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[Identification of item], in the John C. Campbell Folk School Papers #5040, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Provenance

Received on deposit from Jan Davidson on behalf of the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, N.C., in September 2000 (Acc. 98767).

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• Agricultural education--North Carolina.
• Campbell, Olive D. (Olive Dame), 1882-1954.
• Craft festivals--North Carolina.
• Dance--Study and teaching--North Carolina.
• Folk art--North Carolina.
• Folk artists--North Carolina.
• Folk high schools--North Carolina--History.
• John C. Campbell Folk School.
• Music--Instruction and study--North Carolina.
• North Carolina--Social life and customs.

• John Charles and Olive Dame Campbell Papers (#3800).

The John C. Campbell Folk School was founded in 1925 by Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler. The School 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. For an extensive history of the John C. Campbell Folk School, see Pat McNelley, The First 40 Years: The John C. Campbell Folk School (1966) and Laura O'Keefe, Growing is the Reason for Being: An Experiment in Education at the John C. Campbell Folk School (1992).

The records of the John C. Campbell Folk School folk and craft school relate to maintenance and administration of the School as well as to the activities and programs conducted there. Included is correspondence and other items about day-to-day activities, with a large number of letters describing individual programs and events, including an internship program that brought college students to live and work at the School while working on social, cultural, and environmental issues; proposals for workshops and courses from craftspeople; materials relating to maintenance of the School grounds, construction of new buildings, personnel, food preparation, and other operational topics; reports from meetings of the Board of Directors about general School policies; items relating to the School's relations with outside agencies, including state agencies and colleges and universities in the area; solicitation lists and other fundraising materials; grant proposal materials; general planning materials; and financial records, including auditors' reports, ledgers, and accounting sheets.

Separated items include 70 photographs (P-5040/folder 1-4) and 27 oversized volumes (V-5040/S 1-27).