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David and Mary Macaree fonds
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Mary Macaree

Sous-fonds consists of materials collected or created by Mary Macaree. The sous-fonds is divided into three series: Papers authored, Records associated with Scottish country dancing, and Records associated with universities and other entities.
Records include original manuscripts and typescripts, notes, photocopies, publications, programs, illustrations and newspaper clippings.

David Macaree

Sous-fonds consists of materials collected or created by David Macaree. The sous-fonds is divided into three series: Papers authored, Papers authored by others, and Robbie Burns research and associated notes.
Records included original manuscripts and typescripts, notes, photocopies, published papers, programs and newspaper clippings.

David and Mary Macaree fonds

  • MsC-177
  • Fonds
  • 1951 - 1998

After immigrating to Canada following World War II, David Macaree (d. 1998) earned his M.A from UBC and PhD from the University of Washington. He joined the Department of English at UBC, his primary areas of interest being 18th-century literature (mostly Defoe) and English composition, and remained a faculty member until his retirement in 1985.

Mary Macaree (1922-2008) qualified as a teacher in Scotland and then as a librarian upon immigrating to Canada. She received her Bachelor of Library Science degree from UBC in 1963 and became that institution’s head librarian in 1968. She retired in 1985.

One of Mary’s hobbies included Scottish country dancing and she also took a philanthropic interest in the development of libraries and programs supporting Scottish culture and studies. She and her husband were avid hikers and proponents of the outdoors, together they authored two popular books “103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia” and “109 Walks in British Columbia's Lower Mainland”.

David passed away in 1998, and Mary in 2008.

The fonds is arranged into two sous-fonds, one for each creator. The David Macaree sous-fonds is arranged into the following three series: Papers authored (1951-1986), Papers authored by others (1963-1998), and Robbie Burns research and associated notes (1961-1996). The Mary Macaree sous-fonds is also arranged into three series: Papers authored (1959-1964), Records associated with Scottish country dancing (1961-2000), and Records associated with universities and other entities (2005-2007).

Macaree, David

Papers authored

Series consists of papers and notes authored by David Macaree. Records include manuscripts, typescripts, publications, and photocopies.

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