The journey to Middle-earth and understanding J. R. R. Tolkien begins inside Marquette University's archives, which has more ...

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Archivist in a Backpack is just part of a three-year, $877,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that supports the community-driven archive projects at SHC.