John C. Campbell Folk School Records 1923-1985.

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John C. Campbell Folk School Records 1923-1985.

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The Folk School's non-current records, primarily from 1925-1969, were microfilmed for this collection. These 45 years of meeting minutes, audit and departmental reports, and publications are supplemented by pre-incorporation correspondence, meeting minutes (1923-1924), and publications (1970-1982) that document the Folk Schoool's more recent activities. The 1,913 images, taken between 1923 and 1985, range from those taken for insurance documentation and random snapshots to elaborate photo studies and arrangements depicting various aspects of Appalachian life and culture. Among them are some taken by photographer Doris Ulmann, others taken by Larry Pontier, and a group found in Betty Denash's albums.

7 reels of microfilm and 1913 copy prints (4 linear feet)

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Berea College, Hutchins Library

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Bidstrup, Georg

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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...

Bidstrup, Marguerite

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John C. Campbell Folk School

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The John C. Campbell Folk School, founded in 1925 by Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler, was organized on the model of folk and craft schools common in Scandinavia. The original purpose of the School was to preserve the indigenous culture of the southern highlands and to transmit these traditions to young people. From the description of John C. Campbell Folk School records, 1928-1988 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 49889328 The John C. Campbell Folk School was found...