Company 719 CCC S-51, Camp Charles Alumni records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: S4568

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Eight reunion groups have formed, resulting in this collection consisting of a diagram of the camp, scrapbooks, photographs, and correspondence.

Copies of The Sullivanite newsletter (Vol. 1, No. 14, April 20, 1935 - Vol. 5, No. 27, August 13, 1938, and Vol. II, No. 21, September 14, 1940) have been removed to the serials holdings under title.

Dates

1933-1995

Creator

Company 719 CCC S-51, Camp Charles Alumni (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program in the United States for unemployed men, ages 18–25, between 1933-1942. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, it provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments. The CCC was designed to provide employment for young men in relief families who had difficulty time finding jobs during the Great Depression while at the same time implementing a general natural resource conservation program in every state and territory. Maximum enrollment reached 300,000 and in nine years 2.5 million young men participated. The U.S. Army was in charge of the operation, but there was no military training or uniforms.

Six-thousand men served in the Civilian Conservation Corps national company 719. These alumni records chronicle the state camp S-51, Camp Charles, in Brimson, Minnesota which had 12 barracks for 120 men. Men enlisted for a six month "hitch" and could reenlist for a second six months.

Extent

1.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Eight reunion groups have formed, resulting in this collection consisting of a diagram of the camp, scrapbooks, photographs, and correspondence.

Physical Location

This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.

General

This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library, and are on permanent loan from the St. Louis County Historical Society.