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Donald C. Macdonald Papers, 1892-1969
Collection Overview
Title: Donald C. Macdonald Papers, 1892-1969
ID: OGLMC384
Primary Creator: Macdonald, Donald C. (1891-1969)
Extent: 17.5 Linear Feet
Arrangement:
The Donald C. Macdonald Papers are organized into five series.
Series I: Political Materials
Series II: Personal Materials
Series III: Business
Series IV: Newspaper Clippings
Series V: Scrapbooks and Ledgers
Date Acquired: 00/00/1976
Subjects: Politics and Government - Nonpartisan League (NPL), Politics and Government - Republican Party, University of North Dakota - Alumni
Languages: English
Abstract
Collection Historical Note
Donald Chester Macdonald was born July 26, 1891, to Neil and Isabelle (McLeod) Macdonald, in Hannah, North Dakota. He was inducted into the army at Roundup, Montana, on October 3, 1917, and served during World War I. He was discharged at Camp Lewis, Washington, on April 6, 1918, as a private. He graduated from the University of North Dakota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1926.
Macdonald became active in politics after his return from the war and following the development of the Nonpartisan League in 1916. He was a candidate for the State Legislature in 1924 and for Congress in 1926. He was secretary of the Grand Forks County NPL from 1928 to 1938 and was chairman of William Langer's successful campaign for governor in 1932. In 1933, he was appointed a member of the Republican State Central Committee, serving through 1936. From 1936 to 1938, Macdonald was Grand Forks County Republican chairman. Prior to United States entry in World War II, he organized the North Dakota chapter of America First, a political group against U.S. involvement in the war.
Macdonald was an insurance agent in Grand Forks from 1925 through 1943 and reportedly wrote the first group hospital insurance program in the country in 1926. He was also a correspondent for the United Press for northern Minnesota and North Dakota from 1922 until 1940. From 1933 through 1936, he was district inspector for the State Regulatory Department and in 1951 was district inspector for the Attorney General's Licensing Department.
Macdonald was a Mason, Shriner, and an American Legionnaire. He was president of the Grand Forks Chess Club and from 1949 until the early 1960s was on the board of directors for the U.S. Chess Federation.
On September 25, 1928, Macdonald married Evelyn Salt. They had three children. He died December 9, 1969, in Grand Forks, and is buried in Hannah.
Subject/Index Terms
Politics and Government - Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Politics and Government - Republican Party
University of North Dakota - Alumni
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Method: Donation; The material was separated and transferred from the Neil C. Macdonald Papers, OGLMC 97, in December 1976.
Separated Materials: A total of 344 photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets. While most of the photographs depict Macdonald family members, other subjects include campaigning with the Nonpartisan League, chess events, and landscape photographs of northeastern North Dakota.
Related Materials: Neil C. Macdonald Papers: OGLMC 97
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Donald C. Macdonald Papers. OGLMC 384, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in May 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Political Materials],
[Series 2: Personal Materials],
[Series 3: Business Materials],
[Series 4: Newspaper Clippings],
[Series 5: Scrapbooks and Ledgers],
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- Series 2: Personal Materials
- Series 2 contains materials relating to the personal lives and interests of D.C. Macdonald and his family. It has been further subdivided into three sub-series: personal correspondence, materials relating to Neil C. Macdonald, and items pertaining to D.C. Macdonald's interest in chess. Arranged in reverse chronological order within each sub-series, this series covers the years 1892-1969.
- Sub-Series A: Personal Correspondence
- Box 5
- Folder 1: 1969
- Folder 2: 1968
- Folder 3: May-December 1967
- Folder 4: January-March 1967
- Folder 5: 1966
- Folder 6: 1965
- Folder 7: 1964
- Folder 8: January 2-December 18, 1963
- Folder 9: April 2-December 13, 1962
- Folder 10: January 2-March 30, 1962
- Folder 11: September 3, 1961-December 19, 1961
- Folder 12: June 5-August 17, 1961
- Folder 13: March 1-May 31, 1961
- Folder 14: January 10-February 28, 1961
- Folder 15: October 2-December 30, 1960
- Folder 16: June 1-September 27, 1960
- Folder 17: March 2-May 30, 1960
- Folder 18: January 6-February 29, 1960
- Folder 19: October 1, 1959-December 31, 1959
- Folder 20: June 3, 1959-September 29, 1959
- Folder 21: January 11-May 28, 1959
- Folder 22: January 22-December 22, 1958
- Folder 23: January 3-December 27, 1957
- Folder 24: Undated
- Folder 1: 1969
- Box 6
- Folder 1: October 4-December 30, 1956
- Folder 2: May 1-September 6, 1956
- Folder 3: March 3-April 28, 1956
- Folder 4: January 2-February 27, 1956
- Folder 5: July 5-December 31, 1955
- Folder 6: January 4-June 27, 1955
- Folder 7: January 3-December 1, 1954
- Folder 8: February 18-December 31, 1953
- Folder 9: April 6-December 31, 1952
- Folder 10: January 1-March 25, 1952
- Folder 11: August 2-December 28, 1951
- Folder 12: January 3-July 31, 1951
- Folder 13: 1950
- Folder 14: January 3, 1946-September 26, 1949
- Folder 15: April 29, 1943-September 24, 1945
- Folder 16: January 28, 1941-December 18, 1942
- Folder 17: May 9, 1932-December 7, 1939
- Folder 18: 1910-December 31, 1939
- Folder 19: 35 mm film on insurance
- Folder 1: October 4-December 30, 1956
- Box 7
- Folder 1: Kathrine B. Tiffany, June 1942-April 1949
- Folder 2: 1960-1969
- Folder 3: 1954-1959
- Folder 4: 1950-1953
- Folder 5: 1940-1949
- Folder 6: 1918-1939
- Folder 7: Undated
- Folder 8: Personal, medical, September 1941-April 1969
- Folder 9: Financial matters, 1936-1942
- Folder 10: Insurance and Business, 1940
- Folder 11: Income Tax forms, 1945-1968
- Folder 12: Rental Dispute, 1944-1952
- Folder 13: United Press Stringer, 1938-1942
- Folder 14: Xeroxed material
- Folder 15: Macdonald family material, relating to Isabella Macdonald and her attempt to keep family farm in 1930s, 1917-1944
- Folder 16: Macdonald family material, 1904-1967
- Folder 17: Macdonald family material, miscellaneous
- Folder 18: Daily Record Book, 1941-1943
- Folder 19: Daily Record Book, 1939-1941
- Folder 20: Daily Record Book, 1937-1939
- Folder 21: Record Book, 1940s-1950s
- Folder 22: Miscellaneous material
- Folder 23: Family - miscellaneous
- Folder 24: Miscellaneous
- Folder 1: Kathrine B. Tiffany, June 1942-April 1949
- Box 5
- Sub-Series B: Neil C. Macdonald
- Box 8
- Folder 1: Correspondence and miscellaneous material, 1899-1926
- Folder 2: Correspondence - W.H. Taft incident, 1921
- Folder 3: Harvard College material, 1921
- Folder 4: Miscellaneous receipts and teachers' contracts 1897-1899, 1904
- Folder 5: Normal Exponent (Mayville, ND), undated
- Folder 6: Public School Income, 1908 (missing July 2013 - cataloged?)
- Folder 7: Rural Schools and Rural School Consolidation (missing July 2013 - cataloged?)
- Folder 8: Record of vouchers approved, 1915-1919
- Folder 9: Teacher's Register, Bruce School District, Cavalier County, 1911
- Folder 10: Teacher's Register, Linden School District, Cavalier County, 1908-1911
- Folder 11: Teacher's Register, Linden School District, Cavalier County, 1912-1914
- Folder 12: Teacher's Register, Osnabrock School?, Cavalier County, 1909
- Folder 13: Teacher's Register, Alma School District, Cavalier County, 1901-1902
- Folder 14: Teacher's Register, Osnabrock and Easby School Districts, Cavalier County, 1899-1901
- Folder 15: Oaths of applicants for liquor (for medicinal use), 1912
- Folder 16: Material on D.W. Hines and Farmers R.R., 1892-1897
- Folder 1: Correspondence and miscellaneous material, 1899-1926
- Box 8
- Sub-Series C: Chess Materials
- Box 8
- Folder 17: Correspondence, 1953-1957
- Folder 18: Correspondence, 1950-1952
- Folder 19: Correspondence, 1944-1949
- Folder 20: Correspondence, undated
- Folder 21: Miscellaneous, undated
- Folder 22: News clippings
- Folder 23: Newsletters, publications
- Folder 24: Chess Review, 1963
- Folder 25: Image of D.C. Macdonald(?) for printing (metal on wood block)
- Folder 17: Correspondence, 1953-1957
- Box 8
- Sub-Series A: Personal Correspondence
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