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[ca.1920]-2008 (Creation)
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- Macdonald, Mairi
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- 82 cm of textual records
- 156 photographs
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Mairi Teresa Macdonald was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1925, the daughter of Col. R. St. John Macdonald, MD (1880-1948) and Elizabeth Marie (Smith) (1895-1977). She received her early education in Montreal and obtained a B.Sc. in Agriculture Engineering, McGill University; MA, St. Francis Xavier University; and Ph.D. in Education, University of Toronto. For several years she managed the family farm in Pictou County, Nova Scotia (NS) and subsequently taught in schools and colleges in England, Ontario and Nova Scotia. She worked in Toronto, Ontario as director of counselling services and supervisor of M.Ed. students at Seneca College, and later as a part-time instructor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. From 1972 until her retirement in 1988, she was director of continuing education at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS. During her professional career, Dr. Macdonald was a founding member of the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women, the Metro Council on Continuing Education, and the Canadian Association of University Continuing Education; and was instrumental in founding Experience Unlimited and Elderlearners. She has been awarded the Canadian Silver Jubilee Medal, the Halifax YWCA Recognition of Women Award and an honorary degree from Mount Saint Vincent University. She died on March 4, 2017 in Halifax, NS at the age of 92.
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Consists of journals, draft manuscripts, correspondence, family records and photographs, and documentation from associations with which Dr. Macdonald was involved. The contents document her professional career in education and community work, her private life, and varied community involvements. The journals document her childhood and young adulthood at Egnaig Farm, Baileys Brook, Pictou County and her life thereafter.
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Donated by Dr. Mairi T. MacDonald, Halifax in 1998 and 2008.
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Closed until March 12, 2034 unless written permission from family is received.
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Copyright held by family.
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Related family papers may be found in the fonds of her father, Dr. R. St. John Macdonald, at St. Francis Xavier University Archives.