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Ewan Cameron Papers, 1959-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Cameron, Ewan, b. 1922.
Title
Ewan Cameron Papers
Dates
1959-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
57 linear feet, (128 boxes)
Collection Number
MSS Cameron
Summary
Ewan Cameron (1922-1991), was a physician and researcher who, for many years, collaborated closely with Linus Pauling in studying the potential benefits of treating cancer with megadoses of vitamin C. His papers contain many of the personal and official letters, research notes, manuscripts, and scientific offprints that he and his estate accumulated over the years 1959-1994, with the bulk dating to his time of affiliation with the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, 1971-1991.
Repository
Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu
Access Restrictions
Restrictions on Access

Permission to examine the Cameron Papers will be granted to qualified researchers upon completion of an "Application for Use" form, and contingent upon the researcher's agreement to abide by the rules and policies governing the use of manuscripts.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Dr. Ewan Cameron was born in Glasgow, Scotland July 31, 1922. He received his medical degree from the University of Glasgow in 1944, and immediately joined the British Army, where he served as a medical officer in Burma for three years. A gifted surgeon, Cameron worked as a Consultant Surgeon at Vale of Leven Hospital in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, from 1956 to 1982, becoming the Senior Consultant Surgeon in 1973. He received the Queen's Coronation Medal in Britain in 1977, as well as fellowships from the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. In 1966, Cameron published his first book, Hyaluronidase and Cancer.

In 1971, Cameron began corresponding with Dr. Linus Pauling of the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. He completed many scientific studies in conjunction with the institute, and published Cancer and Vitamin C with Pauling in 1979. After retirement from Vale of Leven Hospital in 1982, Cameron was invited to become Medical Director and Senior Research Professor at the Linus Pauling Institute, where he worked closely with Pauling on many important research topics. Cameron had a son and a daughter with his first wife, Phemie. After her death in 1985, Cameron married Connie, who survived him after his death on March 21st, 1991.

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Historical Note

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Content Description

The collection includes dozens of boxes of material from research initiatives that Cameron conducted, including study proposals, grant applications, funding information, notes, manuscripts, and published papers. Cameron's correspondence with a number of colleagues, most notably Linus Pauling, is likewise included in the collection, as are smaller sets of biographical content, including Cameron's awards.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Courtesy of the Ewan Cameron Papers, Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Cameron Papers are arranged into thirteen series. Each series is organized either chronologically, alphabetically or by subject, as appropriate.

Custodial History

Custodial History

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

The papers were donated to Special Collections by the Linus Pauling Institute in 2000 and 2001, with the bulk accession occuring in July 2000.

Future Additions

Future Additions

Processing Note

Processing Note

Preliminary arrangement by Erin F. Haynes. Final arrangement by Chris Petersen.

Separated Materials

Separated Materials

Bibliography

Books by Ewan Cameron
Ewan, Cameron . Hyaluronidase and cancer. New York : Pergamon Press , 1966 . Ewan, Cameron and Linus Pauling . Cancer and Vitamin C: A Discussion of the Nature, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment of Cancer with Special Reference to the Value of Vitamin C. Menlo Park, Calif. : Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine , 1979 .

Related Materials

Related Materials

Ewan Cameron and Linus Pauling's lengthy collaboration is documented in many locations throughout the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers. Researchers are particularly advised to note the Pauling-Cameron correspondence files contained in Correspondence boxes 58-61, the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine records held in Correspondence boxes 223-277, and the large volume of material related to the book Cancer and Vitamin C and the unpublished AIDS Disaster manuscript in the Manuscripts and Typescripts of Books series, boxes 14.001-14.010 and box 18.001.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Finding aid prepared by Chris Petersen and Erin F. Haynes.
March 2003

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