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*[[Letter to unknown recipient (26 July 1955)|26 July 1955, to unknown recipient]]
*[[Letter to unknown recipient (26 July 1955)|26 July 1955, to unknown recipient]]
*[[Letter to Rayner Unwin (27 July 1955)|27 July 1955, to Rayner Unwin]]
*[[Letter to Rayner Unwin (27 July 1955)|27 July 1955, to Rayner Unwin]]
*[[Letter to Richard L. Sturch (27 July 1955)|27 July 1955, to Richard L. Sturch]]
*[[Letter to Mrs Dixey|28 July 1955, to Mrs Dixey]]
*[[Letter to Mrs Dixey|28 July 1955, to Mrs Dixey]]
*[[Letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith (28 July 1955)|28 July 1955, to Jennifer Brookes-Smith]]
*[[Letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith (28 July 1955)|28 July 1955, to Jennifer Brookes-Smith]]
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*[[Letter to Paul Barnetson|13 November 1961, to Paul Barnetson]]
*[[Letter to Paul Barnetson|13 November 1961, to Paul Barnetson]]
*[[Letter to Jane Neave (15 November 1961)|15 November 1961, to Jane Neave]]
*[[Letter to Jane Neave (15 November 1961)|15 November 1961, to Jane Neave]]
*[[Letter to Mrs. Pauline Gasch (6 December 1961)|6 December 1961, to Mrs. Pauline Gasch]]
*[[Letter to Miss Perry|29 December 1961, to Miss Perry]]
*[[Letter to Miss Perry|29 December 1961, to Miss Perry]]


*[[Letter to Cor Blok|1 February 1962, to Cor Blok]]
*[[Letter to Cor Blok|1 February 1962, to Cor Blok]]
*[[Letter to Alina Dadlez (20 July 1962)|20 July 1962, to Alina Dadlez]]
*[[Letter to Alina Dadlez (20 July 1962)|20 July 1962, to Alina Dadlez]]
*[[Letter to Mrs. Pauline Gasch (1 August 1962)|1 August 1962, to Mrs. Pauline Gasch]]
*[[Letter to Alina Dadlez (19 September 1962)|19 September 1962, to Alina Dadlez]]
*[[Letter to Alina Dadlez (19 September 1962)|19 September 1962, to Alina Dadlez]]
*[[Letter to H. Cotton Minchin (14 November 1962)|14 November 1962, to Captain H. Cotton Minchin]]
*[[Letter to H. Cotton Minchin (14 November 1962)|14 November 1962, to Captain H. Cotton Minchin]]
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*[[Letter to Joan O. Falconer|24 January 1965, to Joan O. Falconer]]
*[[Letter to Joan O. Falconer|24 January 1965, to Joan O. Falconer]]
*[[Letter to Nan C.Scott (20 May 1965)|20 May 1965, to Nan C.Scott]]  
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (20 May 1965)|20 May 1965, to Nan C. Scott]]  
*[[Letter to unknown recipient (28 May 1965)|28 May 1965, to unknown reader]]
*[[Letter to unknown recipient (28 May 1965)|28 May 1965, to unknown reader]]
*[[Letter to Paula Coston (26 August 1965)|26 August 1965, to Paula Coston]]
*[[Letter to Paula Coston (26 August 1965)|26 August 1965, to Paula Coston]]
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*[[Letter to Timothy J. Wheeler (20 October 1965)|20 October 1965, to Timothy J. Wheeler]]
*[[Letter to Timothy J. Wheeler (20 October 1965)|20 October 1965, to Timothy J. Wheeler]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (20 October 1965)|20 October 1965, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (20 October 1965)|20 October 1965, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Nan C.Scott (25 Ocotber 1965)|25 October 1965, to Nan C.Scott]]
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (25 Ocotber 1965)|25 October 1965, to Nan C. Scott]]
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (30 October 1965)|30 October 1965, to Michael George Tolkien]]
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (30 October 1965)|30 October 1965, to Michael George Tolkien]]
*[[Letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin (30 October 1965)|30 October 1965, to J.L.N. O'Loughlin]]
*[[Letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin (30 October 1965)|30 October 1965, to J.L.N. O'Loughlin]]
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*[[Letter to Rod Jellema|1966, to Rod Jellema]]
*[[Letter to Rod Jellema|1966, to Rod Jellema]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (9 March 1966)|9 March 1966, to Roger Verhulst]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (9 March 1966)|9 March 1966, to Roger Verhulst]]
*[[Letter to Nan C.Scott (11 March 1966)|11 March 1966, to Nan C.Scott]]  
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (11 March 1966)|11 March 1966, to Nan C. Scott]]  
*[[Letter to George Sayer (21 March 1966)|21 March 1966, to George Sayer]]
*[[Letter to George Sayer (21 March 1966)|21 March 1966, to George Sayer]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (8 April 1966)|8 April 1966, to Roger Verhulst]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (8 April 1966)|8 April 1966, to Roger Verhulst]]
*[[Letter to Mother Mary Anthony|12 April 1966, to Mother Mary Anthony]]
*[[Letter to Mother Mary Anthony|12 April 1966, to Mother Mary Anthony]]
*[[Letter to James Ridolfo|12 April 1966, to James Ridolfo]]
*[[Letter to James Ridolfo|12 April 1966, to James Ridolfo]]
*[[Letter to Nan C.Scott (19 April 1966)|19 April 1966, to Nan C.Scott]]  
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (19 April 1966)|19 April 1966, to Nan C. Scott]]  
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (3 May 1966)|3 May 1966, to Roger Verhulst]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (3 May 1966)|3 May 1966, to Roger Verhulst]]
*[[Letter to Martin M. Snapp|6 May 1966, to Martin M. Snapp, Jr.]]
*[[Letter to Martin M. Snapp|6 May 1966, to Martin M. Snapp, Jr.]]
*[[Letter to Nan C.Scott (9 May 1966)|9 May 1966, to Nan C.Scott]]  
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (9 May 1966)|9 May 1966, to Nan C. Scott]]  
*[[Letter to Mr Walker|11 May 1966, to Mr. Walker]]
*[[Letter to Mr Walker|11 May 1966, to Mr. Walker]]
*[[Letter to Nancy Smith (30 May 1966)|30 May 1966, to Nancy Smith]]
*[[Letter to Nancy Smith (30 May 1966)|30 May 1966, to Nancy Smith]]
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (30 May 1966)|30 May 1966, to Nan C. Scott]]
*[[Letter to Royston F. Porthouse|1 June 1966, to Royston F. Porthouse]]
*[[Letter to Royston F. Porthouse|1 June 1966, to Royston F. Porthouse]]
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (18 July 1966)|18 July 1966, to Nan C. Scott]]
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (29 July 1966)|29 July 1966, to Michael George Tolkien]] (see also [[Letter 289]])
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (29 July 1966)|29 July 1966, to Michael George Tolkien]] (see also [[Letter 289]])
*[[Letter to Max Rouslin|29 July 1966, to Max Rouslin]]
*[[Letter to Max Rouslin|29 July 1966, to Max Rouslin]]
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*[[Letter to Harry C. Bauer|November 1966, to Harry C. Bauer]]
*[[Letter to Harry C. Bauer|November 1966, to Harry C. Bauer]]
*[[Letter to Gene Wolfe|7 November 1966, to Gene Wolfe]]
*[[Letter to Gene Wolfe|7 November 1966, to Gene Wolfe]]
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (28 November 1966)|28 November 1966, to Nan C. Scott]]
*[[Letter to Father Hugh Maycock|14 December 1966, to Father Hugh Maycock]]
*[[Letter to Father Hugh Maycock|14 December 1966, to Father Hugh Maycock]]
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (15 December 1966)|15 December 1966, to Nan C. Scott]]
*[[Letter to Dick Plotz|c. 1966-67, to Dick Plotz]]
*[[Letter to Dick Plotz|c. 1966-67, to Dick Plotz]]


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*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (7 January 1968)|7 January 1968, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (7 January 1968)|7 January 1968, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Ken Jackson (29 January 1968)|29 January 1968, to Ken Jackson]]
*[[Letter to Ken Jackson (29 January 1968)|29 January 1968, to Ken Jackson]]
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (29 January March 1968)|29 January 1968, to Nan C. Scott]]
*[[Letter to Mary Fairburn (May 1968)|May 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
*[[Letter to Mary Fairburn (May 1968)|May 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (4 June 1968)|4 June 1968, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (4 June 1968)|4 June 1968, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
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*[[Letter to Paul Bibire|30 June 1969, to Paul Bibire]]
*[[Letter to Paul Bibire|30 June 1969, to Paul Bibire]]
*[[Letter to Mr Burrows|1 August 1969, to Mr Burrows]]
*[[Letter to Mr Burrows|1 August 1969, to Mr Burrows]]
*[[Letter to Mrs. Pauline Gasch (28 August 1969)|28 August 1969, to Mrs. Pauline Gasch]]
*[[Letter to Mrs. Pauline Gasch (1 October 1969)|1 October 1969, to Mrs. Pauline Gasch]]
*[[Letter to Leslie Holloway|?Early November 1969, to Leslie Holloway]]
*[[Letter to Leslie Holloway|?Early November 1969, to Leslie Holloway]]


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*[[Letter to W.B. Crouch|28 December 1971, to W.B. Crouch]]
*[[Letter to W.B. Crouch|28 December 1971, to W.B. Crouch]]


*[[Letter to Dorothy Wood (2  February 1972)|2 February 1972, to Dorothy Wood]]
*[[Letter to Edmund R. Meskys (2  February 1972)|2 February 1972, to Edmund R. Meskys]]
*[[Letter to Edmund R. Meskys (2  February 1972)|2 February 1972, to Edmund R. Meskys]]
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (30 January 1972)|30 January 1972, to Michael George Tolkien]]
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (30 January 1972)|30 January 1972, to Michael George Tolkien]]

Revision as of 07:47, 14 October 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)