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Civilian Conservation Corps, Turtle River State Park Records, 1935-1992

Collection Overview

Title: Civilian Conservation Corps, Turtle River State Park Records, 1935-1992

ID: OGLMC/1307

Extent: 1.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 07/00/1994

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

Material related to the construction of Turtle River State Park, located in Grand Forks County

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The records of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Turtle River State Park project contains correspondence, project reports, project documents, camp newspapers, reunions of Civilian Conservation Corps veterans, a historical essay on the Turtle River State Park project, and numerous newspaper clippings.

The correspondence dates from 1935 to 1992, and contains reports on the projects accomplishments, community support for the project, miscellaneous official communications, and letters and bulletins about the three reunions in the 1980s. The most interesting correspondence concerns the proposed closure of the project in 1937 and again in 1940. The project reports and documents chronicle the progress of the park from its shaky beginnings to the successful completion in 1941. One of the most unique parts of the collection is the camp newspapers of CCC Companies 764 and 4727. They offer an intimate portrait of the young men who built Turtle River State Park, and who gave that cold, official project a spark of life. The newspapers entertained the men and kept them informed of the events, both national and international, unfolding outside their rural world. The historical essay is a history seminar paper written by Thomas Mulhern in the spring of 1993. The paper examined the geological and historical life of the Turtle River valley, the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the National Park project that built Turtle River State Park.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Steve Crandall, Turtle River State Park, and Thomas M. Mulhern, UND History Department

Acquisition Method: Donation; (95-2017). Additional material was added by Special Collections in 2009 (2009-2971).

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item) Civilian Conservation Corps, Turtle River Park Records. OGLMC 1307. Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Chester Fritz Library. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in October 2012.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: "The Civilian Conservation Corps in Grand Forks County, North Dakota 1935- 1941: Turtle River State Park Project." Thomas N. Mulhern, History Seminar Paper, April 12, 1993.Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1935-1951Add to your cart.
Folder 3: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, July 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 4: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, August 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 5: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, September 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 6: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, October 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 7: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, November 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 8: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, December 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 9: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, January 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 10: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, February 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 11: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, March 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 12: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, April 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 13: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, May 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 14: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, June 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 15: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, July 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 16: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, August 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 17: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, October 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 18: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, November 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 19: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, December 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 20: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, January 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 21: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, February 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 22: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, March 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 23: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, April 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 24: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, May 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 25: SP#5 Monthly Narrative Report, June-July 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 26: SP#5 Seventh Period Summary Report, 1936Add to your cart.
Folder 27: SP#5 Master Plan Report, 1938Add to your cart.
Folder 28: National Park Service Work Summary, 1938-1940Add to your cart.
Folder 29: Job Application/Completion Record, 1935-1938Add to your cart.
Folder 30: Job Application/Completion Record, 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 31: Job Application/Completion Record, 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 32: Job Application/Completion Record, 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 33: Company Roster, CCC Co. 4727, St. Paul, Minnesota., December 31, 1935Add to your cart.
Folder 34: Company Roster, CCC Co. 4727, Turtle River State Park, North Dakota., August 31, 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 35: Company Roster, new enrollees, Co. 4727, Turtle River State Park, North Dakota., April 4, 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 36: Camp Newspaper, Goldbrick Gazette, March 1937Add to your cart.
Folder 37: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, April 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 38: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, May 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 39: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, June 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 40: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, July 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 41: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, August 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 42: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune: Copy 1, September 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 43: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune: Copy 2, September 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 44: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, October 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 45: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, November 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 46: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, December 1939Add to your cart.
Folder 47: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, January 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 48: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, February 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 49: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune: Copy 1, March 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 50: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune: Copy 2, March 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 51: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, April 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 52: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune: Copy 1, May 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 53: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune: Copy 2, May 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 54: Camp Newspaper, Tri C's Tribune, September 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 55: Newspaper clippings, 1934-1983Add to your cart.
Folder 56: Newspaper references on CCC articles, 193-1938, 1965, 1978Add to your cart.
Folder 57: Class Schedule, Co. 4727, Turtle River State Park, North Dakota., April-June 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 58: Sports Reports, Co. 4727, Turtle River State Park, North Dakota.Add to your cart.
Folder 59: Miscellaneous documents, CCC Co. 4727, Turtle River State Park, North Dakota.Add to your cart.
Folder 60: Miscellaneous: photocopies of project photographs, Turtle River State Park, North Dakota.Add to your cart.
Folder 61: Sketches: Park history and facilities, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 62: Story of the "CCC Memorial," Phalen Park, St. Paul Minnesota.Add to your cart.
Folder 63: Maps: Turtle River State Park, 1941 & undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 64: American Anthropologist, vol. 34: "The Problem of the Culture from the Arvilla Gravel Pit.", July-September 1932Add to your cart.
Folder 65: North Dakota Historical Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2: "Report of the North Dakota State Parks.", January 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 66: North Dakota Historical Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4: "The North Dakota State Park System.", January 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 67: North Dakota Historical Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 3: "Turtle River State Park.", April 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 68: North Dakota Historical Quarterly, State Park updates., 1941-1943Add to your cart.
Folder 69: "The Civilian Conservation Corps," chapter VI, Conservation Under Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anna Lou Riesch, 1952Add to your cart.
Folder 70: North Dakota History, vol. 47-481: "Relief for Youth: CCC and NYA in North Dakota.", 1980-1981Add to your cart.
Folder 71: NACCCA Journal, vol. 8, no. 6., June 1985Add to your cart.
Folder 72: Reunion: 50th Anniversary Reunion, CCC, Turtle River State Park, North Dakota., June 25, 1983Add to your cart.
Folder 73: Reunion: 1985 reunion of Co. 4727, Turtle River State Park, North Dakota.Add to your cart.
Folder 74: Reunion: 1987 reunion of Co. 4727, turtle River State Park, North Dakota.Add to your cart.
Folder 75: Correspondence: CCC Reunion, Turtle River State Park, North Dakota, 1983Add to your cart.
Folder 76: Souvenir: Commemorative badge for the 50th Anniversary of the CCC, 1983Add to your cart.
Photograph 1: Civilian Conservation Corps Memorial, Phalen Park, St. Paul, Minnesota, November 1981Add to your cart.
Oversize Folder 1: Poster: "Turtle River State Park: 75 Years, 1934-2009"Add to your cart.