Great Depression | Oral History

Great Depression

OH 1532

Real estate developer. His experiences concerning the Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Texas, August 30-September 1, 1969.

OH 1016

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to SP-7-C in Rifle, Colorado; camp move to SP-10-C in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; reenlistment to a camp in Mesquite, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 0883

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Pennsylvania; joining the CCC; assignment to Camp Pebble Dell in the Allegheny National Forest (ANF-1) near Marienville, Pennsylvania; description of camp; life in camp.

OH 1671

For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II veteran. Childhood and education in San Antonio, Texas; challenges of the Great Depression; decision to enter John Sealy College of Nursing of the University of Texas; decision to enlist in U.S. Army Reserves, January 1941; service in U.S.

OH 1253

Aircraft worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Jack and Palo Pinto Counties, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to a camp at Lake Worth, Texas; description of camp; life in camp; hospitalization in Brooke General Hospital at Fort Sam in San Antonio, Texas.

OH 0889

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Pilot Point, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to CNM-2-A in Bonita National Park near Douglas, Arizona; reenlistment to Company 3889 at G-113-W near Baggs, Wyoming; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 1204

Homemaker. Her reminiscences about various aspects of the history of Denton, Texas, 1910-1976. Church activities; revivals; brush arbors; baptisms; Great Depression; courting; miscellaneous items.

OH 0839

Electrician, businessman. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Dallas, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to camps in Madeira Canyon, near Tucson, Arizona; camp move to Pitkin, Colorado; re-enlistment for a camp in Tucson, Arizona; description of camps; life in camps.