The fund is endowed by Blackwelder's estate. Among the acquisitions funded by this bequest is the Grace E. Funk Tolkien/Fantasy Fiction Collection of 2,376 books, articles, films, documentary videos, photocopied articles and newspaper clippings. The Tolkien Archives Fund also contributed financial assistance to the Marquette University Tolkien Conference (October 21–23, 2004) ""The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004": Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder". The proceedings of the conference were published in 2006. Blackwelder's most important entomological works are  His other significant works include:    From the Smithsonian Institution Archives