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Leland Haig CCC photographs, circa 1933

Overview of the Collection

Title
Leland Haig CCC photographs
Dates
circa 1933 (inclusive)
Quantity
32 photographic prints
Collection Number
MG 5855
Summary
This collection features 32 photographs of early Civilian Conservation Corps in Idaho.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research

Languages
English
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Content Description

In this collection are 32 photographs depicting the camps, people, and work of those in the early Civilian Conservation Corps in Idaho.

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Historical Note

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was founded in 1933 by President Theodore Roosevelt, as an executive order. There are CCC camps in 48 out 50 states, and those involved spent their days building camps, fire watch towers, and roads, planting trees and fighting fires.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

FOR PHOTOS: Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Original arrangement kept.

Acquisition Information

Materials received from Walter Haig, son of Lelan Haig in 2021 (MA 2021-60).

Bibliography

CCC Website (https://ccclegacy.org/history-center/ccc-brief-history/)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series I: Photographs

    • Description: Captain Arthur Nevins, Commander of Company 1214
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: August, 1938, Irish Gulch, Pierce, Idaho, Lewiston District, Camp F-5, Lec Haig
      1 item
      Dates: 1938
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Bill Boyle, Schoharie, NY
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Train depot in Ogallala, Nebraska
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Richard Conarnan [?]
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Unidentified man standing against a tree
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Unidentified CCC barracks
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Entrance to camp. National Park #11, Cades Cove, Tenn.
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Unidentified person walking along a dirt road
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Starting out with the pack train, Grenier Helper
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Bud Prichard, Harry Schulz. Camp F-5, Irish Gulch, Idaho
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Scot Gap
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Cold Spring Gap
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Unidentified landscape
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Hight [?] Plain Road
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Babe Butler, Thomas James, Big Jess. West Fulton, NY
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Spray crew spraying pet. [?] on stream [unclear]. Note the string lines these are used for boundaries.
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Orofino Rodeo. Labor Day.
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Joe Bishop, Cohoes, NY
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: [?] Thompson, Norwood, NY
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Camp F-5, Aug. 1, 1933, On Orogrande Creek, Peraise [?] Idaho
      1 item
      Dates: 1933
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Fixing chemical for packing, Tex. Bud Fritcher
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Pack train of Oxford Ranger Station
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Jack Brady, Bungalow, RI, Sept. [?] 1933
      1 item
      Dates: 1933
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Co. 1214 Baseball team taken at Mucleshell [?] Ranger Station, Aug. 2, 1933
      1 item
      Dates: 1933
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Harry Schultz, 812 Fourth Street Lewiston Idaho
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Camp F-5 after the mess was up
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Steve's goldmine
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Ham Blake, Lewiston Idaho. Checker of the U.S. Forest Service
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Roy Doran, Forest Service, Camp F-5, CCC Company 1214, Aug. 15, 1933
      1 item
      Dates: 1933
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Earnest La gardia By Orogrande Creek on mine dump
      1 item
      Dates: undated
      Location: Series I: Photographs
    • Description: Forest Service. Camp F-5. Pierce Idaho. Aug. 15, 1933
      Dates: 1933
      Location: Series I: Photographs

Names and Subjects

Subject Terms

  • Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
  • Photographs

Finding Aid prepared by Knox Carter; updated by Rebecca Hastings in 2026.
2024

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