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TCG Letter #2289


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Helge Kökeritz
Date
27 October 1950
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien writes to the Swedish scholar Helge Kökeritz, at Yale, USA, to invite him to give two lectures at Oxford. Tolkien was concerned about the payment for the appearance.

Notes
Noted by Hammond & Scull in Chronology, p. 390 and mentioned in Lars Burman's blog post, see refs.
Hammond & Scull note in an entry for 1 December 1950 that Helge Kökeritz would be happy to lecture if he returns to Oxford in the future.
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