What do you know about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
Answer
Organized on March 31, 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) was a New Deal program that provided work, wages, and room and board to young men during the Great Depression. The projects focused on road construction, flood control, reforestation, soil erosion prevention, and improving features at local, state and national parks.
The Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy has a list of the CCC camps that were located in Ohio.
You will find more information about the CCC in Ohio on Ohio Memory: “The Molder of Men”: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Ohio.
Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps are held by the National Archives and Records Administration.
The Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy has a research guide for requesting CCC enrollment records.