Guide to the Katherine Scott Cameron Papers SC1029
Daniel Hartwig, Jenny Johnson, & Presley Hubschmitt
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
March 2011
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Katherine Scott Cameron papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC1029
Physical Description:
2.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1965-1973
Date (bulk): 1965-1969
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Restrictions on Access
Materials are open to research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Materials were the gift of Katherine Scott Cameron, 2011-2019.
Biographical / Historical
Katherine (Kit) Cameron earned her AB in English at Stanford in 1969; as a student she was
active in campus theatricals, served on the Ram's Head board in 1966/67, and participated in
the overseas program at Harlaxton Manor in England, June-December 1967.
Preferred Citation
Katherine Scott Cameron Papers (SC1029). Department of Special Collections, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
Collection includes a scrapbook containing university forms, clippings, programs,
brochures, photographs, and other memorabilia from Cameron's student days at Stanford,
1965-1969; and outgoing letters to family, 1965-1967, discussing her social life, fashions,
dorms, athletic events, excursions off-campus, and her time in the overseas program in
Britain. Some of the letters were typed in the form of a newsletter she called the "Stanford
Scandal Sheet." Items of note in the scrapbook include Operation Match questionnaire
(computerized dating service), memo re pre-football game activities on campus involving a
cable car and photographs of the cable car, a white armband from a Vietnam War protest,
1967, and the undergraduate women's bill of rights (re living off-campus), 1967.
Conditions Governing Use
While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to
examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made
available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or
assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women college students -- California.
Stanford University. Overseas Study Program
Stanford University -- General subdivision--Students.;
Box 1, folder 2
Correspondence
1966 Jan.-Jun
Box 1, folder 3
Correspondence
1966 Sept.-Dec
Box 1, folder 4
Correspondence
1967 Jan.-Feb
Box 1, folder 5
Correspondence
1967 March-June
Box 1, folder 6
Correspondence
1967 July-Dec
Box 1, folder 7
Letters as "Stanford Slander Sheet" or "Stanford Scandal Sheet"
1966-1967
Box 1, folder 9
Loose items from scrapbook [invitation, programs] p. 2-3
Box 1, folder 10
Loose items from scrapbook [Branner Manor booklet] p. 4-5
Box 1, folder 11
Loose items from scrapbook [Operation Match questionnaire] p. 6-7
Box 1, folder 12
Loose items from scrapbook [dance booklet] p. 12-13
Box 1, folder 13
Loose items from scrapbook [memo re pre-football game activities involving a
cable car] p. 36-37
Box 1, folder 14
Loose items from scrapbook p. 46-47
Box 1, folder 15
Loose items from scrapbook [ink sketch of Cameron by W. R. Davidson] p.
56-57
Box 1, folder 16
Loose items from scrapbook [ticket to Pitzer's inauguration and 2 unlabelled
photographs] p. 58-59
Box 1, folder 17
Loose items from scrapbook [Ram's Head program "Lock Up Your Daughters"] p.
64-65
Box 1, folder 18
Loose photographs from scrapbook: campus theatrical scenes, student life,
Cable Car on campus, and others
1966-1967
Box 1, folder 19
Loose notes and cards from scrapbook
Box 1, folder 20
Loose programs from scrapbook
Box 1, folder 21
Loose clippings from scrapbook
Box 1, folder 22
Loose miscellaneous items from scrapbook
Box 1, folder 23
Slides from Harlaxton Manor
1967
Box 1, folder 24
Slides from Rag Week
1967
Box 2, folder 1
Oversize loose item from scrapbook [menu from L'Omelette restaurant] p.
34-35
Addenda, 2014-094 Accession ARCH-2014-094
Box 1, folder 1
Graduation (commencement) - photographs
1965
Box 1, folder 2
Stanford in Japan - photographs
1970
Box 1, folder 3
Rose Bowl - photographs
1972
Box 1, folder 4
Stanford Alumni Greece Trips - photographs
1972, 1973
Addenda, 2015-008 Accession ARCH-2015-008
1967
Slides - Stanford in Britain IV (including field trips to Rome,
Germany)
1967
Addenda, 2019-163 Accession ARCH-2019-163
Box 1, folder 2
Letters to Mrs. E.F. Cameron
Box 1, folder 3
Letters from KSC to the Camerons
