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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Captain Forrest G. Houlehan Scrapbook
Creator:
Houlehan, Forrest G.
Identifier/Call Number: SC.FHS
Physical Description:
1.25 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1917-1949
Abstract: The Captain Forrest
G. Houlehan Scrapbook contains photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, typed letters
and other ephemera that document Houlehan's life from World War I up until the beginning of
World War II in 1941. Many materials in the scrapbook relate to Captain Houlehan's work
between the wars at car dealerships and the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Language of Material:
English.
Captain Forrest G. Houlehan was born in Wisconsin in 1893 to dentist Dr. George Michael
Houlehan and mother Matilda Klusmeyer of Lombard, Illinois. He served in World War I with
Troop 1, a National Guard cavalry unit that became part of Battery E, 120th Field Artillery,
32nd Division. After the war Houlehan worked in car sales in the 1920s and 1930s, including
as a branch manager of Lake Shore Motors, Inc. in Evanston, Illinois. During the New Deal he
served as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp commander for the 3121st Company at Camp
Sturgeon River in Waucedah, Michigan. He served in the military again in World War II, and
died in 1975.
The Captain Forrest G. Houlehan Scrapbook contains photographs, postcards, newspaper
clippings, typed letters and other ephemera that document Houlehan's life from World War I
up until the beginning of World War II in 1941. The World War I-related materials consist of
photographs Houlehan took of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin. There are many documents related to
Houlehan's work after World War I at car dealerships in Wisconsin and Illinois, and as a
Civilian Conservation Corps camp commander. Correspondence and business cards from the 1920s
and early 1930s document his work at car dealerships. Photographs, correspondence, and
newspaper clippings document his work during the Great Depression as commander of the 3121st
Company at Camp Sturgeon River in Waucedah, Michigan. Many materials were loosely tucked in
the scrapbook. The items attached to the scrapbook pages are primarily comprised of
newspaper clippings related to his Civilian Conservation Corps work, including an issue of
CCC newsletter
Reveille. The scrapbook was disassembled, but
pages and loose items are foldered in original order.
This collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scrapbooks