Title: Appalachian travels
Description: 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 Highlander and His Homeland, is cited by nearly every scholar writing about the region...
Subjects: Social life and customs, Description and travel, Diaries, Appalachians (People), Travel, Economic conditions, Social conditions, Mountain life, History, Appalachian region, Southern states, description and travel, Southern states, social life and customs, Southern states, economic conditions, Southern states, social conditions, United states, economic conditions, 20th century, United states, social conditions, United states, social life and customs, United states, description and travel
Places: Southern Appalachian Region
People: Olive D. Campbell (1882-1954)
Time periods: 20th century