The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) collection, 1936-1983.

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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) collection, 1936-1983.

Contains the following type(s) of materials: personnel documents, magazines, photos, ephemera. General description of the collection: The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) collection includes items showing a snapshot of the CCC life as reflected in camp publications, personal photographs, and the CCC discharge papers of James L. Herron. Camp periodicals include "The Woodtick" from Camp S-80, Dunbar, Wisconsin, the "Bag Puncher" from Camp S-90, Marsten, Pennsylvania and "Camp Theatricals" by Paul A. Lawrence. Also present are two prints by Lawrence.

1 box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603586

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Company 2621 (City Point, Wis.)

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp S-90 (Dunbar, Wis.)

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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...

Lawrence, Paul, 1944-

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp Portal (City Point, Wis.)

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp NC F-28 (Brevard, N.C.)

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp S-80 (Marsten, Pa.)

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Herron, James W. (James Watt), 1920-

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James W. Herron was a civil engineer at the Navy Yard in Pensacola. He died while working on a construction project for the Pensacola naval base on December 1, 1856 (Source: Pensacola Gazette, December 6, 1856). His son James S. Herron, Jr., was a noted Pensacola physician who served as a surgeon in the Confederate army and attended patients during an outbreak of yellow fever at Fort Barrancas. From the guide to the James W. Herron Letterbooks, 1848-1856, (Special and Area Studies Co...