Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Basketball; Athletes
Civilian Conservation Corps company's eleven-member basketball team also features a man in a suit and another in a military-style uniform. The team is photographed in two rows: seven men stand in the rear, and the remaining four team members and...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Construction projects
At least eight Civilian Conservation Corps workers constructing Big Ridge Dam in Union County Tennessee. A large lifting crane can be seen with a bucket of concrete.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Pipe -- Hydrodynamics; Roads -- Design and construction
A man inspecting a concrete pipe manufactured by the Civilian Conservation Corps for use in constructing forest roads. Five rows of pipes are visible, the second of which has planks of wood, presumably for rolling the heavy concrete pipes in order...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Forests and forestry
Six African American Civilian Conservation Corps recruits thinning trees and clearing brush along an unknown freeway. They are stacking trimmed branches and bushes into a flatbed truck on the road.
Recreation hall at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Lewis County, Tennessee. Benches line the walls and two table tennis tables can be seen at the far end of the room. Other tables, possibly for cards or other games, can also be seen.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Work Camps; African Americans -- Segregation
Aerial view of the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp at the Shelby City Negro State Park, renamed the T. O. Fuller State Park. The camp with its long barracks and the roads leading through the heavily forested park are easily visible.
Order from Confederate General James Longstreet, issued by Assistant Adjutant General William Small, directing the men to maintain their fortitude while enduring reduced rations and other hardships of the field, and presenting a letter captured...
One-page printed and handwritten Board of Trade affidavit represents the oath of Joseph Ambrose that the supplies for which he requests transportation are a requirement for his family in Nashville and will be used solely for that purpose. Surveyor...
Broadside addressed to the black population of Lincoln County (Tenn.) by the Democratic Party regarding the presidential election of 1884. The purpose of this broadside was to convince African Americans in Lincoln County that the Democratic Party...
Broadside entitled "A Letter of Advice: To the Grand Order--the K.K. Klan-- throughout the U. States and Territories of America." The broadside was written by Nathan Bedford Forrest.
