Saturday, October 19, 2002
Wade Center Exhibit Report! - Xoanon @ 13:56 PST
Ringer Spy Erynuin sent this report in, but between reporting on the SE screening in LA and making our plans for TORONTO...things have been hectic around here as of late. Take a look at this amazing report from the Wade Center exhibit in heaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.

From my brief examination of your website it would seem that no one has yet sent in anything on the topic of the Wade Center exhibit. The center, on the campus of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, houses a display on Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, and a small number of like authors. Among the items of interest are Tolkien's desk, the original art piece of the lightening Hobbit cover, and Lewis' inspiring wardrobe. I was able to visit the exhibit while visiting friends, and have attached photos of some of the display. There are descriptions of each of each below.

01--The Tolkien section of a wall displaying info on the various authors featured there.

02--The desk upon which Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and formulated some of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

03--The accompanying letter from Tolkien, displayed below the desktop glass.

04--The wardrobe owned by C. S. Lewis, after which he literarilly fashioned the wardrobe in his Chronicles of Narnia.

05--A display case featuring a picture of Tolkien and the original art that became the cover of The Hobbit.

06--A closer look at artwork for The Hobbit.
07--A corner dedicated to the LOTR trilogy.
08--A closer look at the LOTR corner.
09--A closer look at the LOTR corner.
10--A closer look at the LOTR corner.
11--A closer look at the LOTR corner.
12--A closer look at the LOTR corner...note the Galadriel doll.

13--A bust of Lewis adorns his desk.
14--The other side of Tolkien's desk.
16--The outside of the Wade Center