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Collection Number: 03800

Collection Title: John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell Papers, 1836-2005 (bulk 1865-1950)

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This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Size 17.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 12,000 items)
Abstract The collection of white missionary teacher John Charles Campbell (1867-1919) and white educator Olive Dame Campbell (1882-1954) contains diaries, notebooks, correspondence, articles, reports for organizations and foundations, printed items, and photographs documenting the New England couple’s work in education and community organizing in the southern region of Appalachia during the first half of the twentieth century. Diaries and notebooks chronicle Olive’s travel in the mountains of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee and later Scandinavia where she studied the Nordic folk school movement. Notes and diary entries written in southern Appalachia contain her detailed observations about the region, its inhabitants and their traditions, fellow missionaries, folk music particularly English ballads, and mountain travel. Articles, reports, correspondence, and printed materials pertain chiefly to mountain work conducted by the Russell Sage Foundation, Council of Southern Mountain Workers, Mountain Valley Cooperative, Inc., Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild, Southern Highlanders, Inc., other organizations, and the John C. Campbell Folk School, which was founded by Olive after John's death. Photographs depict members of the Campbell and Dame families, modes of travel in the mountains, industry especially logging, scenic vistas, mountain homes and families, John C. Campbell Folk School students and their craftwork, other schools in Appalachia and Scandinavia, illegal distilling operations, and the American southwest where John traveled in 1892. Also included are images made by photographer Doris Ulmann, who visited the Folk School in 1933.
Creator Campbell, John C. (John Charles), 1867-1919.



Campbell, Olive D. (Olive Dame), 1882-1954.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
This collection contains materials which are permanently or temporarily closed. The letters in folders 229-247 are permanently closed because the items are too fragile to be safely handled. Access to the content is provided through the existing microfilm copy.
The original volume in folder 260 is permanently closed because the item is too fragile to be safely handled. Access to the content is provided through a digital facsimile.
Prior to reformatting, nitrate negatives in the collection are closed to research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell Papers #3800, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Series 5 available on microfilm (M-3800/1).
Acquisitions Information
Received from Lois Bacon of Alexandria, Va., in December 1966 and 1967; from Oliver Bradford Coolidge of West Ossipee, N.H., as a gift from William Bradford Coolidge and his children, in January 2011 (Acc. 101394); and from Marcia Butman in April 2019 (Acc. 103578).
Sensitive Materials Statement
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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.

Updated by: Rebecca Stubbs and Laura Hart, July 2019; Laura Hart, December 2021

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 and racial 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@unc.edu.

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Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

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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 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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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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Contents list

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 1. Correspondence, 1865-1962.

About 3,500 items.

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.

Folder 1-24

Folder 1

Folder 2

Folder 3

Folder 4

Folder 5

Folder 6

Folder 7

Folder 8

Folder 9

Folder 10

Folder 11

Folder 12

Folder 13

Folder 14

Folder 15

Folder 16

Folder 17

Folder 18

Folder 19

Folder 20

Folder 21

Folder 22

Folder 23

Folder 24

Correspondence, 1865-1911

Folder 25-45

Folder 25

Folder 26

Folder 27

Folder 28

Folder 29

Folder 30

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Folder 34

Folder 35

Folder 36

Folder 37

Folder 38

Folder 39

Folder 40

Folder 41

Folder 42

Folder 43

Folder 44

Folder 45

Correspondence, 1912-1914

Folder 46-69

Folder 46

Folder 47

Folder 48

Folder 49

Folder 50

Folder 51

Folder 52

Folder 53

Folder 54

Folder 55

Folder 56

Folder 57

Folder 58

Folder 59

Folder 60

Folder 61

Folder 62

Folder 63

Folder 64

Folder 65

Folder 66

Folder 67

Folder 68

Folder 69

Correspondence, 1915-1918

Folder 70-90

Folder 70

Folder 71

Folder 72

Folder 73

Folder 74

Folder 75

Folder 76

Folder 77

Folder 78

Folder 79

Folder 80

Folder 81

Folder 82

Folder 83

Folder 84

Folder 85

Folder 86

Folder 87

Folder 88

Folder 89

Folder 90

Correspondence, 1919-1933

Folder 91-114

Folder 91

Folder 92

Folder 93

Folder 94

Folder 95

Folder 96

Folder 97

Folder 98

Folder 99

Folder 100

Folder 101

Folder 102

Folder 103

Folder 104

Folder 105

Folder 106

Folder 107

Folder 108

Folder 109

Folder 110

Folder 111

Folder 112

Folder 113

Folder 114

Correspondence, 1934-1950

Folder 115-125

Folder 115

Folder 116

Folder 117

Folder 118

Folder 119

Folder 120

Folder 121

Folder 122

Folder 123

Folder 124

Folder 125

Correspondence, 1951-1962 and undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 2. Writings, 1895-1965.

About 750 items.

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.

Folder 126

Undated outlines

Folder 127

Notes and music

Folder 128

Papers from early years at Joppa, Ala., 1895-1898

Folder 129

John Robert Swenson thesis from the University of Texas "Grundtvig and the Common-People's High School: Denmark's Contribution to the History of Education" (1904)

Folder 130

"Education work in the highlands and lowland of the South" (11 October 1904) and "History of the Class of 1906 at Piedmont College"

Folder 131

"The Big Meeting at Needmore" (1907)

Folder 132

Articles, 1907-1909

Folder 133

Speeches, 1909

Folder 134

Summary of population tables, 1890, 1900, 1910

Folder 135

Chapter on ancestry and early settlement in Appalachia, 1908-1912

Folder 136

Chapter on people and the cotton textile industry, 1908-1912

Folder 137

Chapter of manuscript (1908-1912)

Folder 138

Appendix A and B for manuscript (1908-1912)

Folder 139

Appendix C, D and E for manuscript (1908-1912)

Folder 140

Appendix F, G and H for manuscript (1908-1912)

Folder 141

Extra pages for manuscript (1908-1912)

Folder 142-144

Folder 142

Folder 143

Folder 144

Studies for Russell Sage Foundation (1908-1912)

Folder 145

Speech for Russell Sage Foundation, 22 May 1914, "In the Southern Highlands"

Folder 146

"Mountain and Rural Fields in the South" (1915)

Folder 147

"Plan for Southern Industrial Educational Association" (April 1915)

Folder 148

"The Future of the Church School in the Southern Highlands" (6 January 1916)

Folder 149

"The Future of Church and Independent Schools in the Southern Highlands" (1916) and "Rural Mountain Fields in the South" (6 March 1916)

Folder 150

"Our Attitude toward Authority: An Inquiry" (18 January 1817)

Folder 151-152

Folder 151

Folder 152

"The Southern Highlander and His Homeland" (1921)

Folder 153

Speech by Olive D. Campbell to Southern Mountain Workers Conference (9 April 1924)

Folder 154

Notes and articles on folk high school songs of Denmark, 1920s.

Folder 155

"Grundtvig and the Rise of the Folk Highschool Thought" by Olive Campbell, 1920s

Folder 156

Speech by Olive Campbell, 14 March 1945

Folder 157-158

Folder 157

Folder 158

Articles

Folder 159

Memoir of Archibald D. Murphey from North Carolina University Magazine, 1860, and clippings about North Carolina politics

Folder 160

Park W. Fisher's report to the Kentucky Council of Defense, 31 October 1918

Folder 161

"Midwifery in the Kentucky Mountains: An Investigation by Mary Breckinridge," circa 1923 (Cary files)

Folder 162-164

Folder 162

Folder 163

Folder 164

Folk Movement Conference, 1940

Folder 165

Miscellaneous

Folder 166

Reviews of Southern Highlanders

Folder 167-169

Folder 167

Folder 168

Folder 169

John C. Campbell Folk School

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 3. Organization Reports, 1913-1952.

About 250 items.

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

Folder 170

Folder 171

Folder 172

Folder 173

Folder 174

Folder 175

Folder 176

Folder 177

Folder 178

Folder 179

Folder 180

Folder 181

Folder 182

Folder 183

Folder 184

Southern Mountain Workers Conference

Folder 185-196

Folder 185

Folder 186

Folder 187

Folder 188

Folder 189

Folder 190

Folder 191

Folder 192

Folder 193

Folder 194

Folder 195

Folder 196

John C. Campbell Folk School

Folder 197-200

Folder 197

Folder 198

Folder 199

Folder 200

Southern Handicraft Guild

Folder 201

American Youth Commission

Folder 202-208

Folder 202

Folder 203

Folder 204

Folder 205

Folder 206

Folder 207

Folder 208

Miscellaneous

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About 250 items.

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.

Folder 209

Campbell and Brasstown publications

Folder 210

Campbell and Brasstown clippings

Folder 211

Brasstown newsletter, 1939-1946

Folder 212

Tennessee Valley Authority

Folder 213

Southern Mountain Schools pamphlets

Folder 214

Piedmont College pamphlets

Folder 215

Miscellaneous pamphlets

Folder 216

John C. Campbell Folk School bulletins and leaflets

Folder 217

Gazette newspaper

Folder 218

Programs and bulletins

Folder 219

Articles by John and Olive Campbell and Ruth Dame Coolidge

Folder 220-221

Folder 220

Folder 221

Pamphlets on the Southern Mountain Workers' Conference

Folder 222-223

Folder 222

Folder 223

Brochures relating to the South and to Appalachia

Folder 224-225

Folder 224

Folder 225

Clippings on Danish folk high schools

Folder 226

Southern Appalachian Region

Folder 227

Clippings about folk music

Folder 228-228a

Diplomas and miscellaneous

Extra Oversize Paper Folder XOPF-3800/1

Diplomas, 1885-1928

  • John C. Campbell: Stevens Point High School, Wisc., 19 June 1885
  • John C. Campbell: Phillips Academy, 26 June 1888
  • John C. Campbell: Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass. 13 June 1895
  • Olive Arnold Dame: Tufts University, 15 July 1903
  • Olve D. Campbell: Berea College, 31 May 1926
  • Olve D. Campbell: Tufts University, 14 July 1928
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About 300 items.

Access Restriction: The letters in folders 229-247 are permanently closed because the items are too fragile to be safely handled. Access to the content is provided through the existing microfilm copy.

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 229-247

Folder 229

Folder 230

Folder 231

Folder 232

Folder 233

Folder 234

Folder 235

Folder 236

Folder 237

Folder 238

Folder 239

Folder 240

Folder 241

Folder 242

Folder 243

Folder 244

Folder 245

Folder 246

Folder 247

Letters, 1909-1918

Access Restriction: The letters in folders 229-247 are permanently closed because the items are too fragile to be safely handled. Access to the content is provided through the existing microfilm copy.

Reel M-950/1

Microfilm copy of letters in folders 229-247 1909-1918

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 6. Volumes, 1886-1906 and undated.

15 items.

The original volume in folder 260 is permanently closed because the item is too fragile to be safely handled. Access to the content is provided through a digital facsimile.

Arrangement: chronological.

Diaries, school books, and notebooks of John and Olive Campbell.

Folder 248

Volume 1: 1896-1897, 27 pages

Printed form-book for keeping class lists and attendance records used at Joppa, Ala., for several classes.

Folder 249

Volume 2: 1899-1900

Tennessee Teacher's Register for keeping class lists and attendance records for several classes.

Folder 250

Volume 3: October 1908-January 1909, 500 pages

Diary 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

Diary of Olive D. Campbell continued.

Folder 252

Volume 5: October 1908-March 1909, 134 pages

Typescript copy of the two diary volumes (not an exact copy).

Folder 253

Volume 6: August-December 1922, 300 pages

Olive 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

Continuation of Olive D. Campbell's diary.

Folder 255

Volume 8: April 1923-November 1924, 250 pages

Continuation of Olive D. Campbell's diary.

Folder 256

Volume 9: May-July 1906, 100 pages

Unidentified 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

Address book possibly of John C. Campbell.

Folder 258

Volume 11: Undated, 176 pages

Notebook, partially Olive D. Campbell's notes, possibly for teaching an American history course.

Folder 259

Volume 12: 1917, 72 pages

Folk songs and ballads collected in 1917 in eastern Tennessee and Kentucky by Cecil Sharp and Maude Karples.

Folder 260

Volume 13: Undated, 150 pages

Long narrative and other items in Olive Campbell's handwriting.

Access Restriction: The original volume in folder 260 is permanently closed because the item is too fragile to be safely handled. Access to the content is provided through a digital facsimile.

Folder 261

Volume 14: Undated, 250 pages

Commonplace 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

Notebook of Ruth Dame Coolidge containing notes on American history books and sources.

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About 3,000 items.

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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Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/1

John C. Campbell as a small child, circa 1870

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/2

John C. Campbell as small child, circa 1870

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/3

John C. Campbell, circa 1872

Carte de viste.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/4

John C. Campbell and Gavin Campbell, Jr., circa 1878-1880

Carte de viste.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/5

John C. Campbell at age 13, 1881

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/6-11

P-3800/6

P-3800/7

P-3800/8

P-3800/9

P-3800/10

P-3800/11

John C. Campbell from 1885-1892

Cabinet cards.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/12

John C. Campbell and unidentified man, circa 1892

Cabinet card.

Both are wearing academic regalia including caps and gowns.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/13

John C. Campbell, circa 1895

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/14

John C. Campbell, circa 1895-1900

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/15

John C. Campbell, circa 1895-1905

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/16

John C. Campbell, circa 1906

Carte de viste.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/16a

John C. Campbell, 1910-1919

Halftone.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/17

Olive D. Campbell, circa 1906

Carte de viste.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/18

Olive D. Campbell, circa 1900-1910

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/19

Olive D. Campbell in formal dress, 1898

Photograph.

Verso: "Olive--Feb. 1898." Dress made for Isabel's wedding.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/20-22

P-3800/20

P-3800/21

P-3800/22

Olive D. Campbell in her wedding dress, 1907

Photographs.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/23-24

P-3800/23

P-3800/24

Olive D. Campbell in her garden in Demorest, Ga., 1908

Photographs.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/25

Olive D. Campbell and John C. Campbell on the steps of their home in Demorest, Ga., circa 1908

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/26

Olive D. Campbell in late middle age, circa 1940-1950

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/27

Gavin Campbell, Sr., John C. Campbell's father, 1863

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/27a

Probably Gavin Campbell, Sr., circa 1855-1860

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/28

Gavin Campbell, Sr., circa 1865

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/29

Probably Gavin Campbell, Sr., circa 1865-1870

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/30

Gavin Campbell, Sr., circa 1885-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/31

Possibly Barbara Kipp Campbell, circa 1860-1870

Mounted albumen print.

John C. Campbell's mother.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/31a-31b

Barbara Kipp Campbell, circa 1860-1870

Cartes de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/32

Possibly Barbara Kipp Campbell, circa 1865-1875

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/33

Possibly Barbara Kipp Campbell, circa 1885-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/34

Barbara Kipp Campbell, circa 1885-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/35

Margaret Campbell, circa 1865-1970

Carte de visite.

John C. Campbell's grandmother.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/36

John C. Campbell's uncle, John Campbell,1865

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/37

Possibly Maggie Campbell, circa 1868

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/38

Maggie Campbell, circa 1870

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/39-40

P-3800/39

P-3800/40

Maggie Campbell, circa 1870

Mounted hand-tinted albumen prints.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/41

Maggie Campbell in her mid-teens, circa 1880-1885

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/42

Maggie Campbell, circa 1885-1890

Cabinet card.

While a student at New England College of Music in Boston.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/43-44

SF-P-3800/43

SF-P-3800/44

Maggie Campbell, circa 1886

Tintypes.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/45

Maggie Campbell, circa 1890-1895

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/46

Maggie Campbell (now Margaret Campbell Hawn), 1897

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/47

Gavin Campbell, Jr., John C. Campbell and Maggie Campbell as children, circa 1878-1880

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/48

Gavin Campbell, Jr., circa 1873

Tintype.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/49

Gavin Campbell, Jr., circa 1875

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/50

Gavin Campbell, Jr., as young man, circa 1888-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/50a

Gavin Campbell, Jr., and his friend Forest Grant, 1893

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/51

Gavin Campbell, Jr., 1898

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/52-53

P-3800/52

P-3800/53

Grace Buckingham Campbell, 1887-1890

Cabinet cards.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/54

Grace Buckingham Campbell, circa 1890-1892

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/55

Grace Buckingham Campbell and her friend Bertha Randall at Smith College, 1893

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/56

Possibly Grace Buckingham Campbell, circa 1895

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/57

Bertha Randall, circa 1895

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/58

Grace Buckingham's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Buckingham, circa 1865-1870

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/59

W. B. Buckingham, circa 1895-1905

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/60

"Grand Pa Buckingham," circa 1885-1895

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/61

Galen Rood, M.D., Campbell family friend, circa 1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/62

Andrew and Marion Campbell, circa 1865-1875

Carte de visite.

John C. Campbell's uncle and aunt.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/63

"Aunt Marion" (Marion Campbell), circa 1865-1875

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/64

"Aunt Maggie (Mrs. James Wallace)," circa 1880-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/65

"Cousin Nellie Smith ", 1893

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/66

James C. Stuart, circa 1870-1880

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/67

Three young men posing together formally, circa 1870-1875

Carte de visite.

One person is identified as "Uncle Jack Campbell."

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/68

Margaret "Daisy" Whittemore, circa 1886-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/69

Probably Lorin L. Dame, Olive D. Campbell's father, circa 1875-1885

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/70

Lorin L. Dame, circa 1880-1885

Reproduction of engraving.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/71

"Mamma," probably Olive D. Campbell's mother, 1898

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/72

Carl Kelsey, circa 1890-1893

Cabinet card.

One of John C. Campbell's Andover classmates,

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/73

William J. Long, circa 1895

Cabinet card.

Likely one of John C. Campbell's classmates at Andover Theological Seminary.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/74

Possibly Fred Hawn, Maggie Campbell's husband, circa 1900-1910

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/1

Image P-3800/75

Fred Hawn and unidentified young man, circa 1875-1885

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/76-87

P-3800/76

P-3800/77

P-3800/78

P-3800/79

P-3800/80

P-3800/81

P-3800/82

P-3800/83

P-3800/84

P-3800/85

P-3800/86

P-3800/87

Gavin Campbell Hawn as a baby, circa 1900-1910

Black-and-white prints.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/89

Jessie Hawn, 1885

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/90

Man in jester's costume, 1896

Cabinet card.

Verso: "Fletcher as jester at the Medford Historical Festival--October 1896."

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/91

"Louise Peabody Sarpent," circa 1880-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/92

"Bob Scutter and Mary," circa 1895-1905

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/93

Robert Scott, John Scott, and John Scott, Jr., circa 1900-1910

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/94-95

P-3800/94

P-3800/95

Portrait of a young woman, circa 1895-1905

Photographs.

On original envelope: "Helen Margaret Whellenum."

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/96

F. W. Cooley, school superintendent at Stevens Point, Wisc., circa 1880-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/97

Marion Campbell, John C. Campbell's aunt, 1891

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/98

Unidentified middle-aged woman, circa 1885-1895

Cabinet card.

On verso: "Aunt Jane? Or Marion?"

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/99

Unidentified middle-aged couple, circa 1885-1895

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/100

Older bearded man, circa 1895

Cabinet card.

On verso: "Uncle Archie Campbell?"

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/101

Unidentified woman, circa 1860-1870

Cabinet card.

On verso: "Campbell--Scotch."

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/102

Unidentified man, possibly "Uncle Archie Campbell," circa 1880-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/103

Unidentified woman, circa 1870-1880

Carte de visite.

On verso: "John's mother? Or aunt?"

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/104

Unidentified man, ca, 1915-1925

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/105

Young man identified as Fletcher, circa 1875-1885

Carte de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/106

Unidentified woman, circa 1875-1885

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/107

Unidentified young man, circa 1870-1880

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/108-109

P-3800/108

P-3800/109

Unidentified little boy, circa 1900-1920

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/110

Unidentified young woman, circa 1900-1910

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/111

Unidentified man, circa 1875-1885

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/112

Unidentified young man, circa 1900-1910

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/113

Unidentified man, ca, 1890-1900

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/114

Unidentified woman, possibly Olive D. Campbell, circa 1940-1950

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/115

Unidentified young boy, circa 1910-1920

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/116

Unidentified young woman, ca, 1895-1905

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/117

Unidentified woman, circa 1880-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/118

Young man, circa 1895-1898

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/119

Unidentified woman, ca, 1895-1905

Postcard.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/120

Unidentified man and two women, circa 1900

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/121

Man chopping wood, probably in New Mexico, circa 1900

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/122

Seven young girls, circa 1875-1880

Unmounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/123

Four girls, circa 1900-1910

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/124

Two men and two women, circa 1880-1890

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/125

Six young people, circa 1885-1895

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/126

Man seated before machine, circa 1900

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/127

Chapel services at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., circa 1885

Boudoir card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/128

Group of boys on steps of probably of Phillips Academy, circa 1887

Boudoir card.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/129

Group of about fifty boys at Phillips Academy, 1888

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/2

Image P-3800/130

Nine young men in baseball uniforms, circa 1888-1892

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/131

Twelve young men with baseball bats and gloves, circa 1888-1892

Boudoir card.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/132

Football team at Williams College, 1889

Boudoir card.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/133

Baseball team at Williams College, 1890

Boudoir card.

On verso: "Morton St. Aggregation of Ball Players--Season of 1890."

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/134

Twelve young men at Williams College, circa 1888-1892

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/134a

Group of men on the steps of Williams College, circa 1888-1892

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/135

The "Williams Quartette, '92-'93", circa 1893

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/136

Seven young men at Williams College, circa 1888-1892

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/137

Five men at Williams College, circa 1892

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/138

Eight men, Andover Seminary, 1895

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/139

Ten men, circa 1895-1898

Mounted albumen print.

On verso: "Joppa? Demorest? Probably."

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/140

"School at Joppa" with children and teachers posing in front, circa 1895-1898

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/141

Large group posing before school building, circa 1895-1898

Photograph.

On verso: "My school (first)--Joppa, Ala."

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/142

Two men with little boy, Demorest, Ga., circa 1902-1905

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/143

Student body and faculty at Pleasant Hill, Tenn., circa 1898-1902

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/144

Four young men and three men holding diplomas, circa 1898-1900

Photograph.

On verso: "graduating class, my year as principal, Pleasant Hill, Tenn."

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/145

About forty people, mostly little boys, circa 1900-1920

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/146

Sixteen men seated on steps of possibly Andover Academy, circa 1886-1888

Boudoir card.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/147

Six men in theatrical costume possibly at Andover Academy, circa 1886-1888

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/148-149

P-3800/148

P-3800/149

Family group, circa 1905-1915

Photographs.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/150

John and Olive Campbell with the Fisher family, Demorest, Ga., circa 1907-1908

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/151

John C. Campbell and Walter B. Street, 1893

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/152

Olive Campbell and "R", 1896

Photograph.

Possibly Ruth Dame Coolidge with Olive Campbell in costumes for the Medford, Mass., Historical Pageant.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/153

Three young women in costumes, 1896

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/154-155

P-3800/154

P-3800/155

Scene from "Bluebeard", circa 1896

Photograph.

As presented by Olive Campbell and her friends.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/156

Medford, Mass., High School graduating class, 1893

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/157

Six members of Dame family in the ocean, circa 1890-1900

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/158

Olive D. Campbell reading, 1896

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/159

Seven of Olive's friends at Marblehead, Mass., 1895

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/160-162

P-3800/160

P-3800/161

P-3800/162

Probably Gavin Campbell Hawn, John and Olive Campbell's nephew, at about 8-10 months, circa 1898-1908

Photographs.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/163

Jessie Hawn, circa 1898-1908

Cyanotype.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/164-168

P-3800/164

P-3800/165

P-3800/166

P-3800/167

P-3800/168

Houses and peoples in Joppa, Ala., circa 1895-1898

Cartes de visite.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/169-170

P-3800/169

P-3800/170

Wisconsin River, Stevens Point, Wisc., 1896

Photographs.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/171-172

P-3800/171

P-3800/172

Views of Pleasant Hill, Ten., circa 1900

Photographs.

Image Box IB-3800/3

Image P-3800/173-176

P-3800/173

P-3800/174

P-3800/175

P-3800/176

Views of people in Demorest, Ga., circa 1901-1907

Photographs.

Image Box IB-3800/4

Image P-3800/177-190

P-3800/177

P-3800/178

P-3800/179

P-3800/180

P-3800/181

P-3800/182

P-3800/183

P-3800/184

P-3800/185

P-3800/186

P-3800/187

P-3800/188

P-3800/189

P-3800/190

John C. Campbell's trip to Southwestern United States, circa 1892

Photographs.

Includes images of New Mexico and Southern California.

Image Box IB-3800/4

Image P-3800/191-201

P-3800/191

P-3800/192

P-3800/193

P-3800/194

P-3800/195

P-3800/196

P-3800/197

P-3800/198

P-3800/199

P-3800/200

P-3800/201

John C. Campbell's trip to Southwestern United States, circa 1892

Mounted albumen prints.

Includes images of New Mexico and Southern California.

Image Box IB-3800/4

Image P-3800/202

Large group of children of school children from Joppa, Ala., circa 1895-1898

Cyanotype.

Image Box IB-3800/4

Image P-3800/203

Three unidentified small children, circa 1890-1900

Cyanotype.

Image Box IB-3800/4

Image P-3800/204-220

P-3800/204

P-3800/205

P-3800/206

P-3800/207

P-3800/208

P-3800/209

P-3800/210

P-3800/211

P-3800/212

P-3800/213

P-3800/214

P-3800/215

P-3800/216

P-3800/217

P-3800/218

P-3800/219

P-3800/220

Views of New Mexico and the Southwest probably taken by John C. Campbell, circa 1892

Cyanotypes.

Image Box IB-3800/4

Image P-3800/221-225

P-3800/221

P-3800/222

P-3800/223

P-3800/224

P-3800/225

Scenes of Harlan, Kentucky, undated

Halftones.

Clippings from a magazine or other publications.

Image Box IB-3800/4

Image P-3800/226-245

P-3800/226

P-3800/227

P-3800/228

P-3800/229

P-3800/230

P-3800/231

P-3800/232

P-3800/233

P-3800/234

P-3800/235

P-3800/236

P-3800/237

P-3800/238

P-3800/239

P-3800/240

P-3800/241

P-3800/242

P-3800/243

P-3800/244

P-3800/245

Mountains and valleys surrounding Harlan, Kentucky, circa 1910

Halftones.

Captioned and mounted likely for an album.

Image Box IB-3800/4

Image P-3800/246-257

P-3800/246

P-3800/247

P-3800/248

P-3800/249

P-3800/250

P-3800/251

P-3800/252

P-3800/253

P-3800/254

P-3800/255

P-3800/256

P-3800/257

Brasstown, N.C., and John C. Campbell Folk School, circa 1925-1940

Photographs.

Captioned and mounted.

Image Box IB-3800/4

Image P-3800/258-266

P-3800/258

P-3800/259

P-3800/260

P-3800/261

P-3800/262

P-3800/263

P-3800/264

P-3800/265

P-3800/266

Interior views of the John C. Campbell Folk School, circa 1925-1935

Photographs.

People operating looms, students sitting in classes, etc.

Image Box IB-3800/5

Image P-3800/267-278

P-3800/267

P-3800/268

P-3800/269

P-3800/270

P-3800/271

P-3800/272

P-3800/273

P-3800/274

P-3800/275

P-3800/276

P-3800/277

P-3800/278

John C. Campbell Folk School, circa 1930-1940

Photographs.

Subjects include the "College Club Picnic," woodcarvers at work, and Olive Campbell's home.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/279

Hunter's Return, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/280

A Forest of Petrification, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/281

Beautiful Bad Lands, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/282

Pompeii Petrified, Bad Lands, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/283

Crossing N.P.R.R., Little Missouri, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/284

Watch Dog of the Bad Lands, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/285

Gantonment, Little Missouri, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/286

Up the Yellowstone at Glendine, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/287

The Flower Pot, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/288

Mouth of the Crater, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/289

(Untitled) Family in front of log cabin, circa 1877-1880

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/290-291

SF-P-3800/290

SF-P-3800/291

Lake Superior area, Wisc., circa 1862-1872

Stereoscopic photographs.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/292

The Dells of the Wisconsin River, Wisc., circa 1868-1872

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/293

His First Grizzly, circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/294

Down Black Canon (sic), circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/295

Main St. Miles City, circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/296

The Clough, circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/297

Cedar Bluff--Y. Div. N.P. Ry., circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/298

Eagle Butte, circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/299

Miles in 81, 1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/300

Thanksgiving--E.H.M.C., 1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/301

"The Spike Gang, " Ex Ten N.P. Rwy., circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/302

Laying Iron N.P. Ry. Exton Mt., circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/303

Bausenwein's Headquarters, Terry's Landing, circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/304

Monument to Col. Keogh and troops, Custer Battlefield, S.D., circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/305

Banile Cut, Yellowstone, Wy., circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/306

Slain mule deer, circa 1865-1881

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/307

Railroad Docks at Ashland, Wisc.

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/308

View of west site, White River Bridge (Wisc.?)

Stereoscopic photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/309

"Bird's eye view of Fargo, Dakota," circa 1872-1875

Photograph.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/310

Scorched Lightning/Assiniboine, circa 1865-1885

Cabinet card.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/311

Young Spotted Eagle, circa 1865-1885

Tinted cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/5

Image P-3800/312

Young Cheyenne woman, circa 1865-1885

Hand-tinted cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/5

Image P-3800/313

Col. V. (illegible), circa 1865-1885

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/5

Image P-3800/314

Montage view of instructors and buildings of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., circa 1885-1890

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/5

Image P-3800/315

"Uncle Archy Campbell," in front of house, circa 1890-1900

Cabinet card.

Image Box IB-3800/5

Image P-3800/316

"Old (illegible) Road, Andover, Mass."

Cabinet card

Image Box IB-3800/5

Image P-3800/317-324

P-3800/317

P-3800/318

P-3800/319

P-3800/320

P-3800/321

P-3800/322

P-3800/323

P-3800/324

Unidentified places, probably New England

Unmounted albumen prints.

Image Box IB-3800/5

Image P-3800/325

Untitled [log cabin], undated

Watercolor.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/326

"The Monastery," 1927

Watercolor.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/327

Untitled [John C. Campbell Folk School?], undated

Watercolor.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/328

"The inconveniences of long days on horseback," undated

Pen and ink drawing.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/329

"Creaking along the hard miles of river," undated

Pen and ink drawing.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/330

Older woman, circa 1933

Photograph.

Signed by Doris Ulmann on verso and reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Luce Scroggs gave the first piece of land--some twenty five acres--to the school."

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/331

Middle-aged man carving wood, circa 1933

Photograph.

Signed by Doris Ulmann on verso and reads: "J. O. Penland, farmer, cooperator, carpenter, craftsman, and member of the local advisory committee."

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/332

Young man carving wood, circa 1933

Photograph.

Signed by Doris Ulmann on verso.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/333

Woman in shawl and kerchief with young girl, circa 1933

Photograph.

Signed by Doris Ulmann on verso and reads: "Acting out ballads--Gini Howard and Nina Bryan. 'I love little Willie, I do, Mama.'"

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/334

Old woman with spinning wheel in background, circa 1933

Photograph.

Signed by Doris Ulmann on verso and reads: "Granny Hatchett, one of the pioneers of our section."

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/335

Jacob John Niles and two small children, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/336

Old man, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann. Image removed from PA-3800/5, p. 51. Original caption reads: "Hugh Stalcup--a great singer of folk songs, Died 1935."

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/337

Two small children, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann. Image removed from PA-3800/5, p. 60. Original caption reads: "The younger generation at the Museum on Old Folks Day--Nancy Sue Waldrop and Wanda Scroggs."

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/338

Old woman with spinning wheel, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann. Image removed from PA-3800/5, p. 8. Original caption reads: "Aunt Mindy Curtis--dies April 1936. She lived in little log house opposite."

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/339

Woman dyeing garments in kettle over open fire, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann. Image removed from PA-3800/5, p. 49. On verso: "The craft of vegetable dyeing. Louise Pitman--chief dyer."

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/340

Older woman holding open book standing before seated man and woman, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann. (Woman on the ground may be Olive D. Campbell).

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/341

Man and young boy, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann. Image was removed from PA-3800/5, p. 13. Original caption reads: "Mr. Bill Clayton, a director of the Mountain Valley Cooperative and member of the Credit Committee of the Credit Union." On verso: "His nephew, Quentin Clayton, is a carver of 'sober mules.'"

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/342

Older man at desk, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann. Image was removed from PA-3800/5, p. 54. Original caption reads: "'Uncle Luce Scroggs'--one of the school's best friends, and one who took the greatest interest in the museum."

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/343

Two men atop horses drawn hay wagon, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/344

Virginia Howard seated at loom, circa 1933

Halftone.

Original by Doris Ulmann.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/345

Thomas Sherman Bryan, folk singer, circa 1933

Halftone.

Original by Doris Ulmann.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/346

Young woman holding baby, circa 1933

Photograph.

Original by Doris Ulmann.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/346a

Older woman, circa 1933

Photograph.

Likely taken by Doris Ulmann. Removed from PA-3800/9, p. 6.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/347

Young woman holding baby, circa 1933

Photograph.

Signed by Doris Ulmann.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/348

Woman (Olive D. Campbell?), circa 1933

Photograph.

Signed by Doris Ulmann.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/349

Mill wheel and woman (Olive D. Campbell?) besides it, circa 1933

Photograph.

Signed by Doris Ulmann.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/350

Woman (Olive D. Campbell?) holding leaves, circa 1933

Photograph.

Signed by Doris Ulmann.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/351

Nine men in baseball uniforms, possibly at Andover Academy, Mass., circa 1886-1888

Mounted albumen print.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/352

Group of men probably at Williams College, Mass., circa 1890-1892

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/353

Eleven men probably at Williams College, circa 1890-1892

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/354

John C. Campbell and Grace Buckingham Campbell, circa 1901-1905

Photograph.

Standing behind group of children, Demorest, Ga.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/355

Thirty people in front of house, Demorest, Ga., circa 1901-1905

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/356

John C. Campbell, circa 1907-1912

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/357

John C. Campbell at 45, 1912

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/358

John C. Campbell seated on porch, circa 1912-1917

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/359

Olive D. Campbell in wedding dress, 1907

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/360

Country home of E. B. Cogant, Granville County, N.C., 1921

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/361

Toecane, N.C., from the Toe River, circa 1915-1925

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/362

Family in garden with ox and plow, probably in western N.C., circa 1915-1925

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/363

Woman and little girl in front of cabin probably in western N.C., circa 1915-1925

Photograph.

Oversize Image OP-P-3800/364

River in mountain valley, circa 1915-1925

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/365

Four people at seashore, circa 1870-1890

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/366

Crowds at seashore, circa 1870-1890

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/367

Unidentified building (possibly John C. Campbell's school in Joppa, Ala.), circa 1895-1898 1895-1898

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/368

Country house deep in snow (Steven's Point, Wisc.?), circa 1895-1900

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/369

House with five people on porch, circa 1895-1905

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/370

Woman, circa 1880-1895

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/371

Man with large dog, circa 1895-1905

Photograph.

On verso: "Charley and the dog. "

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/372

Lake, possibly Steven's Point, Wisc., circa 1895-1905

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/373

Country house in woods after snowstorm, circa 1880-1890

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/374

Woods after snowstorm, circa 1880-1890

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/375

Large house with four people on porch, circa 1890

Mounted albumen print.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/376

Woman in dark dress (possibly Grace Buckingham Campbell), circa 1895-1905

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/377

Interior of living room with woman at piano and older couple reading, circa 1895-1905

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/378

Interior of cabin, circa 1895-1905

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/379

Four young men with bicycles, circa 1900-1910

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/380

Three men in baseball uniforms, circa 1888-1892

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/381

Man with water dipper, probably John C. Campbell, circa 1888-1892

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/382

Woman with toddler, circa 1890-1910

Cyanotype.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/383

Young boys with mule-drawn wagon, probably in western North Carolina, circa 1920-1930

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/384

Family in field, probably in western North Carolina, circa 1920-1930

Photograph.

Image Box IB-3800/6

Image P-3800/385

Unidentified town in valley, circa 1870-1890

Mounted albumen print.

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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

Image Box IB-3800/8

Photographs

Image Box IB-3800/9

Photographs

Image Box IB-3800/10

Photographs

Image Box IB-3800/11

Photographs

Image Box IB-3800/12

Photographs

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 7.3. Pictures, 1870-1969 (Addition of January 2011).

About 800 items.

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

Campbell family member, circa 1870

Tintype.

Tintype portrait of a young boy, possibly John C. Campbell or Gavin A. Campbell, circa 1870.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/310

John C. Campbell, 1881

Tintype.

Tintype portrait of John C. Campbell, 1881.

Special Format Image SF-P-3800/311

Campbell family member, circa 1870

Tintype.

Duplicate 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

Formal 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

Photographic portrait of Olive D. Campbell taken and signed by Doris Ulmann, circa 1930.

Image Box IB-3800/12

Photographs

Album 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

Brasstown, 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

Prior 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 Ulmann, 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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27 albums. Approximately 3300 images.

Chiefly black-and-white photographs depicting modes of transportation on mountain roads; individuals; families; communities; daily life and work in the Appalachian Mountains region; schools; student life at the John C. Campbell Folk School; construction and industry; and landscape and scenic views in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Individuals depicted in both staged portraits and candid shots include John C. Campbell, Olive D. Campbell, members of their families, friends, community members including African Americans; and white students of the schools where the Campbells taught. Images show the construction of houses, schools, museums, and churches and also depict logging and coal mining operations. Schools include the John C. Campbell Folk School, Walkers Valley School, Hindman Settlement School, and Berea College. Landscape and scenic views include “Early Mountain Snapshots” from Kentucky; Grandfather Mountain and Craggy Mountain in North Carolina; and Walker Valley, Tenn. Also included are images of Olive D. Campbell’s trip to Denmark and John C. Campbell’s travel through the southwestern United States.

Processing information: Photographs taken by Doris Ulmann were removed from the albums and are as noted with loose images in the collection.

Special Format Box 1

Photograph Album PA-3800/1

Appalachia, circa 1915-1925

85 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images chiefly depicting scenic views and landscapes in the Appalachian Mountains; railroads; and people standing in front of their mountain homes, fishing, and riding horseback. Images depicting individuals are both posed and candid.

Special Format Box 1

Photograph Album PA-3800/2

"Snapshots from Demorest, Ga., and a few mountain photos," circa 1907-1910

Black-and-white photographic prints.

"Snapshots from Demorest, Ga. and a few mountain photos (mostly taken on camping excursions.)"

Contains images depicting scenic views of Demorest, Ga.; women staffing a Civic Betterment League table advocating for clean streets; and posed and candid portraits of John C. Campbell, Olive D, Campbell, and other individuals.

Special Format Box 1

Photograph Album PA-3800/3

"Early Mountain Snapshots", circa 1907-1910

58 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting mountain views in Kentucky, especially the vicinity around Hindman, Ky.; street scenes; quarries; and posed and candid portraits of people playing musical instruments, riding horseback, and sitting on porches.

Special Format Box 2

Photograph Album PA-3800/4

John C. Campbell Folk School, circa 1925-1950

62 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting the John C. Campbell Folk School and the school's white students carving wooden animals, weaving, working in fields, and studying. Includes photographs of Olive D. Campbell and the 1950 Crafts Men Fair. Images have typed captions.

Special Format Box 2

Photograph Album PA-3800/5

John C. Campbell Folk School, circa 1907-1938

104 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting a wood carvers convention; neighborhood homes; games; and Mountain Valley Cooperative, Inc. Also included are images of Olive D. Campbell.

Special Format Box 3

Photograph Album PA-3800/6

Walker Valley, Tenn., circa 1902-1903

28 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting Walker Valley in Blount County, Tenn., Walkers Valley School where John C. Campbell taught, and posed and candid portraits of white Tennessee families. Images have detailed captions with commentary on poverty.

Special Format Box 3

Photograph Album PA-3800/7

"Demorest, Ga., Kentucky and in between", circa 1912

91 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

"Demorest, Ga., Kentucky and in between."

Contains images depicting modes of travel including mules, horses, and ox-carts on mountain roads in Georgia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.

Special Format Box 3

Photograph Album PA-3800/8

Illicit distilling operations, circa 1910

76 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting illicit distilling operations in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia. Includes images of moonshine stills.

Special Format Box 3

Photograph Album PA-3800/9

Daily life in the Appalachian Mountains, circa 1909

132 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting daily life in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, Georgia, and Kentucky. Included are images of white individuals doing laundry, clearing woods for construction; and children playing. Images of interest include three black-and-white photographs depicting African Americans. The caption states, "There were some Negroes in the Mountains--- This is wash day near Manchester, Kentucky which because of its salt works was settled by Bluegrass families who brought their slaves with them."

Special Format Box 4

Photograph Album PA-3800/10

North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee, circa 1905-1915

145 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting families, homes, schools, municipal buildings, and churches in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee; Manchester Courthouse in Clay County, Ky.; and Williams Creek Schoolhouse, Oneida, Tenn.

Special Format Box 4

Photograph Album PA-3800/11

Demorest, Ga., and Penland, N.C., circa 1900-1910

28 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting schools and students.

Special Format Box 4

Photograph Album PA-3800/12

Logging operations, circa 1910-1912

96 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting logging operations in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

Special Format Box 4

Photograph Album PA-3800/13

Spinning and Weaving, circa 1910-1918

58 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting white Kentucky women drying, stretching, and spinning flax; shearing sheep and preparing the wool for spinning; weaving; and basket making.

Special Format Box 5

Photograph Album PA-3800/14

Hindman (Ky.) Settlement School, circa 1905-1915

25 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting white students in sewing, canning and cooking classes at Hindman Settlement School; churches; and whites wearing "Redface" in a racialized portrayal of Native Americans.

Special Format Box 5

Photograph Album PA-3800/15

Madison County, N.C., circa 1910-1918

59 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting schools and churches in Madison County, N.C., and the surrounding area.

Special Format Box 5

Photograph Album PA-3800/16

Scenic views of mountains and rivers, circa 1915-1925

76 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting scenic views of mountains and rivers in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia.

Special Format Box 6

Photograph Album PA-3800/17

"Ways and Means of Travelling of the Southern Highland Division", circa 1908-1910

77 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

"Ways and Means of Travelling of the Southern Highland Division of the Russell Sage Foundation in the Mountains of the South."

Contains images depicting difficulties of travel between Kentucky and North Carolina on horseback, in wagons, and on foot on mountain roads near Lost Creek, Ky., border of North Carolina and Tennessee, and "From Oneida to Buckhorn" and "Hazards to Hindman."

Special Format Box 6

Photograph Album PA-3800/18

Berea College, Ky., and Hindman (Ky.) Settlement School, circa 1907-1910

251 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting Berea College and Hindman Settlement School in Kentucky; the Bishop family; and scenes in Harlan and Buckhorn, Ky.

Special Format Box 7

Photograph Album PA-3800/19

circa 1907-1910

479 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting Hindman Settlement School; John C. and Olive D. Campbell at their home in Demorest, Ga., and the surrounding area; and rural areas of Kentucky, South Carolina, and North Carolina including Grandfather Mountain. Also included are images of the Campbells on a beach trip with friends.

Special Format Box 7

Photograph Album PA-3800/20

Kentucky and North Carolina, undated

100 images.

Halftones.

Contains images depicting Clay County, Ky.; Craggy Mountain and other scenic views in North Carolina; logging operations; whiskey distillation; and animal tending. Possibly a paste-up for a book.

Special Format Box 7

Photograph Album PA-3800/21

John C. Campbell Folk School, circa 1925-1935

201 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting students' social interactions and participation in school activities including folk dance and pageants.

Special Format Box 8

Photograph Album PA-3800/22

John C. Campbell Folk School and surrounding area, circa 1925-1935

234 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting farmhouse interiors and exteriors; construction of a museum at the John C. Campbell Folk School; weather events and scenic views; community scenes; interiors of homes and farmhouse; and individuals including Olive D. Campbell.

Special Format Box 8

Photograph Album PA-3800/23

Farmland, circa 1925-1935

132 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting farmland and cattle; landscapes; and construction of homes.

Special Format Box 8

Photograph Album PA-3800/24

Appalachia, circa 1920-1930

83 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images depicting Appalachia including landscapes; town scenes; and portraits of community members.

Special Format Box 9

Photograph Album PA-3800/25

Denmark, 1922

537 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images taken by Olive D. Campbell during her trip to Denmark. Pictures depict exteriors and interiors of homes; landscapes; churches; individuals in posed and candid portraits; farms; and village scenes.

Special Format Box 10

Photograph Album PA-3800/26

Campbell family and others, circa 1885-1890

24 images.

Cabinet cards.

Cartes de visite.

Contains posed portraits of the Campbell family members and other identified individuals.

Special Format Box 10

Photograph Album PA-3800/27

1892

65 images.

Black-and-white photographic prints.

Contains images taken during John C. Campbell’s trip to the southwestern United States. Photographs depict Las Cruces train station in New Mexico; town scenes; landscapes; and animals.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Series 9. Papers, 1836-2005 (Additions of January 2011 and April 2019).

About 4,000 items.

Arrangement: maintained in many of the original groupings received by the repository.

Acquisitions Information: Accessions 101394 and 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.

expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 9.1. Correspondence, 1866-2005 (Addition of January 2011).

About 800 items.

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

Includes 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

Includes 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

Includes letters from John Jacob Niles about Doris Ulmann 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

Includes 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

Includes 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

Includes 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

Letters from John C. Campbell's first wife, Grace Buckingham Campbell, addressed to her mother.

Folder 270-271

Folder 270

Folder 271

Travel in Europe, 1923: Dated and undated correspondence and related materials

Dated 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 Danish folk school educational style, which she later used in forming the John C. Campbell Folk School.

Folder 272-273

Folder 272

Folder 273

Mountain Valley Cooperative, contract negotiations with the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-1935 and undated

Correspondence 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

Folder 275

Lois Bacon correspondence and related materials, 1973-1987 and undated

Correspondence 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

Correspondence related to the completion and printing of Olive D. Campbell's biography of John C. Campbell.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 9.2. Postcards, 1904-1958 (Addition of January 2011).

About 800 items.

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 277

Folder 278

Folder 279

Folder 280

Folder 281

Folder 282

Postcards with messages, 1904-1958 and undated

Folder 283-297

Folder 283

Folder 284

Folder 285

Folder 286

Folder 287

Folder 288

Folder 289

Folder 290

Folder 291

Folder 292

Folder 293

Folder 294

Folder 295

Folder 296

Folder 297

Postcards without messages, undated

Oversize Volume SV-3800/1

Binder of postcards, 1922-1924 and undated

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 9.3. Writings, 1899-1966 (Addition of January 2011).

About 400 items.

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.

Folder 298-300

Folder 298

Folder 299

Folder 300

Olive D. Campbell, Tufts University themes, notes, and compositions, 1899-1903

Written while Olive D. Campbell was attending Tufts University in Boston, Mass.

Folder 301

"The Big Meeting at Needmore," 1907

Typescript draft written by an unidentified author.

Folder 302

Olive D. Campbell, "Songs and Ballads of the Southern Mountains," 1915 and undated

Folder 303

John C. Campbell, "Contemplations of a Semi-Invalid on the Joys of the Hereafter," 1919

Annotated by Olive D. Campbell, "Dictated to me-written within an hour or two of his death."

Folder 304

John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland materials, circa 1910-1920

Includes reviews, notes, and other materials related to the book The Southern Highlander and his Homeland, which Olive D. Campbell wrote in John C. Campbell's name using his notes and research materials.

Folder 367

John C. Campbell and Olive D. Campbell, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland review clippings, 1921

Newspaper clippings containing reviews of The Southern Highlander and his Homeland.

Folder 305

Olive D. Campbell, "The Ballad Tree," undated

Typescript draft with corrections.

Folder 306-307

Folder 306

Folder 307

Olive D. Campbell, John C. Campbell, and Ruth Dame Coolidge publications, 1913-1945 and undated

Primarily consists of articles, pamphlets and other publications written by Olive D. Campbell about Danish folk schools, the Southern Highlands, southern folk music, and other topics, including a 1921 article about Southern schools entitled "Southern Highland Schools Maintained by Denominational and Independent Agencies." Also included are two articles by John C. Campbell, "From Mountain Cabin to Cotton Mill," 1913, and "The Future of the Church and Independent Schools in our Southern Highlands," 1917, as well as a 1945 article from the American-Scandinavian View by Ruth Dame Coolidge, entitled "Vibrations from a Danish Bell: The John C. Campbell Folk School."

Folder 308

Olive D. Campbell, The Life and Work of John C. Campbell draft, Chapter 1, undated

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Folder 314

Olive D. Campbell, The Life and Work of John C. Campbell draft, 1968

Typescript draft of Olive D. Campbell's biography of John C. Campbell, dated 1968.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 9.4. Diaries and notebooks, 1889-1952 (Addition of January 2011 and April 2019).

About 50 items.

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.

Folder 315

Olive D. Campbell and Ruth Dame Coolidge travel diary, transcription, 1896

Typed transcription of a diary kept by Olive D. Campbell and her sister Ruth Dame Coolidge in June-September 1896 documenting the Dame family's trip to Nantucket, Mass. Olive Coolidge Butman, Olive D. Campbell's niece and namesake, typed the transcription in 1994 and added a preface outlining the history of the diary and providing background information about the Dame family and their home on the island of Nantucket, Mass.

Folder 316

Olive D. Campbell travel diary and enclosures, 1907

Loose pages of a travel diary and enclosures likely kept by Olive D. Campbell while on a nine-month European honeymoon with John C. Campbell in 1907.

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Folder 317

Folder 318

Olive D. Campbell diary, transcription, October 1908-March 1909

Contains descriptions and observations from Olive D. Campbell's travels and experiences in the mountain region of Georgia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. There are letters and notes interspersed with the pages of the transcription. The original diary volumes and an additional transcription of the diary are contained in the original deposit, in Series 6. Volumes.

Folder 319

Olive D. Campbell diary, 1917-1918

Contains descriptions and observations from Olive D. Campbell's travels in New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Olive D. Campbell also used the diary as a notebook to record folk song lyrics.

Folder 320

Olive D. Campbell Vestbirk reunion notebook, 1923

Folder 321

Olive D. Campbell travel notebook, 1923-1925

Used by Olive D. Campbell during her 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 Danish folk school educational style, which she later used in forming the John C. Campbell Folk School.

Folder 322

Olive D. Campbell diary, 1926

Contains reflections on personal and religious topics, as well as quotations and clippings.

Folder 323

Olive D. Campbell travel diary, 1937

Used by Olive D. Campbell during her travels in China, Japan, and Korea, 1937.

Folder 324

Olive D. Campbell notebook and enclosures, 1937-1938

Appears to contain lesson plans and teaching notes, as well as personal reflections and research notes. Also included is a letter from Morten Lange, who was the son of her friend Jakob Emanuel Lange, and several clippings.

Folder 325

Olive D. Campbell diary and notes, circa 1930-1940

Used by Olive D. Campbell during a trip to Kentucky, circa 1930-1940. Olive D. Campbell also used the diary as a notebook.

Folder 368

Olive D. Campbell notebook, 1936-1938

Acquisitions Information: Accession 103578

Notebook with reflections on religious quotations and "What is a folk school?"

Folder 326

Olive D. Campbell notebook, 1941-1942

Appears to contain lesson plans and teaching notes on religious topics.

Folder 327

Olive D. Campbell notebook, 1911-1952

Folder 328

Olive D. Campbell notes and fragments, 1910-1952 and undated

Folder 329

Olive D. Campbell diary and notes, undated

Possibly used while Olive D. Campbell was traveling in Kentucky.

Folder 330

Olive D. Campbell poetry notebook, undated

Labeled "Poems-Useful Clippings." Contains loose and pasted clippings of poems, as well as handwritten poems.

Folder 331

Olive D. Campbell poetry notes and clippings, 1930-1994 and undated

Contents of a folder originally entitled "Poems-Useful Clippings."

Folder 332

Olive D. Campbell poetry notebook, undated

Contains poem clippings and typed copies of poems and bible verses.

Folder 333

Olive D. Campbell address book, undated

Folder 334

Olive D. Campbell address book, undated

Folder 335

Gavin A. Campbell diary, 1889

Daily diary kept by Gavin A. Campbell, a brother of John C. Campbell, while studying at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass.

Folder 336

Grace Buckingham Campbell notebook, 1896

Notebook belonging to Grace Buckingham Campbell, who was the first wife of John C. Campbell.

Folder 337

John C. Campbell grade book, circa 1890

Possibly used while John C. Campbell was teaching in Joppa, Ala. Later used as a notebook by Olive D. Campbell.

Folder 338

John C. Campbell Shakespeare Birthday Book, circa 1900

Notebook listing Shakespeare quotes for each day of the year, in which people would autograph the book next to the quote associated with their birthday. John C. Campbell appears to have annotated the book with the birth and death years of many signers.

Folder 339

John C. Campbell quotations notebook, undated

Used by John C. Campbell to collect quotations, likely while a student at Philips Academy in Andover, Mass. Olive D. Campbell later used the notebook for lesson plans and teaching notes, and most of the notebook consists of Olive's notes.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 9.5. Personal and family materials, 1836-2003 (Addition of January 2011).

About 200 items.

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.

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Olive D. Campbell sketch, circa 1900

Watercolor sketch of a landscape.

Folder 340

Tufts University materials, 1902-1903 and undated

Consists 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

Folder 342

Olive D. Campbell sketches, Gibraltar and Italy, 1907

Sketches 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

Typed 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

Transcription 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

Folder 346

Olive D. Campbell passport, 1935-1936

Folder 347

Olive D. Campbell calling cards and case, undated

Folder 348

Campbell family materials, 1869-1914 and undated

Consists 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.

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Campbell family bible pages, 1836-1905 and undated

Pages 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

Consists 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.

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Folder 352

Musical materials, 1916-2003 and undated

Consists 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.

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Folder 356

Financial materials, 1912-1913 and 1948-1954

Includes 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

Includes notes, fragments, and ephemera, among other items.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse Subseries 9.6. Other materials, 1905-1954 (Addition of January 2011).

About 800 items.

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 358

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Folder 360

John C. Campbell Folk School printed materials, 1941-1952 and undated

Includes 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

Folder 362

Conference of Southern Mountain Workers materials, 1914-1919

Includes 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

Includes 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

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Folder 365

Folder 366

Printed materials, 1905-1954 and undated

Includes 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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