CCC Camp at Sugarlands

Description

Possibly units 1458 and 1459, this CCC camp was located at Sugarlands. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in 1933 as a public works program during the Great Depression. Initiated under newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the CCC was often called “Roosevelt’s Tree Army” for its focus on conservation. FDR used existing agencies—the departments of War, Labor, Interior, and Agriculture—to quickly launch the program. Within 6 months of FDR’s inauguration, there were 250,000 recruits. By the time of its closure in 1942, the CCC had provided paid work, vocational education, food, shelter, and clothing for 3 million young men. Besides reforestation at a variety of locations, the program helped build America’s national parks.
Details
- Format
  - Photographs
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date digitized: 2014-06-03
- Extent
  - Dimension: 8" x 10"
- Subject - Topic
- Location
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
- Identifier
  - GSMNP_34743
- Repository
  - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Transcript

I CCC Camps in Sugarlands Camp #1459 in foreground Camp #1458 in background

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