As far as I am aware, the first time when the 'clothing' idea appears is in the Annals of Aman:
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Originally Posted by Notes on the side of paragraph 28
"Note that 'spouse' meant only an 'association'. The Valar had no bodies, but could assume shapes. After the coming of the Eldar they most often used shapes of 'human' form, though taller (not gigantic) and more magnificent".
At the same time the passage concerning the Valarindi, the Children of the Valar, at the end of $4 was struck out (as it was also on the top copy), since this note is a most definitive statement that any such conception was out of the question.
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Concerning the dating of AAm, Chris says that:
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The work undoubtedly belongs with the large development and recasting of the Matter of the Elder Days that my father undertook when The Lord of the Rings was finished
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Regarding Tolkien's essay on thought transmission, Osanwe kenta, Chris says that:"there seems to be no reason to doubt that it belongs to 1959-60" - after the publishing of LotR.