Abstract
The Loren Rex Cameron Papers consist of photographic portraits created by Loren Cameron, correspondence and other manuscript material specifically documenting the Female to Male transsexual community.
Dates
- 1961 - 2008
Creator
- Cameron, Loren, 1959- (Person)
- Cameron, Loren, 1959- (Title of work: Man tool..) (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Use
Patrons viewing the collection in the reading room may take photographs of the material for research purposes only. These images are prohibited from being reused or shared in any way or medium without prior approval of the curator of the Human Sexuality Collection or the designee of the University Librarian. High resolution or other reproductions, as well as any publication or dissemination in any form or media requires the permission of the curator of the Human Sexuality Collection or the designee of the University Librarian.
Extent
4.5 cubic feet.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Personal Material Box 1, Box 2, Box 6
Series I consists of personal materials, including resumes, photos of family and friends, family correspondence, yearbooks, etc.
Series II. Projects Box 1, Box 2, Box 4, Box 6
Series III. Exhibitions Box 1, Box 2 Box 4-6
Series III contains materials from various exhibits of Cameron's work, including publicity and viewers' comments/correspondence. Also included are prints from Cameron's "Body Alchemy" exhibit.
Series IV. Correspondence, Reviews and Articles Box 1, Box 2, Box 6
Series IV consists of reviews and articles regarding Cameron's work, along with miscellaneous correspondence. Correspondence regarding speaking engagements, and feedback from those engagements, is also included.
Series V. Magazines Box 2
Series V contains magazines with articles about Loren Cameron, or about his work.
Series VI. Awards Box 3
Series VII. Videos Box 2
Series VII contains videos on transgender issues. Some of the videos have Cameron in them, and some are produced by Cameron.
SEPARATED MATERIAL
The following materials have been separated from the collection and cataloged individually:
Anne Sexton: A Biography by Diane Wood Middlebrook, 1991. Signed by the author on the title page, also inscribed to Loren by the author on the front free endpaper. A laid in letter from Middlebrook to Loren was removed and is in Box 2 Folder 63. Middlebrook endorsed the back cover of Loren Cameron's book Body Alchemy.
Information for the Female to Male Cross Dresser and Transexual by Lou Sullivan, third edition October 1990. Inscribed by the author to Loren. Sullivan signed this book to Cameron before he went through dissolution (died). Cameron met him in the very beginning of Cameron's transition and attended the first FTM support gropus that Sullivan organized. This is the organization known as FTM International that was last expanded by Sullivan's chosen successor, Jameson Green.
S/HE by Minnie Bruce Pratt, 1995. Inscribed by the author to Loren. A laid in letter from the author to Loren and a Firebrand Books card were removed and are] in Box 2 Folder 63.
Blumenstein, Rosalyne. Branded T. 2003.
Boy's Own. No.40-41, 2003: Apr.-Aug.
Brevard, Aleshia. The Woman I Was Not Born To Be: A Transsexual Journey. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001.
Complot. No.77, July 2003.
FTM Resource Guide. San Francisco: FTM International, 6th ed., Oct. 1999.
Physical Description
Manuscripts, photographs, published material, awards, videotapes.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Eleanor Brown and Brenda Marston
- April 2002
- April 2002
- EAD encoding:
- Eleanor Brown, April 2002Sara McDermott, January 2010Sarah Keen, March 2010Sarah Keen, April 2010
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, January 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Eleanor Brown and Brenda Marston
- Date
- Apr. 5, 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu