Civilian Conservation Corps, Eugene District (Or.) photograph album
Scope and Contents
Photograph album documenting the history and activities of the Eugene (Oregon) District of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from May 1933 to May 1934. The album was assembled by Leo R. T. Burton of the Skinner Butte Camp for the Headquarters Detachment and contains photographs of district camps and surrounding scenery, construction activities, and CCC officers and personnel. Also includes maps of each camp, monthly service reports, and work progress reports. Includes camps at Belknap, Bradford, Brice Creek, Cape Creek, Coquille, Crane Prairie, Devils Flat, Drew, Fall Creek, Gunter, Loon Lake, Mapleton, Maury, McKinley, Melrose, Oakridge, Powers, Reedsport, Remote, Rigdon, Seven-Mile Hill, Sisters, Sitkum, Steamboat, Tyee, Walker, and Wolf Creek.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1934
Creator
- Burton, Leo R. T. (Leo Rigel Taylor) (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Biographical note
Leo Rigel Taylor Burton was born on July 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California, and was enrolled in the the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933 and 1934. He served in Company 1921, a veterans company, on Project F-33 at Wolf Creek Camp in Roseburg, Oregon, as well as at the Skinner Butte Camp for the Headquarters Detachment in Eugene. Following his service in the CCC, Burton spent approximately ten years in Hawaii as a civilian employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before returning to live in the Eugene area. He participated in both the American Legion and the Veterans of World War I. Burton was a photography and stamp collecting enthusiast and was active in the Greater Eugene Stamp Society and Eugene Camera Club. He married Viola Belle Olson in 1941. Burton died in Lane County, Oregon on October 28, 1989.
Sources: Marriage announcement, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, August 14, 1941; "'Greater Stamp Society' Now Active in Eugene," The Eugene Guard, February 12, 1950; "Veterans Set Coastal Meet," (Salem) Capitol Journal, June 4, 1974; "Eugene Camera Club Lists Snapshot Contest Winners," The Eugene Guard, July 20, 1951; "American Legion Activities," Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 3, 1944; "Around the Town - Natural History Society," The Eugene Guard, January 23, 1952; information from catalog records provided by the Benton County Historical Society.
Extent
0.87 Cubic Feet (1 flat box (20x24))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photograph album documenting the Eugene (Oregon) District of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from May 1933 to May 1934. The album includes photographs of district camps and surrounding scenery, construction activities, and CCC officers and personnel, as well as maps of each camp, monthly service reports, and work progress reports.
Existence and Location of Copies
Processing Information
Photograph album was initially processed in approximately 2007. The album was digitized by Oregon Historical Society Research Library staff in 2023; at that time, description of the album was revised to conform to current standard and to add biographical information about Leo R. T. Burton.
Subject
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Civilian Conservation Corps, Eugene District (Or.) photograph album
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012; revised 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2023-12-04: Album was initially described only in a catalog record. In 2023, record was migrated to ArchivesSpace as part of digitization; at this time, it was revised to conform to current standard, and to add biographical information for Leo R. T. Burton.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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