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THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Additional Manuscripts Presented by Christopher Tolkien
Third Installment (MSS-3)
Acquired June 7, 1990
COPIES
Note: Documents are arranged in the order in which they were received.
Note: 1/2 denotes 1 sheet / 2 pages; a sheet is the physical item
itself;
a page is a side of a sheet bearing written, printed, or illustrative material.
Copies with numbered pages were made by Christopher Tolkien himself.
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | LEP VI and LEP VI (a), "A Long-expected
Party" Holograph / typescript 29/29 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | AH IV, "Ancient History" Typescript 20/20 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | AH V Typescript 12/12 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | AH VI Typescript with Corrections 37/38 (contains additional pages for textual reconstruction by CRT) |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | AH VII Holograph 7/7 |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | AH VIII Typescript with Corrections 11/11 |
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Box 1
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | AH IX, "Ancient History" Typescript with Corrections 4/4 |
| 3 | 1 | 8 | TC V, "Three is Company" Typescript 12/12 |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | Earendel Lay - Original Texts Holograph 3/6 plus note by CRT |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | Earendel Lay - A Text Holograph 2/2 |
| 3 | 1 | 11 | MM IV - Version B, "Many Meetings" Typescript 16/16 |
| 3 | 1 | 12 | MM V - Version C Typescript with Corrections 8/8 |
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Box 1
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 1 | 13 | MM VI - Version D, "Many Meetings" Typescript with Corrections 3/3 |
| 3 | 1 | 14 | Earendel Lay - Version E Typescript with Corrections 2/3 |
| 3 | 1 | 15 | Earendel Lay - Version F Typescript with Corrections 2/2 |
| 3 | 1 | 16 | Earendel Lay - Version G Holograph 3/3 |
| 3 | 1 | 17 | Earendel Lay - Version H Holograph 2/2 |
| 3 | 1 | 18 | Earendel Lay - Version J Holograph 3/3 |
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Box 1
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 1 | 19 | Earendel Lay - Version K Holograph 1/1 |
| 3 | 1 | 20 | Earendel Lay - Version L Holograph 5/6 |
| 3 | 1 | 21 | MR, "The Muster of Rohan" Holograph 1/2 |
| 3 | 1 | 22 | Plot-Notes J Holograph 3/5 |
| 3 | 1 | 23 | MT I, "Minas Tirith" Holograph / Typescript 11/13 plus note by CRT |
| 3 | 1 | 24 | MT II Holograph 19/35 |
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Box 1
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 1 | 25 | Plot-Notes K Holograph 2/4 |
| 3 | 1 | 26 | BPF I, "The Battle of the Pelennor
Fields" Holograph 2/3 |
| 3 | 1 | 27 | Plot-Notes L Holograph 1/2 |
| 3 | 1 | 28 | The Last Debate - Text IV Typescript 66/66 (contains additional pages for textual reconstruction by CRT) |
| 3 | 1 | 29 | The Last Debate - Text V Holograph 7/8 |
| 3 | 1 | 30 | The Last Debate - Text VI Typescript 4/4 |
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Box 1
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 1 | 31 | The Last Debate - Text VII and VIII Typescript with Corrections 15/15 (contains additional pages for textual reconstruction by CRT) |
| 3 | 1 | 32 | Late Additions (ADDS. 1-10) Holograph 10/17 plus note by CRT |
| 3 | 1 | 33 | Late Additions (ADDS. 11-20) Holograph / Typescript 26/40 |
| 3 | 1 | 34 | Late Additions (ADDS. 21-30) Holograph 11/16 |
| 3 | 1 | 35 | Late Additions (ADDS. 31-40) Holograph 10/17 |
| 3 | 1 | 36 | Late Additions (ADDS. 41-52) Holograph 16/23 |
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Box 2
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | DB I, "The Departure of Boromir" Holograph 1/2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | LL I (b), "Lothlorien" Holograph 1/2 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | HD I, "Helm's Deep" Holograph 23/36 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | RTI I, "The Road to Isengard" Holograph 25/41 plus note by CRT |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | RTI II Holograph 19/33 plus two sketches of Orthanc |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | RTI III Holograph 11/19 |
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Box 2
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | FJ/VS I, "Flotsam and Jetsam / The Voice of
Saruman" Holograph 17/30 |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | FJ/VS II Holograph 23/43 |
| 3 | 2 | 9 | PAL I, "The Palantir" Holograph 9/16 |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | TS I, II, III, IV, "The Taming of
Smeagol" Holograph 29/37 |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | PM I, "The Passage of the Marshes," (and
BGC I - 1 page) Holograph 17/28 plus note by CRT |
| 3 | 2 | 12 | BGC I, "The Black Gate is Closed" Holograph 13/23 |
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Box 2
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 2 | 13 | HSR I, "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit" Holograph 13/22 plus note by CRT |
| 3 | 2 | 14 | WW I, "The Window on the West" Holograph 27/50 plus note by CRT |
| 3 | 2 | 15 | FP, "The Forbidden Pool" Holograph 11/22 plus note by CRT |
| 3 | 2 | 16 | JCR I, "Journey to the Cross-Roads" Holograph 10/19 |
| 3 | 2 | 17 | SCU, SL and CMS, "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol,
Shelob's Lair, The Choices of Master Samwise" Holograph 45/85 plus note by CRT |
| 3 | 2 | 18 | Coversheet and Envelope to W. H. Lewis (Book IV
Typescripts) Holograph |
| 3 | 2 | 19 | The Taming of Smeagol Typescript 14/14 |
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Box 2
| MSS | Box | Folder | Folder Contents |
| 3 | 2 | 20 | The Passage of the Marshes Typescript 12/12 |
| 3 | 2 | 21 | The Black Gate is Closed Typescript 10/10 |
| 3 | 2 | 22 | Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbits Typescript 12/14 |
| 3 | 2 | 23 | Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbits - 2nd Typescript 12/12 |
| 3 | 2 | 24 | Faramir (The Window on the West) / The Forbidden
Pool Typescript 26/26 |
| 3 | 2 | 25 | Journey to the Cross-Roads / The Stairs of Kirith
Ungol / Shelob's Lair Typescript 27/27 |
| 3 | 2 | 26 | The Choices of Master Samwise Typescript 12/12 |
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