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Cameron Family Papers
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Henry Clay Cameron, Presbyterian minister and long-time professor of Greek at Princeton University, played an active role in both the university and the church. Cameron, who also had an avid interest in history, was also involved in local and state historical societies and organizations as well as history-related initiatives in and around the town of Princeton.
Born on September 1, 1827 in Shepardstown, Virginia, to John Cameron and Anna McFall Cameron, Henry Cameron attended Princeton University (then The College of New Jersey), entering the junior class in 1845, and receiving an A.B. with honors two years later. After spending the next three years in Virginia teaching at King George Court House, Cameron returned to Princeton to enter the Theological Seminary and obtained an A.M. degree in 1855. While attending the seminary, Cameron served as Principal of the Edgehill School (Princeton) in 1851 and also acted as a tutor of Greek at Princeton beginning in 1852. He was named an adjunct professor of Greek in 1855, associate professor in 1860, and full professor the following year, becoming Princeton's first chair of Greek language and literature. He earned a doctorate degree from Princeton in 1866, and a D.D. from both Rutgers and Wooster in 1875.
In 1858, Cameron married Wilhelmina "Mina" Louise Cécile Chollet (1832-1908), daughter of Abram Louis Guillaume "William" Chollet (1798-1855) and Marianne Constance Guyot (1801-1864). Originally from Switzerland, Mina immigrated to the United States in 1849. She lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a time and taught at an all-girls school in Connecticut before marrying Cameron and moving to Princeton.
It was also in 1858 that Cameron received his license to preach. He was ordained to the ministry in the Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia on February 1, 1863.
At Princeton University, in addition to his professorship, Cameron served as an instructor of French and Latin from 1859 to 1870, as a librarian from 1865 to 1872, and also taught private Hebrew classes. For twenty years (1866-1886) he was the editor of Princeton's General Catalogue. He also became a member of the General Assembly, serving during the years 1875, 1887, and 1900; was clerk of the faculty from 1882 to 1902; and for a time, served as secretary of the Alumni Association of Nassau Hall. Cameron published numerous articles and essays during his tenure as well as the "Princeton Roll of Honor" (1865), a list of Princeton students who fought for the Union during the Civil War. He also published a series of classical wall maps with famed Swiss- American geologist and geographer Arnold Henry Guyot. Guyot, who also taught at Princeton, was the uncle of Cameron's wife, Mina.
Upon becoming a Professor Emeritus in 1902-- the fiftieth anniversary of teaching at the university-- Cameron spent the last days of his life in retirement in Princeton. He died on October 25, 1906, during an operation.
Among several topics represented in this collection, the Cameron Family Papers provides a fair amount of documentation of Princeton University from the perspective of faculty and students during the second half of the 19th century. The collection consists primarily of the papers of Princeton University professors and alumni Henry C. Cameron and his son A. Guyot Cameron, including personal and professional correspondence; writings, such as essays, articles, manuscripts, and lectures that date from their time as students and professionals; and various documents relating to the university, such as ephemera, administrative and committee records, class materials, as well as an impressive amount of biographical information about the Princeton Class of 1886. Also included are a significant number of photographs of family and friends, and some personal papers, such as financial items, ephemera, and printed matter.
Swiss geologist, geographer, and Princeton professor Arnold Henry Guyot is also represented in the collection through maps Guyot created for his classes, correspondence, and printed articles and lectures by and about Guyot, as is Henry C. Cameron's wife, Mina Chollet Cameron, mostly through correspondence.
While most of the collection is in English, a fair number of letters, particularly those of Mina Chollet Cameron and Arnold Henry Guyot, are in French.
The collection has been organized into the following series:
The bulk of the collection, including the papers of Henry C. Cameron and A. Guyot Cameron, was donated by Nicholas G. Cameron, the son of A. Guyot Cameron in 1952 (AM 14716) and 1970 (AM 20172). The rest consists of gifts from other family members that were donated throughout the years as well as purchases from various sources, mainly those who corresponded with Henry C. Cameron, A. Guyot Cameron, and Arnold Henry Guyot.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
Many of the materials in the first two series, "Henry Clay Cameron Papers" and "Mina Chollet Cameron Papers" are in fragile condition and should be handled with care. These series, particularly the latter, also include a significant number of preservation photocopies that are somewhat illegible.
A significant portion of the collection was treated for mold in 2014 and 2016.
Preservation photocopies were made for a sizeable number of letters and writings that are in very poor condition during processing work that occurred before 2014.
Finding aid updated by Faith Charlton in 2014 with assistance from Luise Zhong '2016.
The portion of the collection that underwent mold remediation was rehoused in 2016. In 2022, three items that had been separated from the collection were (re)integrated: Volume II No. 9 of the publication "The Youth's Dayspring" (September, 1851), Press of T. R. Marvin, Boston, was added to printed materials associated with Henry C. Cameron; and the monthly publication "Series of Tracts" by D. A. Borrenstein (Princeton, NJ), Volume 1, No. 4 (December 1824) and Volume 2, No. 6 (February 1826), were added to printed materials associated with Arnold Guyot. Finding aid updated by Faith Charlton.
No appraisal information for the initial processing of this collection is available.
In 2022, multiple Princeton University-related printed materials that had been separated from the collection were removed from the collection as it was determined that these items were duplicates of those included in university archives collections. A few university-related items that may have been unique were transferred to university archives for evaluation and disposition.
People
- Cameron, A. Guyot (Arnold Guyot), 1864-
- Cameron, Wilhelmina Cécile Chollet, 1832-1908.
- Guyot, A. (Arnold), 1807-1884
Organization
- College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)
- Princeton Theological Seminary
- Princeton University
- Princeton University. Class of 1886.
Subject
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Faith Charlton
- Finding Aid Date
- 1993
- Access Restrictions
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Most of the collection is open for research use.
Some original letters and writings, for which preservation copies were made, as well as Arnold Guyot's cloth maps, are restricted due to their poor condition.
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Collection Inventory
Henry Clay Cameron's papers consist primarily of personal and professional correspondence, much of which concerns Cameron's involvement in the Presbyterian Church and Princeton University. There are also a significant number of writings and notebooks that date from his time as a student at Princeton and the Princeton Theological Seminary and as a professor at Princeton. Also included is a sizeable amount of documents and ephemera relating to Princeton University, including faculty-related Board of Trustee minutes and the minutes of various faculty committees that date from Cameron's time as Clerk of the Faculty (1882-1902). There are also some personal papers, largely financial in nature, as well as various clippings and printed matter.
Note: materials that post-date Cameron's death are likely those of his son, A. Guyot Cameron.
This series is arranged into seven subseries: "Writings," "Journals," "Correspondence," "Princetoniana," "Financial Material and Documents," "Printed Matter", and "Objects."
Physical Description29 boxes
Includes various professional and scholarly papers, essays, notes, and transcriptions from Cameron's time as a student and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University. Topics include history, in particular U.S. history and the history of Princeton University, geography, politics, and religion. There are copious Greek notes, presumably used to facilitate teaching his classes. A few writings are of a personal nature, including a funeral oration for Henry's daughter, Constance Cameron, who died at the age of fourteen. Some items were not authored by others. Some photocopies are included.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
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to accompany fund raising communication
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incomplete, 6 pp.
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This subseries consists mostly of bound volumes of detailed lecture notes Cameron took while a student at Princeton Theological Seminary with some earlier notebooks from his time as student at Princeton University. Also included is a diary (1859) and an autograph book of U.S. politicians that includes the signatures of Josiah Quincy, President of Harvard University in 1842; James Buchanan of the U.S. Senate, 1842; Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, 1842; J.C. Spencer, Secretary of War, 1842; and Simon Greenleaf, L.L.D. Royall Professor of Law, Harvard, among others.
Arranged by volume number.
Physical Description6 boxes
Consists of both personal and professional incoming correspondence from family, friends, and colleagues. The majority of family correspondence is letters written to Cameron by his son, Arnold Guyot Cameron, between 1875 and 1906. Much of the general correspondence concerns Cameron's involvement in the Presbyterian Church, and his professional activities, including societies of which he was a member. A fair amount of letters also relate to Princeton, particularly the history of the town, and Princeton University.
A few letters are from Cameron, some are in French, and some are photocopies.
Letters that post-date Cameron's death are likely those of his son, A. Guyot Cameron.
Arranged by genre of correspondence, "Family" and "General," and alphabetically by sender.
Physical Description15 boxes
The majority of family correspondence consists of letters written to Cameron by his son, Arnold Guyot Cameron, between 1875 and 1906 (some letters are addressed to Arnold's mother). Other family members include Cameron's wife, Mina Chollet Cameron, Anna Cameron (Henry's sister), his Aunt Fanny, and Constance Grandpierre, Cameron's niece. There are also letters from Mina Chollet Cameron's sister, Jenny Grandpierre, and uncle, Arnold Guyot. Other family members include: Seddie Guyot, Ernest Sandoz, Ella Billinger, Marnie Cameron, and A.M. and Jennie Elgin.
Some letters, particularly those from Arnold G. Cameron and Mina Chollet Cameron, are in French.
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Consists of both personal and professional correspondence with friends, colleagues, and students. Some correspondents include: Henry Martyn Baird, Allen H. Brown, Henry T. Carey, T.S. Childs, E. R. Craven, Julius Foster, Caleb S. Green, M.A. Hall, A.G. Heaton, Job E. Hedges, Horace G. Hinsdale, James McCosh, James Murray, M. Taylor Pyne, and William S. Stryker. Also includes invitations to commencement exercises, inaugurals, weddings, and other social events.
Many letters concern Cameron's involvement in the Presbyterian Church, ans his professional activities, including societies of which he was a member. A fair amount of letters also relate to Princeton, particularly the history of the town, and Princeton University.
Letters are organized alphabetically by sender's name or organization name.
Physical Description12 boxes
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Letters are about Cameron's life insurance policy.
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A letter from Bay Head Land Company (1883) includes a map of the town of Bay Head in Ocean County, New Jersey on the verso. This item can be found in Box 73 (oversize).
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Letters concern the Presbyterian Synod of New Jersey's committee to erect an historical tablet on Nassau Hall, Princeton.
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Includes a letter from James Buchanan dated January 28, 1852.
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Letters from Henry T. Carey amp; Co., Members of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Includes 2 letters from Cameron's former student, Capt. Rowland Cox, assistant adjutant-general, Seventeenth Army Corps, Department of the Tennessee, in which Cox asks Cameron to help him obtain his diploma having left Princeton to fight in the Civil War. The letters contain information about several of Cameron's students fighting for the Union Army.
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Regarding Cameron's property in Bay Head, Ocean County, New Jersey.
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Includes only one letter from each.
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Includes a couple of letters from Cameron's friend, Captain F.C.S. Hunter of Company K of the 30th Virginia Infantry, written in 1864 while Hunter was being held as a prisoner of war on Johnson's Island, Ohio.
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Consists primarily of invitations for various personal and professional events such as commencement exercises, inaugurals, and weddings. There are also announcements, business and visiting cards, and similar ephemera.
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Consists primarily of invitations for various personal and professional events such as commencement exercises, inaugurals, and weddings. There are also announcements, business and visiting cards, and similar ephemera.
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Consists primarily of invitations for various personal and professional events such as commencement exercises, inaugurals, and weddings. There are also announcements, business and visiting cards, and similar ephemera.
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Includes a couple of letters from John S. Pierson (Class of 1840).
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Includes only one piece of correspondence relating to Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Consists primarily of genealogical information for the Cameron family with a few letters and a copy of Henry's member application.
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Other letters regarding Princeton Theological Seminary are likely scattered throughout Cameron's general correspondence.
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Includes a letter to Princeton University's faculty from 1822.
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This subseries consists of materials, including correspondence, minutes, financial records, teaching materials, student records, ephemera, and printed items, relating to various administrative, social, academic, and athletic aspects of Princeton University. Most materials date from Cameron's time as a professor though some date from his time as a student.
Materials that post-date Cameron's death are likely those of his son, A. Guyot Cameron.
Organized alphabetically according to document type or subject.
Physical Description3 boxes
Includes materials relating to several alumni associations located throughout the country.
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Includes official correspondence from E.R. Craven, Clerk of the Board, to Henry C. Cameron, Clerk of the Faculty, with notes of Board of Trustees' minutes specific to resolutions regarding faculty matters.
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Includes a couple of resolutions, indentures, rules, and a list of committees (1868). There are also a few items relating to Cameron, including a resolution to increase his salary (1858), a couple of meeting announcements, and Cameron's letter of resignation as Chair of Greek Language and Literature.
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Includes the minutes, resolutions, and correspondence relating to the faculty as a whole as well as various faculty committees. As Clerk of the Faculty, Cameron also served as Secretary of the Committee on Committees. Some of the issues documented include academic and athletic procedures and student disciplinary actions. Of special interest is a report of the Committee on Secret Societies at Princeton (1882).
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Includes personal financial papers, such as bills, receipts, cancelled checks, tax reports, and material related to stocks and bonds. Cameron acted as trustee and executor of Archibald Maclean's last will and testament, and there are letters and records of Maclean's personal expenditures. Other powers of attorney include the appointment of Cameron as attorney for his wife and son.
Items that post-date Cameron's death are likely those of his son, A. Guyot Cameron.
Arranged alphabetically by genre type.
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Henry C. Cameron was Maclean's executor and trustee.
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Consists of newspaper clippings, miscellaneous graphics and illustrations, and reprints including Cameron's Reminiscences of Joseph Henry, L.L.D. and Jonathan Dickinson and the College of New Jersey, or, The Rise of Colleges in America. Other printed material includes a hardbound copy of the Catalog of New Jersey (1869), compiled by Cameron, and a hardbound copy of the Class of 1847 album, with brief biographies of class members from 1847 to 1907. Miscellaneous printed matter includes various materials such as advertisements and bulletins. Also included is a copy of the Key Reporter and Volume II No. 9 of the publication "The Youth's Dayspring" (September, 1851), Press of T. R. Marvin, Boston.
Also included is a spyglass (presumably a child's toy) and a box of mineral samples of minerals dealer and collector, J.G. Hiestand.
Items that post-date Cameron's death are likely those of his son, A. Guyot Cameron.
Arranged by genre of material.
Physical Description2 boxes
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Box of mineral samples of Joseph Gonder Hiestand, a collector and dealer of minerals in Manitou Springs, Colorado.
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Mina Chollet Cameron's papers include correspondence with family, friends, and students as well as a small amount of miscellaneous materials such as recipes, writings, and songbooks.
This series is arranged into two subseries: "Correspondence," and "Miscellaneous Material."
Physical Description4 boxes
Consists of personal correspondence with family and friends as well as correspondence relating to her position as a teacher.
Arranged by genre of correspondence, "Family" and "General," and alphabetically by sender.
Physical Description3 boxes
Consists of letters from a wide variety of family members, both immediate and distant. Among the immediate are: Constance Chollet, Jenny Chollet Grandpierre, Henry Clay Cameron, and Arnold Guyot Cameron. Secondary and more distant relatives include: Arnold Guyot, Lucie Guyot, Sarah (Seddie) Guyot, Fanny Guyot Grandpierre, Elise Sandoz, Constance Grandpierre, Ernest Sandoz, Emile Grandpierre, Cecile and Anna Good de Pury, Alfred Berthoud, Marguerite Casalis, and A. Wulliamy. A good portion of the letters are in French.
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A fair amount of letters are from Mina's friends, particularly E. Dubois, Eliza S. Torrey, and Harriet Sedgwick.
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Consists of newspaper clippings, recipes, pencil sketches, prints, verses, and a songbook.
Arranged by genre of material.
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Written in French.
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Handwritten sheet music; written in French. Cécile Pury is inscribed on the cover.
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Arnold Guyot Cameron's papers primarily consist of personal and professional correspondence as well as various writings that include student essays, articles, lectures, and manuscripts. There is also a considerable amount of biographical information on and correspondence with Princeton's Class of 1886 as Cameron served as class secretary for the last several years of his life. Also included is a significant number of photographs and photograph albums of mostly family and friends that include cartes-de-visite, albumen prints, and a couple of daguerreotypes. There are some documents and ephemera relating to Princeton and Yale; personal financial papers; and miscellaneous printed matter.
This series is arranged into seven subseries: Writings, Correspondence, Princetoniana, Yale Material, Financial Material and Documents, Photographs, and Printed Matter.
Physical Description33 boxes
This series consists of numerous handwritten and typed manuscripts, essays and other papers, lectures, notes, and transcriptions that date from Cameron's time as a student through his career as a professor, author, and journalist. They mostly relate to Cameron's courses and research interests in French studies and literature.
Arranged alphabetically.
Physical Description8 boxes
Consist of handwritten and typed manuscripts, essays and other papers, lectures, notes, and transcriptions that date from Cameron's time as a student through his career as a professor, author, and journalist. They mostly relate to Cameron's courses and research interests in French studies and literature.
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Consists of various, unidentified handwritten and typed manuscripts, writings, notes, and biblical transcriptions dating from Cameron's time as a student through his career as a professor, author, and journalist.
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Consists of both personal and professional correspondence from family, friends, colleagues, and publishers. A significant amount of letters is from his father, Henry Clay Cameron. Many letters are from members of and relate to Princeton's Class of 1886.
There is some outgoing correspondence from Cameron.
Some of the correspondence is in French.
Arranged by genre of correspondence, "Family" and "General," and alphabetically by sender.
Physical Description12 boxes
The majority of letters consist of those written by A. Guyot Cameron's father, Henry Clay Cameron, covering the years 1873-1906 as well as a significant number of letters from his mother, Mina Chollet Cameron. Letters from Cameron's wife, Anne Finley Cameron, were written while Cameron was in France with the YMCA during World War I (1918). Several other family members are also represented, including Cameron's children.
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Include a couple of photographs of family members.
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Much of the correspondence is from members of and relates to Princeton's Class of 1886. There is also some correspondence from publishers, such as American Book Company, D. Appleton, G. Baranger Fils, Henry Holt, Macmillan, Pearson, and Silver, Burdett and Company; as well as letters from friends, including J.V. Collins, Constance Newton, Mary Tappan, Camilla Louise Williamson, Joseph P. Ranney, J. Wilson Woodrow, and Hank E. Vance. Some extended family members, such as Cameron's cousin, A.E.E. Reboul, are also represented.
Also included is some ephemera and miscellaneous documents such as invitations, lists of letters sent (1938-1941), lists of baby announcements, birthdays, and books read.
Physical Description9 boxes
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Includes letters relating to Cameron's involvement with the YMCA and the Les Foyers du Soldat program in France during World War I (1918).
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Includes several letters from J. Wilson Woodrow and a letter from Woodrow Wilson, then President of Princeton, relating to contributions to the university.
Physical Description1 folder
This subseries primarily consists of materials relating to Princeton's Class of 1886, including an extensive amount of biographical information about its members, which was compiled and researched by class secretary, Henry W. Jessup. (A. Guyot Cameron served as class secretary for the last few years of his life after Jessup's death.) Also included are various printed materials, ephemera, and documents relating to Cameron's time as a student and professor at the University.
Some folders may only have one or two items.
Arranged by genre.
Physical Description4 boxes
Along with some materials relating to the Class of 1886, such as lists of members, address information, and a supplement to the Class of 1886 history published in 1911, there are also various documents and ephemera relating to Cameron's time as a student and professor at Princeton.
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Includes acknowledgment letter of Class of 1886 photographs and songbooks Cameron donated to Princeton Library.
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Various biographical materials include correspondence, printed data sheets filled out by alumni, clippings, narratives, and a scrapbook.
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Consists primarily of correspondence between various class members and Henry W. Jessup who preceded Cameron as class secretary. There is also some correspondence to and from classmate Augustus S. Mapes who wrote a circular regarding the war activities of the Class of 1886. Some letters refer to reunion fund contributions, and some are brief autobiographies; others are simply friendly and conversational.
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Includes one copy of Twenty-Five Years After: Record of the Class of '86 (1911); three copies of two copies of After Forty Years: Class Record of 1886 (1926); supplements of each publication; two official registers of Princeton (1938); programs and songbooks for Class of 1886 reunions; a couple reports and minutes extracts of the Graduate Council of Princeton; and an 1882 edition of Laws of the College of New Jersey.
Physical Description1 box
Consists of various materials, including ephemera, newsletters, student exams and grades, and other documents, from Cameron's time as a professor at Yale University.
Some folders may only have one or two items.
Arranged alphabetically by name or genre.
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Includes Cameron's personal financial papers, such as bills, receipts, canceled checks; legal documents, including contracts with various book publishers and loan agreements; and estate papers. There are also account balances for the Class of 1886. Of special interest are documents relating to Cameron's service in France with the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in 1918.
Arranged alphabetically by name or genre.
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Consist of numerous loose and framed photographs, including approximately 400 cartes-de-visite (some of which are from the studios of Matthew Brady and M.P. Simons) and a couple of daguerreotypes, and several photograph albums belonging to Arnold Guyot, Constance Cameron (A. Guyot Cameron's sister), Henry Clay Cameron, and A. Guyot Cameron. A majority of the photographs depict family members; friends, such as Jane Link and Lucy Russell, as well as those likely unaffiliated with the Cameron and Guyot families, such as prominent American politicians and members of European royal families, are also represented.
Many prints that are not of family or friends are likely copy prints (photographs of photographs) and do not represent the original work of the studio or photographer whose name appears in the photographer's inscription. A notable example is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln's family in Arnold Guyot's album, likely many times removed from the Matthew Brady original. However, the portrait of George Brinton McClellan with Brady's actual inscription is likely the product of his studio.
The information and identifications included in album descriptions represent only a part of the album content, as most of the versos -- often with manuscript notations -- are hidden by the format of the album and many prints have no information.
Not arranged according to any particular scheme.
Physical Description6 boxes
Contains 176 cartes-de-visite of members of royal families (primarily European, but including the houses of Eastern countries and the Princess of Tahiti), 19th century celebrities, and what are likely professional colleagues and family members of Arnold Guyot.
Photographers and studios include Neurdein; Gurney; Bilsbee, Case & Co.; A. Sonrel; C. D. Fredricks & Co.; Bruder Frères; Henry Ulke; E. L. Goss; Lock & Whitfield; Mora; J. Chapman; Matthew Brady. Places of origin (determined by photographers' inscription) include the United States (Boston, New York, and Washington D.C.); London, England; Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Paris, France. Identifiable persons include Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Douglass; identified royals (using full names instead of titles) include Augusta Marie Luise Katharina von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1811 – 1890) and Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa (1840 –1901); houses represented include Prussia, Britain, Switzerland and Tahiti.
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9 photographs. Eight are 6" x 8" and show interior views. One is 8.5" x 7" and is a group portrait.
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31 photographs, ranging in size from 2" x 2.75" to 7.5" x 4.75". Most appear to be family.
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10 portraits, many of which are signed. Mostly from photographer Orren Jack Turner, Princeton, NJ, ranging in size from 4" x 6.5" to 4.25" x 6.25"
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41 photographs, ranging in size from 1 3/4" x 3 1/4" to 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Most appear to be family.
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4 photographs
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Initials "C. S." on cover. 19 cartes-de-visite portraits, one of which is a tin-type, apparently of family.
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28 cartes-de-visite portraits, 4 of which are tin-types, apparently of family.
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10 cartes-de-visite portraits, of which 2 are hand-tinted.
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60 cartes-de-visite portraits, most of which appear to be family. Cartes-de-visite that do not feature family include a copy print of an illustration labeled "Deathbed of Lincoln," a black man (possibly a European celebrity), and a religious image.
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25 cartes-de-visite portraits, of which 1 is colored and 1 is tucked into another's window, apparently of family.
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27 cartes-de-visite portraits, of which one is a tin-type, one is colored, and most of which appear to be family. Includes a King of Prussia and a Prince of Switzerland.
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Includes 7 framed photographs and 1 empty frame.
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"R. H. Rose & Son, Post Office Building, Princeton, N.J."
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25 hand-tinted albumen photographs. Japanese-style orihon binding in a bamboo album. Label on inside front cover is of Sing Fat & Co., in Chinatown, San Francisco. Likely a souvenir purchase.
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15 loose cartes-de-visite portraits of domestic origin, likely removed or once associated with a number of albums in the subseries. They feature prominent American celebrities or notable persons. Two images are unidentified.
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Gurney Photography. "Flint" and "29" on verso. Physician known for work with heart.
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Warren's Portraits. "C. F. Adams" on verso. President of the Union Pacific Railroad.
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M.P. Simons, Philada. "21" on verso. American statesman.
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Garony, New York. "Farragut" and "47" on verso. US Navy Admiral.
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M.P. Simons, Philada. "31" on verso. Writer, poet, editor, critic.
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Warren's Portraits. "E Everett" and "28" on verso. Politician, Secretary of State, and President of Harvard."
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Matthew Brady, "McClellan" and "39" on verso.
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M.P. Simons, Philada. "20" on verso. Politician - the "Great Compromiser."
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Garony, New York. "J.G. Bennet" and "6" on verso.
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Bogardus, New York.
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"Mrs. Gommes" on verso.
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E&H. Tanthony & Co. New York. "Holmes" and "14" on verso. Poet, physician, and essayist.
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Germon, Philadelphia.
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J.A. Schloten, St. Louis. "Uant Elelc"(?) on verso.
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15 photographs, including A. G. Cameron as a solider in France. Relationship to included correspondence is unclear and may be erroneous.
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49 loose cartes-de-visite portraits of what are believed to be family members (taken abroad and in the United States), likely removed or once associated with a number of albums in the subseries. A number of images have manuscript information on the versos.
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13 loose cartes-de-visite portraits of foreign origin, likely removed or once associated with a number of albums in the subseries. They likely feature prominent European celebrities or notable persons. Two images are lacking any information.
A list of photographer's inscriptions (including countries of origin) follows: P. DuPont, Marseille, France; O. Welti, Phot. Lausanne, Suisse; CH. Reutlinger Photographe, Paris; Otto Rietmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland; E. Joulia Photographe, Marseille, France; Bruder Freres Phot., Neuchâtel, Suisse; A. Monbaron, Neuchâtel, Suisse; Villiers & Quick, Bristol, England.
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14 tintype photographs of cats and what are likely family members.
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Consists of miscellaneous printed matter and ephemera, such as book advertisements, bulletins, instructional pamphlets and scholarly articles, holiday cards, clippings, and a few newspapers dating from 1894-1946. They include Le Figaro, the New York Tribune, Journal de Geneve, and The Packet.
Arranged alphabetically by genre of material.
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Includes mostly instructional pamphlets and scholarly articles and lectures.
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Includes a couple of articles authored by Cameron for The National Financial News and miscellaneous ephemera.
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Arnold Guyot's papers consist mostly of cloth maps Guyot made to illustrate his geology lectures at Princeton, and also include some correspondence, a journal, documents, and printed articles and lectures by and about Guyot. Many of the papers are in French.
Materials that post-date Guyot's death are printed items about him.
This series is arranged into two subseries: "Journal, Correspondence, and Printed Matter" and "Maps."
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Written in French and English, Guyot's journal includes drafts of letters to his fiancée, Sarah Doremus Haines. (There is also a photocopy as the original is very fragile.)
Correspondence includes both personal and professional correspondence to and from Guyot as well as a couple of letters about Guyot that postdate his death, including a letter from James D. Dana reflecting on their long-standing friendship. Guyot's correspondence also includes a few documents such as an honorary membership in La Société des Sciences Naturelles du Canton de Vaud, miscellaneous scraps of notes, and a photograph of Guyot.
Arranged by genre of material.
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Some correspondents include: the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Geological and Statistical Society, D.C. Gilman, a former student, Guyot's friend Joseph Henry, and his sister Fanny.
Note that outgoing letters from Guyot can be found in Henry Clay Cameron, Mina Chollet Cameron, and A. Guyot Cameron's correspondence.
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Includes copies of the Memorial for Guyot at the unveiling of a memorial tablet in Marquand Chapel, June 10, 1890; Memoir of Arnold Guyot. 1807-1884 by James D. Dana (1886); With Professor Guyot on Mounts Washington and Carrigan in 1857(1906) by S. Hastings Grant; Notice sur Anold Guyot, 1807-1884 by Charles Faure; and Arnold Guyot et Princeton(1929) by Leonard Chester Jones. There is also a copy of Journal of the American Geographical and Statistical Society, Volume 1, Number 8, October 1859; several copies of the Musée Neuchatelois' Recueil d'Histoire Nationale et d'Archeologie, containing a biography of Guyot; and two copies of the monthly publication "Series of Tracts" by D. A. Borrenstein (Princeton, NJ): Volume 1, No. 4 (December 1824) and Volume 2, No. 6 (February 1826).
There is no arrangement scheme.
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Consists of 45 numbered, cotton wall hangings, some with descriptive tags written in French and English, which Guyot used in his classroom to illustrate his lectures on geology and geography. (Maps numbered 8, 34, and 43 are missing). There is also one large, hand-drawn map of the United States, dated 1870.
The maps include visual representations of an array of subjects ranging from archaeology (three), botany and zoology (three), climate (two), modern geologic processes such as earthquakes and volcanoes (six), the general geographic features of the earth (ten). Four deal with Pleistocene (glacial) geology and eleven with pre-Pleistocene geology. Five are concerned with astronomical subjects and two with religious, reflecting Guyot's concern for the relation between science and religion. Of special interest is a large map showing the distribution of glacially-transported erratic boulders in Switzerland. This map seems to be based on Guyot's own field work in the 1840s.
One of the hangings bears the name "E. Sandoz." Ernest Sandoz was Guyot's nephew and it is probable that the others were also executed by him.
Not arranged according to any particular scheme.
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#8 is missing.
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Arranged by genre of material.
Materials in this series, which include include empty envelopes, stamps and other miscellaneous ephemera, writings, and documents, primarily relate to Henry C. Cameron and A. Guyot Cameron; a few relate to Arnold Guyot and Mina Chollet Cameron.
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Consists primarily of oversized printed material and galley proofs relating to Henry C. Cameron, Arnold Guyot Cameron, and Arnold Guyot. Of special interest is a letter from Bay Head Land Company (1883), which includes a map of the town of Bay Head (Ocean County, NJ) on the verso.
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Consists of unsorted original letters and writings of all of the individuals represented in the collection that are in very poor condition.
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