Oral history interviews with Ashton and Lucy Harris. 1972.

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Oral history interviews with Ashton and Lucy Harris. 1972.

Oral history interviews with Ashton and Lucy Harris, conducted on 10 and 12 July 1972 by Sandy McFadden and Kim Stewart for the Utah State Historical Society and California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program. The subjects are the Civilian Conservation Corp and the water supply and tunnel project in Blanding, Utah. The history of Blanding Utah is also discussed at length. Bound manuscript, 40 pages of text, 2 photocopied pictures and indexes included.

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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...

McFadden, Sandy

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Harris, Lucy, 1912-2000

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Leonard Ashton Harris was born 14 April 1910 in Bluff, San Juan, Utah to Lucy Rosalia Ashton and Joseph Bond Harris. He married Vernis Washburn 25 May 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah and a week later left for the Southern States LDS mission where he served for two years. Ashton died 1 June 1987 in Monticello, San Juan, Utah. Lucy Harris was born in Bluff, San Juan, Utah 22 December 1912 to Lucy Rosalia Ashton and Joseph Bond Harris. She served an LDS mission to Kentucky and...

Stewart, Kim Diane

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Harris, Ashton, 1910-

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Leonard Ashton Harris was born 14 April 1910 in Bluff, San Juan, Utah to Lucy Rosalia Ashton and Joseph Bond Harris. He married Vernis Washburn 25 May 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah and a week later left for the Southern States LDS mission where he served for two years. Ashton died 1 June 1987 in Monticello, San Juan, Utah. Lucy Harris was born in Bluff, San Juan, Utah 22 December 1912 to Lucy Rosalia Ashton and Joseph Bond Harris. She served an LDS mission to Kentucky and...