place

Marion E. Wade Center

InklingsLiterary museums in the United StatesMuseums in DuPage County, IllinoisResearch libraries in the United StatesWheaton College (Illinois)

The Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College (Illinois) is a special research collection of papers, books, and manuscripts, primarily relating to seven authors from the United Kingdom: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and George MacDonald, as well as C. S. Lewis's wife, the poet Joy Davidman. The center is named after Marion E. Wade, founder of ServiceMaster Corp. The Wade Center serves primarily as a research center, attracting scholars from around the world. It holds at least one copy of every book written by the Wade authors, plus books, articles, and other materials about the various writers. It holds the world's fullest collection of the writings of Dorothy L. Sayers, including 30,000 pages of letters and documents both published and unpublished. For some of the Wade authors, collections of family documents are also available. The center's museum features memorabilia and changing displays about the authors from its collection of books, letters, manuscripts, and artifacts.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Marion E. Wade Center (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

Marion E. Wade Center
East Forest Avenue,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Marion E. Wade CenterContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 41.8706 ° E -88.1012 °
placeShow on map

Address

Wheaton College

East Forest Avenue
60187
Illinois, United States
mapOpen on Google Maps

Share experience

Nearby Places