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Hard work and a good deal : the Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota / Barbara W. Sommer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, ©2008.Description: vii, 205 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780873516129
  • 0873516125
  • 9781681342344
  • 1681342340
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part I: The CCC takes shape -- Introduction: the quiet change -- 1. Why we needed the CCC -- 2. What was the CCC? -- 3. Who joined Minnesota's CCC? -- 4. Home away from home -- 5. Life in the CCC -- Part II: Work of the CCC -- Introduction: Minnesota's conservation foundations -- 6. Planting trees and fighting fires -- 7. Building up parks -- 8. Preserving soil, water, and traditions -- 9. CCC's imprint on Minnesota -- Appendix I: Minnesota CCC and CCC-ID camps -- Appendix II: Minnesota CCC camp newspapers -- Appendix III: Minnesota's historic CCC sites.
Subject: The Civilian Conservation Corps supplied jobs to more than 77,000 Minnesotans during the Great Depression. In nearly one hundred interviews, the "boys" look back on their time in the CCC, during which many of them became men. African American enrollees tell of the segregated policies enforced in the army-run camps; workers for the CCC-Indian Division remember reservation projects that included rebuilding a fur trade-era stockade at Grand Portage. Together, these men give voice to early efforts that advanced the conservation of Minnesota's natural resources five decades in a few short years.
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Hard Work and a Good Deal traces the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which supplied jobs to more than 77,000 Minnesotans during the Great Depression. Nearly one hundred interviews contribute to oral historian Barbara W. Sommer's lively narrative as the "boys" look back on their time in the CCC, during which many of them became men. African American enrollees tell of the segregated policies enforced in the army-run camps; workers for the CCC-Indian Division remember reservation projects that included rebuilding a fur trade-era stockade at Grand Portage. Together, these men give voice to early efforts that advanced the conservation of Minnesota's natural resources five decades in a few short years.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-195) and index.

The Civilian Conservation Corps supplied jobs to more than 77,000 Minnesotans during the Great Depression. In nearly one hundred interviews, the "boys" look back on their time in the CCC, during which many of them became men. African American enrollees tell of the segregated policies enforced in the army-run camps; workers for the CCC-Indian Division remember reservation projects that included rebuilding a fur trade-era stockade at Grand Portage. Together, these men give voice to early efforts that advanced the conservation of Minnesota's natural resources five decades in a few short years.

Part I: The CCC takes shape -- Introduction: the quiet change -- 1. Why we needed the CCC -- 2. What was the CCC? -- 3. Who joined Minnesota's CCC? -- 4. Home away from home -- 5. Life in the CCC -- Part II: Work of the CCC -- Introduction: Minnesota's conservation foundations -- 6. Planting trees and fighting fires -- 7. Building up parks -- 8. Preserving soil, water, and traditions -- 9. CCC's imprint on Minnesota -- Appendix I: Minnesota CCC and CCC-ID camps -- Appendix II: Minnesota CCC camp newspapers -- Appendix III: Minnesota's historic CCC sites.

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