Robert Black Civilian Conservation
Corps collection,
Inclusive Dates:
1930s-2000s
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet
Abstract:
This collection contains materials documenting of biographies,
interviews and photographs of former CCC enrollees. This collection is arranged by its
file formats and subjects including biographies of enrollees' of Arizona CCC camps,
personal and group photographs, slides, cassette tapes, VHS videos, and some
memorabilia.
Collection Number:
MS 445
Language:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
Robert Black was a volunteer historian for the National Park Service assigned to the
Chiricahua National Monument. During his time there he began to research NM-2-A one of
the many camps in Arizona where young people served in President's Franklin D.
Roosevelt's "tree army" better known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Robert
Black accumulated a considerable number of interviews and photographs of former CCC
enrollees with the intention of one day publishing a commemorative booklet of the
NM-2-A. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established by President Franklin
Roosevelt in 1933. It was a Depression Era program designed to provide jobs and relief
for unemployed youth and their families. The majority of jobs were unskilled manual
labor for the purpose of developing the natural resources in rural areas of the United
States and its territories. From 1933-1942 there were 52,905 enrollees working in
Arizona CCC camps. They built 5,783 miles of forest roads, constructed 3,559 miles of
telephone lines and developed numerous recreational sites still used by Arizonan's
today. The program ceased to exist in 1942 when the United States Congress eliminated
its funding.
Scope and Content Note
The collection includes C.C.C. former enrollees' biographical files and general
correspondences, people's photos, slides, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, memorabilia and
C.C.C general government enrollment data. The materials are divided into three series:
Files, Photographs and Research file. The first series is arranged alphabetically by
files' format. The second series is divided by its formats into two subseries: prints
and slides and negatives. Then each subseries is categorized alphabetically by its
subjects. The third series is categorized by files subjects.
Organization
This series contains three subseries which are categorized by format. The first
subseries is print materials which is arranged alphabetically by person's last name. It
contains personal correspondence, interviews and print remembrances of former enrollees
of the Civil Conservation Corps. from 1986 - 2004. The second subseries is cassette
tapes which is arranged by person's last name as well. The third subseries are VHS
tapes. This series is subdivided by file formats into two subseries and then arranged
alphabetically by content subjects of materials. It contains people's portraits, group
shots, photos with animals and automobiles, and slides. This series is subdivided by
broad theme and then arranged alphabetically by folder name. It contains C.C.C. Camps
government data, general files and news clippings.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he
or she is an owner of copyright.
Access Terms
Corporate Name(s)
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Arizona -- Chiricahua -- History
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Arizona -- Wilcox -- History
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- History
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Newspapers -- History -- 20th
century
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Officials and employees -- History -- 20th
century
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Photographic collections
Geographic Name(s)
Chiricahua National Monument (Ariz.)
Subject(s)
Camps -- Arizona
Historic sites -- Arizona -- Chiricahua National
Monument
This series contains three subseries which are categorized by format. The first
subseries is print materials which is arranged alphabetically by person's last
name. It contains personal correspondence, interviews and print remembrances of
former enrollees of the Civil Conservation Corps. from 1986 - 2004. The second
subseries is cassette tapes which is arranged by person's last name as well. The
third subseries are VHS tapes.
This series is subdivided by file formats into two subseries and then arranged
alphabetically by content subjects of materials. It contains people's portraits,
group shots, photos with animals and automobiles, and slides.
This series is subdivided by broad theme and then arranged alphabetically by
folder name. It contains C.C.C. Camps government data, general files and news
clippings.
