Walter C. Cambra essays
Scope and Contents
Collection contains seven essays written by Cambra on religious topics, including commentaries on the Books of Daniel and Revelations. Materials date from between 1984 and 2013.
Dates
- Creation: 1984-1993
Creator
- Cambra, Walter C. (author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Walter C. Cambra essays must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Walter C. Cambra (born 1946) is an astrologer and avocational religious scholar in California.
Walter C. Cambra was born on September 14, 1946, and was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1970 he married Ann Elizabeth Jamison. He attended California State University, Hayward, where he graduated in 1973. He then earned a certificate in horticulture in 1974 from Chabot College. Cambra is interested in religious studies, and has published a number of articles on the Bible beginning in the 1980s. In 1993 he earned a master's degree in philosophy from San Francisco State University, and is a Life Advanced Member of the American Federation of Astrologers (LAMAFA). He is also a member of the Bram Stoker Society of Dublin (Ireland), the Ancient and Mystical Order Rose+Cross, and the Order Summum Bonum.
Extent
4 folders (0.3 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Donated by Walter C. Cambra in 1986, 1988, 2011, and 2014.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated; Walter C. Cambra; 1986, 1988, 2011, and 2014.
Appraisal
LDS scholarship and historiography (20th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy 5.III, August 2007).
The Walter C. Cambra essays are written on topics important to LDS scholars.
Utah and the American West and LDS cultural, social, and religious history (20th century Western & Mormon Manuscripts collection development policy, 5.VII, 2007).
Processing Information
Processed; Melissa Cowles, student processor and John Murphy, curator; 2008.
Processed; Margaret Weddle, student manuscript processor; and John M. Murphy, curator; 2014.
Subject
- Cambra, Walter C. -- Archives (Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
Uniform Title
- Title
- Register of Walter C. Cambra essays
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Melissa Cowles, student processor and John Murphy, curator.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States