Celebrating Tolkien's 50 Years at Marquette
Posted by Urulókë on Jun 12, 2007 (1482 views)
On June 7,2007 Raynor Memorial Libraries celebrated the 50th anniversary of the acquisition by cataloging the 1,000th item in the secondary collection.
But also: on June 7, 1957 professor J. R. R. Tolkien delivered the manuscripts for three books--The Hobbit, Farmer Giles of Ham, and Mr. Bliss--to a London antiquarian book dealer who had purchased the author's collection for Marquette University.
On October 4, 2007, 4:00 p.m. there will be a conference by John D. Rateliff as part of the 50th anniversary celebration: "'A Kind of Elvish Craft': Tolkien as Literary Craftsman", at Raynor Library's Conference Center.
"More than 10,000 pages of J. R. R. Tolkien's manuscripts naturally form the intellectual heart of the Marquette collection," explained archivist Matt Blessing, "but the secondary collection offers scholars, especially students, the tools to dig deep into Tolkien studies."
Link to the full story:
http://www.marquett e.edu/library/ information/ news/2007/ Tolkien.html
But also: on June 7, 1957 professor J. R. R. Tolkien delivered the manuscripts for three books--The Hobbit, Farmer Giles of Ham, and Mr. Bliss--to a London antiquarian book dealer who had purchased the author's collection for Marquette University.
On October 4, 2007, 4:00 p.m. there will be a conference by John D. Rateliff as part of the 50th anniversary celebration: "'A Kind of Elvish Craft': Tolkien as Literary Craftsman", at Raynor Library's Conference Center.
"More than 10,000 pages of J. R. R. Tolkien's manuscripts naturally form the intellectual heart of the Marquette collection," explained archivist Matt Blessing, "but the secondary collection offers scholars, especially students, the tools to dig deep into Tolkien studies."
Link to the full story:
http://www.marquett e.edu/library/ information/ news/2007/ Tolkien.html
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