History of the Clan Campbell Society

in New York City

1929

On August 1 The Clan Campbell Association of America received its first member and was formally organized on 15 December 1929.
The national president was Mrs. Mary Latham Norton of San Francisco, CA.

1972

The Clan Campbell Society as we know it today was conceived in July 1972 at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games by J. Boylston Campbell (Malvern, PA), the late Judge Hugh Brown Campbell (Charlotte, NC) and Dr. B. Blackburn Campbell, Ph.D. (Athens, GA). These men became the founding officers (President, Vice-President and Secretary/Treasurer) of The Clan Campbell Society (USA) the following July at the Grandfather Mountain Games.

1974

In January 1974, the Clan Campbell Society of the United States was created in New York City at the request of our current Clan Chief, Mac Cailein Mor, Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll, and headed by the Chief’s sister, Lady Jean Campbell, who then resided in New York City.
Lady Jean was appointed by her brother to serve as the Society’s High Commissioner, i.e., personal representative of the Clan Chief.
The two organizations discovered each other and decided to join together as one: The Clan Campbell Society, United States of America.
This merger was completed at the Stone Mountain Highland Games, GA, in October 1974.

1977

The Society at that time was an unincorporated organization.
In May 1977, the Society was incorporated in Colorado as The Clan Campbell Society (United States of America) with Lady Jean Campbell remaining as the High Commissioner.
The initial elected officers were:
Judge Hugh Brown Campbell, President;
Donald Draper Campbell (Arlington, VA), Secretary;
John Edward Vickers-Smith (Fairfax, VA), Treasurer;
and Trustees, James Harry Campbell (Virginia Beach, VA),
Philip Douglas Thompson (Fairfax, VA)
and Hugh Purfield Moore (West Covena, CA).

To better serve the Society’s membership, the United Sates was divided into 9 (later 14) regions with each region to be headed by a Regional Commissioner.

Source: Donald Draper,
A Short History of the Society in North America,
Journal of The Clan Campbell Society (NA) , Volume 25, Spring 1998, p.74.