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TCG Letter #2421


From
J.W. Rusk
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
6 June 1968
Type
Typed Letter
Transcript
Complete
Writing to Tolkien, J.W. Rusk asks for details about his relationship with R.G. Collingwood. She had been informed by Professor G.R.G. Mure that Tolkien knew Collingwood well.
Notes
Tolkien will reply in Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to J.W. Rusk • 14 June 1968 (#1999) that he in fact did not know Collingwood very well. He says however that he knew Collingwood's second wife as they lived close by to the Tolkien family.
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We extend our thanks to Dr. Stephen Leach of Keele University for his assistance obtaining this letter.


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