Speer, Lucile, 1899-1987

Lucile Speer was born on January 7, 1899, in Branch County, Michigan. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The University of Montana, where her older brother, J.B. Speer, was registrar and business manager. She later got her Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Chicago.

She returned to Montana for two years of library study. After completing the library training course, she became a member of the staff and then the faculty of The University of Montana. She started out as a library assistant in 1928-1929, worked as an assistant cataloguer, and became Documents and Serials Librarian by 1938. She retired in 1968, as Documents Librarian and professor.

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