TCG Letter #2509

Tolkien writes to the Oxford University Registrar, Sir Douglas Veale, in relation to the vacant Rawlinson and Bosworth chair. He has not been well, and his doctor had advised a leave from work for a term, which Tolkien says is not possible with all the academic problems at present. He notes however that he is taking a short break and will return for the election. Of the applicants, five have asked for his endorsement, and he asks that those candidate statements be sent to his home at Northmoor Road.