The Great Depression | Oral History

The Great Depression

OH 0299

Highway construction worker. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression.

OH 1094

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Lakeview, Texas and McKinney, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Camp SP-53-T near Cleburne, Texas and Camp MA-4-T in San Antonio, Texas; description of camps; life in camps.

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.