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Conservation Organizations

Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia (CCCWV)

The Mission of the CCCWV is to conduct projects and programs that:
  • Strengthen and revitalize our communities;
  • Provide self-esteem, educational enhancements and employment opportunities through meaningful work experiences for both youth and adults; and
  • Conserve, develop, and enhance our state’s natural resources.


                           

Museums

Smithsonian Institution

There is currently (2008) a CCC exhibition with rotating displays.  See American History Museum announcement.  Also, see press release for American History Museum CCC acquisition of materials.


NACCCA - National Association of CCC Alumni   NACCCA is the center for the preservation of CCC heritage.  Originally formed in 1979 as an alumni association, the facility is a museum and archives.  Their website displays lists of CCC camps that can be reviewed by State, camp number, agency number, and camp location.  This website is a valuable tool for those who are researching locations and their corresponding members. 

James F. Justin Civilian Conservation Corps    An Online Museum of Histories, Items, Stories, Links and Photographs Regarding the CCC.  Get your thinking cap on when you visit this site.  It is chock full of information.

Conservation Corps State Museum, Camp San Luis Obispo, California

CCC Museum, Roscommon, Michigan

Florida Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, Sebring, Florida

Highlands Hammock State Park Civilian CCC Museum

New York State Civilian Conservation Corps Museum  Maps, historical documents, and many pictures and can be found on this site.

New Hampshire CCC Exhibit

The Northeast States Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, Stafford Springs, Connecticut This site is temporary with the new one coming.  The new address will be http://www.cccmuseum.org/

CCC at Ozark National Scenic Riverways and Museum

Pocahontas State Park  The CCC built the first five State Parks in Virginia.  Pocahontas State Park has the only permanent full time CCC museum in Virginia. The Boys of the CCC built nearly 800 state parks in America.  Along with the WPA, these public works programs created the infrastructure for park systems as we enjoy them today.

Watoga State Park CCC Museum  This museum is located at Watoga State Park in Pocahontas County West Virginia


Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, Guernsey, Wyoming

Other Links

African Americans in the Civilian Conservation Corps

American Field Guide This site has a three-part video on the CCC in Idaho.  Selecting the first video will lead to parts two and three.

CCC Legacy Foundation - Organization website for the Camp Roosevelt CCC Legacy Foundation.  

CCC Memories  Oral history with photographs presented by the New Deal Network.

Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Park Service  This site not only covers the Corps in the National Park Service, but also covers life in the National Park camps as well.

Civilian Conservation Corps Resource Page  This is a Blog on the history of the CCC and information on obtaining a book by Robert G. Pasquill, Jr.,
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama.

The CCC in South Carolina State Parks

The CCC and Illinois State Parks

The CCC in Kansas

CCC in Northern California

Civilian Conservation Corps   University of Florida.  Note: Clicking on this link returns a "File Not Found" message.  However, there is a search box.  Search on CCC and all the interviews will be listed as they are still on the site.  This site is a collection of interviews with CCC enrollees by the University of Florida.

Civilian Conservation Corps Research Guide  The Albert Gore Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University has three small collections related exclusively to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and its legacy and recordings and transcripts of interviews with several CCC alumni.  Links provide general information about these holdings.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Yosemite  (PDF 2.2MB)

Colorado State Archives, Civilian Conservation Corps Collection

Colossal Cave National Park  This park is in Arizona.  For someone researching the CCC, it is a source for archived CCC material, including magazines, oral histories and other documents.

Maine CCC Archive

Massachusetts CCC

National New Deal Preservation Association This site has an extensive list of books on the CCC and other resources.

North Georgia CCC  The beauty and history of the mountains of North Georgia are highlighted on this site and every place there were mountains...there was the CCC.

North Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni  An organization dedicated to honoring and upholding the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corpsmen who served in CCC Camps in North Carolina.

Pennsylvania CCC

Texas CCC

Sublette County Wyoming CCC

USDA FS Lee District Office  Camp Roosevelt was located in the George Washington National Forest on the Massanutten Mountain in Powell's Fort Valley area of Shenandoah County, Virginia.  The Lee District office is a leader in the support of CCC history.  Please visit their web page for interesting information on the cultural history of the National Forest in the Shenandoah Valley.

Cades Cove - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
There were several CCC camps in and around Great Smokey Mountains National Park.  At one unknown camp site, you can see that some narcissus had been planted to spell out information about the company.  The image shows some of this sign.

                       

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