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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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.

Source of Acquisition

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.

Biographical Note

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 During his tenure, he repealed the poll tax that disenfranchised African American voters.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.

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.

Arrangement

The material in this collection is arranged in chronological order.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Scrapbooks
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Poetry

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Louisa Cameron Civil War Scrapbooks by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).