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DR. RICHARD E. BLACKWELDER COLLECTION PRELIMINARY INVENTORY

The Richard E. Blackwelder Collection has not been fully processed. The objective of this preliminary inventory is to provide interested patrons with a basic understanding of the secondary sources that Blackwelder collected about the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien. An author- and subject-index to the collection is available within the the archives. Richard Blackwelder also contributed numerous editions and printings of Tolkien's work to the Department of Special Collections. These volumes, including Blackwelder's own writing (Tolkien Phraseology (1990), A Tolkien Thesaurus (1990), and Tolkien Portraiture (1993)) have been cataloged in MARQCAT, Marquette Libraries' electronic catalog.

The collection is organized in old binders of different shapes and sizes. They are organized by theme and within each binder are arranged in alphabetical order with the author of the piece being the reference used to classify the entries.

Collection	Binder
RE	J.R.R. Tolkien
RE	Biography; 3 binders
RE	Portraiture; 5 binders
RE	Photographs and Sketches
RE	Pictures
RE	Interviews
RE	Awards
RE	Obituaries
RE	Books and Scholarship A. Primary Literature
RE	The Hobbit
RE	The Fellowship of the Rings
RE	The Two Towers
RE	The Return of the King
RE	Tolkien

Collection	Binder
RE	Books and Scholarship A. Primary Literature (continued)
RE	Proverbs
RE	Sketches
RE	Letters
RE	Letters to [Humphrey] Carpenter
RE	Verses
RE	Books and Scholarship B. Secondary Literature and Bibliographies
RE	Alphabetical Authors; 34 binders
RE	Foreign; 2 binders
RE	Philology
RE	Richard E. Blackwelder, Essays
RE	Anthology
RE	Taum J.R. Santowski Letters
RE	Literary Indexes
RE	Dissertations

Collection	Binder
RE	Books and Scholarship B. Secondary Literature and Bibliographies (continued)
RE	Poems [by others about Middle-earth]
RE	Verse
RE	Sketches [by others]; 8 binders
RE	Methods-reference works
RE	Teaching materials
RE	Bibliography
RE	Maps
RE	Elvish; 2 binders
RE	Genealogy
RE	Books and Scholarship C. Publication Matters (continued)
RE	Translations
RE	Sets
RE	Publishers
RE	Books [announcements]
RE	Ace Editions
RE	Best Sellers
RE	Book Stores
RE	Book Advertisements; 2 binders
RE	Book Clubs
RE	Quotes from Reviews; 3 binders

Collection	Binder
RE	Fandom A. Media
RE	Radio and Television
RE	Cinema
RE	Tapes
RE	Fandom B. People
RE	Aides, 2 binders [ for persona creation]
RE	Contributors
RE	Translators
RE	Fandom C. Miscellaneous
RE	Archives [On the historical evolution of the Marquette Archives' Collection.]
RE	Southern Branch [Description of the collection at Dr. Blackwelder's home before it came to Marquette.]
RE	Collections
RE	Artwork [List of artists and occurrences of artwork. Little actual artwork is filed here]
RE	Fandom articles; 3 binders [List of articles about fandom and fans in fanzines and general press.]
RE	Auctions
RE	Calendars [List of existing calendars by year.]
RE	Events, 2 binders [First binder 1970-1986, second 1986- ]

Collection	Binder
RE	Fandom C. Miscellaneous (continued)
RE	Games
RE	Puzzles [Quizes, crosswords, riddles...]
RE	Dramatizations [puppets]
RE	Middle-earth names, 2 binders [used by fans and businesses]
RE	Originals [Parodies, Songs, Recipes, Stories...]
RE	Firsts [initial encounters with Tolkien's works]
RE	Music
RE	Objects [Philately, Buttons, Sculpture, Miniatures, Dolls, Clothing, Jewelry, Stationary, Trading Cards]
RE	Organizations
RE	Exhibits
RE	Serials, 4 binders [List of fanzines]
RE	How to...[instructions, kits on making Middle-earth objects]
RE	Miscellaneous
RE	Guide to the Blackwelder Collection
RE	Editions of Tolkien's works collected by Richard E. Blackwelder

DR. RICHARD E. BLACKWELDER COLLECTION PRELIMINARY INVENTORY

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