Oral history interview with Weldon O. Western, 1987 February 18.

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Oral history interview with Weldon O. Western, 1987 February 18.

Interview with Weldon Western, an Air Force and Army veteran, concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Western worked at camps in Globe, Arizona.

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project.

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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...

Marcello, Ronald E.

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Western, Weldon O., 1914-

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