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Originally Posted by Galin
Many of the manuscripts and typescripts for Tolkien's Silmarillion are included in HME of course, so I assume you mean that nothing of the original documents of anything within these twelve volumes (including the drafts for The Lord of the Rings), are available to anyone.
Not even as copies (noting WCH's comments about Marquette)?
Is Christopher Tolkien's personal history of the Silmarillion at the Bodleian Library? Sorry for the side topic, but just wondering.
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Galin, I was told that the original documents/manuscripts are not open to scholarly purview. I have a question about the dating of a change that cannot be answered specificially by anything in HoMe.
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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
This review indicates that the contents also include letters. I have pmed the link to the post made on behalf of the estate in another place.
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Since I have
Black & White Ogre Country on my desk beside me, I can clarify this.
It is copyrighted Chris Tolkien, 2009, Hilary's grandson (I believe), who found the materials.
Contents listed as Acknowledgements, Introduction, Bumble Del, Black & White Witches, Other Stories, Glossary, A Brief Biography of Hilary Tolkien, A Letter from Ronald.
The book of course includes drawings and illustrations by Jef Murray, which add greatly to the charm and delight of the stories, as noted on the cover and title page. There are also reproductions of some family photographs and a photo-reproduction of a small part of a letter that Tolkien's father Arthur wrote to his father. It's not very decipherable because the writing on the reverse side shows through but I can make out "Arthur". Hilary's autograph is reproduced as is one of his paintings. And, finally, there is a photo-reproduction of a short passage of a hand written letter, not all of which I can decipher; I believe it is part of one of Hilary's letter to Humphrey Carpenter.
The extracts from a letter that Ronald wrote to Hilary in 1971 are two short paragraphs, the first one comprised of three sentences, the second of five sentences. The book ends with a quotation from a letter that Christopher Tolkien wrote to his cousin Gabriel on the death of Hilary. It is one sentence, two independent clauses joined by a semi-colon.
I bought my copy from Jef Murray.