Ralph W. Baker Conservation Corps collection [graphic]. 1929-ca. 1938.

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Ralph W. Baker Conservation Corps collection [graphic]. 1929-ca. 1938.

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Includes 3 albums (v.1-3) of young men on hiking excursions in Marin County, Calif. between 1929 and 1931. Some views of trail maintenance work are present, and some are identified as "SCC" related. 2 additional albums (v.4-5), compiled on binder leaves with typescript captions, document Baker's service with the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Board Corral (Washoe Co., Nevada), Hilt (Shasta Co., Calif.), Likely (Modoc Co., Calif.), and Glenburn (Shasta Co.) These albums include typescript reports on camp activities as well as photographs of regional landscapes, camps, and workers' activities. The town of Alturas, Calif., is also pictured. Some images and notes document petroglyphs in Washoe County. A sixth album documents Camp Stockton, a transient laborers' camp of the State Relief Administration of California.

6 albums (photographic prints, typescript leaves, and newsclippings) : b&w ; various sizes.

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California. State Relief Administration

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Biographical Note The State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA) was created in 1933 as a provision of the Unemployment Bond Relief Act. In 1935, SERA was succeeded by the State Relief Administration (SRA). Both agencies were created to help alleviate certain conditions caused by the Great Depression, and their responsibilities included the distribution of state and federal funds for unemployment relief. The activities of the State Relief A...

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...

Baker, Ralph, 1942-

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