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    <title>John L. Cameron diary, 1865-1866</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Cameron, John L.</namePart>
    <namePart type="termsOfAddress">photographic assistant</namePart>
    <role>
      <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm>
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  <typeOfResource collection="yes" manuscript="yes">mixed material</typeOfResource>
  <originInfo>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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  <abstract>Pocket diary of Cameron kept while working for Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner.  Subjects include early photographic studio practices, chemical recipes, and processes.  Also documents Cameron's study and career as a violinist.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Photographic assistant and violinist.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gardner, Alexander</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1821-1882</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Photographic chemicals</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Photography</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Photography</topic>
    <topic>Processing</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Photography</topic>
    <topic>Studios and dark rooms</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Violin</topic>
    <topic>Instruction and study</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Violin</topic>
    <topic>Performance</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
    <topic>Photography</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Photographic assistants</occupation>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Violinists</occupation>
  </subject>
  <identifier type="lccn">mm2007085378</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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