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This handwritten letter over 2 pages finds Tolkien discussing academia at Leeds University and his own poetry. Brett-Smith had written Tolkien a letter ...
As with Tolkien's ealier letter this handwritten letter finds Tolkien again discussing academia at Leeds University. He promises Brett-Smith that h...
Letter of recommendation for his B.Litt. student A. F. Colborn.
Tolkien provides a letter of recommendation for his B.Litt student A.F. Colborn.
Writing to his wife, Charles Willians notes that Tolkien and Lewis have asked him to lecture at Magdalen next term if he's still around at that time.
Charles Williams, writing to his wife, says that Tolkien and Lewis are taking him to the Divinity School at Oxford tomorrow.
Tolkien writes a letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin. He is currently organising courses for the Navy and Air Force cadets. At a board meeting which Tolkie...
This three page letter is held at the Wade but no details of it are known. The Charles Williams collection at the Wade states this is "A "Clos...
Tolkien writes to G.E. Selby, a family friend agreeing to act as a referee for his application to a post. In a newly published extract, of this previous...
Tolkien expresses sympathy to Mrs. Williams and her son, and his grief over the loss of her husband Charles Williams.
Tolkien had received a parcel, he thanks O'Loughlin and confirms it arrived safely. Tolkien has been very busy and had flu recently, hence his dela...
No details of this letter are known.
Tolkien sends a rushed note saying that he will act immediately. On behalf of what, it is not known.
No details of this letter are known.
Pauline Baynes had written to say she was meeting with C.S. Lewis on the 31st. Tolkien replies that he and his family would also like to meet her if pos...
Baynes replied to Tolkien's letter that she might not have time to see him. He left a letter with Lewis as they were meeting on New Year's Eve...
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade and consists of two pages.
Tolkien discusses C.S. Lewis and his invitation to Cambridge. Lewis had initially refused the offer citing family obligations, namely his brother's...
Tolkien writes to H.S. Bennett who had written to Tolkien the previous day. He discusses the proposed move by C.S. Lewis to Cambridge. C.S. Lewis would ...
This letter is housed at the Wade Center but no details are currently known of its contents.
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade.
No details of this letter are known. A copy is held at the Wade.
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade.
Tolkien sends a note to congratulate Jennings on her book of poetry, A Way of Looking being published. He also makes a mention on Auden's new book,...
Tolkien mentions his O'Donnell Lectures in Celtic Studies. He expresses disappointment in the radio broadcast adaptations of The Lord of the Rings....
No details of this letter are known.
Among many subjects Tolkien discusses the unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Numenor, echoes of past tales. 'Tunes&ap...
No details of this letter are known.
Sent on the 13th April as a separate note along with #TCGLetter235, Tolkien apologises for the slow nature of his reply. A complete transcript along wit...
Tolkien was not inclined to offer any biographical details, as he doubted their relevance. Though he does go on to give some biographical facts. This le...
Tolkien thanks Mr. Barnetson for his letter, He does not consider the book to be based on "German or Icelandic folklore" but says it has a nor...
Pauline Baynes, who had illustrated Farmer Giles of Ham, had expressed herself willing to provide pictures for The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and had b...
Pauline Baynes, who was illustrating The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, pointed out that the typescript of the title poem described Tom as wearing a peacoc...
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade.
No details are known.
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Bodleian and a copy at the Wade.
No details of this letter are known.
No details of this letter are known.
No details of this letter are known.
An account of Tolkien's unfinished story 'The New Shadow'.
Tolkien thanks Dr Johnston for some items that he sent him. A copy of this letter is held at the Wade and consists of a typed letter with a handwritten ...
Tolkien replies to questions about how the manuscripts of The Lord of the Rings and Mr. Bliss were sold to Marquette University. Quotes are found in SEV...
No details of this letter are known.
Jocelyn Gibb requested any letters from C. S. Lewis that could be included in a forthcoming volume. Tolkien exchanged few letters with C. S. Lewis, as t...
No details of this letter are known. A copy is held at the Wade.
This is a stock reply letter, but Tolkien adds that he is hindered in writing the Silmarillion because of having to revise The Lord of the Rings to figh...
Tolkien writing to Donald Swann mentions a visit from Swann and his wife. The Tolkien's were delighted to spend time with them. The matter of the v...
Wollheim tells Scott that he had offered Tolkien a settlement previously, this appears to be an outright lie, one which Tolkien figured out a few weeks ...
No details of this letter are known, but it is almost certainly in regard to the ACE Books edition of The Lord of the Rings. A copy of this letter is he...
Mrs Scott was a leading campaigner in the battle to keep the pirate edition of The Lord of the Rings out of the American bookshops. A copy of this lette...
No details are currently known from this letter. A copy of this letter is held at the Wade.
Tolkien writes thanking Donald Swann for the tickets to a performance on 18 September. He notes that Priscilla cannot attend but he has asked Dr. Robert...
In the portion of this letter published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien he writes to Kilby about the book Light on C.S. Lewis. Tolkien thanks Kilby for...
No details are currently known from this letter.
Tolkien sends his thanks to Gibb for sending a copy of the book Light on C.S. Lewis and notes that it says more about the contributors than of Lewis him...
Tolkien writes, saying that while he has read O'Loughlin's article, he does not have the time to say more on it.
Tolkien writes to Wakeman declining an invitation to submit an entry for his new collection, Midcentury Authors.
This contents of the letter are unknown.
Tolkien writing thanking Christine Jones for her interest and says that although he found her comments on the ending interesting: "If I answered al...
Professor Kilby, of Wheaton College, Illinois, had met Tolkien while visiting Oxford in 1964. He now offered to return to England and help Tolkien in an...
Writing to Donald Swann, Tolkien mentions a BBC2 broadcast that he will sadly miss. Tolkien mentions he has succeeded in his battle with Ace, noting tha...
Tolkien writes about the publication of a proposed book about him by W.H. Auden.
Tolkien informs Scott that Ace Books have been in touch and offered an agreement. He notes that Ace have agreed to not reprint the book once current cop...
Writing to Swann, Tolkien gives him an update on plans for Swann's recital at Merton during the Tolkien's Golden Wedding celebrations. He give...
Tolkien writes to Swann, mentioning details about recital, press photographs, dinner afterwards, etc. Tolkien has laryngitis.
Tolkien writes to Donald Swann who had visited the Tolkiens. He and Edith were unwell at the time.
Writing to Mother Anthony, Tolkien says that the "young man 'Williams'" at Oxford working at the University Press was almost certain...
Tolkien suggests some days when the Scotts might visit him, as they are currently in London.
Tolkien had to leave Oxford for the day and is unable to meet with the Scotts.
Tolkien thanks Nan Scott for sending a photograph of them from her visit.
Tolkien thanks Kilby for his visit and apologizes for being busy. On a separate page, Tolkien includes a three paragraph fragment from the review of an ...
Tolkien invites her to visit next time she is in Oxford, and he will sign books for her. A copy is held at the Wade.
Mrs. Webster was a teacher, and she and her pupils put on a performance of some scenes from The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien can not attend, but Clyde S. ...
Joy Hill writes to Professor Johnsonsic Johnston who is planning a lecture on Tolkien. She gives him some details on Tolkien's parents and also tha...
Tolkien writes says that his son will be out for lunch on Thursday and wonders if he would like to join them. The letter is held at the Wade.
Tolkien replies with thanks for the pictures sent of the performance. He will show them to Kilby who attended the performance. A copy of the letter is h...
Tolkien replies to Donald Swann to wish him well for his and Flanders' tour of the U.S. and give shim an update on his and Edith's health. He ...
Western Union Telegram to Swann and Flanders at the Wilbur Theatre Boston wishing them a very successful first night and US tour. The Telegram is dated ...
This letter, known as the Plotz Letter, or Plotz Declension was a letter written by Tolkien that contained manuscript notes regarding Quenya grammar. Th...
Tolkien discusses his and Edith's Mediterranean cruise and the bust of him at the English Faculty in Oxford. Excerpts from the letter have been pub...
Tolkien writes to Gene Wolfe about the origin of "Orc" and "Warg". This letter was reproduced in Vector #67/68 (1974)
Tolkien invites the Swanns on the 20th December. They might be able to borrow the piano at a neighbour's house. He writes about melody. He discusse...
Tolkien writes to Kilby making mention that he is pleased that Kilby has finally received the correct medication and says that he is yet to continue wit...
No details are currently known from this letter.
Edith sends a Christmas Air Letter to Kilby. The contents of the Letter are not known, but it includes a Christmas image of Father Christmas flying over...
Tolkien sends an inscribed copy of the Japanese Hobbit, it reads "With best wishes to Fr Hugh Maycock and Pusey House | Dec. 14. 1966"
No details are currently known from this letter.
No details are known.
No details of this letter are known.
Tolkien writes, thanking Kilby for an article on Barzun and for sending a turkey.
No details are known. It is held at the Wade.
No details of this letter are known.
Tolkien writes to thank Kilby for sending a copy of Science is a Sacred Cow written by Anthony Standen.
Tolkien writes to Donald Swann including more material for his project. He thanks Swann for not cursing him. He has had long delays and while trying to ...
Tolkien sends background material for The Road Goes Ever On. He includes Galadriel's Lament and Chant written out "in a fair Elvish book-hand,...
Tolkien writes to Donald Swann offering transcripts of the Lament and Chant in Elvish script.
Writing to Donald Swann on the matter of their book, The Road Goes Ever On, Tolkien provides much on the contents of the book, noting that the commentar...
Replying to a letter from Sister Anne from St. Louis, Tolkien says he has no intention to write a sequel to The Lord of the Rings.
No details are known. It is held at the Wade.
Tolkien thanks Swann for the book cover and compares the "T" rendered there to various occurrences from genuine manuscripts.
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade.
Tolkien does not like the calligraphy being made by Samuel Hanks Bryant as filler for blank pages in The Road Goes Ever On. Tolkien objects to Swann usi...
In his letter of late November, Tolkien says that he had begun a letter "some time ago", but this had never been finished and remained unsent....
No details of this letter are known but Huttar had visited Tolkien on this day (see reference below). The letter is held at the Wade.
No details are known about this letter. It is held at the Wade.
White had written to Tolkien asking for information regarding the Inklings. Tolkien replies with some brief information "from memory". He says...
Tolkien encloses a letter that he began earlier in the year and explains that he had never finished it. He has organised for a copy of Smith of Wootton ...
Tolkien apologizes for his delay in replying, due to poor health, and he asks Swann and his wife to visit in January. Tolkien says that "doing noth...
Tolkien writes to Kilby with thanks for the turkey and mentions that he recently visited Ready. He is not happy that Ready is writing a book on him, as ...
No details are currently known from this letter.
Tolkien hopes to see Swann on the 14th, but cannot attend a performance of The Road Goes Ever On on the 15th.
Tolkien was asked to write about his teenage memories and, along with 69 other contributors, this was published in the book Attacks of Taste, compiled a...
Tolkien wrote to the President of the Tolkien Society (of America - Dick Plotz) to express his displeasure at the forthcoming publication The Tolkien Re...
Tolkien writes to Kilby and mentions the book A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis. He says that it reminded him of good things spread throughout L...
No details known.
Tolkien's secretary acknowledges receipt of Johnston's booklet The Poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Tolkien replies to a letter from George Burke Johnston thanking him for his gift and discussing the meaning of 'root' in the Troll's song.
No details known.
Tolkien writes about his move to the South Coast of England. In a portion that remains unpublished, Tolkien also spends some time complaining about Will...
No details of this letter are known. A copy is held at the Wade.
No details are known. It is held at the Wade.
Tolkien writes with remarks about Pauline Baynes' Middle-earth poster, mentioning that he thinks the only error on the printed map is Enedwaith for...
Tolkien writing to Pauline Baynes returns a photocopy of the Middle-earth map, with comments. The spelling Enedwaith is correct. He also apologizes for ...
Tolkien writes to Mr Wood and sends three copies of his signature on cards, stating that he should keep one for himself. He goes on to discuss the India...
Tolkien writes to Ed Meskys to offer his sympathy for Meskys "afflictions". He also thanks him for the support offered by the Tolkien Society ...
Tolkien talks about numerals in The Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien writes to Donald and Janet Swann. They will be visiting him and Priscilla and Tolkien will call them after the 24th January to arrange details. ...
Tolkien writes to Clyde S. Kilby regarding his health issues.
Tolkien sends Canon Power a signature with a copy of a publication. He mentions his childhood, growing up in Birmingham, and J. H. Shorthouse's boo...
No details known.
Kilby, curator of the Wade Center archives, responds to a query about his book Tolkien and the Silmarillion, offering to have the College Bookstore mail...
No details known. A copy is held at the Wade Center.
No details known. A copy is held at the Wade Center.
No details known. A copy is at the Wade Center.
No details known.
No details known. A copy is held at the Wade.
No details known.
Letter Tags
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Guide to Tolkien's Letters
Wade Center Archives
(141 letters match)1925
22 July 1925
J.R.R. Tolkien to H.F.B. Brett-Smith
#67
This handwritten letter over 2 pages finds Tolkien discussing academia at Leeds University and his own poetry. Brett-Smith had written Tolkien a letter ...
8 August 1925
J.R.R. Tolkien to H.F.B. Brett-Smith
#68
As with Tolkien's ealier letter this handwritten letter finds Tolkien again discussing academia at Leeds University. He promises Brett-Smith that h...
1932
27 May 1932
J.R.R. Tolkien to A.F. Colborn
#74
Letter of recommendation for his B.Litt. student A. F. Colborn.
1938
21 July 1938
J.R.R. Tolkien to A.F. Colborn
#108
Tolkien provides a letter of recommendation for his B.Litt student A.F. Colborn.
1939
12 October 1939
Charles Williams to Florence "Michal" Williams
#1787
Writing to his wife, Charles Willians notes that Tolkien and Lewis have asked him to lecture at Magdalen next term if he's still around at that time.
1940
28 January 1940
Charles Williams to Florence "Michal" Williams
#1788
Charles Williams, writing to his wife, says that Tolkien and Lewis are taking him to the Divinity School at Oxford tomorrow.
1943
29 January 1943
J.R.R. Tolkien to J.L.N. O'Loughlin
#117
Tolkien writes a letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin. He is currently organising courses for the Navy and Air Force cadets. At a board meeting which Tolkie...
C. November 1943
J.R.R. Tolkien to Charles Williams
#961
This three page letter is held at the Wade but no details of it are known. The Charles Williams collection at the Wade states this is "A "Clos...
1944
19 September 1944
J.R.R. Tolkien to G.E. Selby
#1397
Carpenter #80a
Tolkien writes to G.E. Selby, a family friend agreeing to act as a referee for his application to a post. In a newly published extract, of this previous...
1945
15 May 1945
J.R.R. Tolkien to Florence (Michal) Williams
#224
Carpenter #99
Tolkien expresses sympathy to Mrs. Williams and her son, and his grief over the loss of her husband Charles Williams.
1948
18 January 1948
J.R.R. Tolkien to J.L.N. O'Loughlin
#132
Tolkien had received a parcel, he thanks O'Loughlin and confirms it arrived safely. Tolkien has been very busy and had flu recently, hence his dela...
12 May 1948
Christopher Tolkien to Edward A. Allen
#1167
No details of this letter are known.
1949
7 January 1949
J.R.R. Tolkien to J.L.N O'Loughlin
#150
Tolkien sends a rushed note saying that he will act immediately. On behalf of what, it is not known.
28 November 1949
J.R.R. Tolkien to Robert Havard
#930
No details of this letter are known.
25 December 1949
J.R.R. Tolkien to Pauline Baynes
#916
Pauline Baynes had written to say she was meeting with C.S. Lewis on the 31st. Tolkien replies that he and his family would also like to meet her if pos...
31 December 1949
J.R.R. Tolkien to Pauline Baynes
#917
Baynes replied to Tolkien's letter that she might not have time to see him. He left a letter with Lewis as they were meeting on New Year's Eve...
1950
3 September 1950
J.R.R. Tolkien to Guy Milner
#941
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade and consists of two pages.
1954
17 May 1954
J.R.R. Tolkien to Henry Willink
#188
Tolkien discusses C.S. Lewis and his invitation to Cambridge. Lewis had initially refused the offer citing family obligations, namely his brother's...
17 May 1954
J.R.R. Tolkien to H.S. Bennett
#920
Tolkien writes to H.S. Bennett who had written to Tolkien the previous day. He discusses the proposed move by C.S. Lewis to Cambridge. C.S. Lewis would ...
?18 or 20 May 1954
Bennett? to J.R.R. Tolkien
#1164
This letter is housed at the Wade Center but no details are currently known of its contents.
13 October 1954
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr. Cheesman
#921
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade.
1955
27 July 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Richard L. Sturch
#960
No details of this letter are known. A copy is held at the Wade.
27 September 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Martin C. Stone
#958
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade.
3 December 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Elizabeth Jennings
#215
Tolkien sends a note to congratulate Jennings on her book of poetry, A Way of Looking being published. He also makes a mention on Auden's new book,...
8 December 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Naomi Mitchison
#226
Carpenter #176
Tolkien mentions his O'Donnell Lectures in Celtic Studies. He expresses disappointment in the radio broadcast adaptations of The Lord of the Rings....
1956
7 March 1956
William Galbraith to J.R.R. Tolkien
#922
No details of this letter are known.
8 March 1956
J.R.R. Tolkien to William Galbraith
#235
Among many subjects Tolkien discusses the unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Numenor, echoes of past tales. 'Tunes&ap...
15 March 1956
J.R.R. Tolkien to Martin C. Stone
#959
No details of this letter are known.
12-13 April 1956
J.R.R. Tolkien to William Galbraith
#236
Sent on the 13th April as a separate note along with #TCGLetter235, Tolkien apologises for the slow nature of his reply. A complete transcript along wit...
1957
24 June 1957
J.R.R. Tolkien to Caroline Everett
#561
Carpenter #199
Tolkien was not inclined to offer any biographical details, as he doubted their relevance. Though he does go on to give some biographical facts. This le...
1961
13 November 1961
J.R.R. Tolkien to Paul Barnetson
#486
Tolkien thanks Mr. Barnetson for his letter, He does not consider the book to be based on "German or Icelandic folklore" but says it has a nor...
6 December 1961
J.R.R. Tolkien to Pauline Baynes
#610
Carpenter #235
Pauline Baynes, who had illustrated Farmer Giles of Ham, had expressed herself willing to provide pictures for The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and had b...
1962
1 August 1962
J.R.R. Tolkien to Pauline Baynes
#615
Carpenter #240
Pauline Baynes, who was illustrating The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, pointed out that the typescript of the title poem described Tom as wearing a peacoc...
1963
April 1963
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr. Charles Huttar
#932
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade.
29 April 1963
Charles Huttar to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2577
No details are known.
1964
17 January 1964
J.R.R. Tolkien to Jocelyn Gibb
#923
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Bodleian and a copy at the Wade.
22 January 1964
Jocelyn Gibb to J.R.R. Tolkien
#924
No details of this letter are known.
24 January 1964
J.R.R. Tolkien to Jocelyn Gibb
#925
No details of this letter are known.
29 April 1964
Jocelyn Gibb to J.R.R. Tolkien
#926
No details of this letter are known.
13 May 1964
J.R.R. Tolkien to Colin Bailey
#630
Carpenter #256
An account of Tolkien's unfinished story 'The New Shadow'.
21 August 1964
J.R.R. Tolkien to George Burke Johnston
#938
Tolkien thanks Dr Johnston for some items that he sent him. A copy of this letter is held at the Wade and consists of a typed letter with a handwritten ...
11 November 1964
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#569
Tolkien replies to questions about how the manuscripts of The Lord of the Rings and Mr. Bliss were sold to Marquette University. Quotes are found in SEV...
3 December 1964
Jocelyn Gibb to J.R.R. Tolkien
#927
No details of this letter are known.
15 December 1964
J.R.R. Tolkien to Jocelyn Gibb
#928
Jocelyn Gibb requested any letters from C. S. Lewis that could be included in a forthcoming volume. Tolkien exchanged few letters with C. S. Lewis, as t...
17 December 1964
Jocelyn Gibb to J.R.R. Tolkien
#1165
No details of this letter are known. A copy is held at the Wade.
1965
20 May 1965
Tolkien's Secretary to Nan C. Scott
#943
This is a stock reply letter, but Tolkien adds that he is hindered in writing the Silmarillion because of having to revise The Lord of the Rings to figh...
7 June 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#965
Tolkien writing to Donald Swann mentions a visit from Swann and his wife. The Tolkien's were delighted to spend time with them. The matter of the v...
2 July 1965
Donald A. Wollheim to Nan C. Scott
#944
Wollheim tells Scott that he had offered Tolkien a settlement previously, this appears to be an outright lie, one which Tolkien figured out a few weeks ...
15 July 1965
Lovell Thompson to Nan C. Scott
#945
No details of this letter are known, but it is almost certainly in regard to the ACE Books edition of The Lord of the Rings. A copy of this letter is he...
21 July 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#647
Carpenter #273
Mrs Scott was a leading campaigner in the battle to keep the pirate edition of The Lord of the Rings out of the American bookshops. A copy of this lette...
14 September 1965
Rayner Unwin to Nan C. Scott
#946
No details are currently known from this letter. A copy of this letter is held at the Wade.
14 September 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#966
Tolkien writes thanking Donald Swann for the tickets to a performance on 18 September. He notes that Priscilla cannot attend but he has asked Dr. Robert...
20 October 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#652
Carpenter #278
In the portion of this letter published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien he writes to Kilby about the book Light on C.S. Lewis. Tolkien thanks Kilby for...
25 October 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#947
No details are currently known from this letter.
28 October 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to Jocelyn Gibb
#929
Tolkien sends his thanks to Gibb for sending a copy of the book Light on C.S. Lewis and notes that it says more about the contributors than of Lewis him...
30 October 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to J.L.N. O'Loughlin
#709
Tolkien writes, saying that while he has read O'Loughlin's article, he does not have the time to say more on it.
30 November 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to John Wakeman
#964
Tolkien writes to Wakeman declining an invitation to submit an entry for his new collection, Midcentury Authors.
1 December 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to David Charles Rose
#942
This contents of the letter are unknown.
9 December 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to Christine Jones
#712
Tolkien writing thanking Christine Jones for her interest and says that although he found her comments on the ending interesting: "If I answered al...
18 December 1965
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#655
Carpenter #282
Professor Kilby, of Wheaton College, Illinois, had met Tolkien while visiting Oxford in 1964. He now offered to return to England and help Tolkien in an...
1966
23 February 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#967
Writing to Donald Swann, Tolkien mentions a BBC2 broadcast that he will sadly miss. Tolkien mentions he has succeeded in his battle with Ace, noting tha...
9 March 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Roger Verhulst
#724
Tolkien writes about the publication of a proposed book about him by W.H. Auden.
11 March 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#948
Carpenter #284a
Tolkien informs Scott that Ace Books have been in touch and offered an agreement. He notes that Ace have agreed to not reprint the book once current cop...
17 March 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#968
Writing to Swann, Tolkien gives him an update on plans for Swann's recital at Merton during the Tolkien's Golden Wedding celebrations. He give...
21 March 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#969
Tolkien writes to Swann, mentioning details about recital, press photographs, dinner afterwards, etc. Tolkien has laryngitis.
28 March 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#970
Tolkien writes to Donald Swann who had visited the Tolkiens. He and Edith were unwell at the time.
12 April 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mother Mary Anthony
#747
Writing to Mother Anthony, Tolkien says that the "young man 'Williams'" at Oxford working at the University Press was almost certain...
19 April 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#949
Tolkien suggests some days when the Scotts might visit him, as they are currently in London.
9 May 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#950
Tolkien had to leave Oxford for the day and is unable to meet with the Scotts.
30 May 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#951
Tolkien thanks Nan Scott for sending a photograph of them from her visit.
5? July 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#818
Tolkien thanks Kilby for his visit and apologizes for being busy. On a separate page, Tolkien includes a three paragraph fragment from the review of an ...
18 July 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#952
Tolkien invites her to visit next time she is in Oxford, and he will sign books for her. A copy is held at the Wade.
18 July 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mrs. Webster
#963
Mrs. Webster was a teacher, and she and her pupils put on a performance of some scenes from The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien can not attend, but Clyde S. ...
26 July 1966
Joy Hill to George Burke Johnston
#939
Joy Hill writes to Professor Johnsonsic Johnston who is planning a lecture on Tolkien. She gives him some details on Tolkien's parents and also tha...
1 August 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#819
Tolkien writes says that his son will be out for lunch on Thursday and wonders if he would like to join them. The letter is held at the Wade.
26 August 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mrs. Webster
#962
Tolkien replies with thanks for the pictures sent of the performance. He will show them to Kilby who attended the performance. A copy of the letter is h...
29 August 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#971
Tolkien replies to Donald Swann to wish him well for his and Flanders' tour of the U.S. and give shim an update on his and Edith's health. He ...
26 September 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Swann and Flanders
#2276
Western Union Telegram to Swann and Flanders at the Wilbur Theatre Boston wishing them a very successful first night and US tour. The Telegram is dated ...
Late 1966 - early 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Dick Plotz
#784
Carpenter #293a
This letter, known as the Plotz Letter, or Plotz Declension was a letter written by Tolkien that contained manuscript notes regarding Quenya grammar. Th...
11 October 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#792
Carpenter #289b
Tolkien discusses his and Edith's Mediterranean cruise and the bust of him at the English Faculty in Oxford. Excerpts from the letter have been pub...
7 November 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Gene Wolfe
#485
Carpenter #290a
Tolkien writes to Gene Wolfe about the origin of "Orc" and "Warg". This letter was reproduced in Vector #67/68 (1974)
18 November 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#973
Tolkien invites the Swanns on the 20th December. They might be able to borrow the piano at a neighbour's house. He writes about melody. He discusse...
28 November 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#900
Tolkien writes to Kilby making mention that he is pleased that Kilby has finally received the correct medication and says that he is yet to continue wit...
28 November 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#953
No details are currently known from this letter.
13 December 1966
Edith Tolkien to Clyde Kilby
#2789
Edith sends a Christmas Air Letter to Kilby. The contents of the Letter are not known, but it includes a Christmas image of Father Christmas flying over...
14 December 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Father [Hugh] Maycock
#791
Tolkien sends an inscribed copy of the Japanese Hobbit, it reads "With best wishes to Fr Hugh Maycock and Pusey House | Dec. 14. 1966"
15 December 1966
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#954
No details are currently known from this letter.
16 December 1966
Charles Huttar to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2578
No details are known.
1967
2 January 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Charles Huttar
#933
No details of this letter are known.
5 January 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#901
Tolkien writes, thanking Kilby for an article on Barzun and for sending a turkey.
17 January 1967
Charles Huttar to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2579
No details are known. It is held at the Wade.
1 February 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Charles Huttar
#934
No details of this letter are known.
20 February 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#902
Tolkien writes to thank Kilby for sending a copy of Science is a Sacred Cow written by Anthony Standen.
20 March 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#974
Carpenter #294b
Tolkien writes to Donald Swann including more material for his project. He thanks Swann for not cursing him. He has had long delays and while trying to ...
21 March 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#975
Tolkien sends background material for The Road Goes Ever On. He includes Galadriel's Lament and Chant written out "in a fair Elvish book-hand,...
22 March 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#2275
Tolkien writes to Donald Swann offering transcripts of the Lament and Chant in Elvish script.
12 April 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#977
Carpenter #295a
Writing to Donald Swann on the matter of their book, The Road Goes Ever On, Tolkien provides much on the contents of the book, noting that the commentar...
14 June 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Sister M. Anne
#1163
Replying to a letter from Sister Anne from St. Louis, Tolkien says he has no intention to write a sequel to The Lord of the Rings.
16 June 1967
Charles Huttar to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2580
No details are known. It is held at the Wade.
19 June 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#978
Tolkien thanks Swann for the book cover and compares the "T" rendered there to various occurrences from genuine manuscripts.
21 June 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Charles Huttar
#935
No details of this letter are known. It is held at the Wade.
12-13 July 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#979
Carpenter #295b
Tolkien does not like the calligraphy being made by Samuel Hanks Bryant as filler for blank pages in The Road Goes Ever On. Tolkien objects to Swann usi...
?Late Summer 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. kilby
#1534
In his letter of late November, Tolkien says that he had begun a letter "some time ago", but this had never been finished and remained unsent....
4 August 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Charles Huttar
#936
No details of this letter are known but Huttar had visited Tolkien on this day (see reference below). The letter is held at the Wade.
9 August 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Charles Huttar
#937
No details are known about this letter. It is held at the Wade.
11 September 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to William Luther White
#671
Carpenter #298
White had written to Tolkien asking for information regarding the Inklings. Tolkien replies with some brief information "from memory". He says...
c. 3 December 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#903
Carpenter #298a
Tolkien encloses a letter that he began earlier in the year and explains that he had never finished it. He has organised for a copy of Smith of Wootton ...
30 December 1967
J.R.R. Tolkien and Edith Tolkien to Donald Swann
#980
Tolkien apologizes for his delay in replying, due to poor health, and he asks Swann and his wife to visit in January. Tolkien says that "doing noth...
1968
7 January 1968
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#904
Tolkien writes to Kilby with thanks for the turkey and mentions that he recently visited Ready. He is not happy that Ready is writing a book on him, as ...
29 January 1968
J.R.R. Tolkien to Nan C. Scott
#955
No details are currently known from this letter.
12 February 1968
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald Swann
#981
Tolkien hopes to see Swann on the 14th, but cannot attend a performance of The Road Goes Ever On on the 15th.
1 March 1968
J.R.R. Tolkien to Evelyn B. Byrne
#794
Tolkien was asked to write about his teenage memories and, along with 69 other contributors, this was published in the book Attacks of Taste, compiled a...
8 April 1968
J.R.R. Tolkien to Dick Plotz
#803
Tolkien wrote to the President of the Tolkien Society (of America - Dick Plotz) to express his displeasure at the forthcoming publication The Tolkien Re...
15 April 1968
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#905
Tolkien writes to Kilby and mentions the book A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis. He says that it reminded him of good things spread throughout L...
27 April 1968
Michael George Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#2582
No details known.
9 May 1968
Phyllis M. Jenkinson (secretary) to George Burke Johnston
#940
Tolkien's secretary acknowledges receipt of Johnston's booklet The Poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien.
24 May 1968
J.R.R. Tolkien to George Burke Johnston
#804
Tolkien replies to a letter from George Burke Johnston thanking him for his gift and discussing the meaning of 'root' in the Troll's song.
2 June 1968 (Whitsun)
Michael George Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#2583
No details known.
4 June 1968
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#677
Carpenter #304
Tolkien writes about his move to the South Coast of England. In a portion that remains unpublished, Tolkien also spends some time complaining about Will...
9 August 1968?
J.R.R. Tolkien to Robert Havard
#931
No details of this letter are known. A copy is held at the Wade.
21 August 1968
Charles Huttar to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2581
No details are known. It is held at the Wade.
1969
28 August 1969
J.R.R. Tolkien to Pauline Baynes
#918
Tolkien writes with remarks about Pauline Baynes' Middle-earth poster, mentioning that he thinks the only error on the printed map is Enedwaith for...
1 October 1969
J.R.R. Tolkien to Pauline Baynes
#919
Tolkien writing to Pauline Baynes returns a photocopy of the Middle-earth map, with comments. The spelling Enedwaith is correct. He also apologizes for ...
1970
Summer or Autumn 1970
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr Wood
#278
Tolkien writes to Mr Wood and sends three copies of his signature on cards, stating that he should keep one for himself. He goes on to discuss the India...
1972
2 February 1972
J.R.R. Tolkien to Ed Meskys
#829
Tolkien writes to Ed Meskys to offer his sympathy for Meskys "afflictions". He also thanks him for the support offered by the Tolkien Society ...
23 November 1972
J.R.R. Tolkien to Edmund Meskys
#437
Carpenter #344
Tolkien talks about numerals in The Lord of the Rings.
1973
18 January 1973
J.R.R. Tolkien to Donald and Janet Swann
#982
Tolkien writes to Donald and Janet Swann. They will be visiting him and Priscilla and Tolkien will call them after the 24th January to arrange details. ...
8 March 1973
J.R.R. Tolkien to Clyde S. Kilby
#839
Carpenter #348a
Tolkien writes to Clyde S. Kilby regarding his health issues.
8 July 1973
J.R.R. Tolkien to Canon Norman S. Power
#843
Tolkien sends Canon Power a signature with a copy of a publication. He mentions his childhood, growing up in Birmingham, and J. H. Shorthouse's boo...
1977
10 February 1977
Priscilla Tolkien to Anne Etkin
#2569
No details known.
April 21, 1977
Clyde S. Kilby to Mr. Faxon
#1363
Kilby, curator of the Wade Center archives, responds to a query about his book Tolkien and the Silmarillion, offering to have the College Bookstore mail...
1978
22 July 1978
Michael Tolkien to Anne Etkin
#2570
No details known. A copy is held at the Wade Center.
12 August 1978
Michael Tolkien to Anne Etkin
#2571
No details known. A copy is held at the Wade Center.
5 October 1978
Michael Tolkien to Anne Etkin
#2572
No details known. A copy is at the Wade Center.
25 October 1978
Michael Tolkien to Anne Etkin
#2573
No details known.
19 November 1978
Michael Tolkien to Anne Etkin
#2574
No details known. A copy is held at the Wade.
16 December 1978
Michael Tolkien to Anne Etkin
#2575
No details known.
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