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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

JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-3 COPIES
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

JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-3 COPIES
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

JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-3 COPIES
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

JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-3 COPIES
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

JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-3 COPIES
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

JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-3 COPIES
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

JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-3 COPIES
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

JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-3 COPIES
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
3/3

3 2 19 The Taming of Smeagol
Typescript
14/14

JRR Tolkien Collection
MSS-3 COPIES
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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