Finding aid for the Julia Margaret Cameron family papers, circa 1777-1940
Finding aid prepared by Hillary Brown.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Julia Margaret Cameron family papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1777-1940
Number: 850858
Creator/Collector:
Cameron family
Physical Description:
7.0 linear feet
(18 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: A collection of family correspondence and papers touching on the life of English photographer Julia Margaret Cameron (active
1860s-1870s), though derived from the estate of her son, Hardinge Hay Cameron, around whom much of the materials revolve.
They document the personal, legal, and financial aspects of the family through letters, journals, documents, photographs,
art work, and other materials.
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Language: Collection material is in
English
Biographical/Historical Note
Julia Margaret Cameron was an English photographer whose work dated from 1864 to the 1870s; she was known especially for her
portraits. Born and raised in India, she continued to live in Calcutta after her marriage in 1838 to the jurist Charles Hay
Cameron; from 1846-1875 they lived in England, and then in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) until their deaths. Their son, Hardinge Hay
Cameron, was private secrtary to Sir William Gregory, governor of Ceylon from 1872-77. He married Catherine Macintosh Macleod
(known as Kitty) in 1879 or 1880, and later married Adeline Blake, daughter of George Pilkington Blake. Another son, Henry
Herschel Hay Cameron, was also a photographer.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
Julia Margaret Cameron family papers, circa 1777-1940, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 850858.
hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa850858
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1985.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists primarily of correspondence and personal papers, with some family photographs, and original watercolors
and drawings. The material derives from the estate of Hardinge Hay Cameron, and the bulk of it concerns Hardinge Hay Cameron,
his wives, and their families. The papers provide a glimpse of Julia Margaret Cameron's intellectual and artistic milieu,
document her relationships with her husband and children, and present a view of late 19th and early 20th century British colonial
life in Ceylon.
Note on initials used in the collection
Many figures are referred to in the box list by their initials. The following list provides the full names of individuals,
their identity, and nicknames used within the correspondence:
- C. H. Cameron
- Charles Hay Cameron, husband of J. M. Cameron
- J. M. Cameron
- Julia Margaret Pattle Cameron
- Julia Hay Cameron
- Julia Hay Cameron Norman, oldest daughter of J. M. & C. H. Cameron, wife of Charles Norman
- J. F. W. Herschel
- John Frederick William Herschel, Sir, friend of J. M. and C. H. Cameron
- M. B. Herschel
- Margaret Brodie Stewart Herschel, Lady, wife of J. F. W. Herschel
- H. H. Cameron
- Hardinge Hay Cameron, son of J. M. and C. H. Cameron, "Har"
- Kitty Macleod
- Catherine Anne Macintosh Macleod Cameron, first wife of H. H. Cameron
- A. A. Cameron
- Adeline A. Blake Cameron, second wife of H. H. Cameron, "Hoodie"
- H. H. H. Cameron
- Henry Herschel Hay Cameron, youngest son of J. M. and C. H. Cameron, " Punch"
- E. W. H. Cameron
- Ewen Wrottesly [?] Hay Cameron, son of J. M. & C. H. Cameron
- A. E. Cameron
- Annie E. Chinery Cameron, wife of E. W. H. Cameron, "Topsy"
- H. A. L. Fisher
- Herbert Albert Laurens, husband of Mary Jackson Fisher
- W. H. Gregory
- William H. Gregory, Sir, governor of Ceylon 1872-77
- Ellen Ottingham
- J. M. Cameron's maid and photographic assistant, "Little E"
- C. A. Macleod
- Catherine Anne Macintosh Macleod, mother of Kitty and Annie C. Macleod
- Annie C. Macleod
- Annie Catherine Macleod Wilson, sister of Kitty Macleod
- Norman Macleod
- Father of Kitty Macleod, well-known Scottish reverend
- William, Polly, Jessie, Affie, Jean and Elsie Macleod
- Siblings of Kitty Macleod
- C. Blake
- Grandmother of Adeline Cameron
- A. A. Blake
- Mother of Adeline Cameron, wife of George Pilkington Blake
- G. P. Blake
- George Pilkington Blake, father of Adeline Cameron
- Geraldine Thomas
- Geraldine Blake Thomas, sister of Adeline Cameron, wife of E. H. L. Thomas
- E. H. L. Thomas
- Husband of Geraldine Thomas, "Ted"
- E. M. King King
- Eliza Margaret King King, "Lizzie"
- M. C. King King
- Mary Cochrane King King, "Molly"
- Frank Hadden
- Brother-in-law of E. H. L. Thomas
- Jack Hadden
- Nephew of E. H. L. Thomas, son of Frank Hadden
- Mary Hadden
- Sister of E. H. L. Thomas, wife of Frank Hadden?
- Helen Thomas
- Sister of E. H. L. Thomas
- J. H. Thomas
- Jocelyn? H. Thomas
Arrangement note
Arranged in 4 series:
Series I. Cameron family papers, 1777-1940;
Series II. Watercolors and drawings, ca. 1830-1925, undated;
Series III. Photographs, 1890-1929, undated;
Series IV. Oversize materials, 1909, undated
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Blake, George Pilkington
Cameron, Adeline A. Blake
Cameron, Hardinge Hay, 1846-1911
Thomas, Geraldine
Subjects - Family Names
Blake family
Cameron family
King family
McLeod family
Thomas family
Subjects - Places
Sri Lanka--Social life and customs
Genres and Forms of Material
Cartes-de-visite
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Portraits
Contributors
Cameron, Adeline A. Blake
Cameron, C. H. (Charles Hay), 1795-1880
Cameron, Hardinge Hay, 1846-1911
Cameron, Henry Herschel Hay, 1852-1911
Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879
Cameron, Kitty Macleod
Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871
Taylor, Henry, Sir, 1800-1886
Series I.
Cameron family papers,
1777-1940
Physical Description:
7.0 linear feet
14 boxes
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, documents, reports, manuscripts, and other family materials.
Letters sent to and received by Charles Hay and Julia Margaret Cameron include those sent by Charles to Julia discussing his
1850 trip to Ceylon (1850-1851) as well as a group sent by Julia to Hardinge Hay Cameron in which she expresses her worries
for her son Charles Hay, and discusses her religious feelings, her grandchildren, the estates in Ceylon, and the family's
financial situation (1871-1876). Other writings by Julia Margaret Cameron include a prayer written before the birth of her
first child (1838) and an incomplete MS titled "Reminiscences" (1876). Sir John Herschel writes to Julia Margaret Cameron
about his experiments with photography and sends samples of new chemical processes (1839), his wife Lady Margaret Herschel
writes of Henry Fox Talbot's invention of the calotype (1841), and their daughter Caroline sends 5 sheets of leaf impressions
(1841-1842).
Remaining papers relate to other family members, principally Hardinge Hay Cameron and his wives Kitty Macleod Cameron and
Adeline A. Blake Cameron, together with their families. They write of the Camerons' coffee plantations in Ceylon, personal
affairs, and health; Henry Herschel Hay Cameron writes of photography and the death in Ceylon of Ellen Ottingham, Julia Margaret
Cameron's maid and photographic assistant. In addition to the extensive correspondence between family members, the papers
include other personal and business letters, family legal documents (such as wills and marriage settlements), financial documents
and reports from the estates in Ceylon, household records, and journals. Sir Henry Taylor sends the poems "Ernesto" and "Lago
Lugano," an untitled short poem, and a drama about Thomas à Becket.
Box 1
Charles Hay Cameron, Julia Margaret Cameron & family
Box 1, Folder 1
Gov. C. H. Cameron,
1800-1819
Scope and Content Note
4 letters received.
Box 1, Folder 2
C. H. Cameron,
1850-1851
Scope and Content Note
7 letters to J. M. Cameron.
Box 1, Folder 3
C. H. Cameron,
1853, 1857, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
1 letter to unknown, 1853 (also signed by Herman Merivale, esq.), 1 letter to his son, n.d., 3 reports, 1857, n.d.
Box 1, Folder 4
C. H. Cameron,
1846-1848
Scope and Content Note
2 letters received.
Box 1, Folder 5
C. H. Cameron,
1853
Scope and Content Note
9 letters received regarding Cameron's estate in Ceylon.
Box 1, Folder 6
C. H. Cameron,
1854
Scope and Content Note
12 letters and reports received regarding Cameron's estate in Ceylon.
Box 1, Folder 7
C. H. Cameron,
1860, 1870
Scope and Content Note
1 contract, 1860; 1 codicil of will, 1870.
Box 1, Folder 8
J. M. Cameron,
1845, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
1 letter to Julia Hay Cameron, 1845, 1 to Julia Hay and Eugene Hay Cameron, n.d., 1 to "Atty," n.d.
Box 1, Folder 9
J. M. Cameron,
1871-1876
Scope and Content Note
6 letters to H. H. Cameron with 1 sheet of bills.
Box 1, Folder 10
J. M. Cameron,
1838, 1876, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Prayer, 4 pp., 1838, "Reminiscences," 2 pp. 1876, "Farewell of the Body to the Soul," 1 p., n.d.
Box 1, Folder 11
J. M. Cameron,
1837
Scope and Content Note
Front binder of inscribed book to C. H. Cameron.
Box 1, Folder 12
J. F. W. Herschel,
1839-1854, 1841-1842
Scope and Content Note
7 letters to J. M. Cameron, 1839-1854, 5 sheets of leaf impressions, 1841-1842. 1 letter contains greetings from J. F. W.,
M. B. and Caroline Herschel, 1841.
Box 1, Folder 13
Charles Turner,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
1 poem to J. M. Cameron.
Box 1, Folder 14
Extract from the will of William Carr,
1777
Box 1, Folder 15
State of the affairs of the late Earl of Erroll,
Feb 1819
Box 1, Folder 16
Rathoongodde Estate accounts,
1844
Box 1, Folder 17
Cameron family,
1842
Scope and Content Note
Letters and documents.
Box 1, Folder 18
Cameron family
Scope and Content Note
Legal and government documents regarding the marriages of C. H. and J. M. Cameron and H. H. and Kitty Macleod, H. H. Cameron's
civil service in Ceylon, and the estates of C. H. and H. H. Cameron.
Box 1, Folder 19
3 transcriptions of inscriptions on Cameron family memorials
Box 2
Cameron family, Hardinge Hay Cameron
Box 2, Folder 1
C. H. Cameron, Jr.,
1880-1889, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
4 letters to H. H. & A. A. Cameron.
Box 2, Folder 2
H. H. H. Cameron,
1879-1904, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
5 letters to Kitty Macleod, H. H. & A. A. Cameron, and C. H. Cameron.
Box 2, Folder 3
E. W. H. Cameron,
1880-1883
Scope and Content Note
3 letters to Kitty Macleod and H. H. Cameron.
Box 2, Folder 4
A. E. Cameron
Scope and Content Note
3 letters to H. H. Cameron,
1889, with 1 enclosed letter & drawing,
1889.
Box 2, Folder 5
Beatrice Cameron,
1906-1926, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
8 letters to A. A. Cameron.
Box 2, Folder 6
Donald Cameron,
1880
Scope and Content Note
1 letter to C. H. Cameron.
Box 2, Folder 7
H. H. Cameron,
ca. 1863-1875
Scope and Content Note
9 letters to J. M. Cameron, C. H. Cameron & others.
Box 2, Folder 8
H. H. Cameron,
1879
Scope and Content Note
19 letters to Kitty Macleod.
Box 2, Folder 9
H. H. Cameron,
1879
Scope and Content Note
14 letters primarily to Kitty Macleod.
Box 2, Folder 10
H. H. Cameron,
1879
Scope and Content Note
14 letters to Kitty Macleod.
Box 2, Folder 11
H. H. Cameron,
1879
Scope and Content Note
8 letters to Kitty Macleod.
Box 2, Folder 12
H. H. Cameron,
1880
Scope and Content Note
13 letters to Kitty Macleod Cameron.
Box 2, Folder 13
H. H. Cameron,
1880
Scope and Content Note
12 letters to Kitty Macleod Cameron.
Box 2, Folder 14
H. H. Cameron,
n.d., 1882
Scope and Content Note
4 letters to Kitty Macleod, Cameron, n.d.; 3 letters to C. A. Macleod, 1882.
Box 2, Folder 15
H. H. Cameron,
1884-1909
Scope and Content Note
18 letters to A. A. Cameron & others.
Box 2, Folder 16
H. H. Cameron,
1880-1889
Scope and Content Note
11 letters from H. A. L. Fisher, husband of Mary Jackson.
Box 2, Folder 17
H. H. Cameron,
ca. 1875-1880
Scope and Content Note
5 letters from W. H. Gregory, governor of Ceylon.
Box 3
Hardinge Hay Cameron,
1882-1883
Box 3, Folder 2
12 letters from A. Leman, 12 letters,
1903-1904
Box 3, Folder 3
6 letters from Ellen Ottingham, J. M. Cameron's maid,
1879-1897
Box 3, Folder 4
2 letters from Henry Taylor,
1879-1884, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Includes the poems "Ernesto," "Lago Lugano," and untitled short poems, and a drama about Thomas Becket, n.d.
Box 3, Folder 5
9 letters from Philip Witham,
1881-1902
Box 3, Folder 6
10 letters from Philip Witham, John Macleod and H. H. Cameron,
1903-1904
Box 3, Folder 7
Letters from relatives,
1882-1883, 1904, 1906
Scope and Content Note
Julia Stephen?, 1882, Blanche Somers-Cock, 1883, Sophie H. Schwebe, 1904, and Kenneth, 1906.
Box 3, Folder 8
18 letters from various correspondents regarding Ceylon,
1873-1908
Box 3, Folder 9
9 letters from various correspondents, H-V
Box 3, Folder 10
8 letters from various correspondents, first names only,
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 11
6 letters from unidentified correspondents,
n.d.
Box 3, Folder 14
1 receipt from Masonic Lodge #112, 2 images of Cameron's memorial at Oxford, 1 memorial service pamphlet,
1916, n.d.
Box 4, Folder 1
18 letters to H. H. Cameron and C. A. Macleod (copied by Annie C. Macleod),
1879
Box 4, Folder 2
15 letters to H. H. Cameron,
1879
Box 4, Folder 3
12 letters to H. H. Cameron and C. A. Macleod (copied by Annie C. Macleod),
1879
Box 4, Folder 4
18 letters to H. H. Cameron,
1879
Box 4, Folder 5
21 letters to H. H. Cameron and C. A. Macleod (copied by Annie C. Macleod),
1879
Box 4, Folder 6
16 letters to H. H. Cameron and C. A. Macleod (copied by Annie C. Macleod),
1880
Box 4, Folder 7
19 letters to H. H. Cameron and C. A. Macleod (copied by Annie C. Macleod),
1880
Box 4, Folder 8
9 letters to H. H. Cameron, 2 , transcriptions,
n.d. 1859
Scope and Content Note
With 2 transcriptions of Norman Macleod's account of Kitty Macleod's illness as a baby, 1859.
Box 4, Folder 9
5 letters received from various correspondents,
ca. 1879-1880
Box 5, Folder 1
C. A. Macleod,
1879-1880
Scope and Content Note
8 letters to H. H. Cameron.
Box 5, Folder 2
C. A. Macleod,
1881
Scope and Content Note
20 letters to H. H. Cameron.
Box 5, Folder 3
C. A. Macleod,
1881
Scope and Content Note
15 letters to H. H. Cameron.
Box 5, Folder 4
C. A. Macleod,
1881
Scope and Content Note
16 letters to H. H. Cameron,
Box 5, Folder 5
C. A. Macleod,
1882
Scope and Content Note
19 letters to H. H. Cameron.
Box 5, Folder 6
C. A. Macleod,
1882
Scope and Content Note
20 letters to H. H. Cameron.
Box 5, Folder 7
C. A. Macleod,
1882
Scope and Content Note
17 letters to H. H. Cameron. .
Box 5, Folder 8
C. A. Macleod,
1883, 1896, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
8 letters to H. H. Cameron, 1 to A. A. Cameron.
Box 5, Folder 9
C. A. Macleod,
ca. 1879-1882
Scope and Content Note
5 letters received from various correspondents.
Box 5, Folder 13
Annie C. Macleod,
1882-1883, 1902, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
8 letters to H. H. Cameron, 1883, 1902, n.d., 1 letter to Annie C., 1882.
Box 5, Folder 10
John Macleod,
1879-1883
Scope and Content Note
4 letters to H. H. Cameron, 1880-1882; 3 letters regarding Norman Macleod and Kitty Macleod & H. H. Cameron's marriage.
Box 5, Folder 11
Annie C. Macleod,
1880, 1880-1881
Scope and Content Note
1 letter to Kitty Macleod, 1880, 27 letters to H. H. Cameron, 1880-1881.
Box 5, Folder 12
Annie C. Macleod,
1882
Scope and Content Note
26 letters to H. H. Cameron.
Box 5, Folder 14
William & Polly Macleod,
1880-1883
Scope and Content Note
10 letters.
Box 5, Folder 15
Jessie Macleod,
ca. 1879-1883
Scope and Content Note
11 letters to H. H. Cameron, ca. 1879-1882, 1 from Rosa Dick-Lander, 1883.
Box 5, Folder 16
Affie Macleod,
1880-1882
Scope and Content Note
12 letters to H. H. Cameron.
Box 5, Folder 17
Jean, Elsie & Macleod family,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
15 letters to H. H. Cameron, 1 unknown Macleod letter.
Box 6, Folder 1
13 letters sent,
ca. 1902-1919
Box 6, Folder 2
11 letters from W. J. Finn,
1915-1918
Box 6, Folder 3
16 letters from Gordon Gardiner,
1902-1916
Box 6, Folder 4
16 letters from Percy Sturdee,
1899-1901
Box 6, Folder 5
16 letters from Percy Sturdee,
1902-1903
Box 6, Folder 6
16 letters from Percy Sturdee, 1 photograph
1904-1926
Box 6, Folder 7
4 letters concerning Percy Sturdee,
ca. 1900-1901
Box 6, Folder 8
16 letters from relatives,
ca. 1890-1926
Box 6, Folder 9
16 letters from various correspondents,
1890-1895
Scope and Content Note
Including Reginald Gurney, Alice Williamson, the Bishop of Calcutta, and Arthur G. Havelock, governor of Ceylon.
Box 6, Folder 10
28 letters from unidentified correspondents,
n.d.
Box 7, Folder 1
16 letters from various correspondents, A-B
Box 7, Folder 2
17 letters from various correspondents, C
Box 7, Folder 3
16 letters from various correspondents, D-F
Box 7, Folder 4
17 letters from various correspondents, G-H
Box 7, Folder 5
18 letters from various correspondents, J-L
Box 7, Folder 6
13 letters from various correspondents, M-P
Box 7, Folder 7
21 letters from various correspondents, R
Box 7, Folder 8
22 letters from various correspondents, S-W
Box 8, Folder 1
Letters from physicians,
1884-1913
Box 8, Folder 2
4 letters from maids,
1901-1918
Box 8, Folder 3
21 letters from Last, Riches & Fitton, solicitors,
1902-1926
Box 8, Folder 4
18 letters from Philip Witham & J. P. Munster, solicitors,
1916-1919
Box 8, Folder 5
Letters from the Bank of Madras, H. L. de Mel of Lloyds Bank,
1916-1919
Box 8, Folder 6
Letters and notes concerning Grandpoint House, Oxford,
ca. 1909
Box 8, Folder 7
Bills and letters from tradespeople
Box 8, Folder 8
Miscellaneous invitations
Box 8, Folder 9
Calling cards received by A. A. Cameron
Box 8, Folder 10
Record book of correspondence sent by A. A. Cameron,
1904
Box 8, Folder 11
Record log of books read,
1908-1910
Box 8, Folder 13
"A Book of Happenings," essay journal,
1917
Box 9
A. A. Cameron and Blake family
Box 9, Folder 1
A. A. Cameron
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous mss., transcriptions of poems and songs, and other material.
Box 9, Folder 2
A. A. Cameron,
1914-1916
Scope and Content Note
2 gallery lists of A. A. Cameron's paintings, 1 exhibition invitation.
Box 9, Folder 3
A. A. Cameron
Scope and Content Note
"The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts,
1916," catalogue
Box 9, Folder 4
A. A. Cameron
Scope and Content Note
"The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts,
1922, " catalogue
Box 9, Folder 5
A. A. Cameron
Scope and Content Note
"The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts,
1924," catalogue
Box 9, Folder 6
A. A. Cameron,
1907
Scope and Content Note
Press clippings, 1 letter from press clipping service.
Box 9, Folder 7
A. A. Cameron
Scope and Content Note
Press clippings regarding A. A. Cameron & family
Box 9, Folder 8
Blake family,
1853-1858, 1870, ca. 1896, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
5 letters from C. Blake to A. A. & H. H. Cameron, ca. 1896; 8 letters from A. A. Blake to A. A. Cameron, n.d., 1 inscribed
book cover, 1870; 2 letters from & 1 concerning G. P. Blake, 1853-1858; the will of James Bunbury Blake.
Box 9, Folder 9
Blake and King King family memorials and inscriptions
Scope and Content Note
3 items.
Box 9, Folder 10
Geraldine Thomas,
1901-1918
Scope and Content Note
24 letters to A. A. Cameron.
Box 9, Folder 11
Geraldine Thomas,
ca. 1916-1933
Scope and Content Note
4 letters to E. M. King King and M. C. King King.
Box 9, Folder 12
Geraldine Thomas,
ca. 1919-1931
Scope and Content Note
10 letters from various correspondents.
Box 9, Folder 13
E. H. L. Thomas,
1919
Scope and Content Note
6 letters to A. A. Cameron.
Box 9, Folder 14
E. H. L. Thomas,
1916, 1923
Scope and Content Note
1 letter from Frank Hadden, 1916, 2 letters from Jack Hadden, 1923.
Box 9, Folder 15
E. H. L. Thomas,
ca. 1916
Scope and Content Note
10 letters from Mary Hadden.
Box 9, Folder 16
E. H. L. Thomas,
ca. 1916
Scope and Content Note
7 letters from Helen Thomas.
Box 9, Folder 17
E. H. L. Thomas,
ca. 1915-1923
Scope and Content Note
12 letters from various correspondents.
Box 10
E. H. L. Thomas and family
Box 10, Folder 1
E. H. L. Thomas,
1915-1917
Scope and Content Note
32 letters from J. H. Thomas concerning Galleheria Estate, 1915-1917,; 1 letter to Geraldine Thomas from J. H. Thomas, 1915.
Box 10, Folder 2
E. H. L. Thomas,
1915-1939
Scope and Content Note
Letters and documents concerning Galleheria Estate.
Box 10, Folder 3
E. H. L. Thomas,
1915-1917
Scope and Content Note
Letters and documents concerning Galleheria Estate, primarily from Adam Thring Sheldon and Co.
Box 10, Folder 4
E. H. L. Thomas,
1916-1920
Scope and Content Note
Letters and documents concerning Galleheria Estate, from Skrine and Co.
Box 10, Folder 5
E. H. L. Thomas,
1936-1937
Scope and Content Note
Estimates and documents.
Box 10, Folder 6
E. H. L. Thomas,
1919-1921
Scope and Content Note
36 letters from Last, Sons & Fitton concerning Thomas vs. King King.
Box 10, Folder 7
E. H. L. Thomas,
ca. 1895-1925
Scope and Content Note
Letters and material from banks.
Box 10, Folder 8
E. H. L. Thomas,
1919
Scope and Content Note
Letters and documents concerning stocks and Woodhouse Farm.
Box 10, Folder 9
E. H. L. Thomas,
ca. 1920-1929
Scope and Content Note
letters from the Earl of Litchfield's Estate Office concerning renting Eastfields, 1920-1921, letters from decorators and
furnishers, 1920s.
Box 10, Folder 10
E. H. L. Thomas' diary,
1940
Box 10, Folder 11
H. M. Thomas,
1915-1937
Scope and Content Note
24 letters to E. H. L. Thomas.
Box 10, Folder 12
M. H.? Thomas (of Galleheria),
1900-1907
Scope and Content Note
7 letters to A. A. Cameron, 1900-1907, with 1 letter from Florence Thomas to A. A. Cameron, 1905.
Box 11, Folder 1
E. King King,
1900, 1919, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
10 letters to E. H. L. Thomas,1919, n.d.; 1 to Eliza Margaret King King, 1900.
Box 11, Folder 2
E. King King,
1919
Scope and Content Note
3 letters from banks.
Box 11, Folder 3
Eleanor Mary, E. M. & M. C. King King,
1891-1910, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
5 letters from friends & relatives.
Box 11, Folder 4
Eleanor Mary, E. M. & M. C. King King
Scope and Content Note
Documents and letters from banks, lawyers, etc.
Box 11, Folder 5
M. C. King King,
1879, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
1 letter to A. A. Cameron, 1879, 1 to mother and 1 to unknown, n.d.
Box 11, Folder 6
M. C. King King,
1917-1932
Scope and Content Note
6 letters from Kenneth E. King King.
Box 11, Folder 7
M. C. King King,
ca. 1864-1933
Scope and Content Note
13 letters from various correspondents, including G. P. Blake and other relatives.
Box 11, Folder 8
M. C. King King,
ca. 1905-1931
Scope and Content Note
15 letters from various correspondents.
Box 11, Folder 9
E. M. King King,
ca. 1900-1916
Scope and Content Note
6 letters from various relatives and friends.
Box 11, Folder 10
E. M. King King's diary,
1888-1891
Box 11, Folder 11
E. M. King King's diary,
1891-1894
Box 11, Folder 12
E. M. King King's diary,
1894-1896
Box 11, Folder 13
E. M. King King's diary,
1896-1898
Box 12
King King family, miscellaneous material
Box 12, Folder 1
E. M. King King's diary,
1898-1899
Box 12, Folder 2
E. M. King King's diary,
1901-1902
Box 12, Folder 3
E. M. King King's diary,
1902-1903
Box 12, Folder 4
E. M. King King's diary,
1907
Box 12, Folder 5
E. M. King King's diary,
1907
Box 12, Folder 6
E. M. King King's diary,
1908-1909
Box 12, Folder 7
Miscellaneous correspondence and ephemera, 16 items
Box 12, Folder 9
Letter describing the King of Siam's arrival in Kandy, author unknown, 4 pp.,
n.d.
Box 12, Folder 10
Legal documents and miscellaneous material
Box 13
Transcripts of letters and documents
Box 13, Folder 1
Letters from Gov. C. H. Cameron
Box 13, Folder 2
Letters from C. H. Cameron
Box 13, Folder 3
Letters received by C. H. Cameron,
1848-1858
Box 13, Folder 4
Letters from J. M. Cameron
Box 13, Folder 5
J. F. W. and M. B. Herschel
Box 13, Folder 7
Cameron family legal documents
Box 13, Folder 9
Letters from C. H. Cameron, Jr.
Box 13, Folder 10
Letters from H. H. H. Cameron
Box 13, Folder 11
Letters from E. W. H. Cameron
Box 13, Folder 12
Letters from A. E. Cameron
Box 13, Folder 13
Letters from Beatrice Cameron and Donald Cameron
Box 13, Folder 14
Letters from H. H. Cameron
Box 13, Folder 15
Letters from H. H. Cameron to Kitty Macleod
Box 13, Folder 16
Letters received by H. H. Cameron
Box 13, Folder 17
Letters received by H. H. Cameron from relatives
Box 13, Folder 18
Letters received by H. H. Cameron from various correspondents
Box 13, Folder 19
Letters from Kitty Macleod
Box 14
Transcripts of letters and documents
Box 14, Folder 1
Letters from Kitty Macleod
Box 14, Folder 2
Letters from C. A. Macleod,
1880
Box 14, Folder 3
Letters from C. A. Macleod,
1881
Box 14, Folder 4
Letters from C. A. Macleod,
1882
Box 14, Folder 5
Letters from C. A. Macleod,
1882
Box 14, Folder 6
Letters from C. A. Macleod and Annie C. Macleod
Box 14, Folder 7
Letters from Gordon Gardiner to A. A. Cameron
Box 14, Folder 8
Letters from Percy Sturdee to A. A. Cameron
Box 14, Folder 9
Letters received by A. A. Cameron
Series II.
Watercolors and drawings,
circa 1830-1925, undated
Physical Description:
0.5 linear feet
1 box
Scope and Content Note
Watercolors and drawings primarily executed by Adeline A. Blake Cameron, with a few by Hardinge Hay Cameron and one sketchbook
by Eliza M. King King.
[See also "note on initials used in the collection" at head of this container list.]
Box 15, Folder 1
H. H. Cameron,
1906-1908, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
5 watercolors and drawings.
Box 15, Folder 2
A. A. Cameron,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Watercolor sketchbook.
Box 15, Folder 3
A. A. Cameron,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Sketchbook with drawings and watercolors.
Box 15, Folder 4
A. A. Cameron,
1910-1924, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
6 watercolors of Italy and Spain.
Box 15, Folder 5
A. A. Cameron,
1925, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
7 watercolors of Italy.
Box 15, Folder 6
A. A. Cameron,
1900, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
5 watercolors and 1 drawing of England.
Box 15, Folder 7
A. A. Cameron,
1909-1925, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
9 watercolors of England.
Box 15, Folder 8
A. A. Cameron,
1886-1905, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
8 watercolors of Ceylon.
Box 15, Folder 9
A. A. Cameron,
ca. 1897-1915?, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
7 watercolors of Ceylon.
Box 15, Folder 10
E. M. King King,
1865, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
9 pen & ink drawings and watercolors.
Box 15, Folder 11
E. K.'s sketchbook,
ca. 1830-1850
Box 15, Folder 12
John Deut Young,
1872
Scope and Content Note
1 watercolor.
Series III.
Photographs,
1890-1929, undated
Physical Description:
ca. .5 lin. ft. 2 boxes
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, negatives, and albums.
Items of interest: photographs and carte de visite portraits belonging to Hardinge Hay and Adeline A. Blake Cameron; portraits
of family members (for example, Hardinge Hay and Adeline Cameron, George Pilkington Blake, and Geraldine Thomas); snapshops
of family gatherings and travels in England, Italy, and Ceylon.
[See also "note on initials used in the collection" at head of this container list.]
Box 16, Folder 1
1 cartes-de-visite album, with 3 cartes-de-visite,
n.d.
Box 16, Folder 2
18 cartes-de-visite and small photographs, including portraits of A. A. Cameron, H. H. Cameron and G. P. Blake,
1890, 1904[?], 1908, n.d.
Box 16, Folder 3
13 photographs, including portraits of G. P. Blake and A. A. Cameron (on horseback), , ,
1891 1896 n.d.
Box 16, Folder 4
13 photographs, including 2 photographs of Cameron family portraits., portraits of H. H. Cameron, and Geraldine Thomas,
1903, n.d.
Box 16, Folder 5
1 framed photograph of G. P. Blake,
n.d.
Box 19
Negatives, many of photographs in the photograph album in box 17
Box 17
Photograph album,
1902, 1906, 1919, 1929, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Containing 29 cartes-de-visite and 175 original photographs and duplicates of family members including Hardinge Hay Cameron,
A. A. Cameron and Geraldine Thomas and travels in Ceylon, England and Italy.
Series IV.
Oversize materials,
1909, undated
Physical Description:
ca. .5 lin. ft. 1 box
Scope and Content Note
Drawings, watercolors, sketches, photographs, and other large format materials.
[See also "note on initials used in the collection" at head of this container list.]
Box 18*, Folder 1
3 watercolors and 1 drawing,
1909, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
1 watercolor by H. H. Cameron, 1909, 1 by A. A. Cameron, n.d., 1 by unknown, n.d., 1 drawing by unknown, n.d.
Box 18*, Folder 2
Photographs, clipping, documents,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
4 photographs and 1 clipping of an image; 1 welcome and 1 farewell document to H. H. Cameron from the citizens of the North
Central Province, Ceylon.
Box 18*, Folder 3
1 pastel sketch by Collings, New York City,
n.d.
