Appalachian Travels: The Diary of Olive Dame Campbell

In 1908 and 1909, noted social reformer and ""songcatcher"" Olive Dame Campbell traveled with her husband, John C. Campbell, through the Southern Highlands region of Appalachia to survey the social and economic conditions in mountain communities. Throughout the journey, Olive kept a detailed diary offering a vivid, entertaining, and personal account of the places the couple visited, the people they met, and the mountain cultures they encountered. Although John C. Campbell's book, The Southern Hig

Author: Elizabeth M. Williams, Olive Dame Campbell
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 10/19/2012
Pages: 318
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.87h x 5.90w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9780813136448

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2013

About the Author

American folklorist Olive Dame Campbell (1882--1954) was the author or coauthor of numerous books, including English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians. In 1925, she founded the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina.

Elizabeth McCutchen Williams is research librarian and assistant professor at Appalachian State University.

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