Guest author Isaac Copeland is a graduate student at Catholic University in the Department of History and Anthropology. In 1978, five years after the death of renowned author and scholar J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Theodore Meyer took the podium to recount his memories of his famous friend, sketch the life of the famous author, and donate Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: Elvish Script or Atrocious Scrawling? Deciphering the Handwriting of Tolkien Friend and Scholar, R. T. Meyer
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The Archivist’s Nook: Robert T. Meyer – “Bespectacled Linguist” and Friend of J.R.R. Tolkien
Robert Theodore Meyer was born August 6, 1911, third-generation in a lineage of farmers, in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. He grew up working on the farm milking animals, taking care of the garden, eating cherry tomatoes, and rising well before the sun. Some of Meyer’s earliest memories recall his “one-room red school house”, which Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: “The Road Goes On” – The Making of the Tolkien Exhibit
Every year, on the week of the 22nd day of September, the passionate community of J.R.R. Tolkien’s enthusiasts gather together all around the world to pay tribute to the creator of Middle-earth. This date wasn’t selected arbitrarily. On September 22nd, Bilbo and Frodo famously celebrate their concurrent birthday in the first chapter of The Lord Read More
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