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| '''The Unpublished Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien''' is a project which hopes to record and archive any and all letters written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] which have not been published within ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''.
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| == Individual letters ==
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| *[[Pauline Baynes 4 June 1949|June 4th, 1949 to Pauline Baynes]]
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| *[[Milton Waldman 1951|1951 to Milton Waldman]]
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| *[[Mr(s?) Souch September 1955|September 1955 to Mr(s?) Souch]]
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| *[[Peter Alford 1956-58|1956-58, to Peter Alford]]
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| *[[Mrs. Munby 21 October 1963|October 21, 1963 to Mrs. Munby]]
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| *[[Baronne A. Baeyens 16 December 1963|c. December 16, 1963 to Baronne A. Baeyens]]
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| *[[Nancy Smith Christmas 1963|Christmas 1963 to Nancy Smith]]
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| *[[Gene Wolfe 7 November 1966|November 7, 1966 to Gene Wolfe]]
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| === [[1956]]-[[1958|58]], to Peter Alford ===
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| *'''Comment:''' ''(See [[Sotheby's]])''
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| *'''Authencity''': High
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| *'''Publication:''' None.
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| === [[May 30]]th, [[1964]] to J. Sibley ===
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| *'''Comment:''' A letter from Tolkien to a reader, miss Jane T. Sibley of [[wikipedia:Haddam, Connecticut|Haddam, Connecticut]]. It informs the reader than the [[runes]] in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' are not the same set. Typed on Tolkien's own, preprinted paper (selfadressed to [[76 Sandfield Road]]. Signed and accompanied by a handwritten note suggesting further reading. Copyright by the [[Tolkien Trust]].
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| * '''Authenticity:''' High
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| * '''Publication:''' A photocopy reproduction of the letter was featured on the back of ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'' [[Vinyar Tengwar 6|6]] ([[July]] [[1989]]), and commentaries and a transcription (by Jane T. Sibley) was given on pages 7-8.
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| === [[1967]] to Elise Honeybourne ===
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| [Excerpt:] "Thank you very much indeed for your generous and delightful letter, one of the most warming and comforting that I have received. As I said in the 'Foreword' to the American paperback edition (Ballantine Books), I wrote The Lord of the Rings because I wished 'to try my hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them.' As a guide I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving; and it has been a great pleasure (and a surprise) to find that so many other people have similar feelings. But no one has written me a letter more warm, and few have come near it…."
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| *'''Authencity''': High/Medium
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| *'''Publication:''' None (R&R Enterprises offered the item in their August auction of 2007).
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| *'''Web link:''' [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/Tolkien_Letter_for_sale.php Tolkien Library]
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| === January 29, 1968 to Ken Jackson ===
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| *'''Excerpt:''' "Bag End [was] an old tumbledown manor house at the end of an untidy lane that led nowhere else"
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| *'''Authencity:''' High
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| *'''Publication:''' This small excerpt was published by Colin Duriez in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'', p.455.
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| *'''Web link:''' The excerpt is also found on the online version of the book on [http://books.google.com/ ''GoogleBooks''].
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| === 1969, May 28 to Anthony D. Howlett ===
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| *'''Comment:''' ''(See [[Sotheby's]])''
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| *'''Authencity''': High
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| *'''Publication:''' None.
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| === June 30, 1969 to Mr Paul Bibire ===
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| *'''Comment:''' Provided by [[Christopher Tolkien]] and [[Paul Bibire]] for [[Carl F. Hostetter]]'s introduction to ''[[The rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor]]''.
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| *'''Authencity''': Very High
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| *'''Publication:''' A transcription of the letter is found in ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'' issue [[Vinyar Tengwar|42]], p. 6-7.
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| == Rumours ==
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| === The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (expanded edition) ===
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| On February 2nd, 2004, ''TheOneRing.net'' featured an article on the Tolkien Convention in Brussels. An expanded edition of ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' was promised:
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| "...on the occasion of TFY's presentation on January 19, Marco Respinti and Oronzo Cilli, in the presence of Elisabetta Sgarbi (Editorial Director of Bompiani), spoke of the possibility of a revision of the Italian edition of Tolkien's letters, gathered by his son Christopher and his official biographer, Humprey Carpenter. Bompiani decided to publish a new edition, revised and enlarged, and the Italian Tolkien Society is in contant with an english publisher to have an international version of the book. The volume will be introduced by an essay of Priscilla Tolkien and it will boast contributions by Tolkien experts as Mike Foster, Christopher Garbowski, Brian Rosebury, Andrew McMurry, Paolo Paron, Gianfranco de Turris, Adolfo Morganti, Marco Respinti, Oronzo Cilli, Stefano Giuliano, Jimmy Chavez, Jeroen Van Den Berg, David Beatene and many others. In fact Cilli has managed to obtain from the British Public Record Office the rights to the publication of some documents regarding Tolkien's experience in the First World War. The new edition might include these new documents (never published before in any book) and a short essay on Tolkien and the war."
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| === The Tea Towel Letter ===
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| The web site ''Tolkien Collector's Guide'' has an article (on a rare tea towel) with a reference from a supposedly unpublished letter. The background is that George Allen and Unwin in 1971 commissioned the towel, featuring a map by Pauline Baynes, on the occasion of a celebration. The author of the article says: "[...] it is clear Tolkien was there, since I read in an (unpublished) letter he himself had received such a teatowel at the 'party' or 'meeting' and was very happy with it."
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| *'''External link:''' [http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=Tea+Towel ''Tea Towel'']
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| == Known hoaxes ==
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| === The Letters, Part II ===
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| Throughout the early issues of ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'', there was reference to "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien part II", but it was revealed to be a hoax.
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| == External links ==
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| *[http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/Mss/JRRT/mss-jrrt-s-7.html ''Marquette University collection of Tolkien letters'']
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| [[Category:Unpublished material]]
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