Olive Campbell papers 1897-1952 1906-1919

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Olive Campbell papers 1897-1952 1906-1919

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This collection is built around Olive Dame Campbell’s efforts to collect and publish folk songs of the Appalachian people. The

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Campbell, Olive D. (Olive Dame), 1882-1954

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Between 1908 and 1909, Olive Dame Campbell assisted her husband, John, on a fact-finding mission regarding social and cultural conditions in Appalachia. While traveling through the region, Campbell noted that many of the local ballads had strong ties to English and Irish folk songs. As her interest grew, Campbell began collecting the words and music to these songs, later published as "English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians." She also founded and directed the John C. Campbell Folk Scho...