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Description

A series of interviews conducted by Maine Folklife Center staff with men who were enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corp. in the 1930s and served at one of the three camps: NP-1, 154th CCC, McFarland Field Camp, Bar Harbor, Maine (on the site of the current Acadia National Park Headquarters); NP-2, 158th CCC, Great Pond Field Camp, Southwest Harbor, Maine (off Clark Point Road); or SP-1, 1104th (June 1933-Oct. 1935) and 193rd (Oct. 1935-June 1936) CCC, Camp Governor Brann Field Camp, Ellsworth, Maine (on the Buttermilk Road). Interviews were also conducted with women who married men from the camps, and local residents who remember the camps. The archive also includes images and reports digitized by the National Archives. Included are 1,093 photographs. (p08924-p08929, p12805-p13030, p14720-p14721-p14734, p14820-p15633).

Publication Date

2025

Keywords

Civilian Conservation Corps, The Great Depression, The New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt

Disciplines

Folklore | Oral History | United States History

Size of Collection

79 items, 4 boxes

Dates of Collection

2000-2001

Manuscript Number

MF120

MF120 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Acadia National Park

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