Civilian Conservation Corps Pictorial Map
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Title
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Civilian Conservation Corps Pictorial Map
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Description
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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a Great Depression era federal relief program, provided men with jobs focused on environmental protection. This work included building national parks; clearing forests for wildfire control; and maintaining access roads. The Corps segregated units by race, and it further excluded women and Indigenous people from participation. The United States Army supported the CCC by transporting workers across the country. In 1933, the CCC deployment was the largest peacetime mobilization of the Army in US history. This map demonstrates some of the CCC’s work–much of which still impacts us today. Some activities, like planting trees, might resonate with contemporary ideas of conservation. Activities, like laying telephone lines, call into question how much conservation the Corps was actually undertaking. The map also demonstrates the patriarchal and nationalistic undertones of the Corps through the images of shirtless men and the use of militaristic language like “operations.”
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Publisher
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State of California Emergency Relief Administration
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Type
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Map
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Format
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Uncolored map printed on pink paper, 21.5x28.
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Temporal Coverage
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20th century
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Rights
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David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford Libraries. Images from the Rumsey Map Center may be reproduced or transmitted, but not for commercial use.
