Hadley B. Cammack papers

Descriptive Summary
Repository:	Georgia Historical Society
Creator:	Cammack, Hadley B., 1898-1986
Title:	Hadley B. Cammack papers
Dates:	1917-1985
Extent:	(3 boxes, 1 OS folder) 1.5 Cubic feet
Identification:	MS 2442
	English

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Biographical/Historical Note

Hadley Baston Cammack (1898-1986) was born in Greencastle, Indiana on May 3, 1898 to Adeline Katherine (Buston) Cammack and James Orville Cammack. He graduated high school in 1916 and attended college for one year at DePauw University, leaving to enter the United States Army for wartime service. He served with the 64th Heavy Artillery as a corporal during a year in France. Cammack later resumed college at Purdue University. While attending school, he was on the gymnastics team for three years, and served as captain 1921-1922. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1923. Cammack was employed by Chicago Surface Lines on June 15, 1923, where he designed Coordinated Traffic Control System for Chicago's Loop District.

On September 6, 1927, he married Pauline Dicksen of Chicago and they had three children. He took a position with Houston Electric Company in March 1928 as Superintendent of Traffic. On January 1, 1946 he moved to Savannah, and with three other men, purchased the transit operations of the Savannah Electric and Power Company. They began operating under separate management as Savannah Transit Company. There Cammack was part-owner, Vice President, and General Manager; he retired in January 1972.

In Savannah, he served as Chairman of the American Red Cross chapter in 1948 and 1949. He established the Red Cross Regional Blood Center in 1949, the third in the United States, for which he received a Lucas Trophy. In 1955 he organized the Better Business Bureau of Savannah and served as its president from 1955 until 1960. His wife died in 1969 and he later married Lucille Morgan of Savannah. Mr. Cammack died in 1986 at 88 years of age.

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Scope and Content Note

This collection contains personal letters with family members; photographs of Cammack and his sister in chronological order as they were growing up; correspondence, photos, and articles related to Cammack's work experiences as an Electrical Engineer working traffic control in Chicago, Houston, and Savannah, specifically photographs of The Savannah Transit Company and its employees; items and memorabilia related to Cammack's many contributions to the Savannah area including his work and accomplishments with the local American Red Cross Chapter; items and memorabilia from his college experiences at Purdue University; materials related to his service in the U.S. Army and World War I. The photographs included this collection are on pages that were a part of an album. For preservation purposes, the pages were removed from the album with original order retained.

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Index Terms

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

Materials were acquired from the creator's family.

Preferred Citation

[item identification], Hadley B. Cammack papers , MS 2442, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Audrey C. Campbell, 2012.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

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Container List

 

Box

Fldr

1

1

Photographs

9 album pages and 1 loose photograph

 

2

Photographs

9 album pages and 1 loose photograph

 

3

Photographs

9 album pages

 

4

Photographs

22 album pages

 

5

Photographs

19 album pages

 

6

Hadley B. Cammack biography

 

7

Prayers

 

8

Savannah Transit Company photographs

 

Box

Fldr

2

1

Photographs, 1950-1971

This folder contains general photographs and letters from friends of Hadley B. Cammack congratulating him on receipt of the Lucas Award from the city of Savannah, Georgia.

 

2

Hadley B. Cammack autobiography, 1898-1928

 

3

Correspondence, 1920-1929

 

4

Correspondence, 1930-1939

 

5

Correspondence, 1936-1937

Adeline Baston Cammack and James Orville Cammack to Hadley B. Cammack.

 

6

Correspondence, 1946-1949

 

7

Correspondence, 1940, 1947-1948

 

8

Correspondence, 1946-1949

 

9

Correspondence, 1950-1959

 

10

Correspondence, 1960-1969

 

11

Correspondence, 1970-1979

 

12

Correspondence, 1980, 1983

 

13

Memos and publications about the death of Hadley B. Cammack

 

14

Materials regarding James O. Cammack's photography studio in Greencastle, Indiana

 

15

Correspondence from Evan McIraith

 

16

Correspondence from Evan McIraith, 1948-1972

 

17

Correspondence from Evan McIraith, 1975-1978

 

18

Correspondence from Eleanore Cammack, 1984-1985

 

19

Correspondence from Eleanore Cammack, 1974-1982

 

20

Correspondence from Eleanore Cammack, 1985.

 

21

Savannah Transit Company material

 

22

Newspaper clippings about Cammack family members

 

23

World War I discharge papers, photographs, sheet of veterans postage stamps

 

24

Club programs

 

25

Miscellaneous, 1926-1927

This folder contains a copyright registration for a traffic signal system, article and marriage certificate related to the Dicksen-Cammack wedding, and a map drawn by H.B. Cammack.

 

26

Houston materials

 

27

American Red Cross volunteerism in Savannah

 

28

Photographs of Hadley B. Cammack

 

Box	Fldr
3	1	Awards and certificates

 

2

Hadley B. Cammack artwork

 

3

Hadley B. Cammack - biography of Hans Nagel

 

4

James Cammack letters to the editor

 

5

Savannah Morning News article about American Red Cross Blood Bank

 

6

Houston scrapbook pages

 

7

Purdue scrapbook pages

 

8

Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity material, theses, graduation items

 

"The Debris", 1923

Purdue University yearbook

 

Oversize-Folder

1

Hadley B. Cammack photograph