Finding Aid for Civilian Conservation Corps Collection, 1934-1936, 1980-1986 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

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Collection Overview

Title: Civilian Conservation Corps Collection, 1934-1936, 1980-1986

Collection identifier: 537

Primary Creator: Civilian Conservation Corps

Extent: 75.0 items

Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.), Menard County--New Salem (Ill.), Menard County--Petersburg (Ill.), National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni, New Deal, 1933-1939

Forms of Material: Collected materials, Organizational records

Abstract

This collection contains records from Camp New Salem (Civilian Conservation Corps Co. 1683) in Petersburg, Illinois, as well as materials from two alumni organizations of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection is divided into four parts. Part one contains correspondence, programs, and newspapers from CCC Camp New Salem in Petersburg, Illinois. Parts two and three contain materials from two CCC alumni organizations, The Brotherhood of Ex-CCCers and The National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni. The final part contains photographic slides, used in an exhibit of the CCC and other New Deal Organizations.

Collection Historical Note

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was launched in 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a work relief program for unemployed young men to restore and preserve public lands. As part of Roosevelt's New Deal Program, CCC members were organized in para-military camps of two hundred men and were engaged in over two hundred different types of conservation projects through America's public parks and forests. At its peak in 1935, over 500,000 enrollees lived in 2,650 camps across the nation. The CCC was slowly dissolved after Congress defunded the program in 1942.

Subject/Index Terms

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Menard County--New Salem (Ill.)
Menard County--Petersburg (Ill.)
National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni
New Deal, 1933-1939

Administrative Information

Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Acquisition Source: The Civilian Conservation Corps collection was donated by Eugene Runyan in 1980, and by Albert Kaufman, Jr. and Andy M. Kmetz in 1981-1982, all of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. The exhibit slides were contributed by Professor Carl V. Patton, Department of Urbana and Regional Planning, University of Illinois.

Box/Folder List

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/ihlcsfa/civilian-conservation-corps.pdf

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