 John Donald Wade papers
Collection DescriptionHistorical Note"A noted biographer, essayist, and literary-review editor, John Donald Wade is best remembered for his participation in the Vanderbilt Agrarian movement of the 1930s and especially his contribution to the symposium that was to become that movement's manifesto, I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition (1930). Wade, a Macon County native who spent much of his life in Georgia , was not as prolific as some of his Agrarian colleagues, notably Donald Davidson, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren, and as a result did not attain their fame." - For more information see the article John Donald Wade in the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Scope and ContentThe collection consists of the papers of John Donald Wade during the years 1946-1950. The major part of the collection is correspondence - letters from Wade soliciting manuscripts for the Georgia review, response letters from authors (including Flannery O'Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Sinclair Lewis, and others), letters relating to Wade's horticultural interests, and some personal letters. Also included are clippings, printed material, writings by Wade, and thesis research by Anne Wade Rittenberry. Administrative InformationPreferred CitationJohn Donald Wade papers, ms2945, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Immediate Source of AcquisitionThe John Donald Wade Papers were acquired by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library on December 10, 1996. They were purchased from Anne Wade Rittenberry, daughter of John Donald Wade. Finding Aid PublicationFinding aid prepared on: 2009 May 7. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this RepositoryRelated materials available in the following collections of this repository: John Donald Wade family papers, ms837, John Donald Wade letters, ms626. | ||||||||||||||||||