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Speirs, Elizabeth N.

 Person

Biographical Information

Elizabeth Speirs attended Purdue University from 1919-1920. She completed her education at Butler University where she earned a Bachelors and Masters degree. She was married twice, first to H.W. Weirick with whom she had a daughter, Janetnelle. After his passing, she married Karl R. Zimmer. During her time at Purdue, she was sorority sisters with Ramoth Huff (later Ramoth Trask) as part of the Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Beta Chapter. They remained life-long friends.

Citation:
Debris yearbook. (1920). Purdue University. Purdue University Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved from: http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/debris/id/30968/rec/3
Citation:
Elizabeth Speirs collection on Ramoth Trask collection file. Purdue University Archives and Special Collections. Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, West Lafayette IN.

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Elizabeth Speirs collection on Ramoth H. Trask

 Collection — Box Communal Collections 86
Identifier: MSP 335
Scope and Contents

Includes Ramoth H. Trask's student pilot's permit from 1928, newspaper clippings of her obituary and posthumous donations to Purdue, and a photograph of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority in 1919 where Trask was a member.

Dates: 1919 - 1973
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections