Margaret Stoner McLean

MARGARET STONER McLEAN 1915-2007 Margaret Stoner McLean, 92, researcher, was born in Victoria, Texas, June 5, 1915, died in Georgetown, Texas, July 12, 2007.  She was the daughter of Thomas Royal Stoner and Mamie Victoria (Stoner) Stoner. Education included   Associate of Arts, Victoria Junior College, 1936; Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, The University of Texas at Austin, 1939. Married to Malcolm Dallas McLean February 11, 1939; 1 child, John Robertson McLean; 2 grandchildren, Malcolm Hugh, McLean and Douglas Duncan McLean.

Always a tireless and prodigious worker with unflagging interests in Texas history, research and family genealogy, her jobs included: Receptionist and Postmaster, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas, 1939-1941; Microfilm operator, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., 1942. Bibliographical researcher, 1947-1953, for Thomas W. Streeter, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS, 1795-1845 (5 vols., Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1955-1960). Teacher, elementary school, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1954-1955. Elementary teacher, American School, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1957-1958. Teacher of English, U. S. Binational Center and in the American High School, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1959-1961.

Newspaper microfilm archivist, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1963-1973. Microfilm research specialist, Spanish Texas Microfilm Center, Presidio La Bahía, Goliad, Texas, 1973-1974. Researcher, editorial assistant, PAPERS CONCERNING ROBERTSON’S COLONY IN TEXAS (19 VOLS.), Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas, 1975-1991. Bibliographical consultant, 1981-1982, for THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR OF 1846-1848, A Bibliography of the Holdings of the Libraries, The University of Texas at Arlington, By Jenkins Garrett, Prepared and Edited by Katherine R. Goodwin, Special Collections Publication No. 2. Published for The University of Texas at Arlington by the Texas A&M Press, College Station, 1995.

Member, Chancellor's Council of The University of Texas System, 1984-2007. Clubs: Faculty Women's Clubs at both Texas Christian University and at The University of Texas at Arlington. Contributor of articles to professional journals, and to the NEW HANDBOOK OF TEXAS. Retired 1991.

Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, July 16, 2007 at the Salado Cemetery.