Records of the Michigan Department of Conservation, 1935-1941.

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Records of the Michigan Department of Conservation, 1935-1941.

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This record group consists of various records and correspondence of the Michigan Department of Conservation. Includes: general information relating to Michigan emergency conservation work and Michigan state Civilian Conservation Corps (1935-40), and projects and camps administered by the Michigan Emergency Welfare Relief Administration; completed and uncompleted projects (1938-41); proposed projects (1939-41); and a blueprint index to projects numbers 1-107, inclusive, except no. 104, including plans for landscaping, construction of highways, buildings, fire towers, and equipment.

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State Archive of Michigan

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State Archive of Michigan

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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...

Michigan. Department of Conservation

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The 1925 Clark-McNary Act expanded the provisions of 1911 Federal legislation creating the National Forest System (Weeks Law). It made it easier for the United States Department of Agriculture to buy land from those sellers whose property was located within the National Forest System. The act also enabled the National Forest Service to work with state officials in forest protection and reforestation efforts. From the description of Documentation relating to the acquisition of the Eas...