Papers of the Camp and Keeler families, 1817-circa 1960.

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Papers of the Camp and Keeler families, 1817-circa 1960.

The collection consists of correspondence (from George H. Keeler, Milton and Louise Keeler, et al), diaries, documents, ledgers, journals, scrapbooks, sheet music, broadsides, newspapers, musical manuscripts, postage stamps, postcards, books on local history, photographs and other related printed ephemera spanning dates from 1817 to the 1960s. This material documents the social and business history of two families in Marietta, Georgia; upstate New York; and parts of the Midwest. The documents mostly relate to the families of George King Camp and George H. Keeler; included are an appointment as Postmaster of Marietta (signed by William Howard Taft on June 23, 1910), Cobb County land deeds, Confederate bonds, and receipts. Photographs include a record of Sarah Atwood Camp's travels via steamship; an album (circa 1890) 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 and various buildings and scenes related to the family members.

10.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7620047

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United States. President (1909-1913 : Taft)

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Camp family.

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...

Keeler, Louise

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Camp, George K.

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Keeler, George H., 1851-1932.

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Keeler, Milton

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Camp, Sarah Atwood

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Keeler family.

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