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Civilian Conservation Corps

OH 0810

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Kentucky; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 547 at Camp Robinson near Jackson, Kentucky and Company 2513 at Camp Panaca in Panaca, Nevada; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 0892

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas and Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to camps in Lubbock, Texas and Palisade, Colorado; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 0986

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Mixon, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2885 at SCS-19-T in Jacksonville, Texas; transfer to Company 878 at SCS-37-T in Waxahachie, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 1248

Educator. 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.

OH 1240

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood near Waxahachie, Texas and Campbell, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to camp in Wolfe City, Texas; life in camp; description of camp; WWII Army service in the European Theater.

OH 0837

Businessman, maintenance man. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood near Aubrey, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas; description of camp; life in camp; experiences as camp cook; WWII Naval service in Pacific Theater.

OH 0993

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Oklahoma; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp in Carlsbad, New Mexico; description of camp; life in camp.

OH 0828

Welder. His experiences while employed by of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in the Dallas-Fort Worth area; joining the CCC; assignment to camps near Laramie, Wyoming (Camp 3876); Santa Paula, California; Coquille, Oregon; and Lake Worth, Texas (Camp 1816); description of camps; life in camps; post-CCC work.

OH 0952

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood near Jacksboro, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp near Cleburne, Texas; description of camp; life in camp.