Correspondence of Donald Campbell, 1933-1936.

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Correspondence of Donald Campbell, 1933-1936.

The collection contains correspondence of Campbell with his aunt Frances Richards of Clarksburg, W. Va.; friends Charles J. Spiker, a farmer and noted ornithologist of Branchport, N.Y., Wray W. Welch of Salem, Va.; and James New of Mt. Airy, N.C. Topics include life and work in camp, farming in Branchport, N.Y., and life and work during the depression. Jobs created by a dam in Grafton are briefly mentioned. In addition to social letters there is some business correspondence regarding purchases and insurance, and some empty envelopes.

19 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7625651

University of Virginia. Library

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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...

RICHARDS, FRANCES

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Spiker, Charles C.

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New, James G

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Welch, Wray W.,

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Campbell, Donald P.

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