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*[[A.F. Colborn 27 May 1932|27 May 1932, to A.F. Colborn]]
*[[A.F. Colborn 27 May 1932|27 May 1932, to A.F. Colborn]]
*[[Kenneth Sisam 16 March 1933|16 March 1933, to Kenneth Sisam]]
*[[Kenneth Sisam 16 March 1933|16 March 1933, to Kenneth Sisam]]
*[[R.W. Chambers 21 December 1933|21 December 1933, to R.W. Chambers]]
*[[G.H. Cowling 23 December 1934|23 December 1934, to G.H. Cowling]]
*[[G.H. Cowling 23 December 1934|23 December 1934, to G.H. Cowling]]
*[[Aurelius Pompen 27 September 1936|27 September 1936, to Aurelius Pompen]]
*[[Aurelius Pompen 27 September 1936|27 September 1936, to Aurelius Pompen]]
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*[[Miss Turnbull 19 May 1955|19 May 1955, to Miss Turnbull]]
*[[Miss Turnbull 19 May 1955|19 May 1955, to Miss Turnbull]]
*[[Deirdre Levinson 13 June 1955|13 June 1955, to Deirdre Levinson]]
*[[Deirdre Levinson 13 June 1955|13 June 1955, to Deirdre Levinson]]
*[[Unknown fan 26 July 1955|26 July 1955, to Unknown fan]]
*[[Rayner Unwin 27 July 1955|27 July 1955, to Rayner Unwin]]
*[[Mrs Dixey 28 July 1955|28 July 1955, to Mrs Dixey]]
*[[Jennifer Brookes-Smith 28 July 1955|28 July 1955, to Jennifer Brookes-Smith]]
*[[John Roberts 22 August 1955|22 August 1955, to John Roberts]]
*[[John Roberts 22 August 1955|22 August 1955, to John Roberts]]
*[[Mr(s?) Souch September 1955|September 1955, to Mr(s?) Souch]]
*[[Mr(s?) Souch September 1955|September 1955, to Mr(s?) Souch]]
*[[Elizabeth Jennings 2 December 1955|2 December 1955, to Elizabeth Jennings]]
*[[Elizabeth Jennings 2 December 1955|2 December 1955, to Elizabeth Jennings]]
*[[David Masson 12 December 1955|12 December 1955, to David Masson]]
*[[David Masson 12 December 1955|12 December 1955, to David Masson]]
*[[Mr Capan 16 December 1955|16 December 1955, to Mr. Capan]]
*[[? 1956|1956, to unknown fan]]
*[[? 1956|1956, to unknown fan]]
*[[Mr Polet 1 January 1956|1 January 1956, to Mr Polet]]
*[[Mr Polet 1 January 1956|1 January 1956, to Mr Polet]]
*[[Doris Elizabeth Sykes 28 January 1956|28 January 1956, to Doris Elizabeth Sykes]]
*[[Doris Elizabeth Sykes 28 January 1956|28 January 1956, to Doris Elizabeth Sykes]]
*[[William Galbraith 8 March 1956|8 March 1956, to William Galbraith]]
*[[E. Rasdall 21 March 1956|21 March 1956, to E. Rasdall]]
*[[E. Rasdall 21 March 1956|21 March 1956, to E. Rasdall]]
*[[Patricia Kirke 28 March 1956|28 March 1956, to Patricia Kirke]]
*[[Patricia Kirke 28 March 1956|28 March 1956, to Patricia Kirke]]
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*[[Miss Stanley-Smith 19 December 1956|19 December 1956, to Miss Stanley-Smith]]
*[[Miss Stanley-Smith 19 December 1956|19 December 1956, to Miss Stanley-Smith]]
*[[Deirdre Levinson 20 December 1956|20 December 1956, to Deirdre Levinson]]
*[[Deirdre Levinson 20 December 1956|20 December 1956, to Deirdre Levinson]]
*[[Patricia Kirke 24 December 1956|24 December 1956, to Patricia Kirke]]
*[[Peter Alford 1956-58|1956-58, to Peter Alford]] (four letters)
*[[Peter Alford 1956-58|1956-58, to Peter Alford]] (four letters)
*[[Mr Hayward 9 April 1957|9 April 1957, to Mr Hayward]]
*[[Mr Hayward 9 April 1957|9 April 1957, to Mr Hayward]]
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*[[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 17 November 1957|17 November 1957, to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]
*[[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 17 November 1957|17 November 1957, to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]
*[[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 1958|1958, to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (two letters)]]
*[[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski 1958|1958, to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski (two letters)]]
*[[Michael George Tolkien 10 January 1958|10 January 1958, to Michael George Tolkien]]
*[[Unknown Dutchman 3 April 1958|3 April 1958, to an unknown Dutchman]]
*[[Nancy Smith 27 May 1958|27 May 1958, to Nancy Smith]]
*[[Nancy Smith 27 May 1958|27 May 1958, to Nancy Smith]]
*[[Rhona Beare 14 October 1958|14 October 1958, to Rhona Beare]]
*[[Rhona Beare 14 October 1958|14 October 1958, to Rhona Beare]]
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*[[L.M. Cutts 26 October 1958|26 October 1958, to Mrs L.M. Cutts]]  
*[[L.M. Cutts 26 October 1958|26 October 1958, to Mrs L.M. Cutts]]  
*[[William Ready 5 March 1959|5 March 1959, to William Ready]]
*[[William Ready 5 March 1959|5 March 1959, to William Ready]]
*[[Naomi Mitchison 8 November 1959|8 November 1959, to Naomi Mitchison]]
*[[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski December 1959|December 1959, to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]
*[[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski December 1959|December 1959, to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]]


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*[[Ossendrijver 5 January 1961|5 January 1961, to Ossendrijver]] (see also [[Letter 227]])
*[[Ossendrijver 5 January 1961|5 January 1961, to Ossendrijver]] (see also [[Letter 227]])
*[[Mr. Hart 9 May 1961|9 May 1961, to Mr. Hart]]
*[[Mr. Hart 9 May 1961|9 May 1961, to Mr. Hart]]
*[[Lars Gustafsson 18 May 1961|18 May 1961, to Lars Gustafsson]]
*[[Rayner Unwin 23 May 1961|23 May 1961, to Rayner Unwin]]
*[[Rayner Unwin 23 May 1961|23 May 1961, to Rayner Unwin]]
*[[Jan Broberg 1 June 1961|1 June 1961, to Jan Broberg]]
*[[Jan Broberg 1 June 1961|1 June 1961, to Jan Broberg]]
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*[[T.P. Dunning 1963|1963, to T.P. Dunning]]
*[[T.P. Dunning 1963|1963, to T.P. Dunning]]
*[[Julie Cape 17 February 1963|17 February 1963, to Miss Julie Cape]]
*[[Julie Cape 17 February 1963|17 February 1963, to Miss Julie Cape]]
*[[Mrs Gill 21 February 1963| 21 February 1963, to Mrs Gill]]
*[[People 6 April 1963|6 April 1963, to People]]
*[[People 6 April 1963|6 April 1963, to People]]
*[[Mr. and Mrs. Kloos 18 April-6 May 1963|18 April-6 May 1963, to Mr. and Mrs. Kloos]]  
*[[Mr. and Mrs. Kloos 18 April-6 May 1963|18 April-6 May 1963, to Mr. and Mrs. Kloos]]  
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*[[Timothy J. Wheeler 10 January 1966|10 January 1966, to Timothy J. Wheeler]]
*[[Timothy J. Wheeler 10 January 1966|10 January 1966, to Timothy J. Wheeler]]
*[[David Hicks 12 January 1966|12 January 1966, to David Hicks]]
*[[David Hicks 12 January 1966|12 January 1966, to David Hicks]]
*[[Donald A. Wollheim 20 February 1966|20 February 1966, to Donald A. Wollheim]]
*[[Donald A. Wollheim 10 February 1966|10 February 1966, to Donald A. Wollheim]]
*[[Rod Jellema 1966|1966, to Rod Jellema]]
*[[Rod Jellema 1966|1966, to Rod Jellema]]
*[[Roger Verhulst 9 March 1966|9 March 1966, to Roger Verhulst]]
*[[Roger Verhulst 9 March 1966|9 March 1966, to Roger Verhulst]]
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*[[Elsie Honeybourne 21 December 1967|21 December 1967, to Elsie Honeybourne]]
*[[Elsie Honeybourne 21 December 1967|21 December 1967, to Elsie Honeybourne]]
*1968, to Mr David Masson<ref name=PEMasson>{{PE|17}}, p. 40</ref>
*1968, to Mr David Masson<ref name=PEMasson>{{PE|17}}, p. 40</ref>
*[[Ken Jackson 4 January 1968|4 January 1968, to Ken Jackson]]
*[[Ken Jackson 29 January 1968|29 January 1968, to Ken Jackson]]
*[[Ken Jackson 29 January 1968|29 January 1968, to Ken Jackson]]
*[[Mary Fairburn May 1968|May 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
*[[Mary Fairburn May 1968|May 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
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*[[Niall Hoskin 16 October 1968|16 October 1968, to Niall Hoskin]]
*[[Niall Hoskin 16 October 1968|16 October 1968, to Niall Hoskin]]
*[[Mary Fairburn 4 November 1968|4 November 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
*[[Mary Fairburn 4 November 1968|4 November 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
*[[Amy Ronald 15 March 1969|15 March 1969, to Amy Ronald]]
*[[Amy Ronald 20 March 1969|20 March 1969, to Amy Ronald]]
*[[Amy Ronald 20 March 1969|20 March 1969, to Amy Ronald]]
*[[Mrs Mroczkowska 10 April 1969|10 April 1969, to Mrs Mroczkowska]]
*[[Mrs Mroczkowska 10 April 1969|10 April 1969, to Mrs Mroczkowska]]

Revision as of 11:14, 14 April 2014

The name Letters refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Letters (disambiguation).

The The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien is a large collection of letters of Tolkien, but it is far from complete. Below are some letters that did not make it into the collection, or only partially.

Individual letters

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Unknown year

Unexposed collections and rumours

Wheelbarrows at Dawn

Similarly to what was done in the Black & White Ogre Country: The Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien, glimpses of the correspondence between J.R.R. Tolkien and his brother Hilary were supposed to be published in late 2010 in Wheelbarrows at Dawn: Memories of Hilary Tolkien. However, the publication of the latter book was cancelled, and the letters remain unpublished (as of November 2010).

Correspondence between Tolkien and R.W. Burchfield

During the years 1953-72, Tolkien corresponded with R.W. Burchfield. The collection of letters is kept at the Bodleian Library:[4]

Correspondence between J.R.R. Tolkien and R.W. Burchfield, 1953-72. / Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7284, fols. 1-16. / Extent: 16 leaves. / Comprises ten manuscript, and typescript letters, and one copy letter from Tolkien to Burchfield, relating to Burchfield's attendance at tutorials, his search for housing in Oxford, his application for funding for his research, his search for an academic post, his congratulations on the publication of The Fellowship of the Ring, an extension for his work on 'Ormulum', and Tolkien's edition of Ancrene Wisse: The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle, and one letter from Burchfield to Tolkien relating to the printing of Ancrene Wisse. Also a description of the letters by Elizabeth Burchfield, widow of R.W. Burchfield. / Acquisition: Bequest of R.W. Burchfield, per Elizabeth Burchfield, Dec. 2004.

Correspondence between Tolkien and Pablo Martínez del Río

José Manuel Ferrández Bru has noted that a collection of Tolkien's letters to Pablo Martínez del Río, whose younger cousins Tolkien took to vacation in Paris in 1913, has been donated to the Centro de Estudios de Historia de México of Condumex. As of 2011, Ferrández Bru wrote that Tolkien's letters unfortunately "are mixed with huge numbers of other documents" and that it will take years before they have been catalogued and available for research.[5]

Correspondence between Tolkien and Sterling E. Lanier

In an article in Locus #149 (1973), the science fiction author Sterling E. Lanier mentions his correspondence with Tolkien, consisting of a "dozen or so" letters. John D. Rateliff has provided the following quote from Lanier's article:[6]

His last great legacy to the world, the Silmarillion, has been saved. He wrote me years ago, that it was done in verse! He seemed puzzled in a mild way, that at the time, no publisher seemed interested in it. I recall asking what he was doing for a comic or light element, since no Hobbits existed this early. He agreed this was a problem, but felt it could be solved. I can't wait."

Letters to The Society

A collection of Tolkien's letters to The Society is kept at the Bodleian Library.[7]

Letters to Simonne d'Ardenne

John and Priscilla Tolkien mention briefly in The Tolkien Family Album that Simonne d'Ardenne: "was especially close to Priscilla, up until her death in 1986. She entrusted to Priscilla a great bundle of letters she had received from J.R.R.T. over a period of forty years." (p.68). This large collection of letters seems never to have reached a publication.

Letters to the Hogans

In the article "Tolkien's time in 'Erin'" (in anticipation of the publication of the Irish translation of The Hobbit), published in The Irish Times on 17 March 2012, Dr. Tom Hogan mentions that Tolkien:

stayed many times in our house on visits to Ireland. These visits started in the 1950s. He came to Ireland for a couple of weeks each year acting as an external examiner of English in UCD. He worked alongside my late father Jeremiah who was professor of English there at the time. A number of letters from Tolkien to us are in my possession.

No dates of individual letters are provided, but Hogan quotes from several letters in the article.[8]

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (expanded edition)

On February 2nd, 2004, TheOneRing.net featured an article on the Tolkien Convention in Brussels. An expanded edition of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien was promised:

"...on the occasion of TFY's presentation on January 19, Marco Respinti and Oronzo Cilli, in the presence of Elisabetta Sgarbi (Editorial Director of Bompiani), spoke of the possibility of a revision of the Italian edition of Tolkien's letters, gathered by his son Christopher and his official biographer, Humprey Carpenter. Bompiani decided to publish a new edition, revised and enlarged, and the Italian Tolkien Society is in contant with an english publisher to have an international version of the book. The volume will be introduced by an essay of Priscilla Tolkien and it will boast contributions by Tolkien experts as Mike Foster, Christopher Garbowski, Brian Rosebury, Andrew McMurry, Paolo Paron, Gianfranco de Turris, Adolfo Morganti, Marco Respinti, Oronzo Cilli, Stefano Giuliano, Jimmy Chavez, Jeroen Van Den Berg, David Beatene and many others. In fact Cilli has managed to obtain from the British Public Record Office the rights to the publication of some documents regarding Tolkien's experience in the First World War. The new edition might include these new documents (never published before in any book) and a short essay on Tolkien and the war."

The Tea Towel Letter

The web site Tolkien Collector's Guide has an article (on a rare tea towel) with a reference from a supposedly unpublished letter. The background is that George Allen and Unwin in 1971 commissioned the towel, featuring a map by Pauline Baynes, on the occasion of a celebration. The author of the article says: "[...] it is clear Tolkien was there, since I read in an (unpublished) letter he himself had received such a teatowel at the 'party' or 'meeting' and was very happy with it."[9]

Hoaxes

The Letters, Part II

Throughout the early issues of Vinyar Tengwar, there was reference to "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien part II", but it was revealed to be a joke.[source?]

Dr. Higgins and possible eBay frauds

The forum of the website Tolkien Collector's Guide contains discussions (in which Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull have taken part) on a circulation on eBay of possible fraud Tolkien letters. Among these are said to be letters adressed to a "Dr. Higgins". Many of these contested letters are typewritten, with a signature by J.R.R. Tolkien in blue ink.[10]

See also

External links

References

  1. "London University: Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies: Closs/Priebsch Family Papers", Archives in London and the M25 area (accessed 19 July 2012)
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 40
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 127
  4. "Guard-book of miscellaneous items, 19th-20th cent.", Bodleian.ox.ac.uk (accessed 19 March 2012)
  5. José Manuel Ferrández Bru, "'Wingless fluttering'": Some Personal Connections in Tolkien's Formative Years", in ’Tolkien Studies, Vol. VIII (eds. Douglas A. Anderson, Michael D.C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger), pp. 63-4 (note 21)
  6. John D. Rateliff, "The New Arrivals (2nd of 2)" dated 8 July 2012, Sacnoth's Scriptorium (accessed 9 July 2012)
  7. "Catalogue of papers of The Society, University of Oxford", Bodleian Library (accessed 16 January 2012)
  8. Tom Hogan, "Tolkien's time in 'Erin'" dated 17 March 2012, IrishTimes.com (accessed 19 March 2012)
  9. "Tea Towel" dated 17 September 2008, Tolkien Collector's Guide (accessed 14 June 2013)
  10. Another Tolkien eBay Letter at TolkienGuide.com (accessed 29 November 2011)