The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien refers to the unpublished diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien. The manuscripts are part of the Tolkien Papers at the Bodleian Library, a collection which is only open to researchers working under the auspices of the Tolkien Estate.
Humphrey Carpenter was given access to the writings and quoted several passages in his work J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, noting that Tolkien used the diaries "chiefly as a record of sorrow and distress, and when ... his gloom dissipated he ceased to keep up the diary entries". Permission to research the diaries was also granted to Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull for their preparation of The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (a work which also includes several quotes from the diaries).
January 1913: Tolkien starts keeping a diary (entitled "JRRT and EMB in account together, AMDG") of how many hours he works and, in red ink, his performance of religious duties.
1926: [As part of a summary of events of 1925, Tolkien writes:] "The Tale of 'Roverandom', written to amuse John (and myself as it grew) got done."
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