 Camak family papers
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteJames Camak was born in 1822 in Milledgeville, Georgia and died in 1893 in Athens, Georgia. He attended Princeton University and received a medical degree from the University of Georgia in Augusta. He was a surgeon in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He married Mary Rebecca Wellborn (later known as M. W. Camak) of Warrenton, Georgia, in November 1869. Mary was a member of the United Daughters of Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She and James Camak had two children, James Wellborn Camak in 1872 and Louis Camak in 1873. Scope and ContentThe collection consists of papers of the Camak family of Athens, Clarke County, Georgia from ca. 1817-1947. The papers consist primarily of correspondence and financial papers of James Camak, his wife Mary W. Camak, and their son Louis Camak. Most of the letters deal with family business matters and news of family or friends. Of particular interest are letters from sharecroppers on land owned by the Camak's and letters (1885-1901) between Mary Camak and Thomas W. Watson regarding personal business matters. The collection also contains a few items relating to James A. Camak, genealogical information on the Camak, Marshall, Wellborn, and allied families, and notebooks containing drafts of Mary Camak's correspondence (1896-1910). Organization and ArrangementArranged by record type. Administrative InformationPreferred CitationCamak family papers, ms53, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Finding Aid PublicationFinding aid prepared on: 2009 March 18. General NotesAcquired from the Camak Estate in 1949. Additional materials recieved from the family in 1998. All broadsides in the collection transferred to the Broadside collection. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this RepositoryRelated materials to this collection can be found in: Downing Bethune photographs, MS1623; E. Merton Coulter manuscript collection II, MS 2345; UGA lecture notes, MS 2108; James Camak portrait, MS2554; and Georgia Railroad and Banking Company papers, MS347. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||