OU.HISTORY.CAMERON

Summary Information

Repository
Oakland University Archives and Special Collections
Title
John Cameron papers
ID
OU.HISTORY.CAMERON
Date
1979-mid 1980's
Extent
2.5 Linear feet
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Item, folder title, box no., John Cameron papers, Oakland University Archives.

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Biography

John Cameron worked as a professor of Art History at Oakland University from 1964 to 2007. He also served as chair of the Art and Art History Department from 1978 to 1987. He taught courses on Michigan architecture, Medieval art, modern architecture, and many more. Through a state of Michigan grant he and students researched all pre-World War II structures and monuments in selected communities in Michigan, to be added to the state inventory. Through his prolific career he researched a variety of topics that reflected his personal curiosity and his commitment to Oakland University: Meadow Brook Hall, modern architecture, 19th century French photography (especially the glass stereographs of Ferrier and Soulier).

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Scope and Contents note

The John Cameron papers consist mostly of research files accumulated by Cameron on Meadow Brook Hall during his career at Oakland University. In his notebooks, Cameron compiled all the materials he gathered during in his research on Meadow Brook Hall for a 1979 exhibit at the Meadow Brook Art Gallery at Oakland University. They contain photocopies of scholarly articles and of Meadow Brook Hall archival materials, personal notes, which document the home and its interior decoration as well as other comparable stately homes in the U.S. and England. The personal files contain other miscellaneous materials produced by Cameron for this exhibit project as well as other research. Of particular note are the notes provided docents in the 1970s, which provide great details about what was on display in the hall at the time.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Oakland University Archives and Special Collections

Kresge Library
100 Library Drive
Rochester, MI, 48309

Access and Use note

The John Cameron papers are open for research except for certain records restricted by statute or university policy.

Copyright

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Processing

Processed by Linda Hildebrand, Shirley Paquette, and Dominique Daniel, August 2018

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Collection Inventory

Personal files 
Box

Curriculum Vitae - revised 1986 

 1

Docent Information - slide show commentary 

 1

Exhibit 1979 - Catalogue corresp.   2 folders.

 1

"Meadow Brook Hall Tudor Revival Architecture and Decoration" - Exhibit - catalogue 1979 

 1

Mixed media - negatives 

 1

Notes - misc. photocopies   2 folders.

 1

Film Transcript - Matilda Wilson interview with Shelby Newhouse 

 1

Guide - map - inventories   RESTRICTED.

 1

Sheldon Estate Auction - news clippings 1982 

 1

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Notebooks 
Box

Vol. 1 - Floor Plans - Room & Wall Inventories - Prototypes   2 folders.

 2

Vol. 2 - Docents list - Archives Committee Research - Library inventory - Docent cards   2 folders.

 2

Vol. 3 - Archives - Interviews - Views - Photographs exterior   2 folders.

 2

Vol. 4 - Biography - Geneology - MBH Dictionary   2 folders.

 2

Vol. 5 - Notes - News clippings - Correspondence   5 folders.

Scope and Contents note

Includes: Notes from J. Cameron and students - Landscaping - Bibliography - Work to do files - Corresp. - Funding - Exhibition 2-D material - Exhibition 3-D material - Acknowledgements - Interior decoration - Paintings - Other Wilson Residences.

 2

Vol. 6 - Outbuildings - Landmark status - Architectural firms, MI   2 folders.

Scope and Contents note

Also includes: Text in chronological order - Comparative material - Michigan.

 2

Vol. 7 - Comparative material - Michigan Individual Works   3 folders.

 3

Vol. 8 - Comparative material: USA - Great Britain   11 folders.

 3

Photographs - "Country Life" 

 3

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