John C. Campbell (1867–1919) is widely considered to be a pioneer in the objective study of the complex world of Appalachian mountaineers. Thanks to a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation, Campbell traveled throughout the region with his wife—noted social reformer and ‘songcatcher’ Olive Dame Campbell—interviewing and profiling its people. His landmark work, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland, is cited by nearly every scholar writing about the region, yet little has been published about the Campbells and their role in the sociological, educational, and cultural history of Appalachia.
Elizabeth Mc Cutchen Williams has prepared the first critical edition of Olive Dame Campbell’s comprehensive overview of her husband’s life and work—a project left unfinished at the time of Olive’s death. Never before published, this unique volume draws extensively on diary entries and personal letters to illuminate the significance and lasting impact of John C. Campbell’s contributions. The result is a dynamic blend of biography and collected correspondence that presents an insightful portrait of the influential educator and reformer.
Cuprins
Foreword
Note on Editorial Method
Introduction
1. Family Background and Early Life, 1868-1895
Appendix 1: Lumber Rafting in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
2. First Mountain Teaching: Joppa, Alabama, 1895-1898
Appendix 2: Letters from Joppa Pupils
3. Teaching Years: Pleasant Hill and Demorest: Grant for Study of Mountain Region, 1898-1908
4. Travel in the Mountains: The Study, 1908-1909
5. Report and First Conference, 1909-1913
6. The Southern Highland Division: Beginnings, 1913-1914
7. The Southern Highland Division’s Widening Field, 1914-1915
8. Ballads Added: Part 1: 1915-1916
9. Ballads Added: Part 2: 1916
10. Fifth Conference and Ballads, 1916-1917
11. War Work, 1918
12. The Last Year, 1918-1919
Notes
Index
Despre autor
Elizabeth Mc Cutchen Williams is research librarian and assistant professor at Appalachian State University.
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