Mode of Program Participation
Academic Scholarship
Participation Type
Paper
Presentation #1 Title
Stories of Progressivism in the Highlands: John C. Campbell’s Biography
Presentation #1 Abstract or Summary
The Progressive Era barely made it into Appalachia. John C. Campbell and the Russell Sage Foundation deserve much of the credit for what progress was made, along with the other social reformists, religious institutions, and government officials chronicled in the The Life and Work of John C. Campbell. Never before published, the biography, written by his wife Olive Dame Campbell, includes Campbell’s correspondence with denominational and educational co-workers working to improve living conditions for mountaineers in the first decades of the twentieth century.
At-A-Glance Bio- Presenter #1
Elizabeth M. Williams is a research librarian and Associate Professor in the Appalachian State University Library in Boone, North Carolina. She is the editor of Travels in the Mountains: The Diary of Olive Dame Campbell and the upcoming biography of John C. Campbell, both published by the University Press of Kentucky.
Stories of Progressivism in the Highlands: John C. Campbell’s Biography
The Progressive Era barely made it into Appalachia. John C. Campbell and the Russell Sage Foundation deserve much of the credit for what progress was made, along with the other social reformists, religious institutions, and government officials chronicled in the The Life and Work of John C. Campbell. Never before published, the biography, written by his wife Olive Dame Campbell, includes Campbell’s correspondence with denominational and educational co-workers working to improve living conditions for mountaineers in the first decades of the twentieth century.
