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The Records of the Clan MacLeod Society of America

Series IX: Events

Sub-series A: Coming of Age Ceremony for Future Chief John (1956)

Box 101

1. Press release of coming of age celebration: August 1, 1956
2. Banquet program for coming of age celebration
3. Newspaper clippings
4. United States society gifts to John MacLeod the Younger and Patrick Wolridge Gordon on the occasion of their 21st birthday
5. “Dutch Treat” picnic gathering to celebrate Chief John’s coming of age, Paxton Massachusetts, August 26, 1956

Located in Oversize Box 1: Life Magazine article, September 24, 1956

Sub-series B: Dame Flora’s Death (1976)

6. West Duirnish Parish Church funeral service bulletin, 1976
7. Memorials to Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod
8. Newspaper clippings
9. “The Passage of the Chief” by Milton MacLeod

Sub-series C: Chief John’s Death (2007)

10. The death and funeral of Chief John MacLeod of MacLeod, February 2007

Sub-series D: Games

11. Alaskan Scottish Highland Games
12. Caledonian Club of San Francisco: 130th Annual Scottish Gathering and Games
13. Capital District Scottish Games: Schenectady, New York
14. Central New York Games
15. Central Virginia Scottish Festival and Games at Scotchtown
16. Annual Charleston Scottish Games and Highland Gathering
17. 15th Annual Colonial Highland Gathering, Fair Hill, Maryland, June 5, 1976
18. Flora MacDonald Highland Games, Red Springs, North Carolina
19. Glasgow Kentucky Highland Games and Parade
20. Grandfather Mountain Games, North Carolina (I)
21. Grandfather Mountain Games, North Carolina (II)
22. Highland Games and Scottish Events (1978), flyer
23. Highlands and Islands Associations of Celtic Gatherings Inc., Annual Scottish Games and Celtic Festival on the Gulf Coast
24. 1st Annual Jacksonville Scottish Highland Games, February 17, 1996
25. 32nd Annual Ligonier Highland Games, 1990
26. Loch Norman Highland Games
27. Macalester College Scottish Country Fair Highland Games, St. Paul Minnesota, 1989
28. Orlando Scottish Highland Games and Gathering of the Clans
29. Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival and Games
30. Annual Savannah Scottish Games and Highland Gathering
31. Southeast Florida Scottish Festival and Games
32. Stone Mountain Highland Games
33. Tennessee Valley: North Alabama Scottish Festival, 1992
34. 4th Annual Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games, 1990
35. Tidewater Festival
36. Virginia Scottish Games
37. Waxhaw Scottish Games and Gathering of the Clans, Waxhaw, North Carolina
38. Williamsburg Virginia Scottish Festival
39. Miscellaneous games and events

Located in Oversize Box 1: Glennfiddich Games poster: May 14-15, 1983

Located in Oversize Box 2: Grandfather Mountain-Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans-flyers 1950s-1960s

Sub-series E: Visits

Box 102

1. Associated Clan MacLeod Societies accommodation scheme, February 22, 1973
2. Invitation to New York, Central Atlantic, and New England MacLeods to visitMaybelle MacLeod Luman at her estate “Dunvegan” in Crozet Virginia, March 28, 1964
3. Alice MacNab: 1975
4. Visit: Dr. George F. MacLeod of Iona (undated, 1970s)
5. Chief John and Melita’s visit to Princeton, New Jersey, 1977
6. Chief John and Melita’s visit to the Carolinas March, 1980
7. “The Magical Misty Tour”  report of U.S. visit of Norman of Suardal and his wife Sheila, March1987, written by Neil Stewart MacLeod
8. Torquil Roderick of the MacLeods of Lewes and wife Mary: tour of the U.S.A. July-August 1989
9. Angus and Julia’s visit to America, 1991
10. Chief John’s visit to South Africa, 2004
11. Chief Hugh MacLeod’s visit to New York City, 2007
12. Sub-series F: Visits-Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod
13. Canada visit: 1951
14. Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod U.S. visit with twin grandsons, 1953
15. Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod Canadian trip, 1955-56
16. Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod U.S. visit 1955-56
17. Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod U.S. visit 1957
18. Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod U.S. visit 1958
19. Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod U.S. visit 1961
20. Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod U.S. visit 1962
21. Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod U.S. visit 1964
22. Announcement of upcoming visit by Chief Flora, January 1965
23. Draft of itinerary for Dame Flora and Joan Wolridge Gordon’s visit, 1969?
24. Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod: visits to Washington D.C. 1968-1972
25. Miscellaneous clippings

Sub-series G: Queen’s Visit to Dunvegan

26. Clippings

Sub-series H: Workshops

27. Clan MacLeod historical seminars: 1986, 1994

Sub-series I: Miscellaneous events: United States

28. Clan MacLeod Society gathering: Millis, Massachusetts, December 9, 1955
29. Clan MacLeod Society gathering: Jacksonville, Florida, March 2, 1957
30. Funeral program for Angus Macleod and article, May 1958
31. Scottish Nationality Day at the New York’s World Fair (August 16, 1964)
32. Clan MacLeod Society gathering: October 7, 1967
33. Funeral program for Marietta McLeod and clippings regarding her death, December 21, 1972
    

Box 103

1. Bay-Area gathering for the MacLeods, November 15, 1980
2. Christmas Walk, Alexandria VA: 1980-82, 1990
3. Informal Celidh, Arlington, Massachusetts, May 1981
4. “Two Big Events”, May 2, 1982
5. Memorial service for Maybelle Luman, September 25, 1982
6. “In Honor of Daniel R. MacLeod: South Carolina Attorney General, 1959-1983” January 6, 1983, Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, South Carolina
7. Clan MacLeod-Carolinas party, September 17, 1983
8. MacLeod-MacDonald Celidh in Lumberton North Carolina, October 5, 1985
9. Memorial service for Virginia L. MacLeod, November 14, 1985
10. 1st Annual Highland Fling Weekend and 12th Annual Burns Dinner, Robert Burns Society of the Midlands, Columbia, South Carolina, January 20, 1990
11. 5th Annual gathering of the Clans and Queen Victoria Birthday Celebration Fort Vancouver, Washington, May 20, 1990
12. Clan MacLeod Society of Southern California, 9th Annual Skye Ball, October 13th, 1990
13. “Skye Celidh”-Clan MacLeod Society Metropolitan Chapter, Chevy Chase Country Club, Glendale California, October 12, 1991
14. Spring in the Highlands of Watertown, Massachusetts, May 15, 1994
15. Kirkin ‘O’ the Tartan: Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah Georgia, May 14, 1995
16. “The Amazing Gathering of the MacLeods” Braintree, Massachusetts, July 20-23, 1995
17. Doug MacLeod’s 75th Birthday, January 20, 1996
18. 1996 Scottish Heritage Celebration: Laurinburg, Lumberton, and Red Springs North Carolina
19. “To a Life Well Lived”-A service in memory of Charles Anderson McLeod: 1916-1998
20. Obituary/funeral: Frances E. Pearson, July 28, 2000
21. Tartan Day Parade, New York City, 2007
22. “Coming Events Schedule” undated
23. Colonial Cup Gathering, South Carolina, undated
24. MacLeod Day, Harnett County Centennial, undated

Located in Oversize Box 1: Proclamation of Clan MacLeod Week in Decatur, GA, April 19, 1990

Sub-series J: Miscellaneous events: Scotland and elsewhere

1. Invitation to the wedding of Anne Howard to Patrick Wolridge Gordon (1962?)
2. Tour of  Isles of Lewis and Harris: August 3-6, 1974
3. Laura Margaret MacLeod’s visit to Nova Scotia and Toronto, Summer 1984
4. Clan MacLeod Society of Scotland Centenary Weekend, September 19-22, 1991
5. The Iona Community: A service of thanksgiving and recommitment in gratitude for the life of George Fielden MacLeod, September 21, 1991
6. Dunvegan Castle 12th Arts Festival, July 1992
7. The Grand MacLeod Reunion in Ireland, 1993
8. Grand Reunion in Scotland, 1994
9. Alexander McLeod’s 1998 European trip
10. Clan MacLeod Society of England: dinner at the House of Lords, July 30, 1998
11. Clan MacLeod [Society] of England: annual dinners, 2000 and 2001
12. Associated Clan MacLeod Societies 40th birthday weekend, January-February 2001
13. New Zealand Gathering, 2003
14. “Service of thanksgiving and celebration of Norman MacLeod of Suardal, 1920-2005”
15. North Idaho College, Scotland study and tour (undated)

Revised: 5/11/11