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*[[Letter to Ronald Ashton|12 March 1927, to Ronald Ashton]]
*[[Letter to Ronald Ashton|12 March 1927, to Ronald Ashton]]
*[[Letter to Willard G. Harding|21 October 1927, to Willard G. Harding]]
*[[Letter to Willard G. Harding|21 October 1927, to Willard G. Harding]]
*[[Letter to E.V. Gordon|2 January 1929, to E.V. Gordon]]


===1930s===
===1930s===
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*[[Letter to Kenneth Sisam (28 May 1938)|28 May 1938, to Kenneth Sisam]]
*[[Letter to Kenneth Sisam (28 May 1938)|28 May 1938, to Kenneth Sisam]]
*[[Letter to A.F. Colborn (21 July 1938)|21 July 1938, to A.F. Colborn]]
*[[Letter to A.F. Colborn (21 July 1938)|21 July 1938, to A.F. Colborn]]
*[[Letter to Ida Gordon (31 July 1938)|31 July 1938, to Ida Gordon]]
*[[Letter to Ida Gordon (11 August 1938)|11 August 1938, to Ida Gordon]]
*[[Letter to Ida Gordon (19 August 1938)|19 August 1938, to Ida Gordon]]
*[[Letter to Ida Gordon (26 September 1938)|26 September 1938, to Ida Gordon]]
*[[Letter to Miss Kilbride|24 December 1938, to Miss Kilbride]].
*[[Letter to Miss Kilbride|24 December 1938, to Miss Kilbride]].


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*[[The Name Coventry|10-11 February 1945, to the ''Catholic Herald'' ("The Name Coventry")]]
*[[The Name Coventry|10-11 February 1945, to the ''Catholic Herald'' ("The Name Coventry")]]
*[[Letter to Maegraith|2 June 1945, to Maegraith]]
*[[Letter to Maegraith|2 June 1945, to Maegraith]]
*[[Letter to Christopher Tolkien (9 October 1945)|9 October 1945, to Christopher Tolkien]]


*[[Letter to G.E. Selby (7 July 1946)|7 July 1946, to G.E. Selby]]
*[[Letter to G.E. Selby (7 July 1946)|7 July 1946, to G.E. Selby]]
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*[[Letter to Rosemary (30 September 1947)|30 September 1947, to Rosemary]]
*[[Letter to Rosemary (30 September 1947)|30 September 1947, to Rosemary]]
*[[Letter to A.W. Riddle (2 October 1947)|‎2 October 1947, to A.W. Riddle]]
*[[Letter to A.W. Riddle (2 October 1947)|‎2 October 1947, to A.W. Riddle]]
*[[Letter to Malcolm Knox| 17 December 1947, to Malcolm Knox]]


*[[Letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin (18 January 1948)|18 January 1948, to J.L.N. O'Loughlin]]
*[[Letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin (18 January 1948)|18 January 1948, to J.L.N. O'Loughlin]]
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*[[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 Clyde S. Kilby (11 November 1964)|11 November 1964, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (11 November 1964)|11 November 1964, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Ingeborg Korff|31 December 1964, to Miss Ingeborg Korff]]
*[[Letter to Ingeborg Korff|31 December 1964, to Miss Ingeborg Korff]]
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (6 January 1965)|6 January 1965, to Michael George Tolkien]]
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (6 January 1965)|6 January 1965, to Michael George Tolkien]]
*[[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 Donald Swann (7 June 1965)|7 June 1965, to Donald Swann]]
*[[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]]
*[[Letter to Donald Swann (14 September 1965)|14 September 1965, to Donald Swann]]
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (16 September 1965)|16 September 1965, to Michael George Tolkien]]
*[[Letter to Michael George Tolkien (16 September 1965)|16 September 1965, to Michael George Tolkien]]
*[[Letter to Agatha Carew Hunt|4 October 1965, to Agatha Carew Hunt]]
*[[Letter to Agatha Carew Hunt|4 October 1965, to Agatha Carew Hunt]]
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*[[Letter to David Hicks|12 January 1966, to David Hicks]]
*[[Letter to David Hicks|12 January 1966, to David Hicks]]
*[[Letter to Donald A. Wollheim|10 February 1966, to Donald A. Wollheim]]
*[[Letter to Donald A. Wollheim|10 February 1966, to Donald A. Wollheim]]
*[[Letter to Donald Swann (23 February 1966)|23 February 1966, to Donald Swann]]
*[[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 Donald Swann (17 March 1966)|17 March 1966, to Donald Swann]]
*[[Letter to Donald Swann (21 March 1966)|21 March 1966, to Donald Swann]]
*[[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 Donald Swann (28 March 1966)|28 March 1966, to Donald Swann]]
*[[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]]
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*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (1 August 1966)|1 August 1966, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (1 August 1966)|1 August 1966, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Rose MacNamara|12 September 1966, to Rose MacNamara]]
*[[Letter to Rose MacNamara|12 September 1966, to Rose MacNamara]]
*[[Letter to Donald Swann (October 1966)|October 1966, to Donald Swann]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (11 October 1966)|11 October 1966, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (11 October 1966)|11 October 1966, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Kenneth I. Rasmussen, Jr.|12 October 1966, to Kenneth I. Rasmussen, Jr.]]
*[[Letter to Kenneth I. Rasmussen, Jr.|12 October 1966, to Kenneth I. Rasmussen, Jr.]]
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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 Donald Swann (18 November 1966)|18 November 1966, to Donald Swann]]
*[[Letter to Nan C. Scott (28 November 1966)|28 November 1966, to Nan C. Scott]]  
*[[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]]
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*[[Letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (1 March 1967)|1 March 1967, to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr]]
*[[Letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (1 March 1967)|1 March 1967, to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr]]
*[[Letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (16 March 1967)|16 March 1967, to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr]]
*[[Letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (16 March 1967)|16 March 1967, to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr]]
*[[Letter to Donald Swann (20 March 1967)|20 March 1967, to Donald Swann]]
*[[Letter to Donald Swann (21 March 1967)|21 March 1967, to Donald Swann]]
*[[Letter to Donald Swann (22 March 1967)|22 March 1967, to Donald Swann]]
*[[Letter to Humphrey Carpenter|21 March 1967, to Humphrey Carpenter]]
*[[Letter to Humphrey Carpenter|21 March 1967, to Humphrey Carpenter]]
*[[Letter to Donald Swann (12 April 1967)|12 April 1967, to Donald Swann]]
*[[Letter to J.D. Gilbert|17 April 1967, to J.D. Gilbert]]
*[[Letter to J.D. Gilbert|17 April 1967, to J.D. Gilbert]]
*[[Letter to John Leyerle|28 April 1967, to John Leyerle]]
*[[Letter to John Leyerle|28 April 1967, to John Leyerle]]
*[[Letter to Oscar Morland|9 May 1967, to Oscar Morland]]
*[[Letter to Oscar Morland|9 May 1967, to Oscar Morland]]
*[[Letter to Sister M. Anne|14 June 1967, to Sister M. Anne]]
*[[Letter to Sister M. Anne|14 June 1967, to Sister M. Anne]]
*[[Letter to Donald Swann (19 June 1967)|19 June 1967, to Donald Swann]]
*[[Letter to Mr Joukes|28 August 1967, to Mr Joukes]]
*[[Letter to Mr Joukes|28 August 1967, to Mr Joukes]]
*[[Letter to Elsie Honeybourne (18 September 1967)|18 September 1967, to Elsie Honeybourne]]
*[[Letter to Elsie Honeybourne (18 September 1967)|18 September 1967, to Elsie Honeybourne]]
*[[Letter to Clyde S. Kilby (3 December 1967)|3 December 1967, to Clyde S. Kilby]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (4 December 1967)|4 December 1967, to Roger Verhulst]]
*[[Letter to Roger Verhulst (4 December 1967)|4 December 1967, to Roger Verhulst]]
*[[Letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (7 December 1967)|7 December 1967, to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr]]
*[[Letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (7 December 1967)|7 December 1967, to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr]]
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*[[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 Nan C. Scott (29 January March 1968)|29 January 1968, to Nan C. Scott]]  
*[[Letter to Miss E. Byrne (1 March 1968)|1 March 1968, to Miss E. Byrne]]
*[[Letter to Mary Fairburn (May 1968)|May 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
*[[Letter to Mary Fairburn (May 1968)|May 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
*[[Letter to George Burke Johnston (24 May 1968| 24 May 1968, to George Burke Johnston]]
*[[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]]
*[[Letter to Ingrid Pridgeon|August 1968, to Ingrid Pridgeon]]
*[[Letter to Ingrid Pridgeon|August 1968, to Ingrid Pridgeon]]
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*[[Letter to Niall Hoskin|16 October 1968, to Niall Hoskin]]
*[[Letter to Niall Hoskin|16 October 1968, to Niall Hoskin]]
*[[Letter to Mary Fairburn (4 November 1968)|4 November 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
*[[Letter to Mary Fairburn (4 November 1968)|4 November 1968, to Mary Fairburn]]
*[[Letter to  Mrs Parke (December 1968)|December 1968,to  Mrs Parke]]


*[[Letter to Bridget MacKenzie (3 January 1969)|3 January 1969, to Bridget MacKenzie]]
*[[Letter to Paula Coston (6 January 1969)|6 January 1969, to Paula Coston]]
*[[Letter to Paula Coston (6 January 1969)|6 January 1969, to Paula Coston]]
*[[Letter to Amy Ronald (15 March 1969)|15 March 1969, to Amy Ronald]]
*[[Letter to Amy Ronald (15 March 1969)|15 March 1969, to Amy Ronald]]
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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 Brian Miller|21 June 1971, to Brian Miller]]
*[[Letter to Brian Miller|21 June 1971, to Brian Miller]]
*[[Letter to Joy Hill (28 October 1971)|28 October 1971, to Joy Hill]]
*[[Letter to Joy Hill (28 October 1971)|28 October 1971, to Joy Hill]]
*[[Letter to  Fay Darrington (16 November 1971)|16 November 1971, to Fay Darrington]]
*[[Letter to George and Moira Sayer (11 December 1971)|11 December 1971, to George and Moira Sayer]]
*[[Letter to George and Moira Sayer (11 December 1971)|11 December 1971, to George and Moira Sayer]]
*[[Letter to Eileen Elgar (24 December 1971)|24 December 1971, to Eileen Elgar]]
*[[Letter to Eileen Elgar (24 December 1971)|24 December 1971, to Eileen Elgar]]
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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 Michael George Tolkien (30 January 1972)|30 January 1972, to Michael George Tolkien]]
*[[Letter to Dorothy Wood (2  February 1972)|2 February 1972, to Dorothy Wood]]
*[[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 Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society|6 February 1972, to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society]]
*[[Letter to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society|6 February 1972, to Vera Chapman and the Tolkien Society]]
*[[Letter to  Fay Darrington (16 February 1972)|16 February 1972, to Fay Darrington]]
*[[Letter to Eva Heilborn|19 April 1972, to Eva Heilborn]] (''per procurationem'')
*[[Letter to Eva Heilborn|19 April 1972, to Eva Heilborn]] (''per procurationem'')
*[[Letter to Mrs Robertson|28 April 1972, to Mrs Robertson]]
*[[Letter to Mrs Robertson|28 April 1972, to Mrs Robertson]]
*[[Letter to Donna Sadlier|1 May 1972, to Donna Sadlier]]
*[[Letter 336|23 May 1972, to Sir Patrick Browne]] (letter 336)
*[[Letter 336|23 May 1972, to Sir Patrick Browne]] (letter 336)
*[[Letter to Robert Burchfield (11 June 1972)|11 June 1972, to Robert Burchfield]]
*[[Letter to Robert Burchfield (11 June 1972)|11 June 1972, to Robert Burchfield]]
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*[[Letter to James A.H. Murray|5 June 1973, to James A.H. Murray]]
*[[Letter to James A.H. Murray|5 June 1973, to James A.H. Murray]]
*[[Letter to Elena Jeronimides|14 June 1973, to Elena Jeronimides]]
*[[Letter to Elena Jeronimides|14 June 1973, to Elena Jeronimides]]
*[[Letter to Mr Tolkin|14 June 1973, to Mr Tolkin]]
*[[Letter to Bruce Charlton|14 June 1973, to Bruce Charlton]] (''per procurationem'')
*[[Letter to Bruce Charlton|14 June 1973, to Bruce Charlton]] (''per procurationem'')
*[[Letter to Norman Power|8 July 1973, to Canon Norman Power]]
*[[Letter to Norman Power|8 July 1973, to Canon Norman Power]]
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==Unexposed collections and rumours==
==Unexposed collections and rumours==
===Wheelbarrows at Dawn===
Similarly to what was done in the ''[[Black & White Ogre Country|Black & White Ogre Country: The Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien]]'', glimpses of the correspondence between J.R.R. Tolkien and his brother [[Hilary Tolkien|Hilary]] were supposed to be published in late 2010 in ''[[Wheelbarrows at Dawn|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 ===
=== Correspondence between Tolkien and R.W. Burchfield ===
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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."<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=Tea+Towel|articlename=Tea Towel|dated=17 September 2008|website=Guide|accessed=14 June 2013}}</ref>
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."<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=Tea+Towel|articlename=Tea Towel|dated=17 September 2008|website=Guide|accessed=14 June 2013}}</ref>
===Wheelbarrows at Dawn===
Similarly to what was done in the ''[[Black & White Ogre Country|Black & White Ogre Country: The Lost Tales of Hilary Tolkien]]'', glimpses of the correspondence between J.R.R. Tolkien and his brother [[Hilary Tolkien|Hilary]] were supposed to be published in late 2010 in ''[[Wheelbarrows at Dawn|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).
In early 2015, Hilary Tolkien's "archive of family letters, family photographs & ephemera" was put up for sale, "including 15 unseen long letters by JRR Tolkien himself".<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?forum=15&post_id=14661|articlename=The Wonders of...|dated=27 January 2015|website=Guide|accessed=30 January 2015}}</ref>


== Hoaxes ==
== Hoaxes ==
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*[http://www.wheaton.edu/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Letter-Collections/JRRT_Papers.pdf Marion E. Wade Center collection of Tolkien letters]
*[http://www.wheaton.edu/~/media/Files/Centers-and-Institutes/Wade-Center/RR-Docs/Letter-Collections/JRRT_Papers.pdf Marion E. Wade Center collection of Tolkien letters]
*[http://www.tolkienguide.com/index.php Tolkien Collector's Guide]
*[http://www.tolkienguide.com/index.php Tolkien Collector's Guide]
*[http://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/376715v Tolkien-Gordon Collection]


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Revision as of 00:26, 31 March 2015

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

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1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

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1950s

1960s

1970s

Unknown year

Unexposed collections and rumours

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]

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).

In early 2015, Hilary Tolkien's "archive of family letters, family photographs & ephemera" was put up for sale, "including 15 unseen long letters by JRR Tolkien himself".[10]

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.[11]

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. "The Wonders of..." dated 27 January 2015, Tolkien Collector's Guide (accessed 30 January 2015)
  11. Another Tolkien eBay Letter at TolkienGuide.com (accessed 29 November 2011)