Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Collection

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Collection

1853-2009, undated; bulk 1933-1942

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The Archival collections of the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni (NACCCA) donated in 2006. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), created as part of the New Deal legislation initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, was a public work relief program for unemployed men designed to reduce high unemployment during the Great Depression. The CCC carried out a broad natural resource conservation program on national, state, and municipal lands from 1933 to 1942. This collection contains papers, photographs, and ephemera collected and created by alumni of the CCC and donated to the NACCCA archives.

155 Cubic feet (331 boxes, 57 map folders)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11663103

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...

Ward, C.E.

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Bires, Andrew, G.

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Bidwell, Timothy

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National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni

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The National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni was founded in 1977 by several former CCC enrollees living in California. In 1982, the organization included over 60 chapters, and in 1980 the membership was expanded to include alumni of similar modern day programs such as the Youth Conservation Corps and the Young Adult Conservation Corps. From the description of National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni collection, 1933-1983. (Scottsdale Public Library...