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Henry Bradley writes a letter of recomendation to Leeds University where Tolkien has applied for the position of Reader of English Language. Bradley had...
Lascelles Abercrombie writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship...
M.E. Sadler writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-...
Joseph Wright writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Angl...
Lewis Richard Farnell writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship...
Allen Mawer writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application It was expected that Mawer would apply but he decided against it. On 21 July 1925, ...
George S. Gordon writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of A...
E.S. Craig, University Registrar at Oxford writes to Tolkien offering his congratulations on his successful application to the chair of Rawlinson and Bo...
This handwritten letter over 2 pages finds Tolkien discussing academia at Leeds University and his own poetry. Brett-Smith had written Tolkien a letter ...
Tolkien replies to E.S. Craig, enclosing the signed undertaking. He hopes that the statutes governing the chair can be mitigated as he has to give six m...
Tolkien has been elected to the Rawlinson & Bosworth professorship at Oxford and must therefore resign his position at Leeds. His posting takes effect f...
E.S. Craig replies to Tolkien's letter . He says that Tolkien should be able to work both Leeds and Oxford during the Michaelmas term. He includes a sch...
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Rawlinson and Bosworth
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Henry Bradley to Leeds University (letter of recomendation)
#907
Henry Bradley writes a letter of recomendation to Leeds University where Tolkien has applied for the position of Reader of English Language. Bradley had...
1925
June 1925
Lascelles Abercrombie to J.R.R. Tolkien (testimonial)
#1711
Lascelles Abercrombie writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship...
17 June 1925
M.E. Sadler to J.R.R. Tolkien (testimonial)
#1706
M.E. Sadler writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-...
22 June 1925
Joseph Wright to J.R.R. Tolkien (testimonial)
#1708
Joseph Wright writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Angl...
23 June 1925
L.R. Farnell to J.R.R. Tolkien (testimonial)
#1707
Lewis Richard Farnell writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship...
25 June 1925
Allen Mawer to J.R.R. Tolkien (testimonial)
#1710
Allen Mawer writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application It was expected that Mawer would apply but he decided against it. On 21 July 1925, ...
28 June 1925
George S. Gordon to J.R.R. Tolkien (testimonial)
#1709
George S. Gordon writes a testimonial in support of Tolkien's application On 21 July 1925, the electors to the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of A...
21 July 1925
E.S. Craig to J.R.R. Tolkien
#1721
E.S. Craig, University Registrar at Oxford writes to Tolkien offering his congratulations on his successful application to the chair of Rawlinson and Bo...
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 ...
22 July 1925
J.R.R. Tolkien to E.S. Craig
#1722
Tolkien replies to E.S. Craig, enclosing the signed undertaking. He hopes that the statutes governing the chair can be mitigated as he has to give six m...
22 July 1925
J.R.R. Tolkien to Vice Chancellor of Leeds University
#8
Carpenter #8
Tolkien has been elected to the Rawlinson & Bosworth professorship at Oxford and must therefore resign his position at Leeds. His posting takes effect f...
24 July 1925
E.S. Craig to J.R.R. Tolkien
#1723
E.S. Craig replies to Tolkien's letter . He says that Tolkien should be able to work both Leeds and Oxford during the Michaelmas term. He includes a sch...
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