To: Carole Nash,
      We have done some work on the CCC in the Forest Service, since there
are a lot of CCC camps on National Forest lands.  As you did, I had good
results for talking ot the CCC boys and their spouces.  One of them even
came up with a series of camp newspapers, which were a great help.
      Some of my archaeology colleagues went to the National Archives in DC
and the surrounding towns to find records of the camps they worked on.  I
did a little of that myself.  Some of the files are very good, others don't
tell you mich unless you wanted to know what they ate. There didn't seem to
be handy lists of what they accomplished by company or what their camps
looked like, except in the "annuals" or yearbooks some of the camps and
areas had.  There were lots of photos in some of those, however.
      Apparently the data is in several archival locations, depending on the
groups, and part of the country.  I've retired, and no longer have that
stuff at my fingertips, but you might contact Robert Morgan in South
Carolina or Robert Pasquil in Alabama.  They formed a "posse" to take on
that challenge, and charted their findings.  Try [log in to unmask] or
[log in to unmask]   if these don't work, try substituting "b" for the
initial r's!   Both guys are called Bob.
   good luck!
cheers, jack wynn


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From: "Carole L. Nash" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 8:27 AM
Subject: 20th century questions


> 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