Eä Tolkien Society Meeting Notes for July 2020

by Hawke — published Jul 18, 2020 11:20 AM, last modified Jul 29, 2020 02:30 PM

Meeting notes from our monthly Eä Tolkien Society Meeting. Many thanks to Brian Huseland our society secretary for the notes. See you at next month's meeting!

Tolkien Society July 18, 2020 Meeting

NOTES

1. Welcome by Hawke

2. Read notes from June; discussion

a. July 4 Tolkien Seminar

b. Tolkien Book cover illustration

c. LOTR Prime Update

3. TolkienMoot postponed to September 19 because of GenCon involvement

4. Next meeting Tolkien Society August 15—back on track to the 3rd
Saturday of each month.

5. Finished discussing notes (1 hour)

6. Discuss the Rise and Fall of Numenor

7. Three Excerpts from Tolkien and the Silmarillion, by Clyde S. Kilby*

8. Discussion of the Houses of Men and the Houses of Elves, and the
case of the Druedain/Woses

9. Letter of Tolkien 175, read by Anthony

10. Letter of Tolkien 176, read by Corey

11. Letter of Tolkien 177, read by Hawke

12. Conclusion… meeting next month August 15

*Clyde S. Kilby was a professor at Wheaton College in Illinois, and helped
create the Wade Center, which has a large number of Tolkien and Lewis
memorabilia and resources.