| Abstract |
Items in the collection are primarily concerned with routine personal matters; however, there is a letter written by author Louise Manly in Alabama where she discusses generally her progress on two of her publications. Two letters are from a New York merchant and pertain to proposed purchases of clothing. The remaining correspondence is written by relatives in Reidsville and Wilson, N.C., and in Mississippi, to Mrs. Richard H. Speight at Wrendale and is concerned with family matters. Topics discussed are life in the Delta region of Mississippi (specifically Stovall), the poor health of family members, the possibilities for funding the education (parochial) of a child if its mother should die, a widow coping with the death of her husband and trying to find work, and the depth of Roman Catholic religious convictions. Also included are clippings, a schedule of recitation for State Normal and Industrial College, an obituary for Robert Powell Speight (son of Dr. Speight), recipes, receipts, poems and other miscellaneous items. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Richard H. Speight Papers (#106), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. James A. Doggett and Mrs. J. L. Johnson. |
| Biographical note | Dr. Richard Harrison Speight (1847-1920) was the son of Methodist minister John Francis Speight and his wife Emma Lewis Speight. John Speight died soon after his house, The Cedars, was completed at Wrendale in Edgecombe County, N.C., in 1859 or 1860. His son Richard lived at The Cedars until 1919 and had his medical office there. Dr. R. H. Speight was a prominent physician, planter and a member of the Senate in the N.C. General Assembly. He was married twice and fathered twelve children. His second wife, Margaret Whitefield, was the daughter of George W. Whitefield, a prominent lawyer of Edgecombe and Wilson Counties, N.C. |
