b1582 Roger Roper Civilian Conservation Corps Collection, 1933-2002 A Register of the Collection at the Utah State Historical Society Utah State Historical Society 2007 Finding aid encode in EAD 1.0 by Craig Ringgenberg using XMetaL 1.0, 2007. Finding aid written in English.

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Summary Description Utah State Historical Society Mss B 1582 Roger Roper Roger Roper Civilian Conservation Corps Collection, 1933-2002 1.25 lin. ft. (3 boxes)

All items in the collection are photocopies or computer printouts.

 The collection includes correspondence, research notes, newsletters, articles, handbooks, and files from Roper's research of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Topics: New Deal--United States--Economic Policy Forest Service National Park Service State Parks Places: Arkansas Nevada San Juan County (Utah) Utah County (Utah) Utah Form or Genre: Correspondence, research notes, newsletters, articles, handbooks, and National Register files. Background Historical Note

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program, operated from 1933 until 1942. The CCC provided jobs and training to young men (primarily between the ages of 18 and 25) and made improvements on public land. There were 116 CCC camps established in Utah. A camp usually consisted of about 200 men. CCC projects ranged from constructing campgrounds to erosion control structures. The CCC also fought forest fires, planted trees, and numerous other activities.

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 Scope and Content

The collection includes correspondence, research notes, newsletters, articles, handbooks, and files from Roger Roper's research of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Beginning in the early 1990s, Roper worked as part of the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to try to document all of the known CCC structures in Utah. Roper partnered with various land management agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the National Park Service, and together SHPO and the Forest Service coordinated a CCC project in Utah County, materials of which are included in the collection. As Roper collected information concerning the historic structures built by the CCC, he also collected other historic sources and materials, which are included in the collection. The CCC in Utah is the focal point of the collection, although some materials came from other states' CCC programs.

 Administrative Information Preferred Citation:

Roger Roper Civilian Conservation Corps Collection, 1933-2002, Utah State Historical Society.

Acquisition Information:

Transferred from the State Historic Preservation Office by Roger Roper, 2004.

 Restrictions on Use

The Roger Roper Civilian Conservation Corps Collection is the physical property of the Utah Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their heirs and assigns. Please contact the Historical Society for information regarding specific use of this collection.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Melissa Ferguson, 2007 Finding aid compiled by Melissa Ferguson, 2007 Finding aid edited by Linda Thatcher, 2007 Collection cataloged by Linda Thatcher, 2007. Finding aid encoded for the World Wide Web by Craig Ringgenberg, 2007. Finding aids note:

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 Related collections

Mss C 443: Civilian Conservation Corps Photograph Collection, ca. 1930s-1940s.

Mss B 540: Civilian Conservation Corps Newsletters Collection, 1935-1941.

Mss B 1456: Utah Civilian Conservation Corps Photographs and Records, ca. 1933-2000.

 Separations

Photographs have been removed and filed as Mss C 1582.

Container list Box Folder Contents 1 1 Correspondence, 1992-1995, 2001 1 2 CCC Camps, 1994 1 3 CCC Handbook, 1930s 1 4 CCC Sites, 2001-2002 1 5 CCC-Built Structures in Utah, 2001 1 6 Conscientious Objector Camps, World War II, 1999 1 7 Contacts, mailing lists, etc., 1992 1 8 Favorite Songs of the CCC, 1930s 1 9 General, 1992 1 10 Interviews, notes, 1995 1 11 National Park Service, 1992 1 12 National Register Nominations, 1987-1998 1 13 Native American CCC, oral history interview, 1987 1 14 Newsletters, newspapers, articles, brochures, 1937, 1995 1 15 Notes and materials from Kenneth W. Baldridge, "Nine Years of Achievement: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah" (Ph.D. diss., Brigham Young University, 1971) 1 16 Notes from the Jerome Bernstein Photograph Collection of Civil Conservation Corps Camps in the Intermountain West, 1996 1 17 Oral interviews, n.d. 1 18 Passport in Time Project, 1993 2 1 Portions of scrapbook compiled by Vida Forge Conway about her husband John Conway (photocopies), n.d. 2 2 Research notes, 1995-1996, 2003 2 3 San Juan County CCC, 1935, 1988, 1994 2 4 Utah County Civilian Conservation Corps Project, 1933-1942, 1971, 1990, 1993 Reports 3 1 Caywood, Janene and Frank Grant. Inventory and Evaluation of Historical Resources within Bryce Canyon National Park, 31 December 1994 3 2 Hysterical History of the CCC. Little Rock, AK: Peerless Engraving Co., 1934 3 3 Kelsay, Laura E. Cartographic Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1977 3 4 Otis, Alison T., et al. The Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-42. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, August 1986 3 5 Paige, John C. The Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Park Service, 1933-1942: An Administrative History, 1985 3 6 Pasquill, Robert G., Jr., Rodney J. Snedeker, and Robert T. Morgan. A Brief Account of the CCC Posse and the Adventures at National Archives. USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, January 1991 3 7 Pfaff, Christine. The Bureau of Reclamation and the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, June 2000