Louisa Cameron Civil War Scrapbooks

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Louisa Cameron Civil War Scrapbooks, 1861-1863, Ms2023-035, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Cameron, Lousia Clarinda Egerton, 1846-1908
Abstract:
This collection contains a two volume scrapbook kept by future First Lady of Virginia, Louisa Egerton Cameron (1846-1908) from Petersburg, Virginia during the American Civil War.
Language:
The material in this collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Louisa Cameron Civil War Scrapbooks, 1861-1863, Ms2023-035, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a two volume scrapbook kept by future First Lady of Virginia, Louisa Egerton Cameron (1846-1908) from Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, Confederate currency, poetry, and stories collected by Cameron from 1861-1863.

Biographical / historical:

Louisa Clarinda Egerton Cameron (1846-1908) of Petersburg, Virginia married future Virginia governor William Evelyn Cameron (1842-1927) on October 1, 1868, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and they eventually had three children. William fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, and he later served as a Republican governor of Virginia from 1882 to 1886. During his tenure, he repealed the poll tax that disenfranchised African American voters.

External sources:

"Louisa Egerton Cameron", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49498170/louisa-egerton-cameron, accessed on June 1, 2023.

"William Egerton Cameron", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8691735/william-evelyn-cameron, accessed on June 1, 2023.

James Moore and Dictionary of Virginia Biography, "William E. Cameron (1842-1927)", Encyclopedia Virginia,https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/cameron-william-e-1842-1927/, accessed on June 1, 2023.

Acquisition information:
The Louisa Cameron Civil War Scrapbooks was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in June 2017.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Louisa Cameron Civil War Scrapbooks was completed in June 2023.

Arrangement:

The material in this collection is arranged in chronological order.