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OH 1013

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeEARGLE, David A. (b. 1914)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1013
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHis experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in South Carolina; joining the CCC; assignment to Black Gap Camp in the Smokey Mountains near Waynesville, North Carolina and Company 443 at Camp Buie in South Carolina; camp move to Switzer, South Carolina; reassignment to Company 3450 at Camp Selleck in Abbeville, South Carolina; company move to Camp Steamboat in Idleyld Park, Oregon; description of camps; life in camps.
Interviewer(s)Jeffrey Pierce
Physical Description37 pp. plus documents (2 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen