Conservation Corps
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Corps Reference - Studies & Papers



2011 - The U.S. Forest Service Job Corps 28 Civilian Conservation Centers by Larry J. Dawson and Alicia D. Bennett
            USDA Forest Service Proceedings, Rocky Mt. Research Station, RMRS-P-64, 2011.    View

1991 - The Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona, 1933-1942 by Peter Booth - University of Arizona - Thesis  (234 pages)

1989 - "Work Shirts:" A Portrait of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Pima County, Arizona, 1933-1942   
            By Peter MacMillan Booth - May 1989.  (47 pages)    

1988 - National Service: An Action Agenda for the 1990s - National Service Secretariat, Washington, DC  (35 pages) 

1988 - Buildings Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps on the Coronado National Forest 
           by Catherine M. Cameron - Unpublished paper - 1988. 

1986 - The Cross Canyon Corridor Historic District In Grand Canyon National Park: A Model For Historic Preservation
             by Teri A. Cleeland - Northern Arizona University - Thesis   (152 pages)   

1986 - History of the Trans-Canyon Telephone Line, Grand Canyon National Park by Teri A. Cleeland - April 1986.

1986 - Black Youth in the Program of the Civilian Conservation Corps for California, 1933-1942
           by Cole Olen, Jr. - University of North Crolina - Disseration    

1984 - The YCC Program - Do Youth Benefit by Rick Fletcher - Forestry Research West, USDA Forest Service   
            August 1984.     (G.P.O. 1984-780-720/9447)     View 

1979 - Utterly Visionary And Chimerical: A Federal Response to the Great Deppression, An Examination of Civilian 
           Conservation Cops on National Forest System Lands in th Pacific Northwest by Elizabeth Gail Throop.   
           Portland State University - Theis    (87 pages)

1977 - The Job Corps: A Cornerstone of Youth Employment and Taining Efforts by Robert Taggart & Raymond Young
            USDOL-ETA, Washington, DC - Unpublished Manuscript - 1977. 

1976 - The CCC In North Carolina: a preliminary investigation by Sandra L. Thomas.
            University of North Carolina at Greensboro - College Paper.

1976 - The History and Effects of the New Deal on the Coconino National Forest by Gregg Sawyer - Unpublished paper.  

​1973 - The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Northern Rockies by James Austin Hanson 
           University of Wyoming - Dissertation    

​1971 - Nine Years of Achievement: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah by Kenneth W. Baldridge.
           Brigham Young University - Thesis

1968 - The Civilian Conservation Corps: the Role of the Army by Charles William Johnson.
            University of Michigan - Thesis     

1967 - The Indian Civilian Conservation Corps by Donald Lee Purman - University of Oklahoma - 1967.  Thesis 

1966 - Youth-Work Programs: Problems Planning and Operation by Melvin Herman and Stanley Sadofsky
           New York University, The Center for the Study of Unemployed Youth, Graduate School of Social Work - 1966. 

1942 -  Barriers to Youth Employment by Paul T. David  
           Prepared for The American Youth Commission  (110 pages)

1941 - Work Camps for College Students by Kenneth Holland.   
           Prepared for The American Youth Commission  (32 pages)

1941 - Work Camps for High School Youth by Kenneth Holland and Georgr L. Bickel.
           Prepared for The American Youth Commission  (27 pages)

​1941 - Effectiveness of Job Training Program of CCC by Ralph W. Sullivan
           George Washington University - Mimeographed (55 pages)  June 1941.   

1941 - Youth in Europen Labor Camps by Kenneth Holland.
           Prepared for The American Youth Commission  (110 pages)

1941 - Youth Work Programs: Problems and Policies by Lewis L. Lorwin.  
           Prepared for The American Youth Commission  (195 pages)

1940 - The Curricular and Instructional Program of the Junior White Civilian Conservation Camps of the North and 
           South Texas Districts by Claude Hrrison Thurman. - University of Texas - June 1940. 

1940 - Some Nation-Wide Problems of theCivilian Conservation Corps by Everett L. Edmondson.
           Northwestern University  (33 pages)   

1940 - The Civilian Conservation Corps: Recomendations of the American Youth Commission of the American 
           Council on Education  - American Youth Commission - January 1940.     View PDF

1939 - A Social Adjustment of California Civilian Corps Enrollees as Determined by a Critical Analyis of Their 
           School, Camp and Post-Camp Records by Harold E. Barden - University of Southern California - (410 pages) 

1939 - The Civilian Conservation Corps, A New Kind of Educational and Vocational Training by Richard H. Heep
           College of the City New York - Typed (498 pages)   

1939 - The Educational Program, Though Guidance, for Youths in the Civilian Conservation Corps 
           by Thomas Smith Byrd - University of Wyoming - Typed (128 pages)   

1938 - A study of education in the CCC camps of the 2nd Corps Area by Sam F. Harby.
           Columbia University Teachers College – Lithoprinted by Edward Brothers Inc., Ann Arbor, MI   (264 pages)

1938 - The educational program of the CCC:  Its provisions for leisure time and vocational guidance
           by G. Wayne Cruey.  Bowling Green State University   (103 pages)

1938​ - Commercial education in the CCC by Leo J. Query.  Boston University   (80 pages)

1938 - The administration and use of visual aids in the CCC by Eustis D. Wilson.
           Louisiana State University – Typed   (90 pages)

1938 - Historical inquiry onto the CCC movement with special reference to the Ninth Corps Area 
           by Neal M. Nelson.  University of Idaho – Typed   (146 pages) 

1938 - Characteristics of 195 CCC enrollees by Allicia Cody
           University of Chicago – Unpublished   

1938​ - Health and culture in the CCC camps by Octavia R. Bassett.  
           George Washington University   (65 pages) 

1938​ - A study of the duties of company commanders, educational advisers, and project superintendents 
           in the CCC of West Virginia by L. H. Headington.  Ohio State University – Typed   (226 pages)

1938 - The effect of individual guidance upon participation and quality of work in a voluntary CCC 
           educational program by Kirkland Sloper.   North Adams State Teachers College – Typed    (93 pages)

1938 - CCC camp papers, a check list of papers published before July 1, 1937, with notes 
            by Wayne S. Yenawine.  University of Illinois – Typed   (385 pages)

1937 - A survey of the social background of the CCC enrollees in the Fort Douglas District 
           by Thora Bergeson.  University of Utah – Unpublished   (103 pages)

1937 - A study of the leisure-time activities of the CCC camps in Ohio by Ernest H. Ward.
          Ohio State University – Unpublished  

1937 - The effect of a CCC camp’s recreational program on the realization of its educational objectives 
            by Darrell Clore House.  University of Kentucky – Typed   (28 pages) 

1937 - Curriculum content in CCC camps of Illinois by P. B. Earp.
           Colorado State, College of Education – Unpublished  

1937 - Educational work of the CCC camps in Ohio by Eldon B. Sessions.
           Ohio State University – Typed   (372 pages)

1937 - A personnel study of the school achievement, intelligence, socio-economic status, and personality
           adjustment of CCC enrollees of Northeast Texas by Lewis A. Parr.  University of Texas - Typed  (78 pages)

1937 - Federal policies toward adult education 1926-1936   (Deals in part with CCC education) 
           by Charles E. Howell. University of Iowa - Unpublished

1937 - The problems of the school as revealed by a study of the interests and abilities of enrollees in the CCC
           by Arthur J. Ter Keurst.  Northwestern University – Typed   (329 pages)

1936 - Facts concerning enrollees, advisers, and educational program in CCC caps in Missouri  
          by Clarence R. Aydelott.   University of Missouri – University of Missouri Press   (104 pages)  

1936 - A study of personnel and educational programs of three CCC camps by Lester Harold Gallogly.
           Ohio State University   (138 pages)

1936 - Educational opportunities in the CCC by Margaret Finch.
           De Paul University   (105 pages)

1936 - The educational program of North Dakota companies of the CCC by Kenneth I. Dale.
           University of North Dakota – Typed   (51 Pages)

1936 - Education in the CCC camps of Montana by Harry A. Westley.
           Montana State University – Unpublished  

1936 - An educational and personnel study of three CCC camps in District II, New Jersey 
           by William J. Tipper.  Temple University   (63 pages)

1936 ​- The educational implications of the CCC by D.B. Tower
          Niagara University – Typed   (35 pages)

1936 - CCC camp programs as evaluated by enrollees by Estelle Markin
          University of Chicago – Unpublished   

1936 - The Federal Emergency Education Program, 1933-36 by Dorothy M. Reifel  (Deals in part with CCC) 
          University of Cincinnati – Unpublished  

1935​ - Survey of organized recreational activities in the CCC camps in Tennessee by Turman Overby Beasley.
          Peabody   (78 pages)

1935 - Establishment and first year’s administration of the CCC by Stanley Davison.
           University of Montana – Unpublished  

1935 - Educational and vocational purpose of boys in CCC camps and facilities for training 
          by John Thomas Greene.  Alabama Polytechnic Institute – Typed  

1935 - Opportunity for industrial training in the CCC camp program by T. A. Kennedy
          Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College   (28 pages) 

1935 - The Educational Program of the CCC by W.L. Reinert.
          University of Chicago   (102 pages)

1935 -  Federal aid for education by W.A. Stumpf  (Deals in part with CCC)
            University of Chicago – Unpublished  

1935 - The administration of the Civilian Conservation Corps by Charles Price Harper.
           John Hopkins University – Typed   (228 pages) 





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Civilian Conservation Corps 1935
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