John W. Wade Collection
Dates
- Creation: 1947 - 1994
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Biographical / Historical
John Webster Wade was born to Sarah Webster and John William Wade in Little Rock, Arkansas on March 2, 1911. He received his BA and JD from the University of Mississippi and his LLM and SJD from Harvard University. He served as a second lieutenant in the Marines during World War II and then taught law at the University of Mississippi. In 1947, he joined the faculty of the Vanderbilt Law School, and he became Dean of the Law School in 1952. He integrated the Law School in the 1950s, making it the first private law school in the South to integrate. Wade served as Dean of the Law School until 1972. He died in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 24, 1994.
Full Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 Paige box)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Finding Aid for the John W. Wade Collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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