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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This archive contains unpublished contributions by Dorothy L. Sayers for the 1944 symposium on "The Future of the Jews," as well as extensive correspondence and publications relating to the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
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
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 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
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