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| Size | 17.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 12,000 items) |
| Abstract | John C. Campbell was a white missionary-teacher in Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia; secretary of the Southern Highlands Division (based in Asheville, N.C.) of the Russell Sage Foundation; author of the Foundation's survey of conditions in the Southern Appalachians; and organizer of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers. Olive Campbell, who assisted her husband, was the white founder and director of the John C. Campbell Folk School and related cooperatives at Brasstown, N.C.. She also participated in the formation of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Papers include correspondence; articles, speeches, writings and reports by the Campbells and others; clippings, pamphlets, and near-print material; and a large number of photographs. Also included are diaries, 1908-1909 and 1922-1924, of Olive D. Campbell, the former during her travels in the mountain regions of Georgia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee; the latter during her stay in Denmark to study Danish folk schools, and her travels in Sweden, Scotland, and England; and notebooks on American history and on words to folk songs and ballads from eastern Tennessee and Kentucky. The writings series includes a 1923 article on "Midwifery in the Kentucky Mountains" by Mary Breckinridge. The reports series includes materials from the Annual Conference of Southern Mountain Workers, the Council of Southern Mountain Workers, the John C. Campbell Folk School, the Mountain Valley Cooperative, Inc., the Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild, and Southern Highlanders, Inc. The Addition of 2011 contains papers primarily relating to Olive D. Campbell, including correspondence, mostly to and from Olive D. Campbell; postcards; writings, including articles, academic compositions, and book drafts and manuscripts written by Olive D. Campbell. Also included are diaries and notebooks written or used by Olive D. Campbell, John C. Campbell, and other members of the Campbell and Dame families, including travel diaries and notebooks relating to Olive D. Campbell's work with southern folk music; personal and family materials, including a transcription of a 1920 conversation between John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell after his death; other materials, including clippings and printed materials relating to the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers and the John C. Campbell Folk School; and pictures, including photograph albums and loose photographs and negatives. |
| Creator | Campbell, John C. (John Charles), 1867-1919.
Campbell, Olive D. (Olive Dame), 1882-1954. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
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 Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. He was principal of a mountain school academy in Joppa, Ala., 1895-1898; taught in public school in Stevens Point, Wisc., 1898-1899; was principal of a mountain academy in Pleasant Hill, Tenn., 1900-1901; and was superintendent of secondary education (1901-1902), dean (1902-1903), and president (1903-1907) of Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga. Campbell received a research grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to study the mountain regions of the South in 1909 and soon became an expert on the economic and social conditions of the Appalachians. He was secretary of Southern Highland Division of the Russell Sage Foundation in Asheville, N.C.; author of the Foundation's survey of conditions in the Southern Appalachians; and organizer of the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers.
Olive Dame Campbell (1882-1954) assisted her husband; founded and directed the John C. Campbell Folk School and related cooperatives at Brasstown, N.C.; and participated in the formation of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. While working with her husband, she collected mountain ballads and, after his death in 1919, prepared the report of his survey for publication.
Through the Conference for Southern Education, the Campbells became interested in the Scandinavian folk school as an alternative to the church and independent settlement school. After her husband's death, Olive Campbell continued his work with the conference and visited Denmark and other Scandinavian countries to study folk schools, 1922-1923. Upon her return, she opened the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C.
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Scope and Content
Papers include correspondence; articles, speeches, writings and reports by John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell and others; clippings, pamphlets, and near-print material; and a large number of photographs. Also included are diaries, 1908-1909 and 1922-1924, of Olive D. Campbell, the former during her travels in the mountain regions of Georgia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee; the latter during her stay in Denmark to study Danish folk schools, and her travels in Sweden, Scotland, and England; and notebooks on American history and on words to folk songs and ballads from eastern Tennessee and Kentucky. The writings series includes a 1923 article on "Midwifery in the Kentucky Mountains" by Mary Breckinridge. The reports series includes materials from the Annual Conference of Southern Mountain Workers, the Council of Southern Mountain Workers, the John C. Campbell Folk School, the Mountain Valley Cooperative, Inc., the Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild, and Southern Highlanders, Inc.
Note that both Series 1 and Series 5 contain letters. General correspondence, 1865-1962, is filed in Series 1. Carbon copies of letters written by John C. Campbell, 1909-1919, including correspondence with John M. Glenn of the Russell Sage Foundation and Cecil J. Sharp with whom Olive D. Campbell collaborated with on a 1917 publication on English folk songs of the Southern Appalachians is filed in Series 5. Because these materials are extremely fragile, letters in Series 5 have been microfilmed; researchers must use the microfilm instead of the originals.
The Addition of 2011 contains papers primarily relating to Olive D. Campbell, including correspondence, mostly to and from Olive D. Campbell; postcards; writings, including articles, academic compositions, and book drafts and manuscripts written by Olive D. Campbell. Also included are diaries and notebooks written or used by Olive D. Campbell, John C. Campbell, and other members of the Campbell and Dame families, including travel diaries and notebooks relating to Olive D. Campbell's work with southern folk music; personal and family materials, including a transcription of a 1920 conversation between John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell after his death; other materials, including clippings and printed materials relating to the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers and the John C. Campbell Folk School; and pictures, including photograph albums and loose photographs and negatives.
Additions received after January 2011 have not been integrated into the original deposits. Researchers should always check additions to be sure they have identified all files of interest to them.
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Series 1. Correspondence, 1865-1962.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence of John C. and Olive D. Campbell. Letters after 1919 are to Olive and deal primarily with the John C. Campbell Folk School. See also Series 5.
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Series 2. Writings, 1895-1965.
Arrangement: chronological.
Articles, speeches, writings, reports, and other materials relating to publications by John C. and Olive D. Campbell and others. Included are materials pertaining to Campbell's work on the Appalachian people and the region and to his studies for the Russell Sage Foundation
Materials in folders 162-169 relate to Harry M. and June Cary, staff members of the Campbell Folk School. Harry Cary was publicity and extension agent, September 1938-May 1942. papers are chiefly press releases, brochures, and newsletters relating to the school. Also included are pages from a scrapbook compiled by Cary with reviews of Campbell's book The Southern Highlander and His Homeland.
Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Series 3. Organization Reports, 1913-1952.
Arrangement: chronological.
Reports, minutes, lists, programs, bulletins, and agendas for meetings from the Annual Conference of Southern Mountain Workers, 1913-1925; the Council of Southern Mountain Workers; the John C. Campbell Folk School and Mountain Valley Cooperative, Inc., 1935-1952; and the Southern Highland Handicraft.
Folder 170-184
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Southern Mountain Workers Conference #03800, Series: "3. Organization Reports, 1913-1952." Folder 170-184 |
Folder 185-196
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John C. Campbell Folk School #03800, Series: "3. Organization Reports, 1913-1952." Folder 185-196 |
Folder 197-200
Folder 197Folder 198Folder 199Folder 200 |
Southern Handicraft Guild #03800, Series: "3. Organization Reports, 1913-1952." Folder 197-200 |
| Folder 201 |
American Youth Commission #03800, Series: "3. Organization Reports, 1913-1952." Folder 201 |
Folder 202-208
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Miscellaneous #03800, Series: "3. Organization Reports, 1913-1952." Folder 202-208 |
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Series 4. Clippings, Printed Material, and Ephemera, undated.
Clippings and articles by and about the Campbells and John C. Campbell Folk School; about the Danish Folk High School idea; about Cecil J. Sharp and others; about the mountain region in general; and other items, including catalogs of colleges attended by the Campbells, programs, Gavin Campbell's obituary notice (1894), and diplomas of both Campbells.
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Series 5. Microfilmed Letters, 1909-1919.
The original letters in Series 5 are closed due to extreme fragility. Researchers must use microfilm copies (M-3800/1).
Arrangement: chronological.
Carbon copies of letters written by John C. Campbell, including correspondence with John M. Glenn of the Russell Sage Foundation and Cecil J. Sharp with whom Olive Campbell collaborated with on a 1917 publication on English folk songs of the Southern Appalachians. See also Series 1.
| Folder 229 |
1909-1910 #03800, Series: "5. Microfilmed Letters, 1909-1919." Folder 229 |
| Folder 230 |
1911-1912 #03800, Series: "5. Microfilmed Letters, 1909-1919." Folder 230 |
Folder 231-232
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1913 #03800, Series: "5. Microfilmed Letters, 1909-1919." Folder 231-232 |
| Folder 233 |
1914 #03800, Series: "5. Microfilmed Letters, 1909-1919." Folder 233 |
Folder 234-236
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1915 #03800, Series: "5. Microfilmed Letters, 1909-1919." Folder 234-236 |
Folder 237-240
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1916 #03800, Series: "5. Microfilmed Letters, 1909-1919." Folder 237-240 |
Folder 241-244
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1917 #03800, Series: "5. Microfilmed Letters, 1909-1919." Folder 241-244 |
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1918 #03800, Series: "5. Microfilmed Letters, 1909-1919." Folder 245-247 |
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Series 6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated.
The original volume in folder 260 is closed due to fragility. Please see staff for access to the digitized facsimile.
Arrangement: chronological.
Diaries, school books, and notebooks of John and Olive Campbell.
| Folder 248 |
Volume 1: 1896-1897, 27 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 248Printed form-book for keeping class lists and attendance records used at Joppa, Ala., for several classes. |
| Folder 249 |
Volume 2: 1899-1900 #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 249Tennessee Teacher's Register for keeping class lists and attendance records for several classes. |
| Folder 250 |
Volume 3: October 1908-January 1909, 500 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 250Diary of Olive D. Campbell with descriptions and observations from her travels and experiences in the mountain region of Georgia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee. |
| Folder 251 |
Volume 4: January-March 1909, 180 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 251Diary of Olive D. Campbell continued. |
| Folder 252 |
Volume 5: October 1908-March 1909, 134 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 252Typescript copy of the two diary volumes (not an exact copy). |
| Folder 253 |
Volume 6: August-December 1922, 300 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 253Olive D. Campbell while in Denmark learning about Danish folk schools and other educational matters. The diary covers her travels through Sweden, Scotland, England, and New York; tells of her activities; contains study notes and information gathered; and mentions conversations, lectures, and ideas. |
| Folder 254 |
Volume 7: January-March 1923, 200 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 254Continuation of Olive D. Campbell's diary. |
| Folder 255 |
Volume 8: April 1923-November 1924, 250 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 255Continuation of Olive D. Campbell's diary. |
| Folder 256 |
Volume 9: May-July 1906, 100 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 256Unidentified diary, possibly of John C. Campbell, containing slight memoranda on trips from Boston to Nova Scotia and Boston to Scotland with visits to Campbell relatives in Scotland. |
| Folder 257 |
Volume 10: Undated, 50 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 257Address book possibly of John C. Campbell. |
| Folder 258 |
Volume 11: Undated, 176 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 258Notebook, partially Olive D. Campbell's notes, possibly for teaching an American history course. |
| Folder 259 |
Volume 12: 1917, 72 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 259Folk songs and ballads collected in 1917 in eastern Tennessee and Kentucky by Cecil Sharp and Maude Karples. |
| Folder 260 |
Volume 13: Undated, 150 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 260Long narrative and other items in Olive Campbell's handwriting. Original volume is closed due to extreme fragility. Please see staff for access to the digitized facsimile. |
| Folder 261 |
Volume 14: Undated, 250 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 261Commonplace book, possibly belonging to John C. Campbell, containing short essays, notes on reading, travel and geography, and fragments. One page lists topics for as account of life in Joppa. |
| Folder 262 |
Volume 15: Undated, 50 pages #03800, Series: "6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated." Folder 262Notebook of Ruth Dame Coolidge containing notes on American history books and sources. |
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Series 7. Pictures, 1855-1950.
Arrangement: topical.
Photographs of John and Olive Campbell and their family and friends, the towns and schools where John Campbell taught, rural Appalachia, and the John C. Campbell Folk School. The latter two categories comprise the bulk of the pictures, and include nine oversize images and 21 picture albums.
Many of the photographs that depict life in the mountains of Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina were taken in connection with the Campbells' work for the Russell Sage Foundation, circa 1908-1918. Subject matter includes the difficulties of traveling over rough mountain roads; farming and house-keeping under primitive conditions; and illegal whiskey-making.
The nine folders and five albums that pertain specifically to the John C. Campbell Folk School and its environs provide visual documentation of a wide range of activities at the school: students and teachers in the kitchen and dairy, as well as in the classrooms; musicians, woodcarvers, and other craftspeople; and social and community events, such as folk dances. Among these photographs are nine signed prints by Doris Ulmann who visited the school in 1933. There are also five images that have been tentatively attributed to her. Her subjects include carvers, children, and older people, many fully identified.
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Subseries 7.1. Numbered Pictures.
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Subseries 7.2. Unumbered Pictures.
Snapshots of woodcarvers, weavers, folk-dancers, musicians, and other craftswomen and men, taken in or around the John C. Campbell Folk School. Photographs of people at work in and around John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, N.C., circa 1925-1940. Photographs of people at work: making beds, splitting logs, feeding livestock, etc. Taken in Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina, circa 1920-1935. Photographs of different people posing formally, alone, or in groups, besides buildings, in gardens, and a few indoors. Taken in Ky., Tenn., N.C. and includes one of Brasstown, N.C., Post Office, circa 1920-1935. Photographs of candid snapshots of people at picnics and other social gatherings, workings in gardens, tending animals, etc. Probably taken in or around John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, N.C., circa 1925-1935. Photographs showing Olive Campbell's home at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C., in winter and summer, circa 1925-1940. Photographs showing various houses and landscapes probably in or around the vicinity of the John C. Campbell Folk School, circa 1925-1940. Includes postcard of crowd watching steamroller in Harlan, Ky., circa 1925-1935. Photographs including postcards from Olive Campbell's trip to Scandinavia, 1922-1923.
| Image Box IB-3800/7 |
Photographs #03800, Subseries: "7.2. Unumbered Pictures." IB-3800/7 |
| Image Box IB-3800/8 |
Photographs #03800, Subseries: "7.2. Unumbered Pictures." IB-3800/8 |
| Image Box IB-3800/9 |
Photographs #03800, Subseries: "7.2. Unumbered Pictures." IB-3800/9 |
| Image Box IB-3800/10 |
Photographs #03800, Subseries: "7.2. Unumbered Pictures." IB-3800/10 |
| Image Box IB-3800/11 |
Photographs #03800, Subseries: "7.2. Unumbered Pictures." IB-3800/11 |
| Image Box IB-3800/12 |
Photographs #03800, Subseries: "7.2. Unumbered Pictures." IB-3800/12 |
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Subseries 7.3A. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011).
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101394
Prior to reformatting, the nitrate negatives are closed to research.
Photograph albums and loose pictures including photographs, negatives, and stereographs depicting John C. Campbell, Olive D. Campbell, members of the Campbell and Dame families, and other friends and unidentified subjects. The pictures document travel, family gatherings, and John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell's work in the Southern Highlands and with the John C. Campbell Folk School.
Pictures arrived at the repository arranged into groupings with identifying information, including annotated interleaving pages, photograph labels, and folder titles. This information was used in preparing the description of the pictures.
| Special Format Image SF-P-3800/309 |
Tintype, Campbell family member, circa 1870 #03800, Subseries: "7.3A. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011). " SF-P-3800/309Tintype portrait of a young boy, possibly John C. Campbell or Gavin A. Campbell, circa 1870. |
| Special Format Image SF-P-3800/310 |
Tintype, John C. Campbell, 1881 #03800, Subseries: "7.3A. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011). " SF-P-3800/310Tintype portrait of John C. Campbell, 1881. |
| Special Format Image SF-P-3800/311 |
Tintype, Campbell family member, circa 1870 #03800, Subseries: "7.3A. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011). " SF-P-3800/311Duplicate image of tintype SF-P-3800/309. |
| Oversize Image OP-P-3800/365 |
Group photograph of Olive D. Campbell, Ruth Dame Coolidge, and other female Tufts University students, circa 1900 #03800, Subseries: "7.3A. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011). " OP-P-3800/365Formal portrait of a group of female Tufts University students, including Olive D. Campbell and Ruth Dame Coolidge, circa 1900. |
| Oversize Image OP-P-3800/366 |
Photograph of Olive D. Campbell by Doris Ulman, circa 1930 #03800, Subseries: "7.3A. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011). " OP-P-3800/366Photographic portrait of Olive D. Campbell taken and signed by Doris Ulman, circa 1930. |
| Image Box IB-3800/12 |
Photographs #03800, Subseries: "7.3A. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011). " IB-3800/12Album with photographs and enclosures, including postcards and newspaper clippings. Contains photographs of Olive D. Campbell, John C. Campbell, Ruth Dame Coolidge, and other members of the Dame and Coolidge families and friends. Images also depict general scenes of travel and sightseeing in Europe, including landscapes, monuments, and buildings. Also includes mounted postcards and landscapes from Maine. Album pages and loose photographs depicting Olive D. Campbell and John C. Campbell, as well as other members of the Dame and Campbell families, together with unidentified subjects. Album containing cyanotypes of Olive D. Campbell and John C. Campbell in Asheville, N.C., circa 1910. Also includes cyanotypes of landscapes, structures, and unidentified subjects. Album of labeled photographs documenting life, scenery, and structures in western North Carolina. Included are images of Olive D. Campbell, John C. Campbell, Daisy G. Dame, and other family members, friends, and employees in scenes of rural North Carolina life and recreation, including farming, fishing, hiking, camping, and horseback riding. Also includes a folder of loose photographs and an enclosure from the album. |
| Image Box IB-3800/13 |
Photographs #03800, Subseries: "7.3A. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011). " IB-3800/13Brasstown, N.C., area and John C. Campbell Folk School, circa 1920-1951. Campbell family, circa 1880-1969. Dame family, undated. Individual photographs of John C. Campbell, taken over the various stages of his life, circa 1880-1918. Friends of John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell, circa 1924-1939 and undated. Jane Campbell and Barbara Campbell, daughters of John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell. Both daughters died in infancy. John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell in Demorest, Ga., and Italy, circa 1908-1909. Individual photographs of Olive D. Campbell, taken over the various stages of her life, 1892-1954. Travel in Scandinavia, 1922 and 1934. |
| Image Box IB-3800/14 |
Photographs #03800, Subseries: "7.3A. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011). " IB-3800/14Prior to reformatting, the nitrate negatives are closed to research. Unidentified subjects. Images of the rural South taken by Daisy G. Dame, undated (nitrate negatives). Olive D. Campbell by Doris Ulman, circa 1930 (negative). John C. Campbell, Olive D. Campbell, and family and friends, circa 1910-1917 (negatives, some of which correspond to prints in the collection). Olive D. Campbell and travel in Scandinavia, 1922 or 1934 (negatives). Stereographs, United States of America, undated. Images of "Cachalot," the Campbell family residence in Nantucket, Mass. Also included are photographs of Olive D. Campbell and other members of the Dame family, which appear to have been taken in Nantucket, Mass. |
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Series 8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935.
| Photograph Album PA-3800/1 |
Circa 1915-1925, 85 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/1Appalachian mountain scenery, people riding, fishing, or posing in front of their homes. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/2 |
Circa 1907-1910 #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/2"Snapshots from Demorest, Ga. and a few mountain photos (mostly taken on camping excursions.)" Includes photographs of women staffing a "Civic Betterment League" table and many pictures of John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/3 |
Circa 1907-1910, 58 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/3"Early Mountain Snapshots." Mostly taken in vicinity of Hindman, Ky., with views of people playing musical instruments, riding horses, and relaxing on porches. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/4 |
Circa 1925-1935, 62 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/4Scenes of and around John C. Campbell Folk School of young men and women carving wooden animals, weaving, working in fields and studying. Images have typed captions. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/5 |
Circa 1907-1938, 104 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/5Scenes of John C. Campbell Folk School with images by Ulmann removed and are in Folder 30. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/6 |
Circa 1902-1903, 28 images #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/6Scenes of people and land in and around Walkers Valley, Tenn., evidently taken by John C. Campbell while teaching there. Images have lengthy captions with extensive commentary on the poverty of the people. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/7 |
Circa 1912, 91 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/7"Demorest, Ga., Kentucky and in between." Scenes illustrating the difficulty of travel on mountain roads, via mule teams, ox-carts, and on horseback in Georgia, Kentucky, and North Carolina. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/8 |
Circa 1910, 76 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/8Photo-essay on illicit distilling operations in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/9 |
Circa 1909, 132 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/9Scenes daily life in mountains of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee: people playing fiddles and dulcimer, clearing land for houses, doing laundry, etc. Includes several pictures of African-American people who, according to the caption, are descendants of slaves brought into the mountains by "bluegrass families." |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/10 |
Circa 1905-1915: 145 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/10Everyday life and living conditions in mountains of Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Includes pictures of church and school events. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/11 |
Circa 1900-1910, 28 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/11Chiefly pictures of schools and pupils in Demorest, Ga., and Penland, N.C. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/12 |
Circa 1910-1912, 96 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/12Farming and logging operation in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/13 |
Circa 1910-1918, 58 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/13Scenes of women preparing flax: drying, stretching and spinning it; shearing sheep and preparing wool for spinning; weaving; and making baskets. Mostly taken in Kentucky. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/14 |
Circa 1905-1915, 25 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/14Sewing and canning classes through an extension program of the Hindman (Ky.) Settlement School. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/15 |
Circa 1910-1918, 59 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/15Mostly pictures of homes, churches, and schools, in and around Madison County, N.C. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/16 |
Circa 1915-1925, 76 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/16Scenic views of mountains and rivers in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/17 |
Circa 1908-1910, 77 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/17"Ways and Means of Travelling of the Southern Highland Division of the Russell Sage Foundation in the Mountains of the South." Scenes of difficulties of travelling between towns in Kentucky and North Carolina on horseback, in wagons, and on foot. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/18 |
Circa 1907-1910, 251 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/18Pictures of Berea College, Ky., and Hindman (Ky.) Settlement School and surrounding areas: interiors and exteriors of cabins; coal mines; and local people. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/19 |
Circa 1907-1910, 479 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/19John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell at their home in Demorest, Ga., and the surrounding area; the Hindman Settlement School; views of rural North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky. Includes pictures of the Campbells with friends on a trip to a beach. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/20 |
Undated, 100 halftones #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/20Possibly a paste-up for a book with scenic views of North Carolina and Kentucky mountains; people logging, making whiskey, tending animals, etc. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/21 |
Circa 1925-1935, 201 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/21Daily life at John C. Campbell Folk School: students participating in Christmas pageant, folk-dancing, socializing. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/22 |
Circa 1925-1935, 234 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/22Construction of a museum (presumably part of the John C. Campbell Folk School); interior and exterior views of a farmhouse; Olive D. Campbell and unidentified friends. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/23 |
Circa 1925-1935, 132 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/23Farming and livestock scenes probably at the John C. Campbell Folk School. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/24 |
Circa 1920-1930, 83 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/24Unidentified views of Appalachia: landscapes, small town scenes, and people, especially children. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/25 |
1922, 537 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/25Snapshots from Olive D. Campbell's trip to Denmark: town and village scenes; landscapes; and people folk-dancing, gardening, and tending animals. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/26 |
Circa 1885-1890, 24 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/26Cabinet cards and cartes de visite, mostly on unidentified people and probably compiled by John C. Campbell. |
| Photograph Album PA-3800/27 |
1892, 65 photographs #03800, Series: "8. Picture Albums, 1885-1935." PA-3800/27Scenes from John C. Campbell's trips to the Southwestern United States. |
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Series 9A. Papers, 1836-2005 (Additions of January 2011 and April 2019).
Arrangement: maintained in many of the original groupings received by the repository.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101394, 103578
The Addition of 2011 contains papers primarily relating to Olive D. Campbell, including correspondence, primarily to and from Olive D. Campbell; postcards; and writings, including articles, academic compositions, and book drafts and manuscripts written by Olive D. Campbell. Also included are diaries and notebooks written or used by Olive D. Campbell, John C. Campbell, and other members of the Campbell and Dame families, including travel diaries and notebooks relating to Olive D. Campbell's work with southern folk music; and personal and family materials; other materials, including clippings and printed materials relating to the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers and the John C. Campbell Folk School.
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Subseries 9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011).
Arrangement: primarily chronological, with some materials arranged alphabetically by file.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101394
Primarily correspondence to and from Olive D. Campbell, but there is also includes correspondence to and from John C. Campbell, members of the Dame and Campbell families, and friends and colleagues of John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell. Much of the family correspondence is addressed to Olive D. Campbell using her nickname, "Tog." Notable correspondents include folklorist Cecil Sharp; early music revivalist John Langstaff; musician and folk composer John Jacob Niles; craft revivalist Allen Eaton; John M. Glenn, Director of the Russell Sage Foundation; and mycologist Jakob Emanuel Lange; among others. The correspondence covers a wide range of topics, including travel, family matters, the John C. Campbell Folk School, John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell's work in the Southern Highlands and with the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers, and Olive D. Campbell's studies of southern folk music. Also included is correspondence relating to the publication of The Southern Highlander and his Homeland and The Life and Work of John C. Campbell, as well as scattered financial, legal, and medical correspondence, including contract negotiations between the Mountain Valley Creamery and the Tennessee Valley Authority and correspondence relating to the disposition of the estate of Olive D. Campbell. Most of the correspondence is dated 1900-1954.
| Folder 263 |
Correspondence, 1866-1894 #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 263Includes a letter from an unidentified correspondent to Olive D. Campbell written on the occasion of Olive's birth, letters from Gavin Campbell to his sons John C. Campbell and Gavin A. Campbell, and letters from Olive D. Campbell and her sister Ruth Dame Coolidge to their classmate. |
| Folder 264 |
Correspondence, 1900-1929 #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 264Includes a letter to John C. Campbell from a relative in Scotland; correspondence between various members of the Dame family; letters from Olive D. Campbell and other members of the Dame family to John C. Campbell; a letter addressed to John M. Glenn discussing Olive D. Campbell's educational work; correspondence relating to John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell's work in the Southern Highlands and with the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers; correspondence between Olive D. Campbell and Cecil Sharp about Southern ballads; and correspondence relating to The Southern Highlander and His Homeland, which was completed by Olive D. Campbell using John C. Campbell's notes and research materials and published under his name. |
| Folder 265 |
Correspondence, 1930-1939 #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 265Includes letters from John Jacob Niles about Doris Ulman and southern folk music; correspondence relating to the John C. Campbell Folk School; correspondence relating to the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers; letters from various members of the Dame family; letters from friends, including Elizabeth Weeks and mycologist Jakob Emanuel Lange; and financial correspondence. |
| Folder 266 |
Correspondence, 1940-1949 #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 266Includes a letter from John Langstaff about southern folk music; correspondence relating to the John C. Campbell Folk School; correspondence relating to the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers; correspondence between various members of the Dame and Campbell families; letters from friends, including John M. Glenn and Allen Eaton; a letter from a friend in Denmark recounting his experiences in World War II; and medical and financial correspondence. |
| Folder 267 |
Correspondence, 1950-1954 #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 267Includes correspondence relating to the John C. Campbell Folk School; correspondence relating to the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers; correspondence between various members of the Dame and Campbell families; correspondence with friends, including Allen Eaton and Helen H. Dingman; and medical and financial correspondence. |
| Folder 268 |
Correspondence, undated #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 268Includes correspondence between various members of the Dame family; correspondence with friends, including Elizabeth Weeks, Helen H. Dingman, and Frederick L. Brownlee; and a letter from John C. Campbell to Olive D. Campbell. |
| Folder 269 |
Letters from Grace Buckingham Campbell to her mother, 1896 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 269Letters from John C. Campbell's first wife, Grace Buckingham Campbell, addressed to her mother. |
Folder 270-271
Folder 270Folder 271 |
Travel in Europe, 1923: Dated and undated correspondence and related materials #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 270-271Dated correspondence and related materials documenting Olive D. Campbell's travels in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland with her sister Daisy Gertrude Dame and colleague Marguerite Butler. Through these travels, Olive D. Campbell gathered information about the Dutch folk school educational style, which she later used in forming the John C. Campbell Folk School. |
Folder 272-273
Folder 272Folder 273 |
Mountain Valley Cooperative, contract negotiations with the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1935 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 272-273Correspondence about contract negotiations relating to the Tennessee Valley Authority's investment in the Mountain Valley Creamery in Brasstown, N.C. The Mountain Valley Creamery was a cooperative organization that was associated with the John C. Campbell Folk School. |
| Folder 274 |
Olive D. Campbell estate correspondence and related materials, 1955-1958 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 274 |
| Folder 275 |
Lois Bacon correspondence and related materials, 1973-1987 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 275Correspondence between Lois Bacon, who was a niece of Olive D. Campbell and John C. Campbell, and members of the Dame family. Also included is correspondence related to the disposition of the Dame family papers, including materials belonging to Olive D. Campbell. |
| Folder 276 |
The Life and Work of John C. Campbell correspondence and related materials, 1960-2005 #03800, Subseries: "9.1A. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 276Correspondence related to the completion and printing of Olive D. Campbell's biography of John C. Campbell. |
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Subseries 9.2A. Postcards, 1904-1958 (Addition of January 2011).
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101394
Postcards from the United States and a number of foreign countries. Most postcards have no messages and are undated. A smaller number contain messages and dates and are addressed to members of the Dame and Campbell families.
Folder 277-282
Folder 277Folder 278Folder 279Folder 280Folder 281Folder 282 |
Postcards with messages, 1904-1958 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.2A. Postcards, 1904-1958 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 277-282 |
Folder 283-297
Folder 283Folder 284Folder 285Folder 286Folder 287Folder 288Folder 289Folder 290Folder 291Folder 292Folder 293Folder 294Folder 295Folder 296Folder 297 |
Postcards without messages, undated #03800, Subseries: "9.2A. Postcards, 1904-1958 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 283-297 |
| Oversize Volume SV-3800/1 |
Binder of postcards, 1922-1924 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.2A. Postcards, 1904-1958 (Addition of January 2011)." SV-3800/1 |
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Subseries 9.3A. Writings, 1899-1966 (Addition of January 2011).
Arrangement: chronological.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101394
Articles, academic compositions, and book drafts and manuscripts written by Olive D. Campbell. Topics include southern ballads and music; Danish folk schools; folk schools in the Southern Highlands, including the John C. Campbell Folk School; and the life of John C. Campbell. The series also contains several articles written by John C. Campbell and Ruth Dame Coolidge.
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Subseries 9.4A. Diaries and notebooks, 1889-1952 (Addition of January 2011 and April 2019).
Arrangement: chronological, arranged by creator.
Acquisitions Information: Accessions 101394, 103578
Diaries and notebooks written or used by Olive D. Campbell, John C. Campbell, and other members of the Campbell and Dame families. The majority of the diaries belonged to Olive D. Campbell, who used them to document her travels to the South and abroad. Also included are notebooks containing notes relating to Olive D. Campbell's research on southern folk music, as well as lesson plans, collected quotations and poems, and personal reflections. Olive D. Campbell frequently re-used notebooks that had previously been used as journals or notebooks by other members of the Dame and Campbell families. Also included are several address books, a grade book, a notebook listing birthdays, and several diaries and notebooks belonging to other members of the Campbell family.
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Subseries 9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011).
Arrangement: chronological.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101394
Personal and family materials relating to Olive D. Campbell, John C. Campbell, and the Campbell and Dame families. Included are materials related to Olive D. Campbell's work at Tufts University; an invitation to the wedding of John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell; travel sketches drawn by Olive D. Campbell; architectural plans for the Campbells' home in Asheville, N.C.; a transcription of a clairvoyant communication between Olive D. Campbell and John C. Campbell dated 1920; Campbell and Dame family materials; musical materials; financial materials; and personal documents; among other items. Most of the materials are dated 1900-1940.
| Oversize Paper OP-3800/1 |
Olive D. Campbell sketch, circa 1900 #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." OP-3800/1Watercolor sketch of a landscape. |
| Folder 340 |
Tufts University materials, 1902-1903 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 340Consists of 1902 choral concert program, a 1903 Commencement program, and an Association of Tufts Alumnae membership card belonging to Olive D. Campbell. |
| Folder 341 |
John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell wedding invitation, 1907 #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 341 |
| Folder 342 |
Olive D. Campbell sketches, Gibraltar and Italy, 1907 #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 342Sketches of buildings and landscapes likely completed by Olive D. Campbell while on a nine-month European honeymoon with John C. Campbell in 1907. |
| Folder 343 |
Specifications for home in West Asheville, N.C., August 1917 #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 343Typed specifications commissioned by John C. Campbell and prepared by architect William H. Lord for a home in West Asheville, N.C., dated August 1917. |
| Folder 344 |
Olive D. Campbell communication with John C. Campbell, 1920 #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 344Transcription of a conversation between John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell, dated 1 April 1920. The messages appear to have been communicated clairvoyantly following John's death in 1919 and discuss Olive's work with the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers and the couple's daughters Jane and Barbara, who both died in infancy. |
| Folder 345 |
Olive D. Campbell birth certificate copy, 1922 #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 345 |
| Folder 346 |
Olive D. Campbell passport, 1935-1936 #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 346 |
| Folder 347 |
Olive D. Campbell calling cards and case, undated #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 347 |
| Folder 348 |
Campbell family materials, 1869-1914 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 348Consists of an undated postcard describing Piedmont College, where John C. Campbell served as president from 1904 to 1907; a funeral notice for Anna Kipp, dated 16 February 1874; several calling cards; a notecard listing the death dates of several members of the Campbell family; clippings of John C. Campbell's signature; a certificate in German belonging to Gavin Archibald Campbell; a page of handwritten genealogical notes concerning the Campbell family; and newspaper clippings containing obituaries of members of the Campbell family, 1894-1913 and undated. |
Oversize Paper OP-3800/2-4
OP-3800/2OP-3800/3OP-3800/4 |
Campbell family bible pages, 1836-1905 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." OP-3800/2-4Pages appear to have been removed from a Campbell family bible and include a list of births, deaths, and marriages, and a religious print. |
| Folder 349 |
Dame family materials, 1932 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 349Consists of typed and handwritten notes concerning the Dame family, genealogical materials, an envelope of notecards labeled "Quilt labels," and the will of Isabel A. Dame, dated 26 October 1932. |
Folder 350-352
Folder 350Folder 351Folder 352 |
Musical materials, 1916-2003 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 350-352Consists of printed and handwritten sheet music for piano, voice, and recorder, and other musical materials including a letter and pages of lyrics, collected by Olive D. Campbell. |
Folder 353-356
Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356 |
Financial materials, 1912-1913 and 1948-1954 #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 353-356Includes an account book maintained by John C. Campbell documenting a study of southern mountain communities, 1912-1913; and an expenses notebook, checkbook, and other financial materials belonging to Olive D. Campbell, 1952-1954. |
| Folder 357 |
Other personal materials, 1855-1953 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.5A. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 357Includes notes, fragments, and ephemera, among other items. |
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Subseries 9.6A. Other materials, 1905-1954 (Addition of January 2011).
Acquisitions Information: Accession 101394
Other materials, including John C. Campbell Folk School printed materials, documents, and correspondence; materials relating to the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers; correspondence and other materials relating to John M. Glenn; clippings; and other printed materials, including articles and publications relating to Danish folk schools, the Southern Highlands, the life and work of John C. Campbell, and rural handicrafts, among other topics.
Folder 358-360
Folder 358Folder 359Folder 360 |
John C. Campbell Folk School printed materials, 1941-1952 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.6A. Other materials, 1905-1954 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 358-360Includes booklets and brochures, 1941-1952 and undated; a calendar notebook, 1955; and a copy of The John C. Campbell Folk School: The First 40 Years, 1966. |
| Folder 361 |
John C. Campbell Folk School documents and correspondence, 1935-1953 #03800, Subseries: "9.6A. Other materials, 1905-1954 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 361 |
| Folder 362 |
Conference of Southern Mountain Workers materials, 1914-1919 #03800, Subseries: "9.6A. Other materials, 1905-1954 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 362Includes a report from the 1914 annual conference, a partial registration list for the 1916 annual conference, and programs from the 1918 and 1919 annual conferences. |
| Folder 363 |
John M. Glenn materials, 1917-1950 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.6A. Other materials, 1905-1954 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 363Includes a will, obituary clippings, and correspondence relating to the Russell Sage Foundation and the Conference of Southern Mountain Workers. |
| Folder 364 |
Clippings, 1917-1941 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.6A. Other materials, 1905-1954 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 364 |
Folder 365-366
Folder 365Folder 366 |
Printed materials, 1905-1954 and undated #03800, Subseries: "9.6A. Other materials, 1905-1954 (Addition of January 2011)." Folder 365-366Includes articles and publications relating to Danish folk schools, the Southern Highlands, the life and work of John C. Campbell, rural handicrafts, and the Olive Dame Campbell memorial issue of Mountain Life and Work, 1954. Also includes a poetry pamphlet and a pamphlet of religious reflections. |
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Eben Lehman, March 2006
Processing Note: This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
Finding aid updated in March 2011 by Anna Kephart because of addition.
The addition of January 2011 has not been integrated into the original deposits. Researchers should always check additions to be sure they have identified all files of interest to them.
Since August 2017, we have added ethnic identities for individuals and families represented in collections. To determine ethnic identity, we rely on self-identification; other information supplied to the repository by collection creators or sources; public records, press accounts, and secondary sources; and contextual information in the collection materials. Omissions of ethnic identities in finding aids created or updated after August 2017 are an indication of insufficient information to make an educated guess or an individual's preference for ethnicity to be excluded from description. When we have misidentified, please let us know at wilsonlibrary@email.unc.edu.
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