Fred J. White Collection, 1933-1983 1933-1942.

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Fred J. White Collection, 1933-1983 1933-1942.

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MS 91-444 consists of records collected by Fred J. White relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps in Michigan. The material dates from 1933-1983, the bulk of the material dating 1933-1942. These records include a history of the CCC written by White; correspondence written to and from White; and copies of the Wolverine C-farer (newsletter) for the years 1937-38 and the Michigan state CCC safety bulletin dated January 1939. Also included is information on the 50th reunion of the Michigan CCC (1983). The most significant part of this collection is the unbound scrapbook of CCC camp photographs (snapshops) that were taken between 1933 and 1940. The photographs document buildings, CCC workers and administrative staff, roads, bridges, fisheries, seed planting, and public relation efforts. Photographs of specific camps include Camp Alpena, Camp Au Sable, Camp Black Lake, Camp Cusino, Camp Dunbar, Camp Higgins Lake, Camp Houghton Lake, Camp Lake Superior, Camp Mackinac, Camp Munuscong, Camp Newberry, Camp Paradise, Camp Presque Isle, Camp Pigeon River, Indian Lake State Park, and Hoeft State Park.

1 slim mss. box (.25 cu. ft.)

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...

White, Fred J., 1905-

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Fred J. White was born in Otsego County, Michigan on April 12, 1905. He completed 12th grade (Gaylord, Michigan) and took business courses at Detroit Business University. Until 1933, he worked various jobs (manufacturing, survey, retail) in Bay City, Detroit, Gaylord, Atlanta, and Otsego Lake. In June 1933, White joined the Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and continued to work for the Corps until March 1942. For the CCC, White inspected camps, trained enrolles, managed personnel, and ...