Mary Claire Engstrom Papers, 1963-1984

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Mary Claire Engstrom Papers, 1963-1984

Mary Claire Engstrom Papers, 1963-1984

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Mary Claire Engstrom served as chair of the Historic Hillsborough Commission, Hillsborough, N.C., from 1964 to 1966 and 1976 to 1983. Primarily research files compiled for numerous projects conducted for the Historic Hillsborough Commission and others, documenting Hillsborough and Orange County, N.C., historical buildings, sites, and individuals. Substantial files include those on architect John Berry, the Burwell School, Quakers in the Eno area, inns and tavers, mills, and cemeteries.Personal correspondence in the collection includes letters from other local historians and genealogists, including Margaret Berry Street, and carbon copies of weekly letters, 1977-1983, from Mary C. Engstrom's husband, Alfred Garvin Engstrom (1907- ), Distinguished Alumni Professor of French at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to a childhood friend, discussing philosophy, literature, and current and local events.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection