Florence Lewis Speare lectures

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0102

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 28 lectures on contemporary American and English drama presented by Florence Lewis Speare at Johns Hopkins University dating from 1920 to 1921. The papers are in typescript with Mrs. Speare's hand-written annotations. The works of Eugene O'Neill, Anita Loos, George S. Kaufman, Henril Ibsen, and James M. Barrie are among those represented. Final items include biographical information and some letters of her husband, M. Edmund Speare, regarding the collection and dating to 1967.

Dates

Creation: 1920-1921, 1967

Creator

Speare, Florence Lewis, 1886-1967 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Collection is open for use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.

Biographical Note

Florence Lewis Speare was a playwright and lecturer at The Johns Hopkins University. She was born in Brookline, Mass, April 9, 1886, studied at Radcliffe College, and later married author and Hopkins Alumnus, M. Edmund Speare in 1915. During 1920-1921, Speare was a lecturer in the Department of English at Hopkins where she presented a series of lectures on modern American and English drama and dramatists. Her published plays include "The Demonstrator," “The Lady with the Lamp," and "The Extra Girl." Florence Lewis Speare died in Washington D.C., on May 3, 1965.

Extent

0.76 Cubic Feet (2 letter size document boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Florence Lewis Speare (1886-1965) was a playwright and lecturer at Johns Hopkins University. The collection consists of 28 lectures on contemporary American and English drama presented by Speare at Johns Hopkins University dating from 1920 to 1921, and well as some biographical information dating to 1967.