Civilian Conservation Corps camp and personnel files, 1935-1942.

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Civilian Conservation Corps camp and personnel files, 1935-1942.

The series consists of correspondence, reports, work plans, general orders, work applications, and personnel files related to the New York Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps. Card files, consisting of approximately 700 cards, include information on the history of the New York camps, as well as personal and job related data on applicants and hired camp workers. Also present are status and efficiency ratings forms on employees. The records were kept by the Conservation Department in its capacity as the state agency responsible for state forests, water, and wildlife and thus for administering the CCC camps.

2.5 cu. ft. (including ca. 700 cards) (8 microfilm reels)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8241042

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New York (State). Conservation Dept.

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The State Legislature has enacted the laws that have shaped the general policies of the Conservation Department and its successor agency, the Department of Environmental Conservation. However, in most instances it has allowed the department to draft and enforce the detailed regulations needed to implement the broad policies outlined in legislation. Regulations issued by the department acquire the force of law when the Department of State publishes them in the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules...

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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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