Willis G. YouensPapers 1885-1983[bulk 1918-1940]

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Willis G. YouensPapers 1885-1983[bulk 1918-1940]

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Correspondence,photographs, military records, clippings, certificates, books, and genealogicalresearch document the life of Willis G. Youens (1884-1943), a Texan physicianwho served in Europe with the U.S. Army Medical Section during World War I andlater spent eight years with the Civilian Conservation Corps inArizona.

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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...

Youens, Willis G.

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Willis George Youens was born on January 17, 1884 in Columbus, Texas. After graduating from Columbus High School, he entered the University of Texas School of Medicine at Galveston in 1902, graduating in 1907. He then began practicing as a physician in his hometown. Youens married Florence Fay Burford of Columbus in 1911, and they had five children. In 1917, Youens volunteered to serve in the United States military forces, and he was appointed First Lieutenant in the Medical Section of the Offic...