy Lore Society' and related correspondence.

  • GLS D/1/3 1-65: Letters to Dora Yates, 1935-1967
  • GLS D/1/3 66-83: Letters to Dr. John Sampson, 1919-1932
  • GLS D/1/3 84-113: Letters to Dora Yates, with a catalogue of gypsy books belonging to Augustus John, 1939-1963

Correspondents include:

  • John, Augustus
  • Brenan, Gerald
  • Ehrenborg, Harald
  • John, Dorelia
  • Sitwell, Osbert
  • Sitwell, Sacheverell
  • Duff, Charles

 

Date:1935-1960
Reference Number:GLS D/1/3
Biographical/Administrative Information:Augustus John (1878-1961) OM, RA, LL.D; president Gypsy Lore Society 1937-1961; famous portraits include James Joyce, W B Yeats, Lawrence of Arabia, and John's second wife Dorelia McNeill; John read rites in Welsh Romani at Sampson's funeral in 1931

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