Title: Douglas E. Wade Papers, 1925-1991
Collection identifier: 362
Primary Creator: Wade, Douglas E
Extent: 3.4 cubic feet
Subjects: Animals, Archaeology, Conservation of natural resources, Ecology, Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948, North Carolina, Ogle County (Ill.), Wade, Douglas E., 1909-1987, Wisconsin
Forms of Material: Personal papers, Professional papers, Research materials
Douglas E. Wade (1909-1987) was a wildlife conservationist, ecologist, educator, editor, writer, and prairie restorer.
Graduating from Beloit College in 1935, Wade received an M.S. degree in 1940 at the University of Wisconsin, where he studied under Aldo Leopold. Between 1938 and 1963, he was a research specialist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, a wildlife instructor at the University of Missouri, a naturalist in residence at Dartmouth College, and the head of the education division of the Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources. He also edited the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1956-59.
From 1964 until his retirement in 1987, Wade was professor of outdoor education at Northern Illinois University's Lorado Taft Campus. He and his wife were instrumental in founding the Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County, Ill., and their Windrift Prairie Shop and Nursery in Oregon, Ill., specializing in native species.
Animals
Archaeology
Conservation of natural resources
Ecology
Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948
North Carolina
Ogle County (Ill.)
Wade, Douglas E., 1909-1987
Wisconsin
Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Acquisition Source: Dorothy R. Wade donated the collection to the Library in 1990 and 1995. Jane and Dean Shaeffer of Dixon, Ill., and Tanya and Christopher Vernon of Champaign, Ill., facilitated this acquisition.
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/wade.pdf
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