Official annual ... 1936 : Civilian Conservation Corp, Lufkin District, 8th Corps Area.
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge, LA :
Direct Advertising Company,
[1936]
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| Item Description: | "All engravings by Shreveport Engraving Co." One section of unused blank leaves for photographs, and a second of leaves illustrated with cartoons, intended for use as a diary by the owner. "Lufkin was the site of a large CCC camp during the 1930s and early 1940s, and served as the district headquarters for many smaller East Texas camps. By the end of 1933, the district encompassed seventeen such units, which employed thousands of young men during the Depression, paying them $30 a month to build fire towers, bridges, culverts, and roads; to string telephone lines; to plant trees; and to fight forest fires. Much of this work was carried out in association with the Texas Forest Service. In 1942, the main camp closed and was converted to a labor camp for prisoners of war, and by the end of 1943 it held over 300 German captives. This annual documents the work and activities of the Lufkin camp and its subsidiaries in East Texas towns like Ratliff, Nancy, Jasper, Beaumont, Kennard, and Groveton, amongst others. Each section contains a group portrait of the men in the camp company, a roster of their names, and an account of their work during the year. Of particular interest is a separate portion of the work at the rear which similarly documents the work of four segregated African-American camps in East Texas, located in Lufkin, Nacodoches, San Augustine, and Coldspring. These camps also worked primarily in conjunction with the Forestry Service, and also were engaged in soil conservation and irrigation projects in their local areas."--Bookseller. The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. The Cushing Library/Texas copy belonged to a Roy A. Fultz, whose name has been inscribed on Certificate of Enrollment included with the diary leaves, which states that he worked at the Woodville Camp from October 1935 to September 1938. |
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| Physical Description: | 78 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 x 31 cm |