The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a New Deal public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for young unemployed, unmarried men as part of the New Deal. 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. During the years of the CCC operations, they planted nearly 3 billion trees to help reforest America, constructed more than 800 parks nationwide and upgraded most state parks, updated forest fire fighting methods, and built a network of service buildings and public roadways in remote areas.
Company 4734 camp at Forrest City, Arkansas was opened in July 1935 and consisted of all African American workers with White commanding officers.
Arranged in 2 series.
The collection contains one album of photographs and related loose material documenting two Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps. The album is titled "Memories of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 4734." Pages at the front of the album have blank space for a Corps member to record information and memories of their experiences. A printed section contains text and images explaining "What the CCC is and does" on a national level; the following printed section presents information on the district of Arkansas administrators and about the Company 4734 camp at Forrest City, Arkansas. A roster of Company 4734 is included (the Corps workers were African American; commanding officers in the Corps were White). The rest of the album is a scrapbook style photograph album containing snapshots of work and life at the camp as well as photographs of the Beacon Rock CCC camp number 5709; several clippings explain that 72 men from Arkansas came to do CCC work (these CCC workers appear to be White). The album also contains snapshots of personal photographs from a trip. It is probable that this album was put together by one of the CCC camp officers from the Company 4734.
The album is fragile. Some pages are detached.
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The album is fragile. Some pages are detached.
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Source: Fairlook Antiques, October 13, 2014.
Processed by Cara Flynn, 2019
This section includes: pages for Corps member to document information and memories of their experiences; "What the CCC is and does" on a national level; information on the district of Arkansas administrators and about the Company 4734 camp at Forrest City, Arkansas; a roster of Company 4734; a "humor" section with cartoons referencing CCC experiences.
Pages 1-21 of the photograph section of the album depict the people and activities at the Company 4734 camp at Forrest City, Arkansas. The camp was opened on July 16th 1935. The workers were all African American men from around the state of Arkansas. Their work related to soil conservation.
Pages 22-37 of the photograph album shows the Beacon Rock State Park CCC camp and surrounding area, personal photographs, and images of a military show which had airplanes, tanks and horse-drawn cannons on parade.
Two CCC greeting cards from the Company 4734 camp at Forrest City, Arkansas, and four photographs relating to the Beacon Rock CCC camp.