MacRae Family Papers, 1820-2004

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MacRae Family Papers, 1820-2004

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Members of the MacRae family, primarily of North Carolina and Maryland, included Duncan MacRae Sr. (1891-1980), who graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1908; his wife Rebecca Kyle MacRae (1893-1980); their son Duncan MacRae Jr. (1921- ); his wife Edith Krugelis MacRae (1919-1995); and their daughter Amy Frances MacRae (1958- ). Duncan MacRae Sr. was a chemist who spent much of his career at the United States Army's Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland. Duncan MacRae Jr., Edith MacRae, and Amy MacRae were all university professors, Duncan at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Chicago, and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill; biologist Edith at the medical schools of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of North Carolina; and Amy, also a biologist, at the University of Missouri in Saint Louis and Saint Louis University. The collection includes correspondence, genealogical information, school and professional materials, travel files, writings, estate materials, clippings, photographs, and other papers. The bulk of the correspondence, 1938-1980, is between the senior MacRaes and Duncan Jr., Edith, and Amy, and is about family and career news, academic interests, world events, and other topics. Genealogical materials include family trees and reflect Duncan Sr.'s steady interest in the MacRae, Shackleford, and related families. Most school materials relate to Duncan Jr.'s early education through his years as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University. Professional materials are limited to those of Duncan MacRae Sr. and Edith MacRae, and include manuscripts and reprints of scientific journal articles. The travels of Edith and Duncan MacRae Jr. are reflected in itineraries, tickets, photographs, and sometimes journals, including one written on the ocean liner during its rescue of the passengers of the sinking , 1956. Items, including professional materials, pertaining more exclusively to Edith MacRae apart from her relationship to the MacRae family are also present. Many of these materials, particularly correspondence, date from her years as a graduate student at Columbia University, 1940-1946. Ile de France Andrea Doria

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

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

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