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OH 1495

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeTRANTHAM, Billy (b. 1923)
ProfessionsTelephone Technician

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1495
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionTelephone technician. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Nogales, Arizona; relocation to Company 1826 at F-30 near Tucson, Arizona; relocation to Yuma, Arizona; relocation to Glenwood, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.
Interviewer(s)Tricia Taylor Dixon
Physical Description40 pp. plus documents (5 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen