New Deal, 1933-1939
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2950
Overview
Diary and photographs of Willard C. Westfall of Little Otter, West Virginia, who served with the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp P-57 at Rupert, West Virginia. The journal begins with his training at Fort Knox and ends with his discharge from the Corps; it details day to day life in the camp. Also included is a songbook, "Standard Songs, Old and New", which was used in camp.
Dates:
1933-1934
Civilian Conservation Corps, Scrapbook by Ivan C. Owens
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2788
Overview
A scrapbook of the Civilian Conservation Corps - Soil Conservation Service kept by Ivan C. Owens, an agriculture extension agent and a soil erosion expert who became a soil conservation officer in charge of control projects. He headed area, district and state conservation offices for the U. S. Department of Agriculture in West Virginia. It contains clippings about the voluntary establishment by election of soil conservation districts formed by in-state farmers. Also there are clippings about...
Dates:
1935-1945
Elma H. Martin Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2634
Overview
Correspondence, newsletters, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and materials relating to the family of Elma Hicks Martin, originally of Webster Springs, West Virginia. The bulk of the material documents everyday life of Mrs. Martin's sisters, Mary Lee and Aretas Eudora Hicks. The former was a high school home economics teacher in Colorado, and the latter a home economics teacher at West Liberty State College, West Virginia. The correspondence of Mary Lee Hicks relates to her personal...
Dates:
1917-1979
West Virginia Civilian Conservation Corps Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0629
Overview
Journals and newsletters of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal agency involved in environmental reclamation projects such as reforestation. Includes diaries and newspapers of CCC involvement in West Virginia documented in district and local camp periodicals, programs, and pictoral reviews.
Dates:
1936-1988
West Virginia State Parks, National Register Forms
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3990
Overview
National Register of Historic Places Registration forms (NPS Form 10-900) for historic districts within Watoga, Holly River, Hawk's Nest, and Lost River State Parks, as well as a number of other West Virginia State Parks. These forms document the history, significance, and current condition of these historic districts. Most of these parks were created or improved (with roads, buildings, landscaping, etc.) as part of New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conversation Core (CCC) and the Works...
Dates:
2010