Walter C. Speece [RG6238.AM]

HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG6238.AM:  Walter C. Speece, 1914-2002

Writings: 
York, Nebraska; Loveland, Colorado:  Teacher
Size:  0.2 cu.ft.; 1 box

BACKGROUND NOTE

Born in Meadowlands, Minnesota on September 18, 1914, Walter Calvin Speece grew up in York, Nebraska.  He graduated from York College in 1935 with a degree in mathematics.  He went on to receive his master’s degree in school administration and mathematics.  Speece married Marjorie Arn at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, on July 4, 1937.  The couple had two daughters.

Walter Speece taught mathematics at Alvo and Bridgeport, Nebraska, before moving to Loveland, Colorado, in 1951.  Speece retired from Loveland High School in 1981.  During his 45-year career, he also served as a school superintendent for a time in Nebraska.  Speece was also an avid writer, compiling various stories about his life.

Walter Calvin Speece died at Loveland, Colorado, on April 15, 2002.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of one box containing various short stories, reminiscences and anecdotes written by Walter C. Speece.

INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder 1 – Writings
Item

1. Now, All Push
2. I’ll Be Switched
3. Splat
4. Two Weeks of Servitude
5. The Load of Hay
6. An Old Mattress
7. Pop’s Ear
8. The Sixth Grade Choir
9. The Keystone Kop
10. If You Shouldn’t Have Shot, You Can’t Miss
11. Humdinger
12. Writing In the Snow
13. The Neighborly Thing
14. The Old Dinner Horn
15. Fried Potatoes
16. A Three Ring Circus
17. My Father the Trickster
18. The Banana Mushmellon
19. Does Pippa Pass?
20. Gullibility
21. On a Park Bench
22. The ‘Lectric Fence
23. Happy Landings
24. Tresspass
25. The Great Bike Race
26. What Not To Do With an Old Magneto
27. Hallowe’en At the Church
28. Undressed by a Hay Fork
29. Pat Paints a Fence
30. A Man and His Hat
31. An Amorous Swain
32. How Did He Find Out?

Folder 2 – Writings continued

33. Dinner In the Park
34. The “B” Team Banquet
35. When the Bell Tolled
36. A Close Call
37. To My Valentine
38. The Day They Closed the Diner
39. The Water Trap
40. The Hallowe’en Fence
41. The Purple Cow
42. The Fish Duck
43. Ross’s Revenge
44. Sylvie and The Wasp
45. Chocolate in August
46. We Initiate Some Freshman
47. A Big Fish Story
48. The Freshman Beanie
49. Humdinger’s Big Fish
50. The Lady in Black
51. Ol’ Lady Larkin
52. Amen
53. Thirty Miles on a Mule
54. Virgil’s Date
55. Football ‘34
56. Much Ado About Very Little
57. Bridal Veil Falls
58. The Ride Through Moffat Tunnel
59. Art’s Story
60. Stung
61. Brotherly Love
62. The Fun of Fishing Alone
63. Off the Wall
64. The Acolyte

Folder 3 – Biographical information

Subject headings:

Farm life

Reminiscences

Speece family

Speece, Walter C., 1914-2002

York (Neb.)

York County (Neb.)

TMM 08-05-2022