Camp and Keeler families papers, 1817-1967

Summary

Creator:
Keeler family and Camp family
Date:
1817-1967
Extent:
10.5 Linear Feet 2 boxes, 12 document boxes, 1 half box, 1 oversized box, 3 oversized folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Camp and Keeler families papers, ms3374, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of family correspondence, legal documents, ledgers, journals, scrapbooks, sheet music, broadsides, newspapers, musical manuscripts, postcards, photographs and other related printed ephemera. The documents relate to the families of George Hull Camp and George H. Keeler. Photographs include a record of Sarah Atwood Camp's travels via steamship; an album of albumen photographs of Florida, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Antiqua, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, and Cuba; and daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cartes-de-visite, and tintypes of family members.

Biographical / historical:

George King Camp was born in Darien, Georgia in 1851, was educated at the University of Georgia and VMI, and subsequently began the practice of law. He was also an accomplished poet and musician. After an unfortunate marriage, followed by a child's death, he went to San Francisco, accepting a place on the staff of The Examiner. His father, George Hull Camp (and wife and two sisters), also lived in Marietta.

George H. Keeler (1851-1932) was born in Illinois. At first in business in Chicago, he came in 1886 to Georgia as general manager of the newly organized Georgia Marble Company in Tate. He continued in this capacity for 20 years. In 1890, he moved to Marietta. During his career he worked for several companies. He was regarded as one of the most expert and authoritative quarrying engineers in America; he designed and built the first steel derricks ever used for elevating marble. He later was postmaster at Marietta during the Taft administration. Three years after the death of his first wife, he married Sarah Atwood Camp, and the remaider of his life was spent at Tranquilla, the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hull Camp. George King Camp was her brother. The Keeler family traveled widely in Europe and South America.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Camp and Keeler families papers, ms3374, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.