Thomas Augustus Fraser Jr., son of Thomas Augustus Fraser and Lena Lee Connell Fraser, was born in 1915 in Atlanta, Ga. He earned a B.A. from Hobart College in 1938 and a B.D. from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 1941, at which time he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church. In 1942, Fraser entered the priesthood and became a missionary in the Diocese of Long Island, later serving as secretary and chaplain to the Long Island bishop. In 1943, he married Marjorie Louise Rimbach with whom he had two children, Thomas III and Constance. From 1944 to 1951, Fraser served as rector for Saint Paul's Church in Alexandria, Va., and, in 1951, he began a nine-year posting as rector of Saint Paul's Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of North Carolina in 1960 and began his tenure as bishop in July 1966. Fraser retired in 1982 and died in 1989. The collection contains papers of Thomas Augustus Fraser Jr. chiefly generated during the years of his ministry. Included are letters and other materials concerning his election and consecration as bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of North Carolina; his later activities as bishop of the Diocese; personal and family matters; a 1975 controversy involving the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte, N.C.; and other topics. Also included are materials, 1969-1974, relating to a grant to Malcolm X Liberation University in Durham, N.C.
