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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

309th Observation Squad, United States Air Corps Reserve, Indiana aerial photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P069
Scope and Contents This collection includes black-and-white aerial photogrographs from 309th Observation Squadron of the United States Air Corps Reserve in Indiana ranging from 1931 to 1936 regarding counties and Civilian Conservation Corps company sites around the state. Photographs are stamped with the squadron's information and include the pilot's name and the date.
Dates: 1931-1936

George W. Sosnowski collection

 Collection — Folder: S2352
Identifier: S2352
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of correspondence sent to Geoge W. Sosnowski of Gary, Indiana from January to March 1932 by U.S. Senators Henrik Shipstead, James E. Watson, Robert Bulkley, J. Hamilton Lewis, Arthur R. Robinson, Royce S. Copeland, and James J. Davis and Congressmen Louis T. McFadden, John N. Garner, and John E. Rankin in response to the plan Sosnowski sent them for domestic prosperity and improvement of economic and banking conditions through the establishment of a banking...
Dates: 1932-1940

Harland L. Osgatharp collection

 Collection
Identifier: L120
Scope and Contents The collection consists of Harland L. Osgatharp’s diaries during World War II from January 1942 to December 1945. The diaries describe Osgatharp’s work in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, his enlistment, training, service in military hospitals, and his return to Otwell, Indiana. Also included in the diaries are his reminiscences of service in World War I. The collection also contains an undated address book.
Dates: 1942-1945

Indiana Civilian Conservation Corps camp map

 File — Folder: OBC152
Identifier: OBC152
Scope and Contents This collection includes one hand-drawn map of the Indiana Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Angola, Indiana created by Lieutenant Carl A. Vollrath, circa 1941.
Dates: 1941

Indiana Civilian Conservation Corps camps collection

 Collection — Folder: S1499
Identifier: S1499
Scope and Contents Note This collection includes a typed original and carbon copy document from Headquarters Indiana-Kentucky District, Civilian Conservation Corps, Office of the Commanding Officer in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, October 13, 1941, regarding cities in Indiana in which the camps were located.
Dates: 1941

Norman H. Shortridge collection

 Collection
Identifier: L142
Scope and Contents The collection consists of orders, rosters, accounts, and requisitions relating to Norman H. Shortridge’s work in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Indiana from 1933 to 1942.
Dates: 1933-1942

Norman L. Welch collection

 Collection — Folder: S2298
Identifier: S2298
Scope and Contents This collection includes a copy of Flying Colors, the September 1939 monthly publication of Co. 774, Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) of Palmyra, Missouri; a September 30, 1939 letter from the headquarters of Co. 774 regarding his approved discharge if accepted into the Navy; December 1939 correspondence from the Recruiting Sub-Station at Quincy, Illinois and the Recruiting Station at St. Louis, Missouri regarding Norman Leo Welch's enlistment in the U.S....
Dates: 1919-1940

Richard Lieber papers

 Collection
Identifier: L091
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, financial documents, photographs and drawings, invitations, naturalization papers, outlines of right and left foot, maps, pamphlets and publications, and other papers from Richard Lieber and others, including government agencies, in the United States and Germany, ranging from 1892 to 1958. Materials concern the Abraham and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, monuments, Lieber family matters, the National Park Service, Indiana State Parks, Thomas Hart Benton, the...
Dates: 1892-1958

Rodney C. Perkins collection

 Collection
Identifier: L307
Scope and Contents This collection contains 3 typewritten copies of "Camp and Community", an unpublished novel about the Civilian Conservation Corps written by Rodney C. Perkins (circa 1983). There are carbon copies of his first draft and final draft with corrections and a copy of the completed manuscript. An author's preface is also included with the final draft copies.
Dates: circa 1983

Ross Franklin Lockridge collection

 Collection
Identifier: L598
Scope and Contents The collection includes papers regarding Ross Franklin Lockridge's duties as director of Hoosier Historic Memorial Activities, ranging from 1825 to 1950 and undated. The bulk of the collection concerns New Harmony, Indiana and members of the Owen community, as well as Indiana historical events and figures. Also included are speeches and papers written by Lockridge and his students on early Hoosiers, including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and other Indiana and United States history...
Dates: 1877-1952