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The Implications Of Waste Streams At Camp Au Train, Timothy J. Maze

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Archaeological remains from Camp Au Train provide an opportunity to understand sanitation methods during its use as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp and later used to house German Prisoners of War during World War II. Seven refuse features from this camp were excavated and their contents linked to functional locations within the camp in order to reconstruct waste streams across the site and to observe how military aspects of sanitation were implemented by an organization infamous for its emphasis on cleanliness, order, and hygiene. While the importance of sanitation is often mentioned by historians and archaeologists in research of these …

Meredith, Tracy (Fa 1394), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Folklife Archives Project 1394. “Early History of Mammoth Cave,” a project by WKU student Tracy Meredith, consisting of a paper that focuses on early owners, guides and visitors at the Cave; taped interviews with three individuals about their work at the Cave with the Civilian Conservation Corps; and tape indexes.

Grounds, Robert Lee, 1915-1990 (Mss 680), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 680. Papers and photographs relating to the service of Grounds, of Warren County, Kentucky, in the Civilian Conservation Corps in Wyoming, 1935-1936, and in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Emotions In Work And War: Comparisons Of Emotional-Cultures Of New Deal Ccc Enrollees And Wwii U.S. Army Enlistees, 1933-1945, Maeve Losen

Master's Theses

Though the Great Depression and Second World War were consecutive eras and overlapped in numerous aspects, scholarship often overlooks the commonalities between these periods. To demonstrate these eras’ shared qualities, this thesis examines the relationship in emotional-cultures—the cultural norms that dictated how individuals felt and demonstrated their emotions—among Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees and U.S. Army enlistees during WWII.

The broad intent of this undertaking is to place the cultural history of the Great Depression and WWII in conversation and to show the advantage of inter- and multidisciplinary work by applying anthropological and historical theories of emotion. Though the historical …

Mammoth Cave Collections In Manuscripts & Folklife Archives At Western Kentucky University, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

This is a list of collections in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives holdings of WKU’s Department of Library Special Collections that contain materials relating to Mammoth Cave. Our collections include descriptions of the Cave by visitors and guides, operation of the Cave as a tourist attraction, archaeology at the Cave, and the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

Dig Into Local Black History, John M. Rudy

Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications

Introduction to Dr. Louis Eugene King, African-American anthropologist with the Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Park Service at Gettysburg

Tyler State Park In The Tyler Morning Telegraph, 1934-1946, Vicki Betts

Special Topics

Bibliography of articles from the Tyler Morning Telegraph, 1934-1946, dealing with the construction of Tyler State Park by Civilian Conservation Camp 2888, as well as with proposed CCC construction at the Camp Ford Civil War POW site. Also articles on activities during the early years of Tyler State Park.

The Integration Of African Americans In The Civilian Conservation Corps In Massachusetts, Caitlin E. Pinkham

Graduate Masters Theses

The Civilian Conservation Corps employed young white and black men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. In 1935 Robert Fechner, the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, ordered the segregation of Corps camps across the country. Massachusetts’ camps remained integrated due in large part to low funding and a small African American population. The experiences of Massachusetts’ African American population present a new general narrative of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The Federal government imposed a three percent African American quota, ensuring that African Americans participated in Massachusetts as the Civilian Conservation Corps expanded. This quota represents a Federal acknowledgement …

Interview With Troy Davis Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Troy Davis related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

Interview With Henry Scott Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Henry Scott related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

Interview With Joe Kulesza Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Joe Kulesza related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

Lally, Kelly A. (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 81. A history of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) work at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Paper and interviews with twenty former CCC enrollees from the four camps at Mammoth Cave and five other related people.

New Deal Experimentation And The Political Economy Of The Yankton Sioux, 1930-1934, Teresa M. Houser

Great Plains Quarterly

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's election to the presidency in 1932 signaled a mandate for sweeping reform at the federal level to lift the nation out of the economic turbulence of the Great Depression. Under Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) joined other agencies in launching policies to rebuild economic stability. Much of the scholarship on the Indian New Deal to date necessarily focuses on the centerpiece of Collier's reform efforts: the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA). But prior to tribal consideration of the IRA, the Roosevelt administration undertook a series of steps in an attempt to …

Reconstructing Lincoln Log Cabin: The Civilian Conservation Corps In Coles County, Philip Mohr Et. Al.

2011 Awards for Excellence in Student Research & Creative Activity - Documents

The symposium "Reconstructing Lincoln Log Cabin: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Coles County" traced the origins of Lincoln Log Cabin and the activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Coles County, Illinois. Students researched, designed, and implemented all phases of the symposium held at the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site on Saturday, November 2011 from 9 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The Historical Administration Program at Eastern Illinois University and the Lincoln-Sargent Farm Foundation jointly sponsored the symposium. Selected students made formal power-point presentations and facilitated questions from the audience at the conclusion of their presentations. The students unearthed a …

Nahm, Max Brunswick, 1864-1958 (Mss 329), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 329. Correspondence of Max B. Nahm relating mainly to his involvement with the Mammoth Cave National Park Association and the Kentucky National Park Commission in the establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Includes some Association and Commission minutes. Also includes some of Nahm's speeches, writings, personal photographs, and material relating to the Nahm family.

The Civilian Conservation Corps At Acadia National Park, James Moreira, Pamela Dean, Anu Dudley, Kevin Champney

Northeast Folklore Monographs

Between 1933 and 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a constant presence on Mount Desert Island (MDI), where it and several other New Deal agencies played a critical role in the early development of Acadia National Park. Three camps operated in the area during those years: two were located on MDI (one on and one off of park property) and were officially designated National Park Camps. The third camp was situated in Ellsworth, and though designated a State Park Camp, much of its work consisted of clean-up projects along the approach roads to the National Park.

The report is …

Interview With Gilbert Bush Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Gilbert Bush in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

Edmonson County, Kentucky - New Deal Program Files (Mss 95), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and list of Civilian Conservation Corps applicants (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 95. Administrative files, chiefly applications and correspondence, for three Edmonson County, Kentucky New Deal programs: the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Youth Administration, and the Works Progress Administration.

Interview With Clint Thompson Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Clint Thompson related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

Schenck, Martin B., 1921-2004 (Mss 163), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 163. Correspondence, clippings, oral interview, personnel records, etc. related to the military career of New Jersey native, Martin B. Schenck, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He served on the U.S.S. Helena and on submarines and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. He later served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Chenoweth Family Papers, 1796-1993 (Mss 90), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 90. Genealogical materials collected by Shirley and Richard Harris related to the Chenoweth family in the United States. Expecially noteworthy are the military pension records of various Chenoweth family members from the Revolutionary War through World War II.

Wells, Vernon Paul, 1914-2001 (Sc 1322), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1322. Cassette tape and transcription of a narrative by Vernon P. Wells, who was a Mammoth Cave park ranger from 1933-1942. He especially describes the problems encountered in securing property for the park to become a national one.

Interview With Lewis Cutliff Regarding Mammoth Cave (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral interview done with Lewis Cutliff in 1987 related to Mammoth Cave National Park. He discusses the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps camps at Mammoth Cave.

Interview With Kathryn Kadel Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Kathryn Kadel in 1987 related to her husband's work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s. Her husband, Richard Kadel, was commander of Camp 516.

Interview With Gilbert Sanders Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Gilbert Sanders in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

Interview With Albert "Shorty" Coats Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Shorty Coats in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

Interview With George Childress Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview done with Georgie Childress in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.

Interview With Sherman Moffitt Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral interview done with Sherman Moffitt related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s and his subsequent career as a minister.

Interview With Vernon Wells Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral interview done with Vernon Wells, b. 1914, as part of a project entitled "A History of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Mammoth Cave National Park" (FA 81). Wells discusses his experiences as a CCC worker. He served as a park ranger. He also discusses the various methods of land purchases used to acquire property for Mammoth Cave National Park. The transcription of tape 2 of this interview is attached under "Additional Files."

Interview With Ray Scott Regarding Ccc (Fa 81), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an oral history interview (two tapes) done with Ray Scott in 1987 related to his work in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Mammoth Cave in the 1930s.