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I have a vague recollection that the US Forest Service in Florida has done
something on CCC camps.  You might try contacting some of them.  Kent
Schneider in Atlanta Forest Service office might be able to help.

                                                Lucy Wayne
>Dear List members,
>
>My students and I are currently involved in the archaeological study of a
>Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Shenandoah National Park.  We spent
>this past summer locating the structures, work areas, roads, etc., and are
>now beginning to synthesize our findings.  This has been a very challenging
>and rewarding project.  I was struck by the lack of historical
>documentation on the organization and work of individual camps; we had one
>map and only a few photographs from which to work.  Fortunately, the
>project also involved meeting with some of the remaining 'boys' who lived
>at the camp from 1933-36.  We took them to the site and had the opportunity
>to ask them lots of questions (including the big one:  did we correctly
>identify the buildings, which are now marked only by lines of post holes?).
>
>
>In an attempt to expand our horizons, I have been searching for articles
>and books on the archaeology of the recent past and am particularly
>interested in reading about theoretical approaches. Database searches are
>not turning up much.    Do you have suggestions?
>Thanks,
>Carole Nash, Dept. of Soc/Anth, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
>22807
>
>

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