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Collection Overview
| Size | Approximately 3000 items |
| Abstract | Published novels and stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon and Sherlockiana collected by white librarian Mary Shore Cameron (1908-1968) in the mid-twentieth century. The collection contains bibliographies; first editions published in England and the United States; foreign language editions; paperbacks; compilations; plays; Sherlock stories in magazines and newspapers; scholarly and popular articles; reviews and literary criticism; other writings and publications by Arthur Conan Doyle; manuscript items signed by Doyle and other authors; rare book dealer catalogs; parodies and pastiches; maps and pictorial works; and programs, ephemera, and publications of Sherlock societies including the Baker Street Irregulars. Also included are Cameron's scrapbooks and her correspondence with Sherlock scholars Nathan L. Bengis, William S. Baring-Gould, Luther L. Norris, John Bennett Shaw, and others. Serials including The Baker Street Journal are regularly added to the collection. Acquired as part of the Rare Book Collection. |
| Creator | Cameron, Mary Shore. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processing Information
The Mary Shore Cameron Sherlock Holmes Collection was arranged into 28 categories by the donor Edward Alexander Cameron and archivist Brooke Alan shortly after the collection was received in 1978.
Encoded by: Laura Hart, October 2019
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
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Biographical Information
Mary Shore Cameron (1908-1968) of Chapel Hill, N.C., was a librarian and a collector of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlockiana. Her husband Edward Alexander Cameron (1907-1992) donated Mary's collection to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1978.
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Scope and Content
Published novels and stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon and Sherlockiana collected by white librarian Mary Shore Cameron (1908-1968) in the mid-twentieth century. The collection contains bibliographies; first editions published in England and the United States; foreign language editions; paperbacks; compilations; plays; Sherlock stories in magazines and newspapers; scholarly and popular articles; reviews and literary criticism; other writings and publications by Arthur Conan Doyle; manuscript items signed by Doyle and other authors; rare book dealer catalogs; parodies and pastiches; maps and pictorial works; and programs, ephemera, and publications of Sherlock societies including the Baker Street Irregulars. Also included are Cameron's scrapbooks and her correspondence with Sherlock scholars William S. Baring-Gould, Nathan L. Bengis, Luther L. Norris, John Bennett Shaw, and others. Serials including The Baker Street Journal are regularly added to the collection. Acquired as part of the Rare Book Collection.
The collection was arranged by the donor Edward Cameron and archivist Brooke Alan shortly after the collection was received in 1978. The categories were constructed based on the format, genre, and content of the different material types.
Materials in each category listed below are described in Christy Edina Richard's An Assessment of the Mary Shore Cameron Sherlock Holmes Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A Master’s Paper for the M.S. in L.S. degree. November, 2003. The master's paper is available in the Carolina Digital Repository.
Assigned Categories from Original Arrangement of the Collection:
1. Bibliographies
2a. First and Other Editions
2b. Pastiches and Plays by Doyle
2c. Sherlock Holmes Novels Bound with Each Other
2d. Sets of Sherlock Holmes Stories
2e. Paperbacks of Sherlockian Stories
2f. Foreign Language Editions
2g. Shorthand Editions
2h. Combinations of the Stories
3. Periodicals Containing Sherlick Holmes Stories
4a. Books and Pamphlets about the Writings and Associated Topics
4b. Books, a Part of which Contain Material about the Writings
4c. Periodicals Containing Material about the Writings
5a. Imitations, Parodies, Pastiches, Plays, etc. in Book Form
5b. Periodicals Containing Imitations, Parodies, Pastiches, Plays, etc.
6. Associated Books and Pamphlets
7. Baker Street Irregulars and Other Sherlock Holmes Societies
8. Pictorial and Map Materials
9. Letters and Other Autographed Items
10. Mary Shore Cameron Correspondence
11. Scrapbooks of Mary Shore Cameron
12. Non-Sherlockian Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
13. Programs and Other Ephemera Related to Sherlockian Meetings
14. Dealer's Catalogs and Correspondence
15. Sherlock Holmes Greeting Cards and Stationery
16. Sherlock Holmes in the Theatre, Motion Pictures, Radio, and TV
17. Miscellaneous Manuscripts
18. Journals
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