| Scope and content |
Personal files of Betty Speir, including correspondence, reports, agendas, memos, and minutes pertaining to the Equal Rights Amendment; North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission; North Carolina Juvenile Justice Planning Committee of the Governor's Crime Commission ; North Carolina State Board of Education; and local, state, and national Democratic Party politics. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Betty Speir Papers (#386), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | 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. Betty Speir. |
| Biographical note | Betty Speir, alumna of East Carolina University, served on the ECU Board of Trustees, ECU Board of Visitors, North Carolina State Board of Education, North Carolina Museum of History Board, North Carolina Crime Commission, and the National Democratic Party Executive Committee. She chaired the Women's Forum of North Carolina, the North Carolina Democratic Party, the Board of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and the Communities in Schools of Pitt County. Speir founded the Pitt County Education Foundation and was the first woman chair of the Pitt County Democratic Party. |
