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The Inklings: Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle
Test Your Knowledge of C.S. LewisTest Your Knowledge of J.R.R. Tolkien







Highlights of the exhibit include:
  • First editions of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings
  • The original three slim volumes of Lewis’s BBC broadcasts during World War II that were published later in one volume as Mere Christianity
  • First editions of Tolkien’s little known children’s stories
  • Original letters from several of the Inklings and their friends; including Charles Williams, Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord David Cecil and Adam Fox
  • Original photographs of Tolkien and Hugo Dyson in Merton College where they were fellows
  • Artifacts associated with Lewis, Tolkien and other Inklings from their colleges
  • Autographed copies of books by many of the Inklings
  • Posters and other ephemera from the movies based on Inklings stories
  • Military badges from the units in which the Inklings served during World War I
  • Artifacts from The Kilns, the home of C. S. Lewis

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This exhibit is presented in cooperation with the Warehouse Theatre and Christ Church Episcopal. The Inklings Collection of Harry Lee Poe with the support of Union University Jackson, Tennessee.

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