His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Ben Wheeler, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 3808 at DG-40-N near Carrizozo, New Mexico; company move to Tokay, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.

Home economist. Her experiences as a vocational homemaking teacher with the National Youth Administration in Crockett, Texas, 1941, during the Great Depression.