J R R Tolkien Collection - Marquette University Libraries

This appears to be an excellent conference with an impressive group of speakers. For those who cannot travel, it is possible to attend on Zoom!

A talented filmmaker named Andrew C***s decided to make a short documentary about the Fandom Oral History project, our effort to archive brief testimonials from Tolkien fans. The piece will be released on YouTube on Hobbit Day. Here is a trailer.

The Muster at Marquette | Official Trailer Releasing September 22 (Hobbit Day!), The Muster at Marquette is a short documentary on the Tolkien Fandom Oral History Project: a quest to preserve 6,000 vo...

Christopher Tolkien is being celebrated this weekend with a wonderful online centenary conference hosted by the Tolkien Society. It is free to attend! If you want to learn about Marquette’s relationship with Christopher—including many details never shared before—be sure to tune in at 3:30PM (EST) on Saturday!

Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce it will be hosting the online Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November 2024. This November marks 100 years since the birth of Christopher…

The 10th éored of fans has mustered and the dataset has been updated. Up to 1,200 now!

Tolkien Fandom Oral Histories Éoreds 1-10 This data set consists of the text of recorded sound interviews collected by Marquette Archives staff from fans of English author J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), along with information describing the interviewees (e.g. Age, Gender, Location). Each fan was given up to three minutes total to respond to th...