What is the name of the Tolkien manuscript collection donated to Marquette University?

The manuscript collection donated to Marquette University is called the J.R.R. Tolkien Collection.

The collection contains important Tolkien manuscripts and papers, including material connected with The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and Farmer Giles of Ham. Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, acquired the group in 1957 after Tolkien’s publisher arranged the sale.

Its significance is unusually high because the manuscripts preserve Tolkien’s handwritten drafts, revisions, maps, and illustrations. They allow researchers to study how the published stories changed during composition rather than relying only on the finished books.

The collection is not the same as every Tolkien holding in Oxford or at the Bodleian Library. Several institutions preserve Tolkien materials, but Marquette’s named J.R.R. Tolkien Collection is especially associated with the manuscripts of his major fiction.