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Olive Dame Campbell and Georg Bidstrup

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  • Olive Dame Campbell and Danish farm manager, Georg Bidstrup pose for a photograph outside on the grounds of the school around 1927. Campbell founded the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1925 and served as the school's director. Bidstrup came to the school in 1926 and was initially employed as the Danish farm manager and instructor for folk dancing and gymnastics. He married co-founder of the school, Marguerite Butler, in 1936. Bidstrup eventually became director of the Folk School in 1952.