Campbell, Olive D. (Olive Dame) -- 1882-1954
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Council of Southern Mountains Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0002 SAA 001
Abstract
The Council of the Southern Mountains (CSM) 1912-1989, began as a gathering of various citizens and mountain missionaries working in relative isolation throughout Appalachia, which created a forum for the sharing of ideas, experiences and inspiration. The Council grew and changed over time into an organization that promoted cooperation among private, government, and religious organizations in southern Appalachia and served as a key factor in bringing the issues and experiences of Appalachia...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1912-1970; 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
Abstract
The John C. Campbell Folk School was founded at Brasstown, North Carolina in 1925 by Olive Dame Campbell to further the educational and social vision of her late husband, John C. Campbell. Starting with an old farmhouse and a log barn, it rapidly expanded to include a farm, dairy, forestry program, forge, and a crafts and recreation program. Based on the Danish approach of linking the culture of work with that of books, its purpose was to build and enrich rural life through adult...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1923 - 1985
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- Economic assistance, Domestic -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1
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