]> Finding Aid for the Jan Cox Speas Manuscript, 1954 Processed by: Archives staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jason Alston University Libraries, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2009 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: July 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Finding Aid for the Jan Cox Speas Manuscript, 1954 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Descriptive Summary Jan Cox Speas, an alumna of Woman's College (now UNCG), was well known for her historical romances during the 1950s and 1960s. This collection includes the typescript carbon for Speas' novel, Bride of the MacHugh. Jan Cox Speas Manuscript, 1954 Mss011 Speas, Jan Cox 0.21 Linear Feet, 1 Box University Archives and Manuscripts English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Jan Cox Speas Manuscript (MSS 011), University Archives and Manuscripts, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

 Acquisition Information

Gift of the author, 1955.

Processing Information

Processed by archives staff,

Encoded by Jason Alston, July 2009;

Biographical Note

Short story writer and novelist Jan Cox Speas was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1925. She studied creative writing with Hiram Haydn at Woman's College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, or UNCG), from which she graduated in 1945. She returned to UNCG and secured her master's degree in English in 1964, after which she began teaching at Guilford College, also in Greensboro. Speas was well known for her historical romances during the 1950s and 1960s. Following her death from a heart attack in 1971, Avon Publications brought out paperback editions of her romances. By 1978 there were more than a million copies of her books in print. The author was married to John Speas; they lived in Greensboro and had two children, Cynthia and Gregory.

 Collection Overview

This collection includes the typescript carbon for Speas' novel, Bride of the MacHugh (Bobbs-Merrill, 1954). There are twenty-one chapters in four folders. Bride of the MacHugh is set in early 17th-century Scotland, and like much of Speas' work reflects her interest in the Scottish highlanders from whom her own family descended.

Collection Arrangement

The typescript that comprises this collection is arranged by ascending page number.

Detailed Description of the Collection Bride of the MacHugh, Chapters 1-4. Bride of the MacHugh, Chapters 5-10. Bride of the MacHugh, Chapters 11-15. Bride of the MacHugh, Chapters 16-21. Related Materials

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