Another one bites the dust....

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

Um, the Hilary biography wasn't published, which is sort of the point here.

Libraries:

At Marquette, which purchased the Hobbit, LR, Farmer Giles and Mr Bliss papers from JRRT, anyone can go there and view the microfiche copies to their heart's content; to handle the originals requires giving the staff a Very Good Reason (and usually being an "Accredited Scholar") but this naturally has to do with minimizing wear and damage to the rather fragile old documents and is no different from the policy at most any other archive.

To have *photocopies* of the documents made, however, one has to get the Estate's prior specific permission.

Black and white ogre country was published. That apparently contained letters used without permission or acknowledgement.

And I was never suggesting it was open house at the Bodley. You need lots of id and accreditation toget a readers ticket and to make a solemn declaration that you won't set fire to the place.. idea hadn't occured til they suggested it...rather like the 10 commandments...