print email comment close Shaping Youth, Sustaining Life: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Northwest URL: http://www.whitworth.edu/Library/Archives/CurrentProjects/CCC/ Description: This 2004 audio presentation recounts the story "of men who either worked in CCC [Civilian Conservation Corps] camps in the Pacific Northwest, or who worked in camps across the nation and now call the Pacific Northwest their home." During the Great Depression, the CCC "provided over 3 million young men the opportunity to combat poverty, hunger and economic adversity" by offering conservation work in forests and parks. From Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington state. Publisher: Whitworth College Extra Keywords New Deal Library of Congress Subject Headings: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Northwest, Pacific -- History LII Database Information: Record 22497 created by Jennifer English on 08/29/2006 Last modification on 12/19/2008 Published: 09/28/2006   Funding agency: Washington State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22497