HI Jonathan,

I did an oral history project with Mennonites who were CO's and were housed
in CCC camps in the south- so be cautious of attributing all the material
culture to the CCC era - i think an occupational use over time may be
required unless you have very CCC era diagnostics.  Also, the CO's were in
essence draftees, so there is also a bias between what the Co's brought, and
lost, dropped, etc. and what their overseers brought, dropped, etc.  and i'd
look for oral histories from locals to see if other outside groups may have
taken advantage of the structures, for anything from a fairground to the 4H

Sincerely,

kev

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Jonathan Libbon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello,
> I’m doing my master’s thesis on a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp,
> and I need some help. What I’m doing is looking at luxury spending amongst
> the enrollees. The camp that I’m working with is amazing. It’s located in
> Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny National Forest. It was the second camp ever
> built in the nation, and still has standing structures. This summer I
> excavated portions of the camp and came up with a phenomenal sample of the
> camp’s material culture. The problem I’m having, is locating other CCC camps
> that have been dug. In order to understand the larger pattern of luxury
> spending, I have to compare it to other sites. I’ve already got a few
> non-CCC Great Depression sites, as well as some pre-Great Depression sites
> that I’m looking at to understand buying strategies in the Great Depression.
> I’m having trouble locating other CCC camps that have been excavated. What I
> need is artifact inventories from CCC camps to compare my data to. Any help
> wo
>  uld be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Jonathan Libbon
>
> MA in Applied Archaeology Candidate
> Indiana University of Pennsylvania
> G-12B McElhaney Hall, 441 North Walk
> Indiana, PA 15705
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