Hard work and a good deal : the Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota

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Title:

Hard work and a good deal : the Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota

Author:

Sommer, Barbara W.

ISBN:

9780873516129

Publication Information:

St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, c2008.

Physical Description:

vii, 205 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Corporate Subject:

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Minnesota -- History.

Subject Term:

Conservation of natural resources -- Minnesota -- History.

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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.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Part I The ccc Takes Shape
Introduction: The Quiet Change	p. 5
1 Why We Needed the ccc	p. 7
2 What Was the ccc?	p. 15
3 Who Joined Minnesota's ccc?	p. 29
4 A Home Away from Home	p. 39
5 Life in the ccc	p. 55
Part II The Work of the ccc
Introduction: Minnesota's Conservation Foundations	p. 77
6 Planting Trees and Fighting Fires	p. 83
7 Building Up Parks	p. 99
8 Preserving Soil, Water, and Traditions	p. 109
9 The ccc's Imprint on Minnesota	p. 123
Appendix I Minnesota ccc and ccc-id Camps	p. 136
Appendix II Minnesota ccc Camp Newspapers	p. 164
Appendix III Minnesota's Historic ccc Sites	p. 166
Notes	p. 168
Oral History Source Note	p. 182
Bibliography	p. 186
Index	p. 196
Illustration Credits	p. 205

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