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BIOGRAPHY
Donald Ewen Cameron was born in Bridge of Allen, Scotland,
in December of 1901. He attended Stifling High School 1908-1913;
Glasgow Academy 1913-1919; and the University of Glasgow
where he received an MB in 1924. In 1925, he received the
diploma in psychological medicine from the University of London.
He received the M.D. from Glasgow in 1936.
Cameron started his career at the Royal Mental Hospital in
Glasgow under D. K. Henderson and the influence of Adolf Meyer.
In 1926, he went to the Phipps Clinic for 2 years on the Henderson
Research Scholarship in Psychiatry. While he was with the Boston
Psychopathic Hospital, he was induced to go to the Provincial
Hospital in Manitoba, Canada. He was in charge of the reception
unit there, and organized the mental health work of the western part
of the province. From 1936 to 1938, he was at Worcester. From
there he went to Albany Medical College as a professor of
neurology and psychiatry. In 1943 he went to the McGill University. Cameron was professor of psychiatry and chairman of the
department at McGill University and director of the Allen
Memorial Hospital. On retirement from McGill, he went to the
Veterans Administration Hospital in Albany, New York.
He was president of several organizations: the American
Psychiatric Association, the Quebec Psychiatric Society, the
Canadian Psychiatric Association, the World Psychiatric
Association, the American Psychopathological Association, and the
Society of Biological Psychiatry. He published many books,
articles and papers. He also delivered several speeches.
His accomplishments were many: the Day Hospital was his
idea; he encouraged the formation of the Assembly of District
Branches of the APA while he was president; and he organized the
Third World Congress of Psychiatry which gave birth to the World
Psychiatric Association.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
The papers of Donald Ewen Cameron came to the Archives of
the American Psychiatric Association in three groups: two in 1977
and the last in 1981. All three have been merged in processing to
form a single record group. The collection totals 5 linear feet and is
comprised of 4 series: articles and speeches, 1930-1967;
Folder 1A
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Cameron Papers (2 of 4)
Archives Box 100669 (cont'd.)
Folder 5
Detection...aggressive...behavior, 3/26/1947
Folder 11
Folder 9
Folder 16
Folder 10
Folder 17
Cameron Papers (3 of 4)
Archives Box 100669 (cont'd.)
Folder 18
Folder 25
Geriatrics 3/1/1967
Cameron Papers (4 of 4)
Archives Box 100670
SERIES: WPA
Folder
64. Constitution/articles of association, 1950-1962
65. Correspondence, to 1962
66. Correspondence, 1963
67. Correspondence, 1964
68. Correspondence, 1965
69. Correspondence, 1966
70. Correspondence, 1967
71. Correspondence, regional confer-ences, 1964-1966
72. Correspondence, World Health Organization, 1961-1966
Archives Box 100671
Folder
73. Executive committee, 1962-1966
74. Finance committee, 1964-1965
75. History (letters, reports, etc.), 1957-1966
76. Journal (International Journalof Neuropsychaitr), 1965-1967
77. Membership correspondence, 1964-1966
78 - 80. Miscellaneous papers, 1960-1964
81 - 82. Miscellaneous papers, 1960-1964
83. Newsletter correspondence, 1966; newsletter bank account,
1966-1967
84. Nominating committee, 1965-1966
85. "Permanent folder" (miscellaneous materials for executive
officers upon election),
1961-1966
86. Publicity, 1961-1962