Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4021
SARAH REBECCA CAMERON PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Sarah Rebecca Cameron (1845-1938), of
Hillsborough, N.C., daughter of William Cameron (1816-
1893) and Emma S. (Moore) Cameron, was a novelist
under the pseudonym of H. M. Legrange, and author of
articles and poems for children's and religious
magazines. She was an active supporter of the
Confederate cause. In the 1870s and 1880s she was
employed by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Correspondence, writings, financial and legal
material, volumes, and other materials belonging to
Sarah Rebecca Cameron and members of her family.
Correspondence is mostly personal and relates
primarily to family matters. Also included is a large
amount of correspondence among other family members,
including copies of letters, ca. 1827-1834, between
Sarah's grandmother, Anne Call Cameron (1794-1856),
and her great-grandfather, Judge Daniel Call; and
correspondence, ca. 1900-1915, between Sarah's
brother, Allan Jones Cameron, and his children,
William (1893-1910) and Anne. Also included are
letters from publishers of periodicals to which
Sarah's sisters Anna Alexander Cameron and Emma Moore
Cameron, as well as several composition books
belonging to Sarah's nephew William Cameron.
Online Catalog Terms:
Accounting--Books of account.
Authors and publishers.
Call, Daniel.
Cameron, Allan Jones.
Cameron, Anna Alexander.
Cameron, Anne.
Cameron, Anne Call, 1794-1856.
Cameron, Emma Moore.
Cameron family.
Cameron, Sarah Rebecca, 1845-1938.
Cameron, William, 1893-1910.
Diaries--North Carolina--History.
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal
narratives, Confederate.
Women authors--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Women--Diaries--North Carolina--History--19th century.
Size: About 3600 items (4.0 feet)
Provenance: Received from Miss Annie Cameron in November
1977 and October 1978.
Access: No restrictions.
Related Groups: Cameron Family Papers (#133);
Moses Ashley Custis (#199).
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers or
their heirs as stipulated by United States copyright
law.
Table of Contents:
Biographical Note
Series Descriptions
Series 1. Correspondence
Series 2. Financial and Legal Material
Series 3. Writings
Series 4. Volumes
Series 5. Other Papers
Series 6. Pictures
Shelf List
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Sarah Rebecca Cameron was born on 26 April 1845. She was the
first or second child (evidence is conflicting) of Dr. William
and Emma Moore Cameron of Hillsboro, North Carolina. She was
educated at the Nash-Kollock School for Girls in Hillsboro.
During the Civil War, she was an active supporter of the
Confederate cause. In the 1870s and 1880s Cameron worked for the
United States Treasury in Washington, DC, and as a secretary in
New York and New Orleans.
In 1872 Cameron published her only novel, Salted With Fire,
under the pseudonym of H. M. LeGrange. During this period she
also co-edited the Randolph Abbott Shotwell Papers with J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton. She also wrote articles and poems for
periodicals, and during the 1880s wrote a column for the
children's page of the Episcopal Church's Church Messenger.
Sarah Cameron died in 1938.
SERIES DESCRIPTIONS
Series 1. Correspondence
1827-1940. About 1500 items.
Primarily personal correspondence between Sarah Rebecca
Cameron and friends and relatives concerning family matters.
Also included is a large amount of correspondence among other
members of the Cameron family including copies of letters (ca.
1827-1834) between her grandmother, Anne Call Cameron, and her
grandfather, Judge Daniel Call; and correspondence (ca.
1900-1915) between Sarah Cameron's brother, Alan Cameron, and his
children, William and Annie Cameron.
Correspondence also includes Sarah Cameron's professional
communications, ranging from letters from publishers of various
periodicals to which she made contributions in the form of poems
and articles, to letters from readers of the Church Messenger of
the Episcopal Church, in which she wrote a column for the
children's page under the name "Aunt Becky."
There is also correspondence relating to Cameron's involvement
in the North Carolina Division of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, in which she served as president and historian.
Also addressed to Sarah Cameron were letters concerning the
shipment of goods purchased by mail, specifically clothing and
home remedies.
Correspondence
Folder 1 1827-1834
2 1835-1840
3 1841-1860
4 1861-1867
5 1868-1869
6 1870-1871
7 1872-1875
8 1876-1879
9 1880
10 1881
11 1882-1883
12 1884-1885
13 1886
14 1887
15 1888
16 1889-1890
17 1891
18 1892
19 1893-1894
20-21 1895-1896
22 1897-1898
23 1899-1900
24-25 1901-1903
26 1904-1905
27-28 1906
29-30 1907
31-35 1908
36-44 1909
45-50 1910
51-52 1911
53-54 1912
55-57 1913
58-60 1914
61 1916-1920
62 1921-1940
63-66 Undated
67 Undated fragments
Series 2. Financial and Legal Materials
1815-1917. About 30 items.
Primarily receipts for food, clothing, and medication, as well
as receipts for tuition and school supplies for Annie Cameron at
St. Mary's School in Raleigh. Also included is a receipt (dated
2 May 1816) to John Cameron, Sarah's uncle, for taxes on Cameron
property in Luninburg County, Virginia.
Folder 68 Financial and Legal Material
Series 3. Writings
Undated. About 70 items.
Creative writings from several members of the Cameron family.
The principal author is Sarah Rebecca Cameron, although there are
also a few other writers. The majority of the material, however,
is unsigned.
Folder 69 A. Cameron-E. Cameron
70 Sarah Rebecca Cameron
71 D-Z
72-75 Unsigned Writings
Series 4. Volumes
Ca. 1870-1920. 11 items.
Volumes include several diaries written by Anna and Emma
Cameron, sisters of Sarah Rebecca Cameron; a volume of addresses
with a list of letters written and received by Cameron from
1887-1888; a volume containing a list of employees, with hours
worked and amounts paid to each; and composition books used by
Sarah's nephew William Cameron. There is also an oversize volume
which appears to have been used for several purposes. This
volume, belonging to Sarah's father William Cameron, was used as
an acount book from 1810 through the 1840s, but also includes a
list of pupils of Lockhill School and a list of boarders and
their accounts. The book was given to Sarah Cameron on 18 May
1861, and was used as a journal by her and possibly other family
members until 1865. This volume was further used to record
letters written and received from July 1868 - April 1871.
Volume
Folder 76 1 The Soul's Enquiries Answered - with
entries by Emma Cameron
77 2 Diary of Anna Cameron
78 Diary of Emma and Anna Cameron
79 3 Address book and list of letters written
and received 1887-1888
4 Listing of employees and their accounts
80 5 Composition book of William Cameron
on Roman history
81 6 Composition book of William Cameron
on English history
82 7 Composition book of William Cameron
on Chemistry
83 8 Composition book of William Cameron
on English
84 9 "The Little Toy Shop" - Accounts
85 10 "The Penny Store" - Accounts
(no folder #) S-11 Book used for accounts ca. 1810-1840
and as a journal by members of the
Cameron family ca. 1861-1865.
Series 5 Other Papers
Subseries 5.1. Printed Material
Ca. 1860-1910. About 50 items.
These materials include newspaper clippings (primarily poems),
broadsides, religious materials, and material pertaining to the
United Daughters of the Confederacy which includes national and
regional constitution and by-laws.
Folder 86 Newspaper Clippings
87 Broadsides
88 Religions Material
89 United Daughters of the Confederacy
90 Other Printed Material
Series 5.2. Miscellaneous
Ca. 1860-1970. About 100 items.
School materials belonging to Annie and William Cameron,
drawings and patterns, certificates, and miscellaneous materials.
Folder 91 William and Annie Cameron - School
Material
92 Drawings and Patterns
93 Certificates
94 Miscellaneous
Series 6. Pictures
P-4021/1. Elizabeth Cameron, 1959.
Photograph: 9 x 7.5 cm.
P-4021/2. Annie Sutton Cameron, niece of Sarah Rebecca
Cameron, 1955.
Photograph: 25 x 20 cm.
P-4021/3. Judge Alfred Moore, grandfather of SRC, 17--.
Reproduction of engraving: 15 x 10 cm.
P-4021/4. Hugh Williamson, ca. 1800.
Reporduction of engraving: 15 x 11.5 cm.
P-4021/5. Preston Bynum, 1876.
Carte-de-visite.
P-4021/6. M. Duke B., possibly brother of Preston Bynum,
1876.
Carte-de-visite.
Photographer: J. H. Van Ness, Charlotte, NC.
P-4021/7. Reverend Masterson, 19--.
Photograph: 17.5 x 12.5 cm.
P-4021/8. Grant Shepherd, ca. 1915-1920.
Photograph: 20.5 x 14.5 cm.
P-4021/9 (SF) Emma, Anna, and Sarah Rebecca Cameron, 1869.
Tintype: 6 x 10 cm.
(Stored with special format materials)
P-4021/10. Annie Sutton and William Cameron, niece and
nephew of SRC, 1902.
Photograph: 6.5 x 5 cm.
P-4021/11-13. Annie Sutton Cameron and unidentified man,
award presentation, 1955.
Photograph: 25 x 20 cm.
P-4021/14. Thomas and Strudwick Arrasmith, 1928.
Photograph: 25 x 20 cm.
P-4021/15. Bynum Gymnasium, UNC-Chapel Hill, ca. 1910.
Photograph: 17 x 10 cm. (mount: 20 x 25 cm.)
P-4021/16. Howell Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill, ca. 1910.
Photograph: 17 x 10 cm. (mount: 20 x 25 cm.)
P-4021/17. Davie Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill, ca. 1910.
Photograph: 17 x 10 cm. (mount: 20 x 25 cm.)
P-4021/18. Smith Building, UNC-Chapel Hill, ca. 1910.
Photograph: 17 x 10 cm. (mount: 20 x 25 cm.)
P-4021/19. South Building, UNC-Chapel Hill, ca. 1910.
Photograph: 17 x 10 cm. (mount: 20 x 25 cm.)
P-4021/20. Unidentified woman, 19--?
Carte-de-visite.
Photographer: George G. Rockwood, New York, NY.
P-4021/21. Football team, unidentified, 1908.
Photograph: halftone, 10x8 cm (mount: 15x13 cm)
P-4021/22. Unidentified street scene, ca. 1935-1945.
Photograph: 15 x 9.5 cm.
OP-4021/23. Picture of young woman, ca. 1920-1930.
Chalk drawing: 30 x 40 cm.
OP-4021/24. Picture of C.M.S. Noble, 1933.
Charcoal: 30 x 45 cm.
Artist: Rebecca Cushman.
PA-4021/1. 1 album (approximately 100 photographs);
25 x 32 cm. (album)
Photos. of activities at several elementary
schools (including Carrboro, NC, Elementary
School). Primarily plays, pageants, etc.,
ca. 1920s-1930s.
SHELF LIST
Box 1 Series 1. Correspondence (folders 1-32)
Box 2 Series 1. Correspondence (folders 33-62)
Box 3 Series 1. Correspondence (folders 63-67)
Series 2. Financial and Legal
Material (folder 68)
Series 3. Writings (folders 69-75)
Series 4. Volumes (folders 76-85)
Series 5. Printed Material (folders 86-90)
Series 5. Other Material (folders 91-94)
Items separated:
V-4021/S-11.
P-4021/1-22.
OP-4021/23-24.
PA-4021/1.