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Ira Owen Wade Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Wade, Ira O., 1896-1983

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.

Gift of the author.

This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.

The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2007
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Correspondence, 1930-1969. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Mixed correspondence, including a letter to Wade from Albert Camus and Wade's own graduate record at Princeton.

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1 box

Photographs and Photostats, 1914-1950s. 1 box.
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1 box

Typescript of book (unidentified), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Research notes, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Lecture notes, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Works of others, dates not examined. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

(including student papers)

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1 box

Research notes, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Research notes, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Research notes, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Typescript, "The French Enlightenment", dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Books and articles (proofs), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Books and articles (manuscripts), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Book and typescript (copy), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Books and articles (manuscripts), dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

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