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1930s

OH 1108

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

OH 1718

Civilian Conservation Corps veteran. Childhood in western Pennsylvania; father’s work as a farmer, coal miner, and WPA blacksmith; life on farms and in mining towns during the Great Depression; decision to enroll in CCC before eighteenth birthday; experiences at CCC camps in Arizona and Pennsylvania; lessons learned from the CCC experience; experiences in the European Theater of World War II as radio operator in the U.S.

OH 0832

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in North Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 2842 at DG-41-N near Lake Arthur, New Mexico; company move to G-148-N in Carlsbad, New Mexico; description of camps; life in camps.

OH 0978

State legislator. His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Fort Worth, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 812 near Cache, Oklahoma; description of camp; life in camp.

OH 1099

His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 5702 at Camp North Fork (F-123) near Pierce, Idaho; transfer to Company 229 at F-188 near Emida, Idaho; description of camps; life in camps.