A monthly glimpse into the collections at
Minnesota Reflections
a project of the Minnesota Digital Library
Civilian
Conservation Corps in Minnesota
By Greta Bahnemann, MDL Metadata Coordinator
Marian Rengel, MDL Outreach Coordinator
November 1, 2012
A major new collection in
Minnesota Reflections captures the stories of these men in their own words.
Now, more than 500 issues of weekly newsletters from camps in Cook County and
on Minnesota’s Iron Range provide students and teachers, researchers and
descendents with first-hand accounts of daily life for the men working in those
camps.
The Minnesota Historical
Society contributed the newsletters to Minnesota Reflections. These newsletters
complement a wide array of photographs that document camp life that the Cook
County Historical Society and the Iron Range Research Center had already
contributed to Minnesota Reflections.
MDL Metadata Coordinator
Greta Bahnemann and MDL Outreach Coordinator Marian Rengel selected just a few
newsletters and photographs to highlight this amazing collection of materials
about the CCC. The chart on the following pages gives readers a sense of the
depth of the treasures they can now find in the collection.
Once you have explored our
offering here, you may wish to find more within Minnesota Reflections. Here’s
the shortest way to find only the newsletters.
To find all of the
newsletters, go to the Minnesota Historical Society’s landing page in Minnesota
Reflections http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/mhs; then click on “Browse
Minnesota Historical Society.” After that page loads, look to the left under
“Narrow your search by” for “Item Physical Type.” From that drop-down menu,
choose “newsletters (513).” You can then Browse those results or narrow your
search.
CCC
Newsletter
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Location
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Camp
Chips
1935-1937
April 14, 1935
(First of 18)
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Hovland, Minnesota
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Link to 35 images for
“Hovland” in Cook County Historical Society:
Selected Individual Images:
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The Caribou Ripsaw
1934-1935
April 20, 1935
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Lutsen, Minnesota
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Link to 33 images for “Lutsen”
in Cook County Historical Society:
Selected Individual Images:
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Gunflint Trailer (Company 712)
1935, 1939-1941
April 23, 1940
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Grand Marais, Minnesota
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Link to 11 images for “Company
712” in Cook County Historical Society:
Selected Individual Images:
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Sawbill Sez-All
March 1939
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Tofte, Minnesota
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Link to 11 images for “Tofte”
in Cook County Historical Society:
Selected Individual Images:
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Northern Hi-Lights
March 1939 (one issue)
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Cusson, Minnesota
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Results for “Cusson” in Cook
County Historical Society:
Link to 4 results for “Cusson”
in Iron Range Research Center collection:
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Deer Lake Echo
1939
April 25, 1942
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Effie, Minnesota
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Results for “Effie” in Iron
Range Research Center collection:
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The Blue Ox
1936-1937
April 23, 1937
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Nevis, Minnesota
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Results for “Nevis” in Iron
Range Research Center collection:
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The Sullivanite
1935-1936
July 11, 1936
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Brimson, Minnesota
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Results for “Brimson” in Iron
Range Research Center collection:
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The Big Lake Breeze
1935, 1937
April 17, 1935
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Cloquet, Minnesota
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Results for “Company 1760” in
Iron Range Research Center collection:
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