Wheaton College (Illinois)

==Library and collections==
The library, named after college trustee Robert E. Nicholas, opened in January 1952. In 1975 Buswell Memorial Library, named for the college's third president J. Oliver Buswell, Jr., was built adjacent to the Nicholas Library, and an interior corridor linked the two, creating the college's main library. The building also contains the Peter Stam Music Library, located downstairs and named in honor of the Conservatory of Music's first head, Peter Stam. Buswell Memorial Library's physical collections contain over one million items, making Buswell the largest library collection of liberal arts colleges in  Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.wheaton.edu/welcome|title=Welcome New Students! - Buswell Library|access-date=July 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804042938/http://library.wheaton.edu/welcome|archive-date=August 4, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
In September 2001, the [[Marion E. Wade Center]], formerly housed in Buswell Library, moved to its new purpose-built home. Established in 1965 by professor of English Clyde S. Kilby, the Wade Center is an extensive research library and museum of the books and papers of seven British writers: [[C. S. Lewis]], [[G. K. Chesterton]], [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], [[Owen Barfield]], [[Dorothy L. Sayers]], [[George MacDonald]], and [[Charles Williams (UK writer)|Charles Williams]]. The Wade Center has memorabilia of the [[Inklings]], including C. S. Lewis's writing desk and a [[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|wardrobe]] from his childhood home constructed by his grandfather, widely thought to have inspired the Chronicles of Narnia series (although [[Westmont College]] also owns a wardrobe that once belonged to Lewis), [[Charles Williams (British writer)|Charles Williams]]'s bookcases, [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s writing desk where he wrote the entirety of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and worked on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', and [[Pauline Baynes]]'s original map of [[Narnia (world)|Narnia]].<ref>[http://www.wheaton.edu/learnres/wade/ "Marion E. Wade Center"<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206030323/http://www.wheaton.edu/learnres/wade/ |date=February 6, 2006 }}. Wheaton College.</ref>

Buswell Library's special collections also include the archived correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photos, and other papers of [[Madeleine L'Engle]], the [[Newbery Medal]]-winning author of ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]''. With items dating as early as 1919, the collection is composed largely of material sent to the college by L'Engle, supplemented with books and other supporting materials. The collection is the most comprehensive research center for L'Engle's work.<ref>[http://www.wheaton.edu/learnres/ARCSC/collects/sc03/content.htm "About the Collection{{spaced ndash}} Madeleine L'Engle"]. Wheaton College.</ref>