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