TCG Letter #1004

Brian Woledge studied for a BA Honours degree in French and English at the University of Leeds during the 1920s. He was the only student to choose a Medieval Welsh course offered in 1925, which was taught by JRR Tolkien, with E.V. Gordon sitting in. Tolkien left the University before Woledge completed the course. The letters, dated between November 1925 and June 1926, concern Woledge's academic work, and include a reference Tolkien wrote for Woledge (presumably unused). The letters are accompanied by transcriptions, interpretative notes and notes on Woledge's reminiscences of Tolkien collected by Julia Woledge, his niece. The file also includes copies of articles about Tolkien and Woledge, and a VHS copy of 'An Awfully Big Adventure', a documentary on Tolkien, broadcast in 1998.