James Herbert Cameron, Jr., Biographical and Genealogical Materials

Collection — Box: MISC 41, Folder: 5-6

Identifier: MISC MSS 239

Staff Only

Abstract

The James Herbert Cameron, Jr., Biographical and Genealogical Materials includes a variety of materials about family members (genealogical charts, obituaries, census information, city directory listings) and a photocopy of James Herbert Cameron Jr.'s birth certificate noting his birth in La Crosse, Wisconin, in 1914.

Dates

undated

Access to Materials

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

Biographical Note

James Herbert Cameron Jr. (1914-2006) was born in La Crosse, WIsconsin, but spent his formative years in Indiana. He is the only known person to have survived a lynching. A civil rights activist, Cameron was responsible for founding three chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Cameron participated in many civil rights marches and efforts and while incarcerated, Cameron wrote a memoir entitled, A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story. He later established America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he lived from 1950 until his death.

Extent

0.04 cubic_foot (2 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisitions Information

Donated by David J. Marcou (Accession nos. 2007.022, 2007.028)

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: James Herbert Cameron, Jr., Biographical and Genealogical Materials, undated
Status: Completed
Author: Cate Putirskis
Date: 2013 July
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English