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- Repository
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Southern Historical Collection
- Creator
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MacRae family.
- Title
- MacRae Family Papers, 1820-2004
- Call Number
- 5071
- Language of Materials
- Materials in
English
- Extent
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- Items: About 7000
- Linear Feet: 11.0
Abstract
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 Ile de France ocean liner during its rescue of the passengers of the sinking Andrea Doria, 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.
Back to TopAdministrative Information
- Restrictions to Access
- Folder 282 of Series 6 and all of Series 8.5 are closed until 2015.
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from Duncan MacRae Jr. of Chapel Hill, N.C., in July 2001 (Acc. 99010), January 2002 (Acc. 99157), September 2004
(Acc. 99907), November 2004 (Acc. 99948, 99952). Received from Amy MacRae of Saint Louis, Mo., in October 2002 (Acc. 99387),
February 2003 (Acc. 99428), May 2004 (Acc. 99784), November 2004 (Acc. 99949).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Jessica Tyree, February 2005
- Encoded by: Jessica Tyree, February 2005
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the MacRae Family Papers #5071, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright
law.
Back to TopOnline Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Andrea Doria (Steamship).
- Chemists--United States--History--20th century.
- College students--United States--History--20th century.
- College teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- College teachers--Illinois--History--20th century.
- College teachers--California--History--20th century.
- Family--Maryland--Social life and customs.
- Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
- MacRae family.
- MacRae, Amy, 1958- .
- MacRae, Duncan.
- MacRae, Duncan, 1891- .
- MacRae, Edith K.
- MacRae, Rebecca Kyle, 1893-1980.
- Shackleford family.
- Shipwrecks--North Atlantic Ocean.
- University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Faculty--History--20th century.
- University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Students--History--20th century.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--History--20th century.
- US Army Edgewood Arsenal Chemical Research and Development Laboratories.
- Women--Education (Graduate)--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Women--New England--Social life and customs.
- Women biologists--United States--History--20th century.
- Women college students--United States--History--20th century.
- Women college teachers--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Women college teachers--Illinois--History--20th century.
- Women college teachers--Missouri--History--20th century.
- Women scientists--United States--History--20th century.
Back to TopBiographical Note
Duncan MacRae Sr. (1891-1980) was born in Fayetteville, N.C., on 7 March 1891, the ninth and youngest child of James Cameron
and Frances Broadfoot Hinsdale MacRae. He earned a bachelors degree at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in
1909 and a doctorate in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1917. On 23 June 1920 in Norfolk,
Va., MacRae married Rebecca Devereux Kyle, also a native of Fayetteville and a graduate of Saint Mary's School in Raleigh,
N.C. They had two children, Duncan Jr., born 30 September 1921 in Glen Ridge, N.J., and Anne Wingate (later Bouton), born
31 March 1925.
After working briefly for the Westinghouse Lamp Company, Duncan MacRae Sr. became a captain in the development department
of the Chemical Warfare Service of the United States Army during World War I. He returned to Westinghouse at the close of
the war, working as a research chemist at its Bloomingfield, N.J., site. While at Westinghouse, MacRae devised patented improvements
in incandescent electric lamps and radio tubes. In 1925, he left to manage the research laboratory of Guggenheim Brothers
in Yonkers, N.Y.
Most of the latter part of MacRae's career was spent at the Army's Edgewood Arsenal near Bel Air, Md., beginning in 1929.
His time there was interrupted for work with the National Defense Research Committee, 1943-1945, necessitating a temporary
relocation with his wife and daughter to Evanston, Ill. In 1953, he retired from Edgewood Arsenal as chief chemist and technical
director, but continued to publish in scientific journals for many years. Duncan MacRae Sr. died on 12 April 1980. Rebecca
Kyle MacRae died later that year on 22 September 1980.
Duncan MacRae Jr. (1921- ) earned a bachelors degree in chemistry and physics from Johns Hopkins University in 1942 and a
masters degree in electronic physics from Harvard University in 1943. He worked on projects for the military in the M.I.T.
Radiation Lab, 1943-1946, then returned to study at Harvard with a new focus on social science. In 1950, MacRae completed
a doctorate in social psychology shortly before he wed Edith Judith Krugelis on 24 June 1950.
Edith Krugelis was born on 24 January 1919 in Waterbury, Conn., to Lithuanian immigrant parents. She completed a bachelors
of chemistry and biology at Bates College in Lewiston, Me., in 1940, and both a masters, 1941, and doctorate, 1946, in zoology
at Columbia University. She taught at Vassar College and then spent two years, 1947-1949, as a postdoctoral fellow at the
Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen, Denmark.
During their courtship, which began in late 1949, and their first year of marriage, the couple lived in separate states. Duncan
had begun teaching at Princeton University while writing his Harvard dissertation and continued to work there until 1951.
Edith was conducting postdoctoral research at Yale University. The two moved together to Boston in the fall of 1951, as Duncan
took on a postdoctoral study of the Massachusetts state legislature and Edith became the first female member of the biology
faculty at M.I.T.. In 1953, the MacRaes moved across country to take positions at the University of California at Berkeley,
Duncan with the sociology faculty and Edith as a zoology researcher.
After spending 1956-1957 in France on Duncan's Fulbright scholarship, the two moved to Chicago. Duncan joined the political
science and sociology departments at the University of Chicago while Edith taught anatomy at the medical school of the University
of Illinois. While in Chicago, daughter Amy Frances was born on 7 November 1958. In 1971, the family moved to Chapel Hill,
N.C. There, at UNC, Duncan became the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Political Science and Sociology, and Edith a professor
of cell biology and anatomy in the medical school.
Over the course of her career, Edith MacRae published several articles in scientific journals and was honored with teaching
awards from the University of Illinois and UNC. In addition to teaching and research, she committed herself to the recruitment
and preparation of minority students for medical school, working extensively with the Medical Education Development and "3000 by 2000" programs at the UNC School of Medicine. She died on 7 October 1995.
Duncan MacRae Jr. wrote numerous scholarly articles and authored or edited at least nine books, including Policy Analysis for Public Decisions and The Social Function of Social Science. Among the awards he received are the American Political Science Association's Woodrow Wilson Award, 1968, and the Donald
T. Campbell Award, 1983, given by the Policy Studies Organization for outstanding innovation in public policy studies methodology.
MacRae is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. On 17 May 1997, he married environmentalist Jane Stiles
Sharp (1917- ) in Chapel Hill.
Amy MacRae graduated from Concord Academy in Massachusetts in 1976. She began her undergraduate education at Swarthmore College
in Pennsylvania, then transferred to UNC, where she earned a bachelors degree in zoology in 1981. She then obtained a masters
degree in marine science from the University of South Carolina, 1983, and a doctorate in genetics from the University of Georgia,
1988. Amy MacRae has served on the biology faculties of the University of Missouri in Saint Louis and Saint Louis University.
She married Gary Kent Brown (1958- ) on 1 May 1992.
To clarify extended family relationships, see "The Descendants of James Cameron MacRae and Frances Broadfoot (Hinsdale) MacRae," a family tree last updated in 1998. It is located in Series 2, folder 121.
Back to TopCollection Overview
The collection includes correspondence, genealogical information, school and professional materials, travel files, writings,
clippings, estate materials, photographs, and other papers of chemist Duncan MacRae Sr. (1891-1980), Rebecca Kyle MacRae, and university professors Duncan MacRae Jr. (1921- ), Edith Krugelis MacRae, and Amy Frances MacRae, primarily of North Carolina and Maryland. While correspondence includes a handful of 19th-century items, the bulk falls between the years 1938 and 1980. During this
time Duncan Jr., and at times wife Edith and daughter Amy, exchanged frequent letters with his parents on 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 and Shackleford family lines. 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 Ile de France ocean liner during its rescue of the passengers of the sinking Andrea Doria in 1956. Items, such as professional materials, pertaining more exclusively to Edith MacRae apart from her relationship to
the MacRae family are filed in Series 8. Many of these materials, particularly correspondence, date from her years as a graduate
student at Columbia University, 1940-1946.
Back to TopArrangement of Collection
1. Correspondence
1.1. 1820-1913
1.2. 1920-1948
1.3. 1949-1980
1.4. 1981-1995
1.5. 1996-2004
1.6. Undated
2. Genealogical materials
3. School materials
4. Professional materials
5. Travel materials
6. Other papers
7. Clippings
8. Edith Krugelis MacRae
8.1. Correspondence
8.2. School materials
8.3. Professional materials
8.4. Writings
8.5. Estate materials
8.6. Other papers
8.7. Photographs
9. Photographs
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Oversize papers (OP-5071)
Photographs (P-5071)
Oversize photographs (OP-P-5071)
Photograph albums (PA-5071)
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1. Correspondence, 1820-2004 and undated.
About 3400 items.
Correspondence pertaining to several generations of the MacRae family. The bulk of materials relate to Duncan Sr. and Rebecca
Kyle MacRae, Duncan Jr. and Edith Krugelis MacRae, and their daughter Amy MacRae. Letters between Edith Krugelis MacRae and
individuals who were not members of the MacRae family can be found in Series 8.1.
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1.1. 1820-1913.
About 100 items.
Two of only three 19th-century letters are addressed to members of the MacRae family. One of these, 1837, gives details of
its author's travels through Macon, Ga., and Mobile and Montgomery, Ala., relaying news of several murders, lynchings, and
a thwarted attempt to burn a bridge and subsequently "plunder" the town of Macon. A handwritten partial transcript of this letter, begun by Duncan MacRae Jr. (1921- ) in 2001, is included.
Most of the items dated after 1900 are general updates from family and friends written to Duncan MacRae Sr. (1891-1980) while
he attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., worked as an instructor at the Academy of Richmond County military school in Augusta, Ga., and began his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Several letters, mainly from siblings, were written in reaction to the death of Duncan MacRae Sr.'s mother in 1912.
Folder
1
1820-1893
Folder
2
1900-1910
Folder
3
1912
Folder
4
1913
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1.2. 1920-1948.
About 700 items.
Duncan MacRae Sr.'s professional work as a chemist and research laboratory manager figures into several items, including collegial
exchanges on theory and practice, and letters arranging changes in employment. Moving into the early 1930s, the bulk of letters
are more personal in nature, largely dealing with the financial and health troubles of two of MacRae's siblings, brother Theodore
and widowed sister Elizabeth MacRae Lilly. Letters show brothers John, James (Jimmie), and Cameron MacRae working with Duncan
Sr. to help the two satisfy their creditors, even while the Depression strained their own finances. Duncan Sr.'s side of the
correspondence, where included, is represented in handwritten copies and typewriter carbons. During 1938-1941, frequent letters
from Rebecca Kyle MacRae to son Duncan Jr. at Johns Hopkins University update him on family news and offer motherly advice.
After Duncan Jr.'s enrollment in Harvard University in 1942, his letters to his family become more frequent and detailed. A major concern at this time was the question of where
and how he would be involved in the war effort, finally resulting in work at the M.I.T. Radiation Laboratory. Duncan Jr.'s letters then begin to speak of plans to move into the social sciences and detail his reasons for the shift.
Folder
5
1920-1921
Folder
6
1922-1923
Folder
7
1924-1927
Folder
8
1928-1929
Folder
9
1930
Folder
10
1931
Folder
11
1932
Folder
12
1933
Folder
13
1934
Folder
14
1935-1936
Folder
15
1937-1939
Folder
16
1940
Folder
17-19
1941
Folder
20-21
1942
Folder
22
1943-1944
Folder
23-24
1945
Folder
25
1946-1948
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1.3. 1949-1980.
About 2000 items.
Letters from Duncan MacRae Jr. to his parents in early 1949 show him considering options for future employment. November 1949
marked the beginning of his courtship of Edith Krugelis. Their frequent letters range from plans for weekend meetings to philosophies
of love and politics, and include his proposal to her on 17 March 1950. Explanatory notes and a word-processed transcript
of most of the courtship letters, organized by Duncan MacRae Jr. in 2003, are also included. Correspondence remained crucial
to the couple while spending their first year of marriage, 1950-1951, apart. From 1951 to 1980, the bulk of correspondence
is between the senior MacRaes in Maryland and Duncan Jr., Edith, and daughter Amy. Father and son exchanged thoughts on problems
in chemistry and physics, as well as sociology, religion, world events, and economics. Letters from Duncan Jr. and Edith also
touch on their professional activities, including teaching, research, publishing, and committee work. During the 1970s, Amy
MacRae wrote her grandparents at some length about her education at Concord Academy, Swarthmore College, and UNC. Many of Duncan MacRae Sr.'s letters are in carbon copy form and unsigned. Among his other correspondents was nephew
Edmund Lilly, sometimes referred to as "Cousin Edmund." There are occasional letters from and frequent references to Duncan Jr.'s sister Anne, her husband Harry Bouton, and their
seven children, as well as Edith's sisters Bertha (Bertie) and Eleanor (Ely), and their husbands Bob Kelner and Jim Heron.
Friends from the universities at which Duncan Jr. and Edith had worked also sent news as the couple moved from place to place.
Folder
26
1949
Folder
27-30
1950
Folder
31-32
Transcripts, November 1949-April 1950
Folder
33-36
1951
Folder
37-38
1952
Folder
39-41
1953
Folder
42-43
1954
Folder
44-46
1955
Folder
47
1956
Folder
48
1957
Folder
49-50
1958
Folder
51
1959
Folder
52
1960
Folder
53-54
1961
Folder
55-56
1962
Folder
57
1963
Folder
58
1964-1965
Folder
59-60
1966
Folder
61
1967
Folder
62-63
1968
Folder
64-65
1969
Folder
66-67
1970
Folder
68-69
1971
Folder
70-72
1972
Folder
73-76
1973
Folder
77-79
1974
Folder
80-85
1975
Folder
86-88
1976
Folder
89-90
1977
Folder
91-92
1978
Folder
93-94
1979
Folder
95
1980
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1.4. 1981-1995.
About 400 items.
Coming after the 1980 deaths of Duncan Sr. and Rebecca Kyle MacRae, this subseries for the most part lacks the presence of
a profuse, two-sided correspondence. Amy MacRae emerges as the most frequent writer, updating her parents while in graduate
school in South Carolina and Georgia; doing postdoctoral work in Riverside, Calif., and Columbia, Mo.; and teaching in Saint
Louis, Mo. Occasional letters from Duncan Jr. and Edith MacRae's siblings, nieces, and nephews, as well as brother-in-law
Bob Kelner, are also included. Beginning in 1985, unsigned copies of word-processed letters from Edith MacRae to her daughter,
the Boutons, and other family members appear. According to Duncan MacRae Jr., some of the dates on these letters may have
been altered during file conversion. Printouts of emails from Edith MacRae's account consist largely of brief messages passed
between her and Amy MacRae. Christmas updates from friends around the world constitute a large portion of the materials from
certain years, particularly 1994.
Folder
96
1981-1982
Folder
97
1983
Folder
98
1984
Folder
99
1985
Folder
100
1986
Folder
101
1987
Folder
102
1988
Folder
103
1989-1992
Folder
104-105
1993
Folder
106-107
1994
Folder
108-110
1995
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1.5. 1996-2004.
About 100 items.
Amy MacRae again emerges as the principal correspondent, writing her father from Saint Louis, Mo. Her letters contain updates
on her professional and personal life, seek advice on scholarly papers and grant proposals, and reference plans to commemorate
her mother's life by writing or commissioning a biography. Several of Amy's later letters to her father are also addressed
to his second wife, Jane Sharp, whom she sometimes refers to as "Mama Jane." General updates from other family members and friends make up most of the remaining materials from this period.
Folder
111
1996-1999
Folder
112-113
2000
Folder
114
2001-2004
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1.6. Undated.
About 100 items.
Correspondents and topics among the undated letters largely mirror those of the dated group. There are several letters to
Duncan MacRae Sr. from his sister Elizabeth MacRae Lilly and her daughter Frances, likely dating from the early 1930s, while
he was helping them through financial troubles. A letter written to Duncan MacRae Sr. from another niece, author Frances Gray Patton, expresses gratitude for the encouragement he had extended to her throughout her life. A small number of letter fragments
hold portions of intellectual discussions between Duncan Jr. and his father, and also brother-in-law Bob Kelner. Other items
chiefly contain news from family and friends.
Folder
115-119
Undated
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2. Genealogical materials, 1916-1998 and undated.
About 300 items.
This series is largely composed of information gathered by Duncan MacRae Sr. as part of his longtime interest in family history.
Much of MacRae's research focused on his grandmother Mary Shackleford MacRae and the Shackleford line, and uncle Alexander
McRae, a North Carolina native who died a Union soldier in the Civil War. An explanation of the alternating usage of the "McRae" and "MacRae" spellings of the family name is given in a family tree entitled "The Descendants of James Cameron MacRae and Frances Broadfoot (Hinsdale) MacRae." Both the original 1966 version of this document, compiled by Duncan MacRae Sr., and a 1998 revision are included. Two biographical
articles discuss the life of Duncan MacRae's father, James Cameron MacRae. The lineage of Rebecca Kyle MacRae, who was distantly related to her husband, is also represented. Among the miscellaneous
materials is a small volume of family history written by her grandmother, Rebecca Stokes MacRae, in 1916.
Folder
120
Family tree, 1966
Folder
121
Family tree, 1998
Folder
122-124
McRae, Alexander
Folder
125
MacRae, James Cameron
Folder
126-127
Miscellaneous
Folder
128-130
Shackleford
Image Folder
P-5071/1
Alexander McRae
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3. School materials, 1906-1946 and undated.
About 100 items.
Most of the materials in this series relate to Duncan MacRae Jr. They include essays, math problems, and other assignments
from his early school career; newsletters and a 1938 Bel Air (Md.) High School yearbook containing contributions by Duncan
Jr.; report cards; his high school diploma; and assorted papers from his time at Johns Hopkins University, 1938-1942. Other
school materials include report cards of Duncan MacRae Sr. while at UNC, 1906-1908; Anne MacRae while in grade school; and
Amy MacRae in middle school, 1970. A 1913 Saint Mary's School, Raleigh, N.C., yearbook belonging to Rebecca Devereux Kyle, and a program from Anne MacRae's 1946 Northwestern University
commencement constitute some of the miscellaneous items.
Folder
131
Assignments
Folder
132
Bel Air High School publications
Folder
133
Diplomas, report cards, etc.
Folder
134
Johns Hopkins University
Folder
135-136
Miscellaneous
Image Folder
P-5071/2
Class photograph, 1934
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4. Professional materials, 1911-1953 and undated.
About 300 items.
The professional career of Duncan MacRae Sr. is represented here, chiefly by drafts and published versions of his scholarly
articles in the fields of chemistry and physics. Miscellaneous papers include patent paperwork for an electron emitting device
he created while at Westinghouse Lamp Company; a copy of his contract with Guggenheim Brothers, 1925; his handwritten statement, 1926, on a suspicious incident involving two Guggenheim employees; and several group photographs
of Edgewood Arsenal and National Defense Research Committee staff members. A handful of small volumes include a grade book MacRae kept while teaching at M.I.T., 1911; programs from
conferences at which he was a speaker; and The Story of the Development Division, Chemical Warfare Service, a General Electric Company publication about the division MacRae served with in World War I. See also Series 1.2 for scattered
professional correspondence dating from the early years of MacRae's career.
Folder
137-140
Drafts
Folder
141-142
Miscellaneous
Image Folder
P-5071/3-4
Edgewood Arsenal group photographs
Folder
143-146
Publications
Folder
147-148
Volumes
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5. Travel materials, 1951-1996 and undated.
About 600 items.
Mementos of various trips taken by Duncan Jr., Edith, and Amy MacRae include tickets, detailed itineraries, receipts, and
occasionally written reminiscences. Duncan Jr. and Edith's year spent in France on his Fulbright scholarship, 1956-1957, is
heavily represented through official documents such as passports, student visas, and driver's licenses, as well as clippings
and an extensive journal the pair kept jointly. As their trip began on the Ile de France liner, July 1956, the journal's early entries are consumed with that ship's rescue of passengers from the ill-fated Andrea Doria. Particularly in the late 1980s and 1990s, Edith MacRae often used her travels to locations such as the Grand Canyon and
Iceland as the subject of talks given to geology classes and community groups. Some of her lecture notes and visual aids are
included here. Another short trip diary marks a visit made by Duncan and Amy MacRae to the Grand Canyon, 1996, to honor Edith's
memory.
Folder
149
Canadian Rockies, 1989
Image Folder
P-5071/5
Canadian Rockies photographs
Folder
150-152
China, 1983
Image Folder
P-5071/6
China photographs and slides
Folder
153
Europe, 1951
Folder
154
Europe, 1966
Folder
155-165
France, 1956-1957
Image Folder
P-5071/7
France enclosures and slides
Folder
166
Grand Canyon, 1989, 1996
Image Folder
P-5071/8-9
Grand Canyon photographs
Folder
167
Greece, 1994
Folder
168
Iceland, 1986
Folder
169-170
Jamaica, 1970, 1983, 1984
Folder
171-174
Miscellaneous
Image Folder
P-5071/10
Miscellaneous photographs
Folder
175
Scotland, 1995
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6. Other papers, 1800s-2000 and undated.
About 200 items.
Restriction: Folder 282 is closed until 2015.
Many of the items in this series are papers reflecting a young Duncan MacRae Jr.'s accomplishments in contests for spelling
and safe driving and as a golfer. His 1940 feat of two holes-in-one scored in one game is marked by recognition from the Professional
Golfers' Association of America and Ripley's Believe it or Not. Among the biographical materials is a draft of Duncan Jr.'s unpublished autobiography, "An Academic Odyssey," 2001. Miscellaneous papers include a handwritten set of instructions to a grand jury, likely dating from the 1800s, with
several comments urging protection of slavery as one of the "Southern institutions"; scattered financial and legal materials belonging to Duncan Sr., 1921-1923; a series of doctor reports, 1936, pertaining
to Duncan Jr.; sample cocktail invitations made by Edith MacRae, circa 1950-1951; and an inventory of the books in Duncan
Sr. and Rebecca MacRae's home, 1969. A guest log contains signatures of visitors to Duncan Jr. and Edith MacRae's homes, 1953-1979.
Papers tied to the couple's estate planning are closed until 2015.
Folder
176-177
Biographical materials
Folder
282
RESTRICTED: Estate planning
Folder
178
Ford Good Drivers Contest, 1940
Folder
179
Goldey College Spelling Contests, 1935-1938
Folder
180
Golf, 1938-1941
Folder
181
Guest log, 1953-1979
Folder
182-184
Miscellaneous
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7. Clippings, 1899-1996 and undated.
About 100 items.
The earliest clipping, 1899, features an Arbor Day poem by Frances Hinsdale MacRae, mother of Duncan MacRae Sr. Other clippings
pertain to various achievements and landmark events in MacRae family history, including the 1953 retirement of Duncan Sr.;
events of interest to the family such as the restoration of the Dodd-Hinsdale House in Raleigh, N.C.; and political news and
commentary.
Folder
185-187
Clippings
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8. Edith Krugelis MacRae, 1932-1997 and undated.
About 1800 items.
Items in this series relate specifically to Edith Krugelis MacRae. Letters, travel diaries, photographs, and other items that
also relate to other MacRae family members are filed in Series 1-7 and Series 9.
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8.1. Correspondence, 1938-1995 and undated.
About 600 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Slightly more than half of the letters in this series were written before Edith Krugelis's marriage to Duncan MacRae Jr. A
large number, 1940-1944, were sent to her at Columbia University from friends she had made at Bates College. Materials from the first half of 1945 consist chiefly of letters from a friend who was then teaching at a military school
in Lakeland, Fla. Some were meant jointly for Edith, her sister Eleanor (Ely), and their roommate Gaby Dickinson, and are
therefore addressed to either "G.E.E." or "Dickinson Krugelis." Ely appears as a frequent correspondent in 1946, while Edith was teaching at Vassar College. There are no letters reflecting the period of Edith's postdoctoral fellowship at Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1947-1949. Invitations to her wedding, 1950, drew a number of responses from friends and family.
Correspondence is largely scattered after this point, as Edith's life and letters became entwined with the MacRaes. See Series
1.3 and 1.4 for correspondence involving Edith and other members of the MacRae family, beginning in 1949 with the courtship
letters she exchanged with Duncan Jr. Items that are filed here include updates from former associates at the University of Illinois School of Medicine; letters from sisters Ely and Bertha (Bertie), many from the 1970s regarding care of their elderly mother; and emails exchanged
with a UNC colleague, 1990-1995, some containing early drafts for a planned histology dictionary they were writing together.
Folder
188
1938
Folder
189-192
1940
Folder
193-195
1941
Folder
196
1944
Folder
197-205
1945
Folder
206-212
1946
Folder
213
1947
Folder
214
1950
Folder
215
1960-1972
Folder
216
1973
Folder
217
1974
Folder
218
1975
Folder
219
1976-1981
Folder
220
1982-1983
Folder
221
1984
Folder
222
1985-1991
Folder
223
1992
Folder
224-225
1993
Folder
226
1994
Folder
227
1995
Folder
228-230
Undated
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8.2. School materials, 1932-1946 and undated.
About 75 items.
The bulk of materials in this series come from a group of files kept by Edith Krugelis under the collective label of "Thesis." Individual file contents have been maintained and include drafts of her Columbia University doctoral thesis; data sets; papers
she had written on related topics; and comments from the editor of The Biological Bulletin, the journal that published her thesis. Miscellaneous items include her 1932 diploma from B. W. Tinker Grammar School in
Waterbury, Conn.; a series of handwritten compositions, including an autobiography, from Krugelis's first semester at Bates
College, 1936; and her undated Graduate Record Examination scores.
Folder
231
Miscellaneous
Folder
232-240
Thesis
Image Folder
P-5071/11-32
Thesis images (includes manuscript submission images)
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8.3. Professional materials, 1946-1995 and undated.
About 300 items.
Various papers collected by Edith Krugelis MacRae in relation to her teaching and research. The majority of materials come
from files she kept while at the UNC School of Medicine and include manuscripts submitted to scientific journals; reprints of her published articles; subject files on topics in
histology; and curriculum statements and syllabi, 1994-1995, for the "3000 by 2000" program, which sought to encourage minorities to pursue medical careers. When known, original file labels and groupings have
been maintained. Miscellaneous items include scattered receipts and a salary statement from Vassar College, 1946, and a handwritten
list detailing, according to its title, "Immaturity and lack of independence of students," 1978-1979.
Folder
241
Biological and medical clippings
Folder
242
Blood cells
Folder
243
Chinese contacts
Folder
244
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, 1993
Folder
245
Fibroblasts
Folder
246
Grant proposal, 1981
Folder
247-249
Bennett, H. Stanley
Folder
250
Lung
Folder
251
Manuscript to Cell
Folder
252
Manuscript to Cell and Tissue Research
Folder
253
Manuscript to Histochemistry
Folder
254
Manuscript to Journal of Cell Biology
Folder
255
Medical cell biology
Folder
256
Medical Foundation of North Carolina
Folder
257
Miscellaneous
Folder
258
Miscellaneous, UNC
Folder
259
Muscle
Folder
260
Nerve
Folder
261
Phagocytosis
Folder
262
Photomicroscopy
Folder
263
Reprints
Folder
264
SEM and TEM study
Folder
265
Skin
Folder
266
Synovium
Folder
267
Work-related purchases
Folder
268
"3000 by 2000" project
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8.4. Writings, 1940-1995 and undated.
About 100 items.
A looseleaf journal, 1940, entitled "Thoughts in Solitude," follows Edith Krugelis through her first three months of graduate school at Columbia University. See also Series 5 for travel
journals with entries by Edith and her husband Duncan MacRae Jr. Among the poems collected here are a small number of handwritten,
often humorous examples. Another group of poems, later compiled and annotated by Duncan Jr. and Amy MacRae, were written by
Edith in the early 1990s on topics such as family, the passage of time, and travel impressions. Several thought pieces, 1951-1955,
focus on politics, social reform, and utopias. While most are the work of Edith alone, a few contain notes and responses contributed
by Duncan Jr.
Folder
269
Journal, 1940
Folder
270
Poems
Folder
271
Thought pieces, 1952-1955
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8.5. Estate materials, 1985-1997 and undated.
About 400 items.
Restriction: CLOSED until 2015.
Various papers related to the execution of Edith MacRae's estate, including her will, 1985, and subsequent additions, 1988
and 1990; statements from various estate accounts; tax documents; inventories; and papers related to Duncan MacRae Jr.'s role
as executor.
Folder
284-285
Estate and inheritance taxes
Folder
286-287
Estate account, Central Carolina Bank
Folder
288
Estate account, Fidelity Investments
Folder
289
Estate account, State Employees Credit Union
Folder
290-291
Estate closure
Folder
292-294
Estate debits, credits, actions
Folder
295
Estate summaries
Folder
296
Executor papers
Folder
297
Ninety-day inventory
Folder
298
Will and probate papers
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8.6. Other papers, 1935-1993 and undated.
About 200 items.
Among the papers in this series are a number of poems and song lyrics collected by Edith Krugelis MacRae; items related to
the planning of her wedding, including "The Bride's Book," which gives advice on everything from telling one's parents of an engagement to the type of honeymoon to choose; a file on
friend Tony Levy with clippings about his death in a mountain-climbing accident; health-related clippings and scattered paperwork
from hospital visits; and drafts of the eulogy she gave at the funeral of brother-in-law Jim Heron, 1980. Miscellaneous items
include a small Vassar College publication with cartoon illustrations, 1946. The booklet, entitled "Everything Correlates," offers a humorous take on the female college experience.
Folder
272-273
Collected poems, songs
Folder
274-275
Health
Folder
276
Heron, Jim
Folder
277-278
Miscellaneous
Folder
279-280
Playbills, programs, etc.
Folder
281
Levy, Tony
Folder
282
Wedding
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8.7. Photographs, 1932-1951 and undated.
About 100 items.
Photographs of Edith Krugelis MacRae, her Krugelis relatives, and friends, primarily in the years before her 1950 marriage
to Duncan MacRae Jr. The two chronological file groupings, 1932-1946 and 1946-1947, have been maintained according to MacRae's
own organization. The first group covers scenes from Edith's youth in Waterbury, Conn., and at Bates College and Columbia
University. The second group shows her in the midst of professional and leisure activities while a postdoctoral fellow at
Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen, Denmark. Later images include photographs of MacRae teaching at the University of Illinois.
Individual snapshots of her appear to have been taken in the 1940s to the 1990s. Miscellaneous photographs are of unidentified
individuals and locations.
Folder
P-5170/33-36
1932-1946
Folder
P-5170/37-38
1947-1949
Folder
P-5170/39
MacRae, Edith Krugelis
Folder
P-5170/40
Miscellaneous
Folder
P-5170/41
Miscellaneous family
Folder
P-5170/42
Teaching, University of Illinois
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9. Photographs, 1875-1987 and undated.
About 300 items.
Photographs span several generations of the MacRae family and include images from the Kyle and Haigh families, from whom Rebecca
Kyle MacRae descended. Photographs are arranged by individuals or groupings of individuals where applicable. In addition to
loose photos, the files of Duncan MacRae Sr. and Rebecca Kyle each contain one photograph album kept in the years before their
marriage. There are also two later family albums, 1921-circa 1935, showing them with their children, Duncan Jr. and Anne.
Snapshots of Duncan Jr. and Edith Krugelis MacRae, 1950-1971 and undated, include one from their wedding day and several taken
at talks and other gatherings during their time in Chicago. Other photographs of the couple can be found among the travel
files in Series 5. These range from images of their year in France, 1956-1957, through vacations in the 1990s. Photographs
of Edith Krugelis MacRae alone, as well as images of her with individuals who are not part of the MacRae family, are filed
in Subseries 8.7. In order to clarify the relationships among various families, such as the Lambs and Lillys, connected through
the siblings of Duncan MacRae Sr., it may be helpful to consult the family tree found in Series 2, folder 121.
Folder
P-5170/43
Bouton family
Folder
P-5170/44
Garrigan family
Folder
P-5170/45
Haigh, T. D., 1875
Folder
P-5170/46
Hinsdale, Mr. and Mrs. S. J.
Folder
P-5170/47
Holmes, Lieutenant General T. H.
Folder
P-5170/48
Kyle family
Folder
P-5170/49
Lamb family
Folder
P-5170/50
Lilly family
Folder
P-5170/51
MacRae family: Duncan Sr., Rebecca K., Duncan Jr., and Anne
Folder
P-5170/52
MacRae family: Miscellaneous, 19th century
Folder
P-5170/53
MacRae, Amy
Folder
P-5170/54
MacRae (Bouton), Anne
Folder
P-5170/55
MacRae, Cameron F.
Folder
P-5170/56
MacRae, Duncan Jr.
Folder
P-5170/57-59
MacRae, Duncan Jr. and Edith K.
Folder
P-5170/60
MacRae, Duncan Sr.
Folder
P-5170/61-62
MacRae, Duncan Sr. and Rebecca K.
Folder
P-5170/63
MacRae, Duncan Sr. and Rebecca K., with Duncan Jr. and Edith K. MacRae in California, 1954
Folder
P-5170/64
MacRae, James Cameron
Folder
P-5170/65
MacRae, Rebecca Kyle
Folder
P-5170/66-67
Miscellaneous individuals
Folder
P-5170/68-69
Miscellaneous places
Folder
P-5170/70
Warren family
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