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Civilian Conservation Corps, Photographs of Camp Cranberry, Webster County

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3996

Overview

Digital copies of 48 black and white photographs of Camp Cranberry, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp located in Webster County, West Virginia. CCC Company 525 operated at Camp Cranberry from 1933 to 1942, building roads, planting trees, and working on other forestry-related tasks. Subjects of photographs include enrollees, buildings, work sites, and equipment. Partial identification (initials or last names) is recorded for some of the enrollees in the photographs. The scans were made from a book [scrapbook] of photographs owned by Joyce Spencer, whose father was a member of the Camp Cranberry CCC company.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1933-1942

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Researchers may access born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

0.01 Linear Feet (Summary: 1/4 in. (1 compact disc in 1 folder))

0.19 Gigabytes (87 .jpg and .tif files)

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Title
Civilian Conservation Corps, Photographs of Camp Cranberry, Webster County, ca. 1933-1942
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Date
2014/03/13
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536