LOTR was my first fandom and the first one I discovered online.

Back around 2002, there was a ton of stuff available, and even some Hobbit bookverse stuff. As you know, the entire fandom really took off because of the Jackson movies of LOTR.

The main archive I know about from those days is Henneth Annun.

ithiliana and msilverstar have been around this fandom for at least ten years and probably have links to other resources too.