Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel, (1892-1973), Philologist and Author

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Surname:	Tolkien
Forenames:	John Ronald Reuel
Gender:	Male
Date:	1892-1973
Biography:	ODNB link for Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973) Philologist and Author
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P157436 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P28535 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and literary papers	See information in published source		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
2	c1920-1939: papers rel to edition of Chaucer's prose and poetry, commissioned but never published	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS.Tolkien A 39	See Annual Return 2014
3	literary MSS	Marquette University Memorial Library		See NUC MS 61-2770
4	books and papers	Wheaton College: Marion E. Wade Centre		See information from website
5	28 maps relating to The Lord of the Rings	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections		See Report 1985-1993
6	1921-2003: letters, poems and songs sent to Eric Valentine Gordon, with background information	Leeds University Library, Special Collections	MS 1952	See Annual Return 2014
7	letters (49) to his grandson Michael Tolkien	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 71567	See Annual Return 1995
8	1954: annotated map of Middle Earth drawn by CR Tolkien for inclusion in 'The Lord of the Rings', annotated by Pauline Baynes and JRR Tolkien	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS. Tolkien Drawings 132	See Annual Return 2016