Olsen, Vic and Mae, Civilian Conservation Corps Collection 1930-2001

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Olsen, Vic and Mae, Civilian Conservation Corps Collection 1930-2001

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The collection includes photographs, newsletters, scrapbooks, oral history transcripts, publications, clippings, artifacts, and correspondence documenting the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Washington State. Much of this material was gathered by Vic and Mae Olsen, who were active in the CCC Alumni Association and in establishing a CCC interpretative center at Deception Pass State Park in Washington. Records span the period 1930 – 2001, and include some original material generated by CCC employees and pertaining to individual camps across the state. The collection also documents the activities of the CCC Alumni Association (notably the formation and work of Everett Chapter 78), and the creation of the CCC interpretive center at Deception Pass.

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Olsen, Victor T., 1915-2000.

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Established by the Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933, the CCC was envisioned as a means to tackle the growing problems of poverty and unemployment in the United States during the depression of the 1930s. The program engaged over three million unemployed male volunteers in public works projects designed to conserve natural resources and improve recreational and communication infrastructure. In Washington State, host to over 200 CCC camps, the CCC was involved in forest and soil conservation...

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...

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...

Olsen, Mae C.

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Established by the Emergency Conservation Work Act of 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) comprised one of the popular and far-reaching public works operations established under Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. Implemented during Roosevelt’s first “Hundred Days” of office, the administration envisioned the CCC as a means to tackle the growing problems of poverty and unemployment in the United States. During the 1930s and 1940s, under the directorships of Robert Fechner and Jam...