Mamie L. Speas Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0410

Dates

  • 1969

Language of Materials

English

Biographical/ Scope and Content Note

This small collection is made up of a photocopy of one two-page letter dated April 21, 1969 from Mamie L. Speas to Morton B. Howell, Jr. concerning attendance at a Vanderbilt Reunion in 1969 of the Class of 1939. Enclosed with her letter are two of her poems “Symbols of Salem” and “Soldier Boy” ( 1945 ) part of her Trilogy of War Poems.

Mamie Spears graduated in 1920 from the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was a resident of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She attended Vanderbilt for one year.

Extent

.01 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Physical Location

Special Collections & Archives

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid for the Mamie L. Speas Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Molly Dohrmann
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections Repository

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/specialcollections/
Contact:
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
419 21st Avenue South
Nashville TN 37203 United States

 

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