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At this year's German Tolkien Society meeting, one of our members, a university professor and recognized Tolkien scholar, told us about the application process through which he went to be able to research the Tolkien materials in the Bodleian. Even those books and papers which are available for "public viewing" are limited, and there are more that aren't even listed in the catalogue, though the knowledgable may at least hear of their existence. (He wasn't allowed to see them.)
So if you'd like to study in the Tolkien section, you must have an official reason and the scholarly background to be entitled to access the materials - plus time for a lengthy permission process.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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