CCC enrollee, Otha Allen

CCC enrollee, Otha Allen

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Officials and employees

Kuwohi (N.C. and Tenn.)

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in 1933 as a public works program during the Great Depression. There were 22 camps located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This photograph is of Otha Allen, a CCC enrollee at Camp Kephart. Information provided by Wayne Allen of Savannah, Tennessee gives Otha Allen’s birth and death dates as 1917-1990. Nicknamed “Cook,” Allen worked on Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome 1859-2024).

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Civilian Conservation Corps Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1933

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publications (documents)

eng

StillImage

19654

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2014-07-03

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Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Swain County (N.C.)

10" x 8"(dimension)

2 pages(pages)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America