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Civilian Conservation Corps History Oral History Project
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Oral History Interview with George Payne, February 23, 1993
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Interview with George Payne, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Pilot Point, Texas. Payne discusses his family background, growing up and grade school, joining the CCC in Denton, going to Arizona and building a trail in Bontia National Park, leaving the CCC and joining a second time, assignment to Baggs, Wyoming, operating a bulldozer, recreation, camp facilities and organization, food, leave, pay, classes, new guys and hazing, and some reflections on the impact of the Corps.
Date:
February 23, 1993
Creator:
Maxwell, Lisa & Payne, George
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lloyd B. Shipman, October 23, 1993
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Interview with Lloyd Shipman, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Dallas, Texas. Shipman discusses his family and education, the impact of the Great Depression, joining the CCC and assignment to Bartlett, Texas, work as a typist, discipline and regimentation in the camp, daily routine, education services, recreation, and his thoughts on the impact of the CCC. In appendix are a chapter from an autobiography by Shipman, and two poems that he wrote.
Date:
October 23, 1993
Creator:
Henley, Shelly & Shipman, Lloyd B.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Lloyd Wood, February 24, 1993
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Interview with Lloyd Wood, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Valera, Texas. Wood discusses his family background, joining the CCC and assignment to Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, daily routine, projects, fights, recreation and entertainment, his fellow men and superiors, transfer to a camp at Roswell, New Mexico, sports and athletics, pay, ethnic relations in camp, and the National Association of CCC Alumni.
Date:
February 24, 1993
Creator:
O'Day, Buckley & Wood, Lloyd
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert L. Nettles, February 27, 1993
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Interview with Robert L. Nettles, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Groesbeck, Texas. Nettles discusses his family's difficulties on the farm and joining the CCC, initiation and hazing, the layout of Mother Neff State Camp and accommodations, daily routine, pay, CCC Alumni, and reflections on the Corp's impact in his life.
Date:
February 27, 1993
Creator:
McCrain, James B. & Nettles, Robert L.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Garfield Thompson, October 11, 1993
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Interview with Garfield Thompson, a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps from Fort Worth, Texas. Thompson discusses his family background and education, the effects of the Great Depression, Republicans, the New Deal, joining the CCC and assignment to Company 812 in Cache, Oklahoma, the layout of the camp, projects worked, routine, recreation and leave, discharge, and reflections on the program.
Date:
October 11, 1993
Creator:
Calame, Michelle & Thompson, Garfield
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with James L. Jackson, September 3, 1993
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Interview with attorney James L. Jackson from Denton, Texas. In the interview, Jackson recollects memories from when he was a student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, and includes detailed comments on his teachers, the athletics program, and the influence of Coach Tennyson Miller. He also shares his thoughts and experiences concerning segregation in Denton.
Date:
September 3, 1993
Creator:
Glaze, Michele & Jackson, James L.
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Mitchell Jackson, July 17, 1993
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Interview with Mitchell Jackson, a former student at the Frederick Douglass Colored School in Denton, Texas. In the interview, Jackson recollects memories of what his life was like in a segregated school and community. He comments specifically on his family background, teachers, athletics, school curriculum, and the influence of Coach Tennyson Miller.
Date:
July 17, 1993
Creator:
Glaze, Michele & Jackson, Mitchell
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Rogers Aston, May 4, 1993
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Interview with Rogers Aston, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard LST-446 during the Solomon Islands Campaign (1942-1943), his participation in the landings on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Vella Lavella, and Bougainville, and his participation in the Marianas Campaign and landings at Saipan and Guam in 1944. The Appendix to the volume includes a photocopy of an application for the Military Order of the World Wars for Reginald Rogers Aston dated July 19, 1984 [4 leaves] and a photocopy of a memo titled, "Navy Department, Sixteen Ships of LST Flotilla Five Awarded Navy Unit Commendation" (undated) [1 leaf].
Date:
May 4, 1993
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Aston, Rogers
Object Type:
Book
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Norman F. Williams, March 16, 1993
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Interview with Norman Williams, a geologist, concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining around Murfreesboro, Arkansas, as well as the activities of De Beers.
Date:
March 16, 1993
Creator:
Henderson, John C. & Williams, Norman F.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with George Gowen, May 3, 1993
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Interview with George Gowen, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the destroyer Chevalier during the Battle of Vella Lavella in January 1943 in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and his naval career after World War II.
Date:
May 3, 1993
Creator:
Byrd, Richard & Gowen, George
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Thurman H. Hooper, February 24, 1993
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Interview with Thurman Hooper from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma concerning his experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Hooper worked at camps in Peaceful Valley, Colorado (Company 894); Bonham, Texas (Company 894); Durango, Colorado; Alamosa, Colorado; Jasper, Texas (Company 1820); and Bowie, Arizona. Includes Appendix.
Date:
February 24, 1993
Creator:
Wilson, David & Hooper, Thurman H.
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with William McShan, October 14, 1993
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Interview with William McShan concerning his experiences before and during his employment in Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. McShan worked at a camp in Ardmore, Oklahoma (Company 1813).
Date:
October 14, 1993
Creator:
McCoy, George & McShan, William
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Zenji Abe, May 1-4, 1993
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Interview with Zenji Abe, an Imperial Japanese Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a dive-bomber pilot during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, his participation in the Aleutians Campaign in June 1942 and the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" in May 1944, and the surrender of Rota Island on September 2, 1945.
Date:
1993-05-01/1993-05-04
Creator:
Byrd, Richard; Daniels, John & Abe, Zenji
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Warren B. Turkett, Sr., October 13, 1993
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Interview with Warren Turkett, Sr. concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Turkett worked at camps in Rodman, South Carolina (Company 1417); Lancaster, South Carolina (Company 1417); and Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Date:
October 13, 1993
Creator:
Pierce, Jeffrey & Turkett, Warren B., Sr.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Paul Dillon, November 3, 1993
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Interview with Paul Dillon concerning his experiences before and during his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Dillon worked at a camp in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania (Company 1381). Includes an appendix with Dillon's CCC discharge papers and a photograph of his camp.
Date:
November 3, 1993
Creator:
Lovell, Bonnie & Dillon, Paul
Object Type:
Text
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The UNT Digital Library