Council of the Southern Mountains records 1912-1970.

Campbell, John C. (John Charles), 1867-1919

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John C. Campbell (1867-1919) was born in La Porte, Ind., on 14 September 1867 to Gavin and Anna Barbara (Kipp) Campbell, and grew up in Steven's Point, Wisc. He graduated from Williams College in 1892 and received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Andover Theological Seminary in 1895. That same year, he married Grace H. Buckingham of Stevens Point, Wisc., who died in 1905. He married Olive Arnold Dame of West Medford, Mass., in 1907. Campbell was a missionary teacher in...

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...

Ayer, Perley.

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Ayer, a native of New Hampshire, was educated at the University of New Hampshire (B.S. 1922), and at Cornell University (M.S. 1947). Prior to coming to Berea in 1947, he was employed as an extension agent in New Hampshire and as an instructor at Pleasant Hill Academy in Tennessee. He worked at Berea College as supervisor of an agricultural training program in the Foundation School; as a field representative for the Admissions office, and later as an instructor in sociology. By the time he was ap...

Appalachian Volunteers.

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Jones, Loyal, 1928-....

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Lunsford was particularly noted for his memory collection of 300 ballads, tunes and tales and the establishment in 1927, of the Ashville, North Carolina based Mountain Dance and Folk Festival which has continued to the present time. During his long career, Lunsford practiced law, published a song collection, and made several documentary recordings, while continuing to perform (vocal, banjo, and fiddle), collect songs, and write a few of his own, including "That Good Old Mountain Dew". He travele...

Council of the Southern Mountains

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The Council of the Southern Mountains was established as the result of fact-finding efforts by John C. and Olive Dame Campbell during the early 1900s. The organization's first annual meeting was held in 1912. Its original purpose was to provide a means of information sharing and cooperation among Appalachian social services, church, and school workers. Olive Campbell followed her husband as Council Executive Secretary, serving from 1919 to 1928. Others in that position include Helen Dingman, 192...