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OH 1248

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeBINION, Jack (b. 1914)
ProfessionsEducator

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1248
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionEducator. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood near Pilot Grove, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 857 near Denison, Texas; company move to Karnack, Texas after completion of Loy Lake Dam; company move to Paris, Texas after completion of Caddo Lake State Park; disbandment of company after completion of city park and reassignment to Company 878 in Waxahachie; description of camps; life in camps; post-CCC life.
Interviewer(s)Bill Hughen
Physical Description48 pp. plus documents (2 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen