Marquette or Wade?

[Stormrider]

It was brought up in last night's chat (and suggested on another thread) that we get a gathering together to go to either Marquette University in Milwaukee to see the Tolkien archives or to Wheaton College to the Wade Center to see the Inkling collection there.

I have been to see both collections. At Marquette, Matt Blessing brought out some of the collection and we looked at it while he turned pages. We were not allowed to touch any of it. It was not the full collection that is archived at Marquette. Here is the thread from the Tolkien Conference and gives location and where to stay information, etc.
tolkiensring.proboards30.com/index.cgi?board=News&action=display&thread=1087992544

There is another thread where we actually describe what we did that day. It may be on the archive MSN forum. I will try to find it and post the link.

Desi and my Wade Center visit information is here:
tolkiensring.proboards30.com/index.cgi?board=News&action=display&thread=1189209810
This is a library/exhibit combination and includes all of the Inklings on display. G.K. Chesterton is there as well as Tolkien and C.S.Lewis.

If anyone is interested in getting a group together for either of these exhibits, please post your desire here.

[Stormrider]

This is the link to the thread from the MSN archive forum on the first trip that Galenas, KryshaEpona, and I took to Marquette to see the transcripts:
groups.msn.com/TolkiensRing/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=23145&LastModified=4675456349577161602 (Be sure to copy the whole link...the last few numbers in black aren't linking up with the rest of it. For some reason this forum only includes so many characters for a link)

[Stormrider]

Well...I was not able to get into our last chat for very long and I know a trip came up as part of the discussion. Did everyone decide in the chat that this would not work out? No one has replied here that they would like to take a trip to either place!

[Fredeghar Wayfarer]

I think it was just something that was tossed out idly, Storm. No definite plans were made one way or the other.

As I recall, you had said that Wheaton College is near me in Chicago? Whether I could get out to see this would depend on me getting time off work and overcoming my general ineptitude with directions and unfamiliar places.

[Stormrider]

Fredegar:

The Wade Center is in Wheaton, IL. Once we got into the general area, it was more like a quaint old neighborhood.

Do you have any friends that have a good sense of direction? I suppose it would be nice if they also had an interest in Tolkien, CS Lewis and other inklings, too.

Anyway, this is a thread to see if there really is any interest by any of our members to make a trip to either of these places. So if anyone is interested, please post here with a preference where you would like to visit. Then if there is an interest we can iron out more details on when we can all make it, etc.

[Desi Baggins]

I would be interested in going to the Wade center again...I might even take my older son, a friend of mine and her two kids..........

[fanuidhol]

I don't know for sure if I can make it to either place, but, if I have the money and the time and the stars are aligned just right...it would be easier and cheaper (I think) for me to go to the Wade Center.
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[Stormrider]

I've added more to my commentary on my link above. I hope that was what I was supposed to do.