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Detection Notes Collection by Dorothy L. Sayers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-115
Abstract
This collection features various documents relating to Sayers's research in the areas of crime and detection, including notes from real criminal trials and detection techniques.
Dates:
Created: 1900-1944
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Dorothy L. Sayers Centenary Archive
Collection — Container: A-33
Identifier: Wade-A-33
Abstract
This archive contains materials relating to the centenary of the birth of Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) in 1993. Items included are schedules and programs from related events as well as newspaper clippings regarding the centenary.
Dates:
Created: 1993
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Dorothy L. Sayers Diary Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-103
Abstract
This collection contains a series of diaries (personal day planners) belonging to Dorothy L. Sayers.
Dates:
Created: 1937-1957
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Dorothy L. Sayers Library Inserts Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-105
Abstract
The items contained within this archive were found between the pages of the books in Dorothy L. Sayers's personal library, and/or annotations from the books.
Dates:
Created: 1916-1997
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Dorothy L. Sayers Notebook Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-68
Abstract
This archive contains 11 notebooks with notes in several languages by Dorothy L. Sayers. A wide variety of topics are covered, but most of the material relates to Dante Alighieri and his works.
Dates:
Created: 1947-1957
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Future of the Jews Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-100
Abstract
This archive contains unpublished contributions by Dorothy L. Sayers for the 1944 symposium on "The Future of the Jews," as well as extensive correspondence and publications relating to the topic.
Dates:
Created: 1941-1951
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
He That Should Come Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-56
Abstract
The He That Should Come archive contains materials relating to the religious play of the same title by Dorothy L. Sayers, including printed copies of the play and correspondence.
Dates:
Created: 1938-1954; Other: Majority of material found in 1938-1939
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Love All and Busman’s Honeymoon Archive
Collection
Identifier: Wade-A-32a-b
Abstract
This archive is a collection of materials relating to the book containing: Love All by Dorothy L. Sayers and Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers and Muriel St. Clare Byrne. Edited by Alzina Stone Dale. (Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 1984). The items in this archive represent some of the resources used by Mrs. Dale as she prepared the two plays for publication.
Dates:
Created: 1935-1984; Other: Majority of material found in 1983-1985
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Religious Illustrated Cards and Booklets Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-67
Abstract
This archive contains correspondence and drafts relating to religious-themed booklets and cards containing text by Dorothy L. Sayers, including: "The Days of Christ's Coming," "The Story of Easter," "The Tale of Adam and Christ," "The Story of Noah's Ark," and "The Enchanted Garden." Commonly known as the "Advent cards," the works were mainly intended as Christmas and Easter cards.
Dates:
Created: 1953-1958; Other: Majority of material found in 1953-1955
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Rosamond Sprague Collection
Collection — Container: A-23
Identifier: Wade-A-23
Abstract
This archive contains materials related to Dorothy L. Sayers, donated by Rosamond Sprague. Contents include materials relating to A Matter of Eternity (a book of selections from Sayers's works, edited by Sprague), general correspondence, and personal papers.
Dates:
Created: 1969-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1973-1976
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Sayers Family Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-104 and A-106
Abstract
This archive contains correspondence, certificates, and other documents and records relating to the family of Dorothy L. Sayers.
Dates:
Created: 1879-1941
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
St. Anne's House Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-70
Abstract
This archive contains materials relating to St. Anne's House, an Anglican organization formed with the goal of bringing the Christian faith into dialogue with aspects of modern culture--with particular emphasis on reaching out to the artistic and intellectual communities of London. Dorothy L. Sayers was an active member of St. Anne's House and a strong supporter of its mission. At her death in December 1957, Sayers's ashes were placed under the tower of St. Anne's in Soho.
Dates:
Created: 1941-1958; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1957
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The Devil to Pay Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-58
Abstract
This archive contains materials for the play The Devil to Pay by Dorothy L. Sayers, including copies of the play, correspondence, production notes, and financial returns.
Dates:
Created: 1938-1946; Other: Majority of material found in 1939
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The Emperor Constantine Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-61
Abstract
The Emperor Constantine archive contains materials relating to the religious play of the same title by Dorothy L. Sayers including: various copies and scripts of the play, some production notes, and related correspondence primarily regarding the Colchester Festival where the play was first performed in 1951.
Dates:
Created: 1949-1952; Other: Majority of material found in 1951-1952
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The Just Vengeance Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-60
Abstract
The Just Vengeance archive contains materials relating to the religious play of the same title by Dorothy L. Sayers including: a script of the play, press cuttings of reviews, and materials relating to the Lichfield Cathedral festival, where the play was first performed in June 1946.
Dates:
Created: 1946-1948; Other: Majority of material found in 1946-1947
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The Man Born to be King Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-59
Abstract
The Man Born to be King archive contains materials relating to the religious play cycle of the same title by Dorothy L. Sayers including: drafts and scripts of the 12 dramas, production notes, correspondence and fan mail, press cuttings, and correspondence between Sayers and Heinz Geck, who translated the play into German.
Dates:
Created: 1940-1953, 2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1944
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The Mind of the Maker Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-62
Abstract
The Mind of the Maker archive contains materials relating to the non-fiction book of the same title by Dorothy L. Sayers, including: early drafts of the book, related correspondence, and a copy of the published work with annotations by Sayers.
Dates:
Created: 1938-1955; Other: Majority of material found in 1941
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The New Cosmology Correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-63
Abstract
This archive contains a single folder of correspondence, mainly fan mail, relating to Dorothy L. Sayers's BBC radio talk, "The New Cosmology."
Dates:
Created: 1950-1951
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The Pantheon Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-66
Abstract
This archive contains correspondence and drafts relating to The Pantheon Papers by Dorothy L. Sayers, a series of satirical sketches on invented saints and celebrations of secular society.
Dates:
Created: 1953-1954
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The Religious Book Club Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-64
Abstract
The Religious Book Club archive contains various materials relating to the club and Sayers's position on the Advisory Committee, including: meeting minutes, agendas, book lists, RBC advertisements, Bulletins, and related correspondence.
Dates:
Created: 1941-1948
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The Religious Drama Society Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-65
Abstract
The Religious Drama Society archive contains various materials relating to the society, including meeting minutes and related correspondence.
Dates:
Created: 1940-1951; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1948
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
The Zeal of Thy House Archive
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-55
Abstract
The Zeal of Thy House archive contains materials relating to the religious play of the same title by Dorothy L. Sayers, including printed copies of the play, correspondence, music, and financial records from when the play was touring in 1938-1939.
Dates:
Created: 1930-2002; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1939
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Undergraduate Notes and Essays Archive by Dorothy L. Sayers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-102
Abstract
This archive contains extensive notes by Dorothy L. Sayers during her undergraduate years at Somerville College, Oxford University (1912-1915), or in the immediate period afterwards with a few pieces from other stages of her life.
Dates:
Created: 1909-1957; Other: Majority of material found in 1912-1916
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
World War II Materials from Dorothy L. Sayers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-99
Abstract
This archive contains materials relating to Dorothy L. Sayers's work during World War II, including her advisory role in the Author's Planning Committee, and correspondence regarding knitting clothes for trawlermen.
Dates:
Created: 1939-1943
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center