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Marion E. Wade Center

A living literary center of scholarly, artistic, and ongoing spiritual renewal

Learn More about the Wade
Visit the Wade Center

Explore our museum, reading room, and gardens

Plan Your Visit
Learn from C.S. Lewis and the Authors who Influenced Him

J.R.R. Tolkien, G.K. Chesterton, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, Owen Barfield, and Charles Williams

Meet our Authors
Enjoy our Events Programming

Regular programming includes the Hansen Lectureship, spiritual formation lectures, events relating to the imagination and the arts, and more

Attend an Event
Explore our Collections

The Wade’s collections house materials by or about the seven authors and include books, letters, manuscripts, articles, and more

Use the Kilby Reading Room
Douglas and Merrie Gresham

A Word from the Gresham Family

10 September 2024
Re: Douglas Gresham, stepson of C.S. Lewis

Please pray for Douglas, his wife Merrie, his children and grandchildren. Douglas has been struck down with rapidly progressing frontotemporal dementia and is now showing the early stages of Parkinson's disease. He is being cared for in his home by his wife and eldest son, James.

Douglas's sons are endeavouring to pick up the reins where their father has left off.

Blessings,
Merrie Gresham

Photo of Douglas and Merrie Gresham,
courtesy of the Gresham family

Our Purpose

The Marion E. Wade Center promotes cultural engagement and spiritual formation by offering a collection of resources available nowhere else in the world. We emphasize the ongoing relevance of seven British Christian authors who provide a distinctive blend of intellect, imagination, and faith: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, G.K. Chesterton, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, Owen Barfield, and Charles Williams. The Wade Center implements these goals by assisting scholars in their study of unique materials by and about these seven authors in order to generate new understandings, sharing insights with a broader audience through our numerous programs and publications, supporting artistic works inspired by our authors, and welcoming visitors to our museum.

Connect with the Wade Center

By Mail:
Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College, 501 College Ave., Wheaton, IL 60187
See "Plan Your Visit" page for street address.