John C. Campbell

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"For other persons of the same name, see John Campbell."

John C. Campbell (born 1867; died 1919) was an American educator and reformer noted for his survey of social conditions in the southern Appalachian region of the United States during the early 1900s. He served a term as president of Piedmont College from 1904-1907.cite journal |journal=Mountain Life and Work |title=Professor Campbell |last=Davis |first=David J. |date=April 1928 |volume=4 |issue=1] cite book |last=Lane |first=Mary Charlotte Ed.D |title=Centennial History of Piedmont College: 1897-1997 |publisher=Piedmont College |date=1997 |location=Demorest, Ga. |pages=pp. 1-228]

Campbell studied education and theology in New England before traveling to the Southern United States. There he interviewed working people, particularly small farmers.

After his death in 1919, Campbell's wife, Olive Dame Campbell, was determined to establish a folk school. In 1925, the John C. Campbell Folk School was founded in Brasstown, North Carolina.

References

* [http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/c/Campbell,John_Charles_and_Olive_D.html Inventory of the John Charles Campbell and Olive D. Campbell Papers, 1865-1965] , in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill.

External links

* [http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/c/Campbell,John_Charles_and_Olive_D.html John Charles and Olive Dame Campbell Papers Inventory]