Cordelia Camp

Cordelia Camp (May 22, 1884 – July 10, 1973) was an American educator. She was a prolific writer and was president of Delta Kappa Gamma in 1942. She was also the director of student teaching at Western Carolina College for twenty-three years. In 1965, Western Carolina College dedicated the Cordelia Camp Laboratory School to her.

Early life Cordelia Camp was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina on May 22, 1884, to Merrick Rickman and Letitia Morrow Camp. She was the oldest of five children. After moving to Asheville in 1952, she taught at the local Plonk School for four years. She was made their president in 1942, having previously been their first vice president.

She wrote biographies of the governors Zebulon Vance and David Swain for junior high students. In 1963, at the request of the Carolina Chapter Tercentenary Commission, Camp wrote a booklet titled The Influence of Geography upon the History of Early North Carolina. She also wrote most of the Delta Kappa Gamma publication Some Pioneer Women Teachers of North Carolina.

Legacy

Western Carolina College gave Camp an honorary Doctor of Education degree in 1956. The college also honored her in the naming and dedication of the Cordelia Camp Laboratory School in May 1965.