THE LORD OF THE RINGS ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPTS PRESENTED BY CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN Fourth Installment (MSS-4) Acquired August 13, 1997
Note: Documents are arranged in the order in which they were received.
Note: 1/2 denotes 1 sheet / 2 pages; a sheet is the physical item itself;a page is a side of a sheet bearing written, printed, or illustrative material.
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4 | 1 | 1 | Prologue - Text P3 Typescript with Corrections 6/8 |
4 | 1 | 2 | Prologue - Text P4 Typescript 8/11 |
4 | 1 | 3 | Prologue - Text P5 Holograph 6/12 |
4 | 1 | 4 | Prologue - Text P6 Holograph 13/24 |
4 | 1 | 5 | Prologue - Loose Page and T4(i) and T4(ii) Holograph 3/5 |
4 | 1 | 6 | Foreword to First Edition Holograph 1/2 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 1
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4 | 1 | 7 | Appendix C - Family Trees Holograph 13/21 |
4 | 1 | 8 | Appendix A I - Text A Holograph 5/5 |
4 | 1 | 9 | Appendix A I - Text B Holograph 8/15 |
4 | 1 | 10 | Appendix A I - Text C Holograph 10/20 |
4 | 1 | 11 | Appendix A I - Text I Typescript with Corrections 2/2 |
4 | 1 | 12 | Appendix A I - Text II Typescript with Corrections 3/3 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 1
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4 | 1 | 13 | Appendix A I - Text III Typescript 6/6 |
4 | 1 | 14 | Appendix A I - Text IV Holograph / Typescript 11/13 |
4 | 1 | 15 | Appendix A I - Text A of Aragorn and Arwen Holograph 6/11 |
4 | 1 | 16 | Appendix A I - Text B of Aragorn and Arwen Typescript with Corrections 14/19 |
4 | 1 | 17 | Appendix A I - Earliest Writing of Words of Aragorn and Arwen Holograph 2/3 |
4 | 1 | 18 | Appendix A I - Text C of Aragorn and Arwen Typescript 9/10 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 1
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4 | 1 | 19 | Appendix A I - Aragorn and Arwen Text Holograph / Typescript 5/10 |
4 | 1 | 20 | Appendix A I - Annals of the Kings and Rulers Typescript with Corrections 5/5 |
4 | 1 | 21 | Appendix A II - The House of Eorl Holograph 5/9 |
4 | 1 | 22 | Appendix A III - Earliest Text - Durin's Folk Holograph 2/4 |
4 | 1 | 23 | Appendix A III - Second Text - Of Durin's Race Holograph 3/5 |
4 | 1 | 24 | Appendix A III - Draft Typescript Holograph / Typescript with Corrections 17/28 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 1
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4 | 1 | 25 | Appendix A III - Additional mss. Holograph / Typescript with Corrections 9/14 |
4 | 1 | 26 | Appendix B - Text T(a) Holograph 4/8 |
4 | 1 | 27 | Appendix B - Text T3 Holograph 10/19 |
4 | 1 | 28 | Appendix B - Text T4 Holograph 16/30 |
4 | 1 | 29 | Appendix B - Text T5 Typescript with Corrections 33/34 |
4 | 1 | 30 | Appendix B - Carbon of Text T5 Typescript with Corrections 33/34 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 1
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4 | 1 | 31 | Appendix B - Typescript - Tale of Years Typescript 13/13 |
4 | 1 | 32 | Appendix B - Typescript (later) - Tale of Years Typescript with Corrections 5/5 |
4 | 1 | 33 | Appendix B - Mss. for End of Appendix Holograph 13/26 |
4 | 1 | 34 | Appendix D - Text D1 Holograph 5/10 |
4 | 1 | 35 | Appendix D - Table D2 Holograph 5/10 |
4 | 1 | 36 | Appendix D - Calendar Tables Holograph 25/34 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 2
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4 | 2 | 1 | Appendix F (I) - Text F* Typescript with Corrections 3/5 |
4 | 2 | 2 | Appendix F (II) - Text F1 Holograph 13/25 |
4 | 2 | 3 | Appendix F (III) - Text F2 Holograph 19/38 |
4 | 2 | 4 | Appendix F (IV) - Text F3 Typescript with Corrections 11/12 |
4 | 2 | 5 | Appendix F (V) Typescript 3/3 |
4 | 2 | 6 | Appendix F (VI) - Text F4 Typescript with Corrections 6/6 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 2
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4 | 2 | 7 | Appendix F (VII) - Carbon of F4 Typescript with Corrections 6/6 |
4 | 2 | 8 | Appendix F (VIII) Typescript with Corrections 6/7 |
4 | 2 | 9 | Appendix F (IX) Typescript 3/3 |
4 | 2 | 10 | Appendix F (X) Typescript with Corrections 14/15 |
4 | 2 | 11 | Appendix F (XII) Holograph 2/4 |
4 | 2 | 12 | Appendix F TI (A), "On Translation" Typescript with Corrections 5/5 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 2
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4 | 2 | 13 | Appendix F TII (B) Typescript with Corrections 12/12 |
4 | 2 | 14 | Appendix F TIII - Carbon of TII Typescript 3/3 |
4 | 2 | 15 | Appendix F - Additional Papers Holograph 27/48 |
4 | 2 | 16 | Early Contents Material Holograph 5/8 |
4 | 2 | 17 | Time Schemes Holograph 17/22 |
4 | 2 | 18 | Synoptic Time-Scheme and related mss. Holograph 10/19 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 2
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4 | 2 | 19 | Distances and Moons Holograph 19/31 |
4 | 2 | 20 | Mss. Concerning Distances Holograph 2/4 |
4 | 2 | 21 | Appendix E - Two Early Drafts Holograph 9/15 |
4 | 2 | 22 | Second Version of Epilogue - Original Draft Holograph 3/6 |
4 | 2 | 23 | Second Version of Epilogue - Second Draft Holograph 3/5 |
4 | 2 | 24 | Second Version of Epilogue - Typescript Typescript 6/6 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 2
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4 | 2 | 25 | The King's Letter - Text III Holograph 2/2 |
4 | 2 | 26 | The Quest of Erebor - Text A Holograph 10/18 |
4 | 2 | 27 | The Quest of Erebor - Text B Typescript with Corrections 10/10 |
4 | 2 | 28 | The Quest of Erebor - Carbon ofText B Typescript 10/10 |
4 | 2 | 29 | The Quest of Erebor - Incomplete Text Typescript 4/4 |
4 | 2 | 30 | The Quest of Erebor - Text C Holograph 4/8 |
4 | 2 | 31 | The Hunt for the Ring - Version A Holograph 4/7 |
JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-4
Box 2
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4 | 2 | 32 | The Hunt for the Ring - Version B Typescript with Corrections 8/9 |
4 | 2 | 33 | The Hunt for the Ring - Version C Holograph 4/8 |
4 | 2 | 34 | The Hunt for the Ring - Version D Holograph 3/6 |
4 | 2 | 35 | The Hunt for the Ring - Revised Story Holograph 3/4 |
4 | 2 | 36 | The Hunt for the Ring - Time Scheme: Black Riders Holograph 10/18 |
4 | 2 | 37 | The Hunt for the Ring - Concerning Gandolf, Saruman and the Shire Holograph 15/25 |
4 | 2 | 38 | Isolated LOTR Pages, A-H Holograph / Typescript with Corrections 7/11 |
4 | 2 | 39 | Letter from J. R. R. Tolkien to his aunt, Jane Neave, dated November 15, 1961. User photocopy is Series 7, Box 1, Folder 10. December, 2003, Tolkien Archives Fund purchase |
4 | 2 | 40 | Letter from J. R. R. Tolkien to Mrs. Nancy Smith (indexer of The Lord of the Rings), dated December 25, 1963. User photocopy and transcript in Series 7 - Box 1, Folder 10.May, 2002,Tolkien Archives Fund purchase. |
4 | 2 | 41 | Letter from J. R. R. Tolkien to Jean Falconer, January 24, 1965. User photocopy and transcript in Series 7 - Box 1, Folder 10. May, 2009, Tolkien Archives Fund purchase. |
4 | 2 | 42 | Letter from J. R. R. Tolkien to Mrs. Rachael Feichtmeir, dated December 21, 1955. User photocopy and transcript in Series 7 - Box 1, Folder 10.Gift of Ms. Rachael Balyeat, May 2014. |
4 | 2 | 43 | Letter from J. R. R. Tolkien to William B. Ready, dated Whitsunday (June 9), 1957. User photocopy and transcript in Series 7 - Box 1, Folder 10. Tolkien Archives Fund purchase from Mr. Jeff Hardin, 2016. |
4 | 2 | 44 | Letter from J. R. R. Tolkien to Miss Bidwell, October 24, 1955. User photocopy and transcript in Series 7 - Box 1, Folder 10. Tolkien Archives Fund purchase. |
4 | 2 | 45 | Six letters from J. R. R. Tolkien to Sterling E. Lanier and one letter from Edith Tolkien to Sterling E. Lanier, 1965-1973. User photocopies inventoried in Series 7 - Box 1, Folder 10. |
4 | 2 | 46 | Two letters from J. R. R. Tolkien to Jared Lobdell, October 27, 1954 and October 15, 1968; two letters from Christopher Tolkien to Jared Lobdell, April 30, 1969 and March 25, 1972. Acquired from the Estate of Jared Lobdell.User photocopies inventoried in Series 7 - Box 1, Folder 10 |
4 | 2 | 47 | Separated manuscripts for The Lord of the Rings Holograph / Typescript with Corrections 17/25 |