Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#4331
DAISY GERTRUDE DAME PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Correspondence of Daisy Gertrude Dame, sister of
Olive Dame Campbell. Dame served as a kindergarten
teacher at Oneida Baptist Institute, Oneida, Kentucky,
July 1909-April 1910. The letters provide an
excellent account of life in the rural hill country of
Kentucky in the early 20th century. The letters were
written by Dame to family members in West Medford,
Mass.
Online Catalog Terms:
Appalachian Region--Social life and customs.
Church schools--Kentucky.
Dame, Daisy Gertrude.
Education, Preschool--Kentucky.
Kindergarten teachers--Kentucky.
Oneida (Ky.)--Social life and customs.
Oneida Baptist Institute.
Size: 45 items (0.2 feet).
Provenance: Received from Lois Bacon of Alexandria, Va., in
October 1981.
Access: No restrictions.
Related Collection: John and Olive Campbell Papers (#3800).
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
or their descendants, as stipulated by United
States copyright law.
Table of Contents:
Description
Shelf List
DESCRIPTION
Dame's letters to her family recounting her experiences as a
kindergarten teacher in the hill country of Kentucky, 1909-1910.
Dame describes not only the mission school at Oneida but also
other nearby areas into which she travelled within the state.
Folder 1. Jul. 1909-Nov. 1909
2. Dec. 1909-Apr. 1910
SHELF LIST
Box 1 only. (folders 1-2)