Campbell, Olive D. (Olive Dame) -- 1882-1954
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Council of the Southern Mountains records, Part 1
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0002-SAA 001
Abstract
The Council of the Southern Mountains records (1912-1976) document the goals, activities, and administrative history of a non-profit organization that served the people of the Appalachian region.
Dates:
1912 - 1976; Other: Date acquired: 04/24/1970
John C. Campbell Folk School Collection
Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0025 SAA 024
Abstract
Focusing on adult education, founders, Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler (later Bidstrup) modeled the John C. Campbell Folk School's program on the folk schools of Denmark. The school was named in honor of Olive's late husband John C. Campbell, who had envisioned the Danish approach as an effective means of educating young adults to become productive citizens who would stay in the mountains instead of moving away to urban areas.
Starting with an old farmhouse and a log barn, the...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1909-1981
John C. Campbell Folk School records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0047-SAA 047
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of records and photographs documenting the history and work of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina.
Dates:
1923 - 1985
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Education -- North Carolina. 2
- Appalachian Region -- Social life and customs. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Economic conditions. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Religion. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works. 1
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs. 1
- Appalachians (People) -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Pictorial works. 1
- Charities. 1
- Economic assistance, Domestic -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1
- Federal aid to regional planning -- Appalachian Region, Southern 1
- Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Medical care -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Mountain Life and Work 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- North Carolina -- Pictorial works. 1
- Public health -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Recreation -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Rural-urban migration -- Appalachian Region. 1
- Social Action -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1
- Social service -- Appalachian Region, Southern. 1 + ∧ less
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