Browne Popular Culture Library

Marie Wakefield Star Trek Memorabilia Collection

Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope & Contents | Series Description | Inventory

Biographical Sketch

Wakefield became interested in Star Trek at an early age. She bought her first Star Trek paperback at the age of fourteen and has been seriously collecting Star Trek memorabilia since 1969. Her collecting activity decreased while living overseas from 1987-1995. Wakefield decided to donate her collection to Bowling Green State University after realizing she had to go overseas again in April of 1998. She retired to Newport, OR in September 2010.