Collection on J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis

Collection

Identifier: THR/01/2023.s267

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one photograph, two printed blog articles, two tobacco tins, and a letter from the donor providing context for the items as they relate to J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.

Dates

2021 - 2023

Conditions Governing Use

The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching, and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies.

Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permissions to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio, or video recording.

Biographical / Historical

This collection was assembled and donated by Dr. Joseph M. Kirkland, retired professor of English and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Lamar State College in Orange, who gathered these items out of an interest in pipes and famous individuals who smoke pipes.

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were English professors at Oxford who were both known pipe smokers and wrote literature which often featured characters who smoked pipes.