Call Number:

C0374

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

13 boxes

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ira Owen Wade Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1914-1969 (inclusive)

Creator:

Wade, Ira O., 1896-1983

Form:

Correspondence., Manuscripts., Photographs., and Dissertations.

Abstract:

Ira Owen Wade (Princeton Class of 1924) was a professor of French in Princeton's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. His collection consists of typescript of his writings on Voltaire, professional correspondence, research notes, and some student work.

Ira Owen Wade (Princeton Class of 1924) was a professor of French in Princeton's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

The collection consists of works, correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous material of Wade (Princeton Class of 1924, professor of French). The collection contains typescripts, carbons, and galley proofs of four books -- Studies in Voltaire (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1947), Voltaire's Micromegas (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1950), Voltaire and Candide (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1959), Intellectual Origins of the French Enlightenment (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971) -- as well as articles, reports to Princeton's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and lecture notes. The bulk of the correspondence is professional, including a letter by Albert Camus, but there is some personal correspondence as well. There are also photographs of Wade and others, research notes in English and French, and photostats of miscellaneous material. In addition, the collection contains some undergraduate papers, graduate dissertations, and papers sent to Wade by former students requesting critical comments.

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.