U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps Photographs and Album
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Scope and Content Note
Two panoramic photographs and a photo album with snapshots of the CCC camp at Hamburg.
Dates
- 1935
Creator
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Company 1750 of the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps was first occupied November 16, 1933. It had the project number P 63, indicating that it was a project in a private forest. Company 1750 was located within the Hamburg, Arkansas city limits. The Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) Act, more commonly known as the Civilian Conservation Corps, was a project of the Roosevelt New Deal. Roosevelt proposed to recruit thousands of unemployed young men, enroll them in a peacetime army, and send them into battle against destruction and erosion of our natural resources. Senate Bill 5.598 was introduced in March 27, was through both houses of Congress on the President's desk to be signed on March 31, 1933. From FDR's inauguration on March 4, 1933, to the induction of the first enrollee on April 7, only 37 days had elapsed. There were more than one hundred projects in Arkansas.
Extent
4.25 Linear Feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)
Acquisition Information
Donated to Special Collections by the Quilcene Historical Museum of Quilcene, Washington, in September 2004.
Processing Information
Processed by Ethel C. Simpson, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, September 2004.
Creator
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) (Organization)
Source
- Quilcene Historical Museum (Donor, Organization)
- Title
- U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps Photographs and Album
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ethel C. Simpson
- Date
- 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu