Index:Reminiscences of J.R.R. Tolkien

Reminiscences of J.R.R. Tolkien is a page on Tolkien Gateway which collects publications of people recalling their personal experiences of J.R.R. Tolkien. Apart from their literary value, reminiscences might also be useful for scholars researching the life and works of Tolkien.

Books

• 1965: The Book of Kyng Arthur: The Unity of Malory's Morte Darthur
• 1982: Brothers and Friends: The Diaries of Major Warren Hamilton Lewis
• 1985: Kenny, Anthony. A Path from Rome: An Autobiography
• 1999: George Allen & Unwin: A Remembrancer
• 2008: Zettersten, Arne. Tolkien - min vän Ronald och hans världar. Published in English as J.R.R. Tolkien's Double Worlds and Creative Process in 2011.
• 201?: Anderson, Douglas A. and Burns, Marjorie (eds.). On Tolkien: Interviews, Reminiscences, and Other Essays [forthcoming].

Articles

• 1972: L. Sprague de Camp, "Letter to the editor", Andúril 1 (April 1972, pp. 8-9)
• 1973: Locus #149 (14 September 1973) [L. Sprague de Camp about his meeting with Tolkien]
• 1973: The Tablet, 15 September
  • "A Tribute to Tolkien" (Robert Murray)
• 1979: J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller
  • "The Man and the Scholar - A reminiscence" (S.T.R.O. d'Ardenne)
• 1980: Minas Tirith Evening-Star 9, no. 2 (January 1980), pp. 16-17
  • "A Dialogue: Discussion by Humphrey Carpenter, Professor George Sayer and Dr. Clyde S. Kilby; recorded Sept. 29, 1979, Wheaton, Illinois"
• 1992: The Brown Book (December)
  • "Memories of J.R.R. Tolkien in His Centenary Year" (pp. 12-14; Priscilla Tolkien)
• 1994: Tygodnik Powszechny, nr 14
  • "Oksfordzcy mistrzowie wyobraźni" ["Oxfordian Masters of Imagination"; interview with Przemyslaw Mroczkowski conducted by Tomasz Fiałkowskim] (for more info on the contents of the interview, see Przemyslaw Mroczkowski)
• 1995: Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference
  • Section 1: Recollection and Remembrance
    • "Reminiscences: Oxford in 1920, Meeting Tolkien and Becoming an Author at 77" (Vera Chapman)
    • "Tolkien Centenary Banquet Address" (Glen H. Goodknight)
    • "Sermon at Thanksgiving Service, Keble College Chapel, 23rd August 1992" (Robert Murray)
    • "Recollections of J.R.R. Tolkien" (George Sayer)
    • "Publishing Tolkien" (Rayner Unwin)
• 1999: Tolkien: A Celebration: Collected Writings on a Literary Legacy
  • "Recollections of J.R.R. Tolkien" (George Sayer)
  • "Tolkien and С. S. Lewis: An Interview with Walter Hooper"
• 2001: Telegraph, 4 December
  • "We talked of love, death and fairy tales" (Bill Cater)
• 2001: Watford Observer, 14 December
  • "Related to Tolkien" (Sandra Carter; interview with Julian Tolkien)
• 2008: Amon Hen 209
  • "Some Family Connections with J.R.R. Tolkien" (B.S. Benedikz; pp. 11-3)
• 2010: Huffington Post, 26 April
  • "In My Grandfather's Footsteps" (Simon Tolkien)
• 2010: Mythprint (June issue, Vol. 47, No. 6, #335, on pp. 3–4)
  • "Interview with Simon Tolkien" (by Jason Fisher)
• 2010: Oxford Today Volume 22 No 2, Hilary 2010
  • "A Python's progress" (interview with Terry Jones)