Speer Family papers M72 Finding aid prepared by Christina Wagner, Melissa Torquato.

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1 M72 Finding aid prepared by Christina Wagner, Melissa Torquato. Last updated on July 17, ` Bryn Mawr College June 1, 2011

2 Table of Contents Summary Information...3 Biography/History...4 Scope and Contents... 6 Administrative Information... 9 Controlled Access Headings...10 Collection Inventory Genealogical and Biographical material Papers of Robert Elliott Speer...14 Papers of Emma Bailey Speer...24 Papers of Margaret Bailey Speer Papers of Elliott Speer...39 Papers of William Speer...42 Miscellaneous material Satterthwaite supplement Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Bryn Mawr College Creator Speer Family Title Speer Family papers Call number M72 Date [bulk] Date [inclusive] Extent 39 linear feet Language English Abstract The Speer Family papers represent four generations of that family, with the bulk of material attributed to the last two generations, especially Robert Elliott Speer and his wife and three of his five children: Emma Bailey, Elliott, Margaret Bailey, and William Speer. The family was active in the Presbyterian Church, serving that institution in a variety of different capacities. The children, in addition to their religious roles, held prominent positions in academic administration. The family?s papers primarily consist of the personal papers of the family, although they also contain the professional correspondence of Emma Bailey and Margaret Bailey Speer, both Bryn Mawr College alumnae. This collection, which dates from 1802 to 1982, contains letters, diaries, speeches, publications, awards, and photographs, although the vast majority of the material is the letters between family members. - Page 3 -

4 Cite as: Speer Family papers, Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library. Biography/History The Speer Family papers cover four generations of the family, although the bulk of the material focuses on the last two, specifically on Robert Elliott and Emma Bailey Speer and their children. The papers begin, chronologically, with Robert Speer, an Irish immigrant and grandfather to Robert Elliott Speer. His son, Robert Milton Speer, was a Pennsylvania lawyer, politician, and Robert Elliott Speer?s father. The papers of Robert Elliott Speer, a well-known Presbyterian missionary of the early twentieth century, are the main connection between the different series; his brothers William McMurtrie Speer and Victor Speer, both journalists, have their own individual series. Robert Elliott?s wife, Emma Bailey Speer, attended Bryn Mawr College, associated with the class of 1894, and was the long-time president of the Young Women?s Christian Association (YWCA). Robert Elliott and Emma Bailey?s children?margaret Bailey Speer, Bryn Mawr College class of 1922, missionary, and school administrator, and Elliott and William Speer, also both school administrators?are represented as well. The papers of Robert Elliott and Emma Bailey Speer?s nuclear family make up the bulk of the collection. Robert Elliott Speer ( ) was the second of five children born to Robert Milton Speer and Martha Ellen McMurtrie Speer in Huntington, Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Robert Speer ( ), immigrated to America from Ireland in 1822, became a U.S. citizen and eventually postmaster of Huntingdon. His father, Robert Milton Speer ( ), was a Pennsylvania-based attorney and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives twice, in 1871 and Robert Elliott Speer spent two years at Phillips Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, after which he entered Princeton University, in While at Princeton, Speer met and was deeply influenced by Dwight L. Moody, and thus he decided on a career of missionary service after his graduation in Speer spent the year following graduation visiting colleges as a spokesman for the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. In the fall of 1890, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary but left in his second year to become Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., a position he was to hold for over 46 years. Robert Elliott Speer was a world leader in the ecumenical Protestant missionary movement during the first half of the 20th century, when the movement reached its climax. His duties as secretary took him on many trips to the Far East and to South America, as well as on innumerable shorter trips throughout the U.S. He was also prominent in other organizations, and held positions as President of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America ( ) and Moderator of the General Assembly of - Page 4 -

5 the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1927). Although he retired in 1937, he continued to travel, and lectured widely until his death in Robert Elliott Speer?s brothers are also represented in the collection: William McMurtrie Speer ( ) was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and was educated at Yale and Albany Law School. He began his career in journalism while still in college, writing for "The News of New Haven." Eventually, he became the managing editor of this paper. He also wrote for the Albany, New York papers "The Sun," as a political and legislative correspondent and "The Star," as a city editor. Later, he was on the editorial board of several other papers. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1892, and last served as a special United States Attorney General, investigating profiteering in coal. He married Margaret Howard Post in Victor Speer ( ) was a newspaperman, writer, and poet. He struggled during his time at Andover, but found success later in life as a reporter on "The Buffalo Express" during the Pan-American Expansion. He served on the Arizona frontier in the Army. When Mayor J.N. Adam was elected in Buffalo, New York, Victor was selected to serve as his secretary. He died suddenly from rheumatism of the heart while in this capacity, leaving a wife but no children. Emma (Doll) Bailey Speer ( ) was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Charles Lukens Bailey and Emma Harriet Doll. After attending Miss Stevens School in Philadelphia, she entered Bryn Mawr College in 1890, leaving after her sophomore year in 1892 to return home, where she spent a year before her marriage. She married Robert Elliott Speer in 1893, and together they had five children, born between 1898 and Throughout her lifetime, she was closely associated with the Young Women?s Christian Association (YWCA), serving that organization in a variety of capacities. After becoming President of the National Board in 1915, she promoted the YWCA?s involvement in emergency war relief work, and championed the cause of great numbers of young women workers who were then moving into the cities. Under her leadership, more residences were opened, and programs of recreation and practical education were given additional support. Emma Bailey Speer?s active interests included the missionary movement, the suffrage movement, as well as new movements for international peace and sex education. Named honorary president of the National Board of the YWCA after her retirement in 1932, she continued to serve the YWCA with great distinction for many years. Elliott Speer ( ) was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the oldest child of Robert Elliott and Emma Bailey Speer. He graduated from Princeton University in 1921, served for a year in World War I with the YMCA, and studied at the Theological College of the United Free Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. After working as chaplain, head of the Bible Department, and trustee at several American educational institutions, he returned to Edinburgh to complete graduate work in theology. Afterwards, in 1932, he was appointed headmaster of Mt. Hermon and Northfield Schools, in Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts. He was murdered in his home there in 1934, leaving his wife, Holly, and three small daughters. Margaret Bailey Speer ( ) was also born in Englewood, the second child of Robert Elliott and Emma Bailey Speer. After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1922, she traveled throughout the United States with Maude Royan, a British preacher, pacifist, and suffragist, serving as her secretary and companion. She spent the academic year of teaching English literature at Sweet Briar College, - Page 5 -

6 and the next year, , as a warden at Bryn Mawr. In the late summer of 1925, she sailed for China as a missionary under the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. to be a teacher at Yenching University in Peking. Her first assignment was teacher of English in the Women? s College. She later served as acting and then full dean of the Women?s College. Detained and interned by the Japanese at the outbreak of war in 1941, she was repatriated to the United States in late She accepted the position of Headmistress of the Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1944, and remained there until her retirement in Following her retirement, she remained active in a number of local civic organizations, including a position as Chairman and founding member of the Lower Merion Human Relations Council. Margaret Speer lived for a number of years with Augusta Wagner, who she met while abroad in China. William Speer ( ) attended the Hotchkiss School and Princeton. Upon graduating in 1933, he entered secondary education, teaching English. In 1941, he moved into academic administration, serving as assistant to the headmaster of the Gilman School, although he postponed his career to join the Navy. Upon his return, he held various administrative positions at Rutgers University, the Loomis School and Harvard, until he was appointed associate dean of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in In 1956, he became MIT?s first associate dean for counseling. William was married to Elizabeth Lester (Betty). The immediate Speer family also included Constance (Pat) Sophea Speer ( ), who attended Bryn Mawr, class of 1929 (graduated in 1930), married Robert F. Barbour, and moved to England, and Eleanor Speer ( ), who died at age three. The collection also includes a small sampling of letters from Margaret Howard Speer Satterthwaite, William McMurtrie Speer?s daughter and Robert Elliott Speer?s niece. Scope and Contents The Speer Family papers contain, principally, the personal papers of Robert Elliott Speer and his immediate family members: his wife, Emma Bailey Speer, and his children, Margaret Bailey Speer, Elliott Speer, and William Speer. Also included in the collection are smaller groups of material from William McMurtrie Speer and Victor Speer, Robert Elliott?s brothers, Robert Milton Speer, Robert Elliott?s father, and Robert Speer, Robert Elliott?s grandfather. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence between family members, but there are also diaries, account books, copies of speeches and addresses, and family photographs. Robert Elliott Speer was a prolific letter writer, and so his papers contain thousands of examples. His letters to his wife, Emma, number approximately Although these letters primarily address his daily activities, they are also a record of his observations on events and men. He describes his travels and events he participated in, speeches made at conferences and assemblies, the books he was reading and writing, the people he was meeting, and the larger themes of politics and religion. His letters show a remarkable perception of foreign cultures, with their problems and possibilities. - Page 6 -

7 Robert Elliott?s letters to his daughter, Margaret, deal primarily with family matters. However, subsequent to her departure for China in August 1925, his letters occasionally provide information on China and the China missions for which he was responsible. These letters number approximately 360, dated from September 1925 to July As in his letters to Emma, Robert Elliott?s letters to his daughter give an informal impression of events also described in his administrative reports. While these two sets of letters are the bulk of the Robert Elliott Speer material in the collection, there are also numerous letters to all of his family, including his parents, siblings, other children, aunts, uncles, and cousins, as well as several published pamphlets, tributes and memorials, and financial information. The series also includes Robert Elliott?s personal writings, as seen in his "Memorial of Elliott Speer," an account of his oldest son?s life after his murder; the?deacon? volumes, a collection of letters and Robert Elliott?s reflections on his encounters with his friend and mentee, Deacon; and the?eleanor? diary, the daily reflections by both Robert Elliott and Emma Bailey Speer on the death of their 3-year-old, with later additions after Elliott?s murder. Robert Elliott Speer?s professional papers, plus additional personal correspondence, may be found at the Princeton Theological Seminary Special Collections. The papers of Emma Bailey Speer contain correspondence with her parents and other family members, talks and speeches, devotional material, diaries, and a large sampling of incoming letters from notable people, ranging from Herbert Hoover to M. Carey Thomas, which primarily address Emma Bailey? s professional goals as president of the YWCA. Letters sent from her time at Bryn Mawr College are notable for their descriptions of student life in the late 1800?s. The bulk of her letters, however, are correspondence with Robert Elliott over the course of their lives together; together, their letters number close to In Emma?s letters, she mostly spoke of daily life: the children?s activities, domestic crises, visits by friends, and her participation in the YWCA and other organizations. Additionally, she comments on politics, books she is reading, and cultural events she has attended. The papers of Margaret Bailey Speer range from her time as a student at Bryn Mawr, to her missionary work in China, to her speeches and correspondence as the Shipley School headmistress, to her humanitarian work on the Main Line following her retirement. Her papers are largely personal, except for the Shipley era material, which takes on a decidedly professional tone. There are approximately 120 letters from her time at Bryn Mawr, which paint a fascinating picture of life at the school during the early 1920?s: M. Carey Thomas, professors, student activities, classmates, and scholarly work are all discussed in detail. Her letters from China provide insight into the country at the time. They describe her roles in the country, the volatile political climate on the eve of World War II, and the impact of those tensions and events on the students and the University. She also discusses her visitors, the struggle to keep the Women?s College independent, and the relationship of life at Yenching and the larger missionary movement. She provides, towards the end of her China letters, much insight into the situation?behind enemy lines,? expressing the frustration of trying to communicate her well-being to those at home. Margaret Bailey Speer?s Shipley papers are more professional: they mostly consist of her speeches to the students, parents, and alumnae (at the time, the school was all-girls), as well as an assortment of letters to various important figures, such as poet Marianne Moore, Bryn Mawr class of 1909, and Adlai Stevenson, asking them to visit and speak at the school. A folder of letters sent on her retirement and one of remembrances collected for Trina Vaux?s book, "Recollections of Margaret Bailey Speer," speaks to her formidable presence at the school, and the esteem in which the students and faculty held her. - Page 7 -

8 The papers of Elliott Speer are representative of his short but productive life. They include letters to his parents through his years at Phillips, Princeton, and the University of Edinburgh, and show that he controlled his parent?s affairs while they were travelling abroad. They include day-to-day accounts of his family life while in Edinburgh and wartime diaries from his time spent with the YMCA during World War I. His papers from his time at Mount Hermon indicate that he was a controversial figure among the school board?s older members: in 1929, the Chairman of the Board, William R. Moody, son of the school?s founder and Robert Elliott Speer?s early mentor Dwight L. Moody, resigned in protest over Elliott?s liberal philosophies towards the running of the school. However, the Speer and Moody families resolved their differences, and the plethora of tributes following Elliott?s untimely murder five years later indicate he was a very popular leader. The Elliott Speer Series is organized in two different ways: the first section is arranged in chronological sequence, the second is as Robert Elliott Speer grouped the material in preparation for his book "Memorial of Elliott Speer" (see Box 18a). The William Speer Series is primarily comprised of letters between William and his parents, from his time at Hotchkiss through the Princeton years and into his life in academia. These mostly detail daily events?his letters to his brother Elliott present some of his anxieties regarding finding a job after graduation. This series also includes letters from William?s wife, Elizabeth (Betty) to her in-laws, Robert Elliott and Emma, as well as some of Robert Elliott and Emma Bailey Speer?s correspondence with their daughter Constance (Pat). The collection also includes the papers of Robert Speer (Robert Elliott?s grandfather) and Robert Milton Speer (Robert Elliott Speer?s father). Robert Speer?s papers include letters from his cousin in Ireland, to his wife and children, and to his mother in Ireland. He writes to his mother twice from Trough-Creek, Huntington Co., Pennsylvania, in 1833 and 1835, and details his experiences as an immigrant in America. Robert Speer?s papers also include business documents and official papers, including land deeds for Huntington Co., Pennsylvania, his citizenship papers (1829), Masonic Lodge credentials, and postmaster credentials. Robert Milton Speer?s papers are divided into two sections: four boxes of correspondence, primarily with his children, in the main part of the collection, and two boxes of professional materials and of letters to his wife, Martha Ellen McMurtrie Speer in a supplement. The first section contains letters that briefly record his time in politics, as a lawyer and local politician in Pennsylvania and as a U.S. Representative from 1871 to Within the political correspondence are two letters from Civil War soldiers near Harrison? s Landing, Virginia, and at camp near Nicholasville, Kentucky. However, this section primarily includes material related to his children, especially his daughter Mary and son Victor. There are a few folders of letters from his wife, Martha Ellen McMurtrie Speer. The supplementary section of the Robert Milton Speer papers greatly expands on these letters, by adding several more folders of correspondence with his wife and information on his life prior to marriage and on his engagement. This section also greatly adds to the professional material, by including folders pertaining to Robert Milton Speer?s public actions in both law and politics. This supplement, called the Satterthwaite Supplement after its benefactor, also contains material from Robert Milton Speer?s two other sons, William McMurtrie and Victor, as well as a few letters from William McMurtrie?s daughter, Margaret Howard Speer Satterthwaite to her uncle, Robert Elliott Speer, and to other family members. - Page 8 -

9 William McMurtrie Speer?s letters are primarily to his father, chronicling his time at The Hill School, Yale, and later, at his different positions as a journalist. They also contain letters to and from his mother and siblings, as well as many other relatives, such as his grandparents, cousins, in-laws, and eventually, his daughter. A larger collection of his papers (including correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, contracts, legal briefs, patents, music scores, cartoons, technical drawings, account books, blueprints, photographs, clippings, proofs, scrapbooks, and materials) is available in the William McMurtrie papers at the Columbia University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library (MS #1183) Victor Speer?s papers include letters to his father and brothers William and Robert Elliott, as well as detailed reports of his academic and disciplinary problems while at Andover. They also include his writings and poems. The material covering Victor?s early death is plentiful, and indicates that Victor was a successful, well-liked man despite his early issues. There is a very small collection of letters from Margaret Howard Speer, William McMurtrie?s daughter and Robert Elliott?s niece. These letters are directed primarily to her uncle and his wife, although there are also letters to Robert Elliott?s aunt, Clara, and sister, Mary. Miscellaneous items in the collection include Robert Elliott Speer?s annotated Bible, published pamphlets, various speeches, and awards. Administrative Information Bryn Mawr College June 1, 2011 Finding aid prepared by Christina Wagner, Melissa Torquato. Access Restrictions This collection is open for research. Use Restrictions The Speer Family papers are the physical property of the Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Gift of Margaret Bailey Speer, Constance Speer Barbour, and William Speer, December Additional gift by Ann and Sheafe Satterthwaite, Page 9 -

10 Controlled Access Headings Form/Genre(s) Correspondence. Diaries. Speeches. Yearbooks. Geographic Name(s) Beijing (China) Bergen County (N.J.) Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Huntingdon County (Pa.) Lakeville (Conn.) Northfield (Mass.) Persia Princeton Region (N.J.) Occupation(s) Academia. Charitable organizations. Journalism. Law. Missionaries. Personal Name(s) Bailey, Charles Lukens, Bailey, Emma Harriet Doll, Barbour, Constance Speer, Cratty, Mabel, Dodge, Grace H. (Grace Hoadley), Eliot, Charles William, Page 10 -

11 Fosdick, Harry Emerson, Hawkes, Sarah Belknap Sherwood, Hoover, Herbert, McMurtrie, Clara, Moody, Paul D. (Paul Dwight), b Moody, William R. (William Revell), Moore, Marianne, Morrow, Elizabeth Cutter, Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), Rosenberg, Anna M., Royden, Maude, Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall, d Russell, Edith Finch, Skinner, Cornelia Otis, Smith, Jessie Willcox, Speer, Charlotte (Holly), Speer, E.S. (Edward Stewart), Speer, Elizabeth Lester, Speer, Elliott, Speer, Emma Bailey, Speer, Margaret Bailey, Speer, Martha Ellen McMurtrie, Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), Speer, Robert Milton, Speer, Robert, Speer, Victor, Speer, William McMurtrie, Speer, William, Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), Tarbell, Ida, Thomas, M. Carey (Martha Carey), Wagner, Augusta, Subject(s) Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Bryn Mawr College-- Alumni and alumnae. China--History--20th Century. China--History--Republic, Chinese students. College teachers--china--correspondence. Education--United States. Education. - Page 11 -

12 Hotchkiss School. Missionaries--China--Correspondence. Missionaries--China. Missions, American. Murder--Massachusetts. Northfield Schools. Pennsylvania--Politics and government Phillips Academy. Preparatory schools--united States. Presbyterian Church in the USA. Princeton Theological Seminary. Princeton University. Private schools--pennsylvania. Repatriation--United States. School management and organization--united States. Schools--Pennsylvania. Shipley School (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) Sino-Japanese conflict, Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions. Undergraduates--United States. United States--Politics and government Universities and Colleges--China. Women college students--china. Women in charitable work. Women--Education--China. Women--Education--Pennsylvania. Women--Societies and clubs. World War II. World War, War work--young Men's Christian Associations. Yale University. Yanjing da xue. Young Women's Christian Association. - Page 12 -

13 Genealogical and Biographical material Collection Inventory Genealogical and Biographical material. 2 Boxes. Genealogical Material. 1 Box. Box 1. Genealogical charts of the Speer and Bailey families. 1 Folder. Material written re: Speer family genealogy. 1 Folder. Bailey Family Genealogy. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous letters and biographical notes relating to the Speer family. 1 Folder. Robert Elliott Speer to/from Robert B. Louden (cousin) re: family genealogy. 1 Folder. Correspondence, pamphlets, biographical materials (originally in scrapbook compiled by Robert Elliott Speer). 2 Folders. "Family Record" of Speer Family. 1 Item (Bound volume). "Chronological Record"-- notes by Robert Elliott Speer re: memories, travels, important dates, etc. 1 Item (Bound volume). "Recollections of My Father" and "Reminiscences" by Robert Elliott Speer. 1 Folder. Biographical Material. 1 Box. Box 2. - Page 13 -

14 Papers of Robert Elliott Speer Biographical information on Robert Milton Speer, Robert Elliott Speer, and Emma Bailey Speer. 1 Folder. Memorial tributes and Memorial service booklets--robert Elliott Speer. 1 Folder. Memorial tributes to Robert Elliott Speer. 2 Folders. Memorial service booklets-- Robert Elliott Speer. 2 Folders. Memorial tributes to Emma Bailey Speer. 2 Folders. Clippings re: Robert Elliott Speer. 1 Folder. Papers of Robert Elliott Speer. 18 Boxes. Robert Speer ( ). 1 Box. Box 3. Bound volume containing land deeds and letters. 1 Item (Volume contains: deeds from 1802 and 1826 in Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania, letters from cousin John Martin in Ireland, letters to mother, letters to wife and children, bills of sale, receipts). Bound volume containing miscellaneous papers. 1 Item (Volume contains: citizenship papers, Masonic Lodge membership, postmaster credentials, correspondence relating to postmaster appointment, letters to wife, business correspondence, letters from son, George W. Speer). Robert Milton Speer ( ). 4 Boxes. Box 4. Letters from political and legal associates, Folders (54 letters). - Page 14 -

15 Robert Milton Speer ( ) Civil War Letters, Folder (Two letters from soldiers to Speer regarding progress of war, Pennsylvania politics, government ethics). Letters from Martha Ellen McMurtrie Speer, Folders (8 letters). Letters written to Robert Milton Speer re: wife's death, Folder (15 letters). Certificates of Robert Milton Speer's election to Congress, Folder. Robert Milton Speer's will. 1 Folder. Box 5: Correspondence with his children. Robert Milton Speer's letters to/from sons, Folder. Victor Speer to Robert Milton Speer, Folder. Victor Speer-- Poems, Folder. Victor Speer-- Essays. 1 Folder. Letters to Robert Milton and Robert Elliott Speer on Victor Speer's death. 1 Folder. Charles William Eliot to Victor Speer. 1 Folder. Margaret Agnes Speer to Robert Milton Speer, Folder. Box 6: Mary Cowen Speer to Robert Milton Speer Folder Folder Folder. - Page 15 -

16 Robert Elliott Speer ( ) Folder Folder Folder. Box 6a. Robert Milton Speer's receipts, including children's tuition bills and academic reports. 1 Folder. "Contents of Yellow Envelope"-- children's tution and academic reports. 1 Folder. Additional tuition bills and grade reports. 1 Folder. Legal receipts (?). 1 Folder. Assorted receipts for goods, services rendered, etc. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous receipts, bills, clippings. 1 Folder. Transcriptions of Robert Milton Speer's 1857 and 1858 diaries by Robert Elliott Speer. 1 Folder. Line-a-day diaries, Items (1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884). Robert Elliott Speer ( ). 13 Boxes. Box 7. Bound volume of letters to Robert Milton Speer from Andover days, Item (approximately 180 pages). Bound volume of letters to Robert Milton Speer from Andover days., Item (approximately 120 pages). - Page 16 -

17 Robert Elliott Speer ( ) Bound volume of letters to Robert Elliott Speer from Robert Milton Speer, his sister Mary, his brother William, and letters from Robert Elliott Speer to his mother, future wife Emma, her parents (Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lukens Bailey), Item. Account books of entire adult life, Items ( ; ; ). United States passports. 2 Items (1924 and 1939). Miscellaneous letters and lecture notes. 1 Folder. Financial papers re: estate of Robert Elliott Speer (1949) and Certificate of Devise (1951). 1 Folder. Box 8: Incoming Letters to Robert Elliott Speer. From Clara and Edward Stewart McMurtrie (also, Arthur McMurtrie to Robert Elliott Speer, Clara to Emma Bailey Speer), Folder (26 letters). Miscellaneous letters. 1 Folder. From the Speer children. 1 Folder. From Elliott Speer, Folder (3 letters). From William Speer, Folder (12 letters). From friends re: death of Elliott Speer. 1 Folder (2 letters). Scrapbook containing letters from friends and colleagues, memorabilia of William Speer, advertisments, bills, drawings, prayers, report cards, articles by Emma Bailey and Margaret Bailey Speer re: Robert Elliott Speer, honorary degrees. 1 Item. Box 9: Outgoing letters of Robert Elliott Speer. Miscellaneous letters to various family members., Folder (21 letters). - Page 17 -

18 Robert Elliott Speer ( ) To Clara McMurtrie, Folder (86 letters). To Clara McMurtrie, Folder (75 letters). To Edward Stewart McMurtrie, (Bulk, ). 1 Folder (67 letters). To various family members while traveling, Folder (20 letters). Miscellaneous letters and cables about Robert Elliott Speer's illness in Persia, Folder. To Elliott Speer, Folder (28 letters). To Elliott Speer, Folder (40 letters). To Elliott Speer, Folder. To Elliott Speer, Folder. To Constance Speer, Folder (54 letters). To William Speer, Folder (45 letters). To Bob (nephew), Folder. "Letters to RES". 1 Item (Bound volume). Box 10: Letters of Robert Elliott Speer to Margaret Bailey Speer. 23 Jan Oct Folder (37 letters). 30 Sept Oct Folder (52 letters). 23 Oct Apr Folder (35 letters). 10 Sept Jan Folder (19 letters). - Page 18 -

19 Robert Elliott Speer ( ) 6 June Apr Folder (16 letters). 5 June Apr Folder (35 letters). 4 May Nov Folder (42 letters). 5 Jan July Folder (23 letters). 21 Aug Jan Folder (25 letters). 29 Jan Nov Folder (25 letters). 6 Dec May Folder (23 letters). 8 June July Folder (35 letters). 1 Nov Jan Folder (8 letters) Folder Folder. To Margaret Bailey Speer--carbon copies. 2 Folders. Box 11: Letters of Robert Elliott Speer to Emma Bailey Speer. 4 Dec Apr Folder (35 letters). 28 Apr June Folder (36 letters). 8 June July Folder (24 letters). 26 July Sept Folder (23 letters). 10 Sept Oct Folder (24 letters). - Page 19 -

20 Robert Elliott Speer ( ) Box 12: Letters of Robert Elliott Speer to Emma Bailey Speer continued. 8 Oct Nov Folder (35 letters). 18 Nov Dec Folder (25 letters). 20 Dec Jan Folder (39 letters). 1 Feb Feb Folder. Box 13: Letters of Robert Elliott Speer to Emma Bailey Speer continued. 1 Mar Mar Folder (27 letters). 3 Apr Apr Folder (13 letters). 15 Jan Sept Folder (51 letters). 8 Jan Oct Folder (61 letters). 1 July Oct Folder (35 letters). 19 June Oct Folder (16 letters). 23 May Dec Folder (49 letters). Box 14: Letters of Robert Elliott Speer to Emma Bailey Speer continued. 1 Mar Dec Folder (46 letters). 13 Jan Nov Folder (58 letters). 11 Jan Dec Folder (18 letters). 6 May July Folder (7 letters, plus cables and itinerary). - Page 20 -

21 Robert Elliott Speer ( ) 9 July Oct Folder (13 letters). 5 Jan Jan Folder (16 letters, plus cables). 14 Jan Nov Folder (45 letters). 12 Jan Nov Folder (16 letters). 21 Jan Dec Folder (38 letters). 1 Jan Oct Folder (32 letters). 12 Apr Sept Folder (33 letters). 8 Sept Dec Folder (47 letters). Box 15: Letters of Robert Elliott Speer to Emma Bailey Speer continued. 17 Jan Dec Folder (41 letters). 7 Jan May Folder (53 letters). 3 Aug Sept Folder (22 letters). 6 Oct May Folder (22 letters). 14 Sept Dec Folder (26 letters). 7 Feb Dec Folder (46 letters). 12 Jan June Folder (38 letters). 2 Oct Nov Folder (56 letters). 5 Jan Nov Folder (56 letters). - Page 21 -

22 Robert Elliott Speer ( ) 6 Jan Oct Folder (47 letters). 15 Jan Dec Folder (47 letters). Box 16: Letters of Robert Elliott Speer to Emma Bailey Speer continued. 21 Jan June Folder (50 letters). 23 June Nov Folder (53 letters). 18 Feb Dec Folder (62 letters). 20 Jan Oct Folder (77 letters). 21 Jan Nov Folder (56 letters). 3 Mar Aug Folder (51 letters). 8 Mar Dec Folder (73 letters). 4 Feb Nov Folder (66 letters). Box 17: Letters of Robert Elliott Speer to Emma Bailey Speer continued. 28 Jan Nov Folder (34 letters). 28 Feb Nov Folder (25 letters). 19 Feb Nov Folder (30 letters). 11 Feb Dec Folder (56 letters). 20 Jan Nov Folder (70 letters). 7 Jan Apr Folder (56 letters). - Page 22 -

23 Robert Elliott Speer ( ) 24 Apr Dec Folder (57 letters). 8 Jan Apr Folder (66 letters). 17 May Nov Folder (50 letters). 4 Dec Oct Folder (54 letters). Box year line-a-day diaries, Items. Medallion from the Ulster-Irish Society of New York, Item. Typed lists of books in Robert Elliott Speer's personal library and records of their dispersal after his death. 1 Folder. Pamphlets published by Robert Elliott Speer, Folder (1) "The Liberalistic Temper," Valedictory Oration from Princeton, 19 June ) "Ring in the New," ) "'Re-thinking Missions' Examined," ) "A Foreign Missionary Appraisal," 1 Jan ) "One Century Past, Another to Come," ) "What Consitutes a Missionary Call," ) "The Fellowship of the Spirit," Easter/ Pentacost ) "Not Against One Another but Together," Baccalaureate Sermon, The Hill School, 8 June ) "Basic Problems Challenging Foreign Missions," published posthumorously, ) "The Spiritual Resources of Christian Higher Education" 11) "A Frank Talk about Gambling and Betting" 12) "Some Changing and Unchanging Things in Foreign Missions" 13) "What the Church May Expect of its Schools and Colleges" 14) "The Christian Gentleman" 15) "Are Foreign Missions Done For?" 16) "Returning Jerusalem to Jesus" 17) "What Shall I Do After the War" 18) "Christian Tithing, a Privilege" ). Box 18a. "Memorial of Elliott Speer". 2 Items (Bound volumes). "Memorial of Elliott Speer". 2 Items (Manuscripts). - Page 23 -

24 Papers of Emma Bailey Speer Letters to Margaret Bailey Speer, Constance Speer Barbour, and Robert F. Barbour (in China and England, respectively) from Robert Elliott Speer, re: Elliott Speer's murder, Folder (3 letters, plus copies). "Deacon," vols. 1 and 2. 2 Items (Bound volumes). Material correspondence. 2 Folders. "Eleanor"-- reflections by RES and EBS on death of their child Eleanor, later additions on death of oldest son Elliott. 3 Items (Bound volume, plus 2 enlargements). Personal Bible of Robert Elliott Speer, annotated. 1 Item. Map of tramps. 2 Items (2 copies). "Random Personal Recollections". 1 Item (Bound volume). "Childhood-Boyhood". 1 Item (Bound volume of letters). "Letters of my Father and Mother, and some from Will, Mary, and some to them", Item (Bound volume). Robert Elliott Speer's notes. 1 Folder. Papers of Emma Bailey Speer. 16 Boxes. Emma Bailey Speer ( ). 16 Boxes. Box 19: Records of the Doll Family. Old family papers, including promissory notes, land deeds, receipts, hymns. 1 Folder. - Page 24 -

25 Emma Bailey Speer ( ) Letters to Sarah Elder Doll on the death of her husband, Gilbert Martin McCauley (Emma Bailey Speer's aunt and uncle), Folder (17 letters). Miscellaneous letters to Emma Bailey Speer from Bailey relatives and clippings of family events, Folder (12 letters, plus clippings). Letters to Emma Bailey and Robert Elliott Speer, and to Emma Harriet Bailey (EBS' mother) from her father, Charles Lukens Bailey, Folder (6 letters). Letters from Emma Harriet Bailey to Emma Bailey Speer, from Sarah McAllister Elder (EBS' grandmother) to Emma Harriet Bailey, from friends to Emma Bailey Speer, and from M.L. Hayes to Robert Elliott Speer's mother., Folder (37 letters). Letters from Emma Bailey Speer to her parents, sister Fay, Folder (16 letters). Memorial tributes to Charles Lukens Bailey and Emma Harriet Bailey, 1909, Folder. Clippings re: Charles Lukens Bailey. 1 Folder. Box 20. Undated devotional materials authored by Emma Bailey Speer. 3 Folders. Talks and speeches, Folder. Miscellaneous notes, prayers, travel writings, and memorials of college friends. 1 Folder. Box Box. Diaries, Items (1) 1 Jan July ) 18 Feb June ) 1 July Aug ) 3 Jan Dec ) 1 Jan Nov ) 1 Jan Dec ) 1 Jan Dec ) & 10) ) 1959). Address books. 2 Items. - Page 25 -

26 Emma Bailey Speer ( ) Commonplace books. 2 Items. Birthday book. 1 Item. U.S. passports. 3 Items (1926, 1929, 1949). Day book. 1 Item. Marriage announcement: Robert Elliott Speer to Emma Doll Bailey. 2 Items. Box 22: Incoming letters to Emma Bailey Speer. From Herbert Hoover, 1920, Folder (4 letters). From John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Folder (4 letters). From Elizabeth Cutter Morrow (Mrs. Dwight Morrow), Folder (5 letters). From Robert Sherwood, Folder (1 letter). From Ida Tarbell, Folder (1 letter). From Alys Pearsall Smith Russell, Folder (1 letter). From Grace Dodge and Mabel Cratty, 1910, 1919, Folder (3 letters). From Jessie Willcox Smith, Folder (1 letter). From M. Carey Thomas, Folder (2 letters). Miscellaneous letters from close friends and relatives, Folders. From Helen W. Coleman, Folder (15 letters). From the Princeton Theological Seminary, Folder. - Page 26 -

27 Emma Bailey Speer ( ) From Housatonic Regional High School, Folder. Box 23. Letters to Emma Bailey Speer re: engagement to Robert Elliott Speer, Folder (22 letters). To Florence E. Smith, Folder (14 letters). To Sarah Belknap "Belle" Sherwood Hawkes, Folder (NOTE: Hawkes' papers can be found at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois). From missionaries in Persia, Folder. To Emma Bailey Speer, re: Robert Elliott Speer in Persia, Folder (9 letters ). To Emma Bailey Speer re: election to the presidency of the YWCA, Folder (28 letters). To Miss Lambart re: Emma Bailey Speer's resignation from the presidency of the YWCA, Folder (41 letters). Box 24. Miscellaneous letters to Emma Bailey Speer, Folders (approximately 40 letters). To Emma Bailey Speer on Robert Elliott Speer's death, Folder (46 letters). To Emma Bailey Speer, thanking her for gift of Robert Elliott Speer's "Five Minutes a Day", Folders. To Emma Bailey Speer re: death of Michu Kawali, Bryn Mawr 1904 and Japanese graduate. 1 Folder. Box 25: Outgoing letters of Emma Bailey Speer. - Page 27 -

28 Emma Bailey Speer ( ) To parents, Mary Cowen Speer re: Robert Elliott Speer's sickness in Persia, Folder (12 letters ). To Margaret Bailey Speer, Folder (25 letters). To Margaret Bailey Speer, Folder (39 letters). To Elliott, Constance (Pat), and William Speer, Folder (15 letters). To Mrs. A.H.F. Barbour, Folder (11 letters). To Mrs. John J. Egan, Folder (14 letters). YWCA correspondence, Folder (9 letters). Box 26: Letters of Emma Bailey Speer to Robert Elliott Speer. Emma Bailey Speer to Robert Elliott Speer-- undated. 4 Folders Folder (49 letters) Folder (30 letters) Folder (26 letters) Folder (29 letters). Box 27: Letters of Emma Bailey Speer to Robert Elliott Speer continued Folder (35 letters) Folder (33 letters) Folder (31 letters) Folder (28 letters). - Page 28 -

29 Emma Bailey Speer ( ) Folder (12 letters). Box 28: Letters of Emma Bailey Speer to Robert Elliott Speer continued Folder (54 letters) Folder (36 letters) Folder (26 letters) Folder (20 letters) Folder (12 letters) Folder (25 letters). Box 29: Letters of Emma Bailey Speer to Robert Elliott Speer continued. 7 July June Folder (21 letters). 5 July Sept Folder (13 letters). 8 Sept Dec Folder (24 letters). 8 May July Folder (17 letters). 29 Sept Jan Folder (16 letters). 20 Jan Sept Folder (20 letters). 31 Mar May Folder (21 letters). Box 30: Letters of Emma Bailey Speer to Robert Elliott Speer continued. 4 June Oct Folder (19 letters). - Page 29 -

30 Emma Bailey Speer ( ) 15 Feb Nov Folder (25 letters). 9 Mar Oct Folder (24 letters). 11 Apr May Folder (20 letters). 10 May July Folder (27 letters). 18 July Sept Folder (18 letters). 10 Sept Sept Folder (21 letters). 1 Oct Sept Folder (20 letters) Folder (9 letters). Box 31: Letters of Emma Bailey Speer to Robert Elliott Speer continued. 21 Feb Sept Folder (22 letters). 2 Oct 1921-Sept Folder (19 letters ). 21 Feb Nov Folder (22 letters). 1 Sept Oct Folder (26 letters). 20 Apr Oct Folder (16 letters). 4 May July Folder (29 letters). 14 Aug July Folder (31 letters). 18 Aug May Folder (26 letters). Box 32: Letters of Emma Bailey Speer to Robert Elliott Speer continued. - Page 30 -

31 Emma Bailey Speer ( ) 14 June Dec Folder (28 letters). 21 Jan May Folder (32 letters). 3 June Aug Folder (14 letters). 25 Mar July Folder (22 letters). 2 Aug July Folder (27 letters). 6 Aug Dec Folder (23 letters). 28 Jan 1937-Nov Folder (21 letters). Box 33: Letters of Emma Bailey Speer to Robert Elliott Speer continued. 23 Apr Feb Folder (33 letters). 22 Feb Dec Folder (30 letters). 20 Jan Mar Folder (25 letters). 20 June Jan Folder (35 letters). 1 Feb June Folder (32 letters). 23 Aug Dec Folder (39 letters). 1 Jan Feb Folder (36 letters). 1 Mar Dec Folder (33 letters). 22 Feb Aug Folder (38 letters). 16 Jan Mar Folder (25 letters). - Page 31 -

32 Papers of Margaret Bailey Speer Box 34. Smith Alumnae Quarterly, announcing honorary degree. 1 Item. Housatonic Valley Regional High School Award of Merit. 1 Item. Bryn Mawr College Alumni Bulletin- Distinguished Service. 5 Items (5 copies). Bryn Mawr College Distinguished Service award. 1 Item. Miscellaneous correspondence. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous family correspondence. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous material. 1 Folder. Papers of Margaret Bailey Speer. 17 Boxes. Margaret Bailey Speer ( ). 17 Boxes. Box 35: Letters to family from school years Folder (10 letters) May Folder (38 letters). 30 Aug Dec Folder (22 letters). 25 Jan Dec Folder (36 letters). 10 Apr June Folder (18 letters). - Page 32 -

33 Margaret Bailey Speer ( ) 17 July Dec Folder (30 letters). 17 Jan Dec Folder (43 letters). 8 Jan Apr Folder (29 letters). Bryn Mawr College course book. 1 Item. Box 36: Letters from China. 27 Aug Oct Folder (20 letters). 31 Oct Dec Folder (12 letters). 3 Jan May Folder (18 letters). 28 Mar June Folder (17 letters). 27 Oct Dec Folder (9 letters). 7 Mar June Folder (19 letters). 7 July Dec Folder (15 letters). 26 Feb Dec Folder (17 letters). 3 Feb Dec Folder (34 letters). 2 Jan Aug Folder (23 letters). 2 Aug Dec Folder (14 letters). Box 37: Letters from China continued. 1 Jan Dec Folder (28 letters). - Page 33 -

34 Margaret Bailey Speer ( ) 9 Jan Dec Folder (37 letters). 21 Jan Dec Folder (33 letters). 13 Jan Dec Folder (33 letters). 5 Jan Dec Folder (30 letters). 3 Jan Dec Folder (30 letters). Box 38: Letters from China continued. 4 Jan Dec Folder (37 letters). 1 Jan Dec Folder (51 letters). 9 Jan Dec Folder (58 letters). 5 Jan Dec Folder (47 letters). 15 Jan Dec Folder (30 letters, plus cables and other material). 5 Jan Oct Folder (30 letters, plus cables and other material). Box 39: Letters from China continued. Letters to Margaret Bailey Speer and Augusta Wagner from Yenching friends and colleagues, Folder (16 letters). Letters to "Dear Friends and Relatives", Folder. Printed material re: Yenching. 1 Folder. Texts of speeches given by Margaret Bailey Speer on wartime China, Folder. - Page 34 -

35 Margaret Bailey Speer ( ) Yenching publicity material. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous printed material. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous correspondence about China, Folder (6 letters). Miscellaneous China material. 1 Folder. Box 40. Yenching correspondence post-repatriation. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous China materials from time abroad/re: "Letters from Yenching". 1 Folder. Miscellaneous China material. 1 Folder. Autochromes of sights around Peiping. 1 Folder. Articles written by Margaret Bailey Speer re: China. 1 Folder. Box 41: Talks and Speeches at Shipley. Chapel talks and notes. 5 Folders. Box 42: Talks and Speeches at Shipley continued. Shipley Vespers, Folders. Speeches to non-shipley organizations, Folders. Box 43: Talks and Speeches at Shipley continued. Senior Banner. 2 Folders. Christmas Vespers. 1 Folder. - Page 35 -

36 Margaret Bailey Speer ( ) Christmas Dinner. 1 Folder. Commencement Addresses, Folder. Verse talks given mostly at Senior Dinner. 2 Folders. Shipley publications re: Margaret Bailey Speer. 1 Folder. Box 44. Speeches to Parents. 2 Folders. Speeches to Alumnae. 2 Folders. Miscellaneous speeches, "J.T. Stokes" poem, Yarnell auditorium speech, other Shipley items. 1 Folder. Obituaries written by Margaret Bailey Speer. 1 Folder. Shipley historical material. 1 Folder. Articles written by Margaret Bailey Speer for "Concern" magazine, re: Bible studies. 1 Folder. Letters to Augusta Wagner, Folder (4 letters). Letters to Emma Bailey Speer, 11 July Aug Folder (11 letters). Box 45. Letters to Margaret Bailey Speer re: appointment as Shipley principal, Folder. Letters from Marianne Moore to Margaret Bailey Speer and Augusta Wager, Folder (8 letters). Letter from Harry Emerson Fosdick to Margaret Bailey Speer, Folder (1 letter). - Page 36 -

37 Margaret Bailey Speer ( ) Letter from Adlai Stevenson to Augusta Wagner, Folder (1 letter). Letter from Anna M. Rosenberg to Augusta Wagner, Folder (1 letter). Correspondence re: National Association of Private Schools for Girls. 1 Folder. Letters written to Margaret Bailey Speer on her retirement from Shipley, Folders. Box 46. Transcriptions from Margaret Bailey Speer's line-a-day diaries, Folder. Notes for "Talk on RES" and "The YWCA, Then and Now", 1967, Folder. Miscellaneous letters from M. Carey Thomas, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Edith Finch (Countess Russell), 1921, 1970s. 1 Folder (8 letters). Letters to Margaret Bailey Speer on Robert Elliott Speer's death, Folder. Letters to Margaret Bailey Speer on Emma Bailey Speer's death, Folder. Miscellaneous correspondence: inquires about Robert Elliott and Emma Bailey Speer. 1 Folder. Correspondence with the Princeton Theological Seminary. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous clippings, printed material re: Margaret Bailey Speer. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous Shipley material. 1 Folder. Miscellaneous letters re: Robert Elliott Speer. 1 Folder. Box 47: Lower Merion Human Rights Council material. Miscellaneous clippings, organizational information, meeting notes. 1 Folder. - Page 37 -