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: 10.0 Linear Feet
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
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Donald C. Macdonald Papers are organized into five series.
Series 1: Political Materials
Series 2: Personal Materials
Series 3: Business Materials
Series 4: Photographs
Series 5: Scrapbooks and Ledgers
Collection Historical Note
"Funeral services for Donald Chester Macdonald, 78, long active in political circles, will be held at the Grand Forks Norman Funeral Home at 11 a.m. Saturday, with Rev. Frederick T. Gillette of St. Paul's Episcopal Church officiating.
Mr. Macdonald died at his home here Tuesday.
The body will lie in state Friday afternoon and evening at the funeral home where a Masonic service will be conducted at 8 p.m.
Palllbearers will be Ralph E. Anderson, John Scott Jr., Donald Bruce MacDonald, Henry Kennedy, Sam Burdick and George Hawkes.
Military honors will be accorded here by members of Grand Forks American Legion Post 6, with burial at Hannah, N.D.
Mr. Macdonald was born July 26, 1891, at Hannah where he first became active in politics with the 1916 birth of the Nonpartisan League.
Although he never won elective public office, he was a candidate for the State Legislature in 1924 and for Congress in 1926. He later held many positions in the Nonpartisan League, and the Republican Party
He was secretary of the Grand Forks County NPL from 1928 to 1938 and was chairman of the Langer for Governor movement in 1932. In 1933 he was appointed a member of the Republican Sate Central Committee, serving through 1936. From 1934-36 he was Grand Forks County Republican chairman
Prior to the United State entry in World War II he organized the North Dakota chapter of America First, a political group of which former Sen. Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota was secretary. He was a long political associate of Nye, as well as of former Senators Lynn Frazier and William Langer.
From 1933 through 1936 he was district inspector for the State Regulatory Department and since 1951 he had been district inspector for the attorney general's Licensing Department.
A veteran of World War I, Mr. Macdonald later attended and graduated from the University of North Dakota. He was married to Evelyn J. Salt her Sept. 25, 1928, and they made their home here continuously from that time.
Mrs. Macdonald survives as do two sons, John W. of Bangkok, Thailand, and Neil C. of Aspen, Colo., and a daughter Mrs. Ralph Anderson, Richfield, Minn. A brother, Colon Macdonald, Grand Forks, and eight grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Macdonald was an insurance agent here from 1925 through 1943 and reportedly wrote the first group hospital insurance program in the country in 1926.
From 1922 though 1940, Mr. Macdonald was correspondent for the United Press for northern Minnesota and North Dakota.
He was active in scouting and a Mason, a Shriner and an American Legionnaire. He was to have received recognition next year for 50-year memberships in each of those organizations.
He was president of the Grand Forks Chess Club for many years and from 1949 until the early 1960s was on the board of directors for the U.S. Chess Federation."
Source: Grand Forks Herald , 11 December 1969
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.
Related Materials: Neil C. Macdonald Papers: OGLMC 97
Preferred Citation: 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: Photographs],
[Series 5: Scrapbooks and Ledgers],
[All]
- Series 5: Scrapbooks and Ledgers
- Placed on the shelves adjacent to the collection, unless otherwise noted.
- Scrapbook 1: Neil C. Macdonald and the Macdonald family, 1896-1965
The first scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, certificates, membership cards and correspondence regarding the life and premature death of Neil C. Macdonald. This scrapbook also has material regarding D.C. Macdonald's other siblings. It dates from 1896 to 1965.
Cover title: "Policy Register. Anchor Insurance Company."
- Scrapbook 2: General, 1904-1957
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, children's artwork and miscellaneous memorabilia. Topics include Macdonald family members, northeastern North Dakota, and local and national politics.
Cover title: "Policy Register. Scottish Union and National Insurance Company"
- Scrapbook 3: Donald and Colin Macdonald newspaper clippings, 1918-1924, 1954
- Scrapbook three contains only newspaper clippings, many of them letters to the editor concerning Irish Home Rule and/or the advent of the Nonpartisan League in the Grand Forks area. The letters to the editor were all written by D.C. Macdonald or his brother Colin C. Macdonald. This scrapbook dates from 1918 to 1924, with one exception being an article from Bismarck's Leader dated March 4, 1954. (Box 7, Folder 15)
- Scrapbook 4: General, 1911-1964
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, children's artwork and miscellaneous memorabilia. Topics include Macdonald family members, northeastern North Dakota, and local and national politics. Includes photographs of the 1947 Red River flood and articles regarding the Vietnam War.
Color: Green
Cover title: "Scrap Book"
- Scrapbook 5: General, 1908-1964
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, children's artwork and miscellaneous memorabilia. Topics include Macdonald family members, northeastern North Dakota, and local and national politics.
Color: Pink
Cover Title: "Scrap Book"
- Scrapbook 6: General, 1914-1963
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, children's artwork and miscellaneous memorabilia. Topics include Macdonald family members, northeastern North Dakota, and local and national politics.
Color: Red
Cover Title: "Scrap Book"
- Scrapbook 7: General, 1903-1969
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, children's artwork and miscellaneous memorabilia. Topics include Macdonald family members, northeastern North Dakota, and local and national politics. Only five pages
Color: Brown
Cover Title: "Scrap Book"
- Scrapbook 8: Family ledgers, 1932-1943
- (Box 7, Folder 16)
- Scrapbook 9: Family ledgers, 1940-1955
- (Box 7, Folder 16)
- Scrapbook 1: Neil C. Macdonald and the Macdonald family, 1896-1965
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: Political Materials],
[Series 2: Personal Materials],
[Series 3: Business Materials],
[Series 4: Photographs],
[Series 5: Scrapbooks and Ledgers],
[All]