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Dorsett, Lyle W. -- Archives.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

And God Came In / A Love Observed Archive

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-26 through A-28
Abstract This archive contains the materials related to the book "And God Came In" by Lyle W. Dorsett (New York:MacMillan and Co. 1983.), republished as "A Love Observed" (Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers. 1998).  Dr. Dorsett donated his materials from the research and writing of the book to the Wade Center in 1990. The book is a biography of Joy Davidman Lewis. Joy was married twice, first to Bill Gresham, an American writer and magazine editor with whom she had two sons (Douglas and David...
Dates: Created: 1915-1994; Other: Majority of material found in 1915-1960

Letters to Children Archive

 Collection — Multiple Containers
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

Seeking the Secret Place Archive

 Collection — Box 1: Series Series 1
Identifier: Wade-A-52
Abstract

This archive contains the materials related to the book Seeking the Secret Place: The Spiritual Formation of C.S. Lewis by Lyle W. Dorsett (Brazos Press, 2004).

Dates: Created: 1898-2004; Other: Majority of material found in 1980-2004