The Bodleian started collecting Tolkien ephemera in 1973, but the foundation of the Tolkien archives at the Library was the Tolkien family's generous 1979 donation of lectures and short stories by J.R.R. Tolkien. Many additional accessions of J.R.R. Tolkien papers, and papers of the Tolkien family, have been added to the holdings right up to the present day. You can contact the archive at tolkien.archives@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
