Organization of the CCC

More About the CCC

• Introduction to the CCC
• Who Were the Men of the CCC?
• CCC Camps in Utah
• CCC Work Projects
• A Day in the Life of an Enrollee
• The End of the CCC
• 1989 CCC Reunion
• The CCC: Then and Now

The CCC was a collaborative effort overseen by multiple federal agencies. Young men would join the CCC through the Department of Labor, which managed recruitment and enrollment. After joining, the men would be placed under the care of the Department of War, which ran a large portion of the program. The first stop was conditioning camps run by the U.S. Army. It was there that the men were physically examined, vaccinated, and clothed before being transported to their assigned CCC camps.

Once the men arrived at camp, they would be placed under dual supervision. The Army would oversee the camps, pay the men, and provide housing and food. Meanwhile, Technical Agencies, such as the National Park Service and Forest Service, would create and supervise the physical work projects.

Eventually, other agencies would also become involved. For example, at the end of 1933, an educational program was integrated into the CCC. This program was run jointly by the War Department and the Office of Education and provided more in-depth job training, increased the literacy rate among the enrollees, and enabled thousands of men to gain their high school diplomas.

 

Left image, 3 ZION 12175: The National Parks and Emergency Conservation was written by Isabelle Story in 1933, at the start of the Civilian Conservation Corps. It describes how the CCC was going to be utilized by the NPS, who was acting as a Technical Agency.

Right image, ZION 7312: Often, the men who supervised the conservation work projects were National Park Service rangers. Pictured here is a group of CCC project foremen and other camp leaders.

 

ZION 7099: This collage-style photo from 1939 highlights the CCC Bridge Mountain Camp NP-4 in Zion National Park. It includes photos of the camp and a list of the names of all enrollees and their leadership from Company 962.