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Bill Sharp Montana Civilian Conservation Corps Research Papers, 1904-1993
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Sharp, Bill
- Title
- Bill Sharp Montana Civilian Conservation Corps Research Papers
- Dates
- 1904-1993 (inclusive)19041993
- Quantity
- 4.0 linear feet
- Collection Number
- Mss 591
- Summary
- This collection contains a compilation of Bill Sharp's research materials and photographs related to the Civilian Conservation Corps in Montana.
- Repository
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University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu - Access Restrictions
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Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Bill Sharp is a researcher from Bozeman, Montana, who compiled extensive research materials and photographs from the Civilian Conservation Corps in Montana. He was involved in efforts to create a national museum dedicated to the Civilian Conservation Corps and in the construction of other monuments and memorials related to the program.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains research materials and photographs related to the Civilian Conservation Corps in Montana. Series I contains research materials, which are further divided into four sub-series. Series II contains packets of photographic prints and negatives of Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Montana, arranged alphabetically by camp location. The origin of the majority of the photographs is unclear. Some photographs may be duplicates from collections at the Montana Historical Society.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to The University of Montana
Preferred Citation
[Name of document or photograph number], Bill Sharp Montana Civilian Conservation Corps Research Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Lbirary, The University of Montana--Missoula.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is divided into two series:
Series I: Research, 3 linear feet, 1904-1993
Sub-series 1: Indexes to Civilian Conservation Corps News in Montana Newspapers, 1 linear foot, 1933-1942
Sub-series 2: Fort Missoula Civilian Conservation Corps District, 0.5 linear feet, 1904- 1993
Sub-series 3: Civilian Conservation Corps Camps By Location, 1.0 linear foot, 1933-1986
Sub-series 4: Subject Files, 0.5 linear feet, 1933-1985
Series II: Photographs, 1.0 linear foot, 1933-1941
Acquisition Information
Gift of Bill Sharp in 1986 and 1988.
Processing Note
Two accessions of materials were combined and reorganized to create this collection. The creator of the collection organized research and photographs alphabetically by camp location. This original arrangement was maintained for these portions of the collection. The creator’s original folder descriptions and arrangement were maintained wherever possible.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series I: Research, 1904-1993Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Subseries 1: Indexes to Civilian Conservation
Corps News in Montana Newspapers 1.0 linear foot
Sub-series 1 of the
collection contains indexes to Civilian Conservation Corps news in Montana
newspapers, including the
Missoulian (Missoula, Montana),
The Montana Standard (Butte, Montana), and others.
|
1933-1942 | |
Box | ||
1 | 27 Tablets: "News Notes from
The Missoula Sentinel on the Civilian
Conservation Corps of the United States Forest Service" |
April 1933 to August 1942 |
Box/Folder | ||
2/1 | Index to Civilian Conservation
Corps news in
Bozeman Daily Chronicle and
Bozeman Courier
|
1933-1937 |
2/2 |
Montana Standard - Notes of news of Civilian
Conservation Corps |
1933-1942 |
2/3 | Index to
The Missoulian - Civilian Conservation Corps
news |
1933-1942 |
2/4 | Index to
The Great Falls Tribune - Civilian Conservation
Corps news |
1933-1942 |
Subseries 2: Fort Missoula Civilian
Conservation Corps District 0.5 linear feet
Sub-series 2 contains research materials from the Fort Missoula District.
Included are photocopies of the district’s annual,
The Green Guidon, a chronological history compiled from
newspaper articles, and an index to the cemetery at Fort Missoula.
|
1904-1993 | |
Box/Folder | ||
2/5 | Fort Missoula, Montana
District |
1904-1993 and undated |
2/6 | Fort Missoula Civilian
Conservation Corps District Headquarters |
1937-1939 |
2/7 | The Green Guidon-Fort Missoula,
Montana |
1934-1939 |
3/1 | The Green Guidon-Fort Missoula
Civilian Conservation Corps Annual |
1937 |
3/2 | The Green Guidon-Fort Missoula
Civilian Conservation Corps Annual |
circa 1939 |
3/3 | Fort Missoula Roster, 25th
Civilian Conservation Corps Companies |
Winter 1939 |
3/4 | Fort Missoula-Fires |
1946-1972 and undated |
3/5 | "The Civilian Conservation
Corps in Montana Under the Fort Missoula Conservation Corps District:
1933-1942," |
undated |
3/6 | Fort Missoula Cemetery Index
(1877-1990) |
undated |
3/7 | Formation of the Fort Missoula
Civilian Conservation Corps-news from The Missoula Sentinel |
1933-1942 |
Subseries 3: Civilian Conservation Corps Camps
By Location 1.0 linear foot
Sub-series 3
contains research materials arranged by camp location. The research includes
copies of camp annuals, correspondence with individuals who worked at the
camps, newspaper clippings, and many other types of materials. This part of the
collection is arranged alphabetically by location (town, city, or area). It
begins with Montana camps and ends with Civilian Conservation Corps materials
from other states.
|
1933-1986 | |
Box/Folder | ||
3/8 | Ashland, Montana |
1935 |
3/9 | Augusta, Montana-Camp
Augusta |
undated |
3/10 | Ballantine, Montana |
1935-1979 and undated |
3/11 | Basin, Montana-Thunderbolt
Camp |
1937 |
3/12 | Beaver Creek State Park,
Montana |
1935-1976 and undated |
3/13 | Beaverhead National Forest,
Montana |
1933-1979 and undated |
3/14 | Belton, Montana-Glacier
National Park |
1936-1938 and undated |
3/15 | Billings, Montana |
1940 |
3/16 | Boyes and Ekalaka,
Montana |
1939-1940 and undated |
3/17 | Bozeman, Montana-Camp Squaw
Creek |
1935-1984 and undated |
4/1 | Bridger, Montana |
undated |
4/2 | Columbia Falls, Montana-Camp
Flathead |
undated |
4/3 | Darby, Montana |
1934-1974 and undated |
4/4 | Dillon, Montana-Camp Birch
Creek |
undated |
4/5 | Haugan, Montana-Camp
Taft |
undated |
4/6 | Jordan, Montana-Camp
Jordan |
1939-1986, and undated |
4/7 | Lewistown, Montana |
undated |
4/8 | Libby, Montana |
1939-1970, and undated |
4/9 | Lolo, Montana |
1936 and undated |
4/10 | Malta, Montana-Camp Milk
River |
undated |
4/11 | Medicine Lake National Wildlife
Refuge and Malta, Montana |
1975 and undated |
4/12 | Miles City AI#1 |
1973-1974 |
4/13 | Moiese, Montana-National Bison
Range |
1935-1969 and undated |
4/14 | Neihart, Montana |
1936-1978 and undated |
4/15 | Ninemile, Montana |
1933-1942 and undated |
4/16 | Packer’s Meadow
Camp |
1972-1975 |
4/17 | Philipsburg, Montana-Camp Flint
Creek |
undated |
4/18 | Red Lodge, Montana |
undated |
4/19 | Rimini, Montana (ghost
town) |
1940-1941 and undated |
4/20 | Roundup, Montana |
1935 |
4/21 | St. Regis, Montana-Gold Creek
Camp |
1969 and undated |
4/22 | Sidney, Montana |
undated |
4/23 | Stryker, Montana-Camp
Stryker |
undated |
4/24 | Superior, Montana |
1938-1985 and undated |
4/25 | Thompson Falls, Montana-Camp
Thompson River |
1935-1966 and undated |
4/26 | Whitehall, Montana |
undated |
4/27 | Winifred, Montana-Camp
Winifred |
undated |
4/28 | Yellowstone National
Park |
1933-1941 and undated |
5/1 | Fort George Wright District
(Spokane, Washington) Annual |
1938-1939 |
5/2 | Idaho Civilian Conservation
Corps casualties |
1933-1986 and undated |
5/3 | Mohall, North Dakota
Annual |
1933 |
5/4 | Pepper Hill Fire, Cameron
County, Pennsylvania (1938) |
1939-1982 and undated |
5/5 | "South Dakota History"
|
undated |
Subseries 4: Subject Files 0.5 linear feet
Sub-series 4 contains subject files,
chronologically-arranged research materials on certain topics and individuals
related to the Civilian Conservation Corps. There is information about a United
States Forest Service Region One rubber project during World War II, Civilian
Conservation Corps-sponsored education programs, camp-related fire deaths, and
other general information about the national Civilian Conservation Corps
program.
|
1933-1985 | |
Box/Folder | ||
5/6 | Chronological index of Civilian
Conservation Corps camp designations assigned in Montana since inception of
program |
1939-1941 |
5/7 | Civilian Conservation Corps
Research-Montana and general |
1933-1985 and undated |
5/8 | Civilian Conservation Corps
Fire Fighters Memorial |
1933-1982 and undated |
5/9 | Murder of James F. ‘Spider’
McCallum and murder trial of David Talmietti (1969-1970) |
1934-1971 |
5/10 | Education-Civilian Conservation
Corps |
1935-1940 and undated |
5/11 | Civilian Conservation Corps
movies |
1935-1975 |
5/12 | Civilian Conservation Corps
fire deaths and casualties |
1935-1938 |
5/13 | "Dr. James H. Phillips,"
Civilian Conservation Corps camp surgeon |
1938-1942 and undated |
5/14 | Civilian Conservation
Corps-National |
1938-1944 |
5/15 | United States Forest Service
World War II Rubber Project, Region One: Missoula, Montana |
1942-1945 |
5/16 | Drouth Relief
Companies |
1961-1962 |
5/17 | Colonel Rodney M.
Handley |
1965 and undated |
5/18 | National Forest maps in
Montana-camps unidentified and not clearly identified |
1966-1980 and undated |
5/19 | History of "Ex-Civilian
Conservation Corps" Poem by John Urbanek (1934)" |
1975 and undated |
5/20 | Civilian Conservation Corps
Museum |
1974-1975 and undated |
5/21 | Montana Historical Society,
correspondence |
1977-1979 |
5/22 | Reserve Officers Association of
the United States |
1981-1982 |
5/23 | Northern Region Civilian
Conservation Corps |
1982 |
Series II:: Photographs, 1933-1941 Return to Top
Series II contains packets of photographic prints and negatives from Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Montana, arranged alphabetically by camp location. The origin of the majority of the photographs is unclear. Some photographs may be duplicates from collections at the Montana Historical Society.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
6/1 | Fort Missoula,
Montana-photographs |
1935-1941 and undated |
6/2 | Ingomar, Montana photographs
[site of train accident in 1938] |
undated |
6/3 | Belt Creek,
Montana-photographs |
undated |
6/4 | Seeley, Ballantine, Medicine
Lake, Yellowstone National Park-photographs |
undated |
Box | ||
7 | Photographs Augusta-Sun River Babb Ballantine Beaver Creek-Havre State Park #1 Big Fork Big Timber Birch Creek Boyes Bridger Camp Creek Caverns Columbia Falls Coram Deep Creek-Darby Duck Creek-White Sulphur Springs Ekalaka Elk Park (Bridgehead) Flint Creek Ford Creek Fort Missoula-DHD Fort Peck Glacier National Park Goat Creek-State Forest #206 Swan River Haugen-Camp Taft Jordan Landusky Lewistown Libby Lolo-Graves Creek Malta Mammoth Yellowstone National Park Medicine Lake-National Wildlife Refuge Miles City Moiese-National Bison Range Nine Mile Otter Creek Packer’s Meadow-Idaho Paradise-Big Bend Pishkun Reservoir-Sun River Red Lodge-Rock Creek and Palisades Rimini Roundup Ruby River St. Regis Sidney Squaw Creek Superior Sylvanite Terry Thompson River Thunderbolt-Basin, Montana Trapper Creek Trout Creek-Noxon West Yellowstone-Basin Whitehall Whitetail Divide Winifred Winnett Wise River |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- New Deal, 1933-1939--Montana
- Public works--Montana
Corporate Names
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) --Montana