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Stew Cameron fonds
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- Source of title proper: Title based on contents of fonds.
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Fonds
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1926-1972 (Creation)
- Creator
- Cameron, Stew
- Note
- Records created after Stew Cameron's death relate to the republication of his works.
Physical description area
Physical description
ca. 1800 drawings and other material
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Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Custodial history
The Provincial Archives of Alberta purchased the records from Thelma Cameron, Stew Cameron's wife, in 1978. Dr. Leonard Leacock deposited 3 cartoons in the Archives in 1977; these were incorporated in PR1978.0063 as items 2784, 2785, and 2786.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of the cartooning records of Stew Cameron, and includes rough sketches, ink drawings, and copies of press prints of cartoons created from his time as a student, as an employee of the <em>Calgary Herald</em>, the military and the <em>Vancouver Province,</em> and as a freelance cartoonist. The fonds also includes correspondence with parents, his wife, friends and business associates, other records relating to Stew's life and work as well as a number of published volumes of other editorial cartoonists, some of whom influenced Stew's work.
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Physical condition
Includes ca. 100 photographs, ca. 1.00 m of textual records, 56 objects, 32 posters, 23 negatives, 7 transparencies, 1 sketchbook and 1 film.
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Published works have been arranged chronologically and a cross index has been prepared to correlate the different formats.
Language of material
- The material is in English.
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Access Conditions: None. Use Conditions: Permission for use required.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
An inventory is available.
Associated materials
See also the Darlene Skaer collection. See also the Stewart Cameron fonds at the Glenbow Archives in Calgary, Alberta.
Accruals
Further accruals are not expected.
General note
Information for the biographical sketch is taken from the records. Thelma Cameron also deposited the records for the Peter McGregor fonds (PR1883) and the Stew Cameron fonds (PR1884).<br><br>Record No. Fonds consists of the following accessions: PR1978.0063<br><br>
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Name access points
- Cameron, Stew (Subject)