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The Kenneth Walter Cameron Papers relates to Cameron's career as a professor of English at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University), as well as his work as a scholar of the American transcendental movement. This collection contains the text of his radio address on Memorable Teachers, personal and professional correspondence with students and colleagues, a letter transmitting Dr. Cameron's publication West Virginia University Sixty Years Ago - Memories of Louis Watson Chappell, and a letter notifying Cameron that he had received the Award for Distinguished Achievement in Emerson Studies. Also included are excerpts from Dr. Cameron's publication Emerson the Essayist, and a copy of Pen and Ink (Volume I, 1942), a literary publication written by students in Cameron's freshman composition class. Examples of student term papers, course handouts and grade books (1938 - 1943) round out the collection.
An educator, author, and scholar of the American transcendental movement, Kenneth Walter Cameron (1908-2006) was born on October 12, 1908, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, eldest son of Albert Ernest (1885-1938) and Zoe (1890-1957) Cameron. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from West Virginia University in 1930 and 1931, an S.T.B. from General Theological Seminary, New York, in 1935, and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1940. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1935. Cameron came to North Carolina as an instructor in English at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) and taught from 1938 to 1943. After working briefly in a teaching position at Temple University, he settled permanently at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1946. At North Carolina State, Cameron taught a course in composition and a course entitled The Bible as Literature. He was involved in teaching an English course in the Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.) (ASTP) during World War II. Cameron authored and edited numerous articles and books on Emerson, Thoreau, and their contemporaries. He served as editor for both American Transcendental Quarterly and Emerson Society Quarterly. Kenneth Cameron died on February 8, 2006.
An educator, author, and scholar of the American transcendental movement, Kenneth Walter Cameron (1908-2006) was born on October 12, 1908, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, eldest son of Albert Ernest (1885-1938) and Zoe (1890-1957) Cameron. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from West Virginia University in 1930 and 1931, an S.T.B. from General Theological Seminary, New York, in 1935, and his Ph.D. from Yale in 1940. He was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1935. Cameron came to North Carolina as an instructor in English at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) and taught from 1938 to 1943. After working briefly in a teaching position at Temple University, he settled permanently at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1946. At North Carolina State, Cameron taught a course in composition and a course entitled The Bible as Literature. He was involved in teaching an English course in the Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.) (ASTP) during World War II. Cameron authored and edited numerous articles and books on Emerson, Thoreau, and their contemporaries. He served as editor for both American Transcendental Quarterly and Emerson Society Quarterly. Kenneth Cameron died on February 8, 2006.
The Kenneth Walter Cameron Papers relates to Cameron's career as a professor of English at North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University), as well as his work as a scholar of the American transcendental movement. This collection contains the text of his radio address on Memorable Teachers, personal and professional correspondence with students and colleagues, a letter transmitting Dr. Cameron's publication West Virginia University Sixty Years Ago - Memories of Louis Watson Chappell, and a letter notifying Cameron that he had received the Award for Distinguished Achievement in Emerson Studies. Also included are excerpts from Dr. Cameron's publication Emerson the Essayist, and a copy of Pen and Ink (Volume I, 1942), a literary publication written by students in Cameron's freshman composition class. Examples of student term papers, course handouts and grade books (1938 - 1943) round out the collection.
This collection is divided into three series:
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[Identification of item], Kenneth Walter Cameron Papers, MC 00005, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Given by Kenneth W. Cameron, Hartford, Conn., in three stages:
Processed by: SCRC staff; Encoded by: Katherine M. Wisser, 2001.
The collection is organized into three principal series:
This series contains correspondence about Cameron's publications and Pen and Ink, a literary publication produced by students. It also contains items relating to his publications about Ralph Waldo Emerson and other publications.
9 items
Chappell was a folklorist of Appalachia and the Albemarle, born in North Carolina, and spent some of his later years in Raleigh.
This series contains a few student papers, including one written by a British student during World War II. It also contains a copy of Cameron's grade books with student names but not the grades, 1938 - 1943, as well as copies of his student handouts, including course information, etc., 1939, 1940 and undated.
7 items
Dr. Cameron's note: British student sent to U.S. during Nazi bombing of Britain.
This series contains correspondence sent by Cameron to former Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) students. as well as writings about his experiences teaching English courses to the ASTP students during World War II.
6 items
In the transmittal letter, Cameron talks about some family history papers which were compiled by his ASTP students.
Dr. Cameron reminisces about his experiences teaching English courses to the ASTP students during World War II.
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[Identification of item], Kenneth Walter Cameron Papers, MC 00005, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.