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Alzina Stone Dale Collection
Collection — Container: A-39
Identifier: Wade-A-39
Abstract
The Alzina Stone Dale Collection includes materials relating to her work on Dorothy L. Sayers, including the 1993 Sayers Centenary celebration, the Thrones, Dominations book publishing project, the writing of Maker and Craftsman: The Story of Dorothy L. Sayers (a Sayers biography), and a diverse range of correspondence.
Dates:
Created: 1967-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1977-1984, 1993; Other: Date acquired: 10/12/2016
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Anne Ridler Collection
Collection — Container: B-1
Identifier: Wade-B-1
Abstract
The Anne Ridler Collection contains correspondence and other documents relating to the life and work of Anne Ridler, poetess, playwright, and editor. Materials in the collection are primarily focused on Charles Williams.
Dates:
Created: 1937-2011
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Brocard Sewell Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-24
Abstract
This archive contains poems by Cecil Edward Chesterton, letters to Father Brocard Sewell, and the typescript of Sewell's biography of Cecil Chesterton. Cecil Chesterton, the younger brother of G.K. Chesterton, was the editor of The New Witness, author of A History of the United States and The Party System, widely known in political circles, member of the Fabian Society and the Christian Socialist...
Dates:
Created: 1892-1983; Other: Majority of material found in 1972-1975
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Chad Walsh Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-57
Abstract
This archive contains Chad Walsh's personal letters to and from C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman, as well as correspondence between Chad Walsh and others on the subject of the Lewis family. Correspondence relating to Walsh's book, C.S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics (New York: Macmillan, 1949), is also included.
Dates:
Created: 1939-1985; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1963
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Don Giovanni Calabria Collection
Collection — Container: A-71
Identifier: Wade-A-71
Abstract
A selection of various materials relating to Don Giovanni Calabria of Verona, Italy (1873-1954), who corresponded with C.S. Lewis in Latin from 1947 to 1954.
Dates:
Created: 1955-1979
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Donald Swann Collection
Collection
Identifier: Wade-A-50 and A-85
Abstract
The Donald Swann archive includes articles, reviews, publicity items and other materials related to Swann and his works.
Dates:
Created: 1964-2009
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
E.R. Gregory Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wade-A-48 through A-49
Scope and Contents
The Gregory Collection contains manuscripts, proofs, photographs, correspondence and other papers concerned with the book Wilkie Collins by Dorothy L. Sayers, ed. by Dr. Gregory (Toledo: The Friends of the Univ. of Toledo Libraries, 1977). Copyright resides with Dr. Gregory.
Dates:
Created: 1975-1978
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
G.B. Tennyson Papers
Collection — Container: On top of file cabinets
Identifier: Wade-A-101, B-19
Abstract
This archive contains original material by Owen Barfield, correspondence, and photographs from the personal papers of G.B. Tennyson, joint-literary executor for the estate of Owen Barfield.
Dates:
Created: 1918-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1981-2007
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Geoffrey Bles Publishers Archive
Collection — Container: A-114
Identifier: Wade-A-114
Abstract
This archive contains business correspondence and miscellanea relating to Geoffrey Bles, the publisher of various works by C.S. Lewis.
Dates:
Created: 1952-1974
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Glenn Sadler Collection
Collection — Container: B-4
Identifier: Wade-B-4
Abstract
The materials in this archive include publications, correspondence, illustrations, and other items relating to Glenn Sadler's research on the artist, Arthur Hughes (1832-1915), who served as the illustrator for many of George MacDonald's published works. Also included: a set of corrected proofs for Thomas Wingfold, Curate by George MacDonald.
Dates:
Created: 1849-1994; Other: Date acquired: 12/31/1969
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Grevel Lindop Collection
Collection
Identifier: Wade-B-17 through B-18
Abstract
This collection comprises of research materials used by Grevel Lindop while writing his biography of Charles Williams titled Charles Williams: The Third Inkling (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). Lindop provided an inventory of the materials, which is referenced throughout the finding aid to note original file locations.
Dates:
Created: 1848-2015; Other: Date acquired: 03/14/2017
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Greville MacDonald Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-123
Abstract
This archive contains letters and documents relating to Greville Matheson MacDonald (1856-1944), the son of George MacDonald.
Dates:
Created: 1848-1935; Other: Majority of material found in 1910-1935
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
James Burleson Dissertation Research Papers
Collection — Container: A-16
Identifier: Wade-A-16
Abstract
This archive contains James Burleson's correspondence with Ann Bowden, Muriel St. Clare Byrne, Charles Dywer, Marion Fairman, Anthony Fleming, Livia Gollancz, Marjorie Mead, Barbara Reynolds, James Sandoe, and Armitage Watkins regarding his dissertation. Also included are two pages of Burleson's dissertation titled: A Study of the Novels of Dorothy L. Sayers. (Wade Call no.: PR6037.A95 Z6258 1965 Diss.)
Dates:
Created: 1931-1997
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Jeanne Clayton Hunter Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-113a
Abstract
A collection of Barfield correspondence, poems, manuscripts, publications, and other related materials from Professor Jeanne Clayton Hunter.
Dates:
Created: 1920-1998
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Joel D. Heck Collection
Collection — Container: A-54
Identifier: Wade-A-54
Abstract
Correspondence between Joel Heck and students or colleagues of C.S. Lewis in preparation for his book: Irrigating Deserts: C.S. Lewis on Education. Included in the correspondence are the Magdalen tutorial lists from 1926 to 1954, students' lecture notes, an essay, a diary, newspaper clippings concerning Lewis and a brochure about the play Shadowlands.
Dates:
Created: 1942-2003; Other: Majority of material found in 2002-2003
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Joy Davidman Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-109
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence, personal papers, and poetry and prose written by Joy Davidman. A few documents also relate to her first husband Bill Gresham, her sons David and Douglas Gresham, and her second husband C.S. Lewis. These materials are on deposit as an extended loan courtesy of Douglas Gresham.
Dates:
Created: 1926-1964
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Letters to Children Archive
Collection
Identifier: Wade-A-20 through A-22
Abstract
The book Letters to Children, edited by Lyle W. Dorsett and Marjorie Lamp Mead, was published in 1985. It is a collection of some of Lewis' many letters to children over the years, particularly relating to the Narnia Chronicles but also full of personal advice and goodwill. These papers represent Dorsett and Mead's working papers.
Dates:
Created: 1983-1986
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Lindskoog Christianity and Literature Article Archive
Collection — Container: A-45
Identifier: Wade-A-45
Abstract
This archive contains correspondence pertaining to the publication of the article "Some Problems in C.S. Lewis Scholarship" by Kathryn Lindskoog in the journal Christianity and Literature (27:4, Summer 1978). Also included are copies of the article and response letters that were published. Gift of J.H. Timmerman.
Dates:
Created: 1978-1980
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Lois Lang-Sims Papers
Collection — Container: A-43
Identifier: Wade-A-43
Abstract
This archive contains drafts of the book Letters to LaLage: The Letters of Charles Williams to Lois Lang-Sims (Kent: OH: The Kent State University Press, 1989).
Dates:
Created: ca. 1987
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
Mr. Chesterton Comes to Tea Archive
Collection — Container: A-10
Identifier: Wade-A-10
Abstract
This archive contains manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, related correspondence, and other materials concerned with Aidan Mackey's book, Mr. Chesterton Comes to Tea.
Dates:
Created: 1974-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1977-1979
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Raymond Hunt Papers
Collection — Container: On top of file cabinets
Identifier: Wade-A-72 through 74
Abstract
The Raymond Hunt Papers archive contains materials relating to the life and work of Charles Williams, including notebooks of Williams's transcribed lectures, Hunt's personal notes, and a small selection of published materials and correspondence.
Dates:
Created: 1926-1978; Other: Majority of material found in 1932-1947
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
Robert Havard Papers
Collection — Container: B-8
Identifier: Wade-B-8
Abstract
The Robert Havard Papers is a collection of personal and professional papers by and about Dr. Robert Emlyn Havard, personal physician of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and a member of the Inklings.
Dates:
Created: 1923-1974; Other: Majority of material found in 1923-1956; Other: Date acquired: 06/00/1975
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
Ruth Spalding Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-46
Abstract
This archive contains materials from the Spalding family relating to Charles Williams, particularly in the areas of drama, secondary materials about Williams, and the 1961 BBC radio broadcast of “A Portrait of Charles Williams.”
Dates:
Created: 1938-1997
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
Schofield Correspondence Archive
Collection
Identifier: Wade-A-6 through 7
Abstract
This archive is a collection of correspondence from the files of Stephen Schofield, C.S. Lewis scholar and editor of the "Canadian C.S. Lewis Journal." It contains correspondence between Stephen Schofield, Walter Hooper, Clyde S. Kilby, Kathryn Lindskoog, Ruth Pitter, George Sayer, and Sheldon Vanauken. Photocopies of letters by C.S. Lewis to various correspondents are also included, as well as various related materials. Some photographs are included in...
Dates:
Created: 1942-1992; Other: Majority of material found in 1979-1986
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Sheldon Vanauken Collection
Collection
Identifier: Wade-A-34a-b and B-6 through B-7
Abstract
The Sheldon Vanauken Collection contains typescripts and proofs of Vanauken’s books: A Severe Mercy, Gateway to Heaven, and Under the Mercy; along with photographs of awards, photocopies of articles, reviews, and Vanauken's review briefs and letter logs regarding his work. Also included are biographical research materials on Vanauken from Will Vaus, author of Sheldon...
Dates:
Created: 1831-2011; Other: Majority of material found in 1947-1996
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
Stella Aldwinckle Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wade-A-75 through A-84
Abstract
This archive contains personal and professional papers relating to Stella Aldwinckle, the founder of the SocraticClub (which included C.S. Lewis) and member of the Oxford Pastorate staff at Oxford University.
Dates:
Created: 1922-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1970
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 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 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 Quest of the Ring Archive
Collection — Container: A-38
Identifier: Wade-A-38
Abstract
This archive contains memorabilia from a production of an adaptation of The Lord of the Rings for theatre, performed in Cheltenham.
Dates:
Created: 1966-1976
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Warren H. Lewis Letter Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-107 through 108 and 111
Abstract
This archive contains personal letters between Warren H. Lewis (elder brother of C.S. Lewis) and various correspondents.
Dates:
Created: 1908-2008; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1973
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Warren H. Lewis Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-110
Abstract
This archive contains personal papers from Warren H. Lewis, brother of C.S. Lewis, as well as inserts removed from the Boxen manuscripts and the Lewis Family Papers or Memoirs of the Lewis Family (1850-1930). A draft of C.S. Lewis: A Biography edited by Warren Lewis is also included.
Dates:
Created: 1850-1973
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
William Lindsay Gresham Correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-51a
Abstract
This archive contains correspondence to and from William (Bill) Lindsay Gresham. Others involved include C.S. Lewis, Joy Davidman, and Douglas and David Gresham. Also included is correspondence to Marj Mead from Lyle Dorsett concerning the acquisition of the Gresham letters.
Dates:
Created: 1940-1982; Other: Majority of material found in 1950-1960
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
William Lindsay Gresham Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wade-A-86 through A-91
Abstract
This archive contains the personal papers of William Lindsay Gresham including: correspondence, and many of the works and research materials from his writing career.
Dates:
Created: 1913-2009; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1962
Found in:
Marion E. Wade Center
Williams Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Wade-B-2 through B-3 and B-5
Abstract
The Williams Family Papers contain a variety of personal documents, vital records, publications, correspondence, and other materials relating to Charles Williams and his family.
Dates:
Created: 1836-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1920-2000
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
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