| Mary Claire Randolph Engstrom | |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Kansas City, Missouri, US |
| Death Place: | Hillsborough, North Carolina, US |
| Spouse: | Alfred G. Engstrom |
| Alma Mater: | University of North Carolina |
| Workplaces: | Harvard University & Yale University |
| Main Interests: | historical documentation of Hillsborough |
Mary Claire Engstrom (October 1, 1906 – May 20, 1997) was an American writer and historian. She is best known for her active role in preserving historic buildings in the town of Hillsborough, North Carolina.[1]
Engstrom was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was the daughter of Lester L. Randolph and Florence Alberta Toynbee Randolph. She earned a PhD at the University of North Carolina in English literature in 1939, and did postdoctoral research at Harvard and Yale, specializing in 18-century satire.
With her husband, Alfred G. Engstrom (1907–1990), a professor of French at the university, she purchased the historic Nash-Hooper House in Hillsborough.