Box 1: Genealogy, Narratives, Civil War medal, 1860-1987

Macy family materials include photocopies of a letter from Ulysses Samuel Macy, U.S. Naval Academy class of 1898, written to his family from school and also a letter written from Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Photocopies of narratives written by Clarence Ezra Chapman (born April 11, 1882), the father of Carole Chapman Macy, describes his parents' early years of marriage in Nebraska and a logging camp in California, followed by the births of their children. He chronicles his boyhood memories of living near the logging camp and returning to Nebraska. He continues with the history detailing homesteading in Colorado in the early 1900's, working as a mechanic, marrying, and raising a family in Colorado. Three business cards, and photocopies of seven family narratives are housed in the archives of the University of Denver. Carole Chapman Macy wrote a short biography of her mother, Sadie [Dolly] Parker Lord Chapman, and a narrative about her grandfather, Jefferson Thomas Chapman, founding a pocket watch that was handed down through the family. The account of Jefferson Thomas Chapman's getting lost in a blizzard in 1873 is included. J.T. Chapman was also in the Grand Army of the Republic. The collection includes photographs of reunions and two badges.