%eadnotat; ]> 5194spge Nancy P. (Nancy Peel) Speers Genealogical Papers, 1906-1995 [bulk 1972-1995] SKM Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1997 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, May 2002. ENG Nancy P. (Nancy Peel) Speers Genealogical Papers, 1906-1995 [bulk 1972-1995] SKM Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1997 Descriptive Summary Genealogical Papers, 1906-1995 [bulk 1972-1995] RG 5/ 194 Nancy P. (Nancy Peel) Speers (1925-1995) 8 boxes; 4 linear feet Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728 For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog Nancy Peel Speers (1925-1995) was a leading expert on Quaker genealogy. Married to David Speers (1919-1968), she was a lifelong resident of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She was employed as an archivist and staff genealogist at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. The Speers' Genealogical Research Papers consist of personal research on the Peel, Speers, and Olmsted families, research on Quaker families, including extensive work done on Cox, Kester, Griffith, and Lloyd families, and miscellaneous Quaker genealogical research. BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

Nancy Peel Speers (1925-1995) was a leading expert on Quaker genealogy. She was employed by Friends Historical Library as an archivist and staff genealogist, and she also worked as a private genealogist during her employment and after retirement from the Library.

She was the daughter of H. Lindley and Edna L. Peel and raised in the Borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Nancy Speers entered the College of Wooster in Ohio at the end of her junior year at Swarthmore High School, returning to graduate from Swarthmore High School with the class of 1943. She then transferred to Middlebury College in Vermont where she spent her sophomore and junior years. In August 1945 she married David Speers (Adam David McKinstry Speers) of Indianapolis, a Swarthmore College alumnus. They settled in Swarthmore. David Speers (1919-1968) was a partner in the law firm of Duane, Morris, and Heckscher in Philadelphia.

After her husband's death, Nancy Speers began to work at Friends Historical Library as an archivist and staff genealogist. She retired in 1992, and her genealogical papers were donated to the Library after her death by her three children.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Speers' Genealogical Research Papers consist of personal research on the Peel, Speers, and Olmsted families, research on Quaker families, including extensive work done on Cox, Kester, Griffith, and Lloyd families, and miscellaneous Quaker genealogical research.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into two series:

Research on Nancy Peel Speers's family genealogy Quaker family files, with an alphabetized checklist of names ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession information

Donor: David M. Speers, Jonathan O. Speers, Lindley B. Speers, 1996; Accession number 96.016 & 96.028

The collection was given by the children of Nancy Speers.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG5/194, Nancy Speers Genealogical Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Processing information

Ten cartons of genealogical research papers and publications were given to FHL by Nancy Speers's children. A preliminary sort was done as the material was received, with personal letters and photographs returned to the family and books and other publications added to FHL duplicates.

The papers were sorted into three groups: Nancy Peel Speers genealogical research on her family lines; Quaker family genealogical files; and miscellaneous Quaker research. The materials within the groups were arranged alphabetically and stored temporarily in eight document boxes and three large cartons. Series 1 contains personal genealogical research on the Peel and Speers families; Series 2, containing Quaker family files, is stored in the FHL Reading Room for ease of access; and the third group, containing three cartons of miscellaneous Quaker research, has been checked for duplication and added to the Library's PG 7 files (genealogical/ biographical reference.)

Miscellaneous Quaker research has been added to FHL PG 7, Biographical and genealogical reference, for ease of access.

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Peel Family. Speers Family. Olmsted Family. Cox Family. Kester Family. Lloyd Family. Griffith Family. Quakers -- Biography Genealogy - Quaker DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Ser. 1. Personal Genealogical Papers

Includes research on Speers, Peel, Lippincott, Russell, McKinstry, Olmsted, and other collateral family lines.

Folders have not been entirely sorted and contain rough notes, correspondence, and charts.

1 1 Typescript, "Lineal Descent of Nancy Peel Speers" 1 2 Typed transcription, "Diary of Trip to England, 1860" kept by Henry Clarke Peel, Sr. 1 3 Lippincott family 1 4 Peel family 1 5 Lippincott/Peel lines Speers line documents 1 6 Typescript "Lineal Descent of Adam David McKinstry Speers" 1 7 Mimeograph mss "Spear Family History" 1 8 Peel/Speers research notes 1 9 McKinstry family lines 1 10 Speers 1 11 Speers lineal descent 1 12 Speers, with LeFevre, Bevier, Etting, etc. notes 2 13 Speir line 2 14 Mary Beare's correspondence regarding Speers family 2 15 Nathaniel Bernard's correspondence 2 16 Adam Speers/Nancy Ellen Speers Bernard correspondence, etc. Olmstead line documents 2 17 Olmstead/Browning lines 2 18 Russell/Olmsted 2 19 Olmsted family charts 2 20 Olmsted family group charts 2 21 Olmsted correspondence 2 22 Olmsted family association 2 23 Olmsted family reunion, notes Ser. 2 Quaker Genealogy Family Files The following files on Quaker families are storied in the FHL reading room: 3 1 Ashead 3 2 Atkinson 3 3 Baker Beales: see Hunt 3 4 Beals 3 5 Bevan 3 6 Birdsall 3 7 Bonsall Borton: see Lippincott Bowater: see Beals Brindley: see Lukens 3 8 Brown Burrough: see Lippincott Burson: see Griffith Bye: see Brown 3 9 Canby Canby: see Heston Carver: see Reeves 3 10 Chaffin/Chalfant 3 11 Clayton 3 12 Clendennon 3 13 Cloud Coales: see Truman Cooper: see Truman 3 14 Coppock: also, see Tucker 3 15 Cowgill 4 16-17 Cox (2 folders) 4 18 Crawford Crew: see Stanley Day: see Hussey Dickinson: see Hallock Dixon: see Hutton Doane: see Phillips Doors: see Lukens 4 19 Durham 4 20 Elliott Endicott: see Gaskill 4 21 Evans 4 22 Fayle 4 23 Fisher: also, see Kirk Foulke: see Lippincott Franzier: see Coppock 4 24 Gaskill 4 25 Griffith Haines: see Lippincott 4 26 Hallock Halloway: see Pharo 4 27 Hammer 4 28 Hanson Harvey: see Hollingsworth Heacock: see John 5 29 Hester 5 30 Heston 5 31 Hibbs Hill: see Cox and Phillips 5 32 Hinshaw Hoag: see Narramore Hodson: see Cox 5 33 Hollingsworth; also, see Hinshaw Hooten: see Langstaff 5 34 Hunt: also, see Beals, Hinshaw, and Jones 5 35 Hussey 5 36 Hutton 5 37 James 5 38 John 5 39 Jones 5 40 Kester/Kuster

Includes extensive correspondence

Donald Kester 5 41 Kirk 6 42 Langstaff (NJ) Lightfoot: see Hutton 6 43 Lippincott: also, see Brown Llewellyn: see Hunt 6 44 Lloyd (7 folders)

Includes extensive correspondence

45-46 R.Douglas Lloyd (2 folders) 6 47 Lloyd 6 48 Lloyd 6 49 Lloyd 6 50 Lloyd Lownes: see Heston 7 51 Lukens 7 52 Lupton Malone: see Brown 7 53 McCarty Mendenhall: see Griffith Michener: see Scarborough Middletown: see Ashead 7 54 Moore, Ann Morlan: see Richardson 7 55 Narramore 7 56 Neill Newlin: see Hinshaw Owen: see Griffith Parson: see Lukens Patterson: see Phillips Paxson: see Roberts 7 57 Pearson Pedrick: see Hunt Pennington: see Brown 7 58 Penrose 7 59 Pharo 7 60 Phillips Plumley: see Roberts Preston: see Scarborough 7 61 Price Price: see Jones 7 62 Reeves 7 63 Richardson 7 64 Roberts Robeson: see Elliott Rutter: see Elliott Sanders: see Woodrow Sanders: see Wright 7 65 Scarborough: also, see Pearson Scull: see Reeves Shinn: see Atkinson Shreve: see Atkinson 7 66 Smith Stanfield: see Tucker 7 67 Stanley 7 68 Starbuck: see Hester 8 69 Taber 8 70 Truman 8 71 Tucker 8 72 Tyson Underwood: see Kirk Varney: see John Wells: see Woodrow Wells: see Wright Wierman: see Cox 8 73 Woodrow Woolman: see Lippincott Woolston: see Heston 8 74 Worrall 8 75 Wright