Papers, 1927-1944.

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Papers, 1927-1944.

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, field diaries and notebooks, photographs and printed material regarding Civilian Conservation Corps activities (particularly in combating soil erosion) in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.

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United States. Soil Conservation Service

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Reports were prepared by various engineers with the Soil Conservation Service. From the description of Reports of a land management survey, Navajo Indian Reservation, 1930-1938. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31277347 Formed in 1935, the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Its function was to promote and lead efforts to protect against soil and watershed degradation as part of a broader concern fo...

Victor, Arthur Earl.

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Arthur Earl Victor, of May View, Washington, attended Oregon Agricultural College during the 1919/1920 academic year as an optional student. Optional students were those who met the freshman class entrance requirements and were "of mature years", but were unable because of health or outside business or professional duties to carry a normal amount of coursework. From the description of Arthur Victor papers, 1919-1920. (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: 45818690 Assi...

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...