Edward W. Smoron photograph album [graphic], circa 1933-1935.

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Edward W. Smoron photograph album [graphic], circa 1933-1935.

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Personal photograph album of Edward W. Smoron (1915-2012) of Peru, Illinois, who worked during 1933 and 1935 in Civilian Conservation Corps camp #1627 at China Flats near Powers, Coos County, Oregon. Includes photographs of personnel, camp life, work crews, barracks, and trip to Crater Lake. Also includes notes of Smoron's recollections.

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8197159

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Smoron, Edward W.

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Company 1627 (Powers, Or.)

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). Camp China Flats (Or.)

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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...