Finding Aid for the Collection of Material about California Labor Camps, 1932-1935
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Finding Aid for the Collection of Material about California Labor Camps, 1932-1935
Collection number: 493
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of Material about California Labor Camps,
Date (inclusive): 1932-1935
Collection number: 493
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: California unemployment labor camps were established in 1931 to provide transient, homeless people with food and shelter in
exchange for work beneficial to the state, primarily in forestry and agriculture. This system was a forerunner to the Civilian
Conservation Corps program. The collection consists of correspondence, memos, reports, and inventory lists made by individual
California unemployment labor camp directors, and progress reports sent to California Governor James Rolph.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Library Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Argus Books, purchase, 1971.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Material about California Labor Camps (Collection 493). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
964371
Biography
California unemployment labor camps were established in 1931 to provide transient, homeless people with food and shelter in
exchange for work beneficial to the state. Labor camps in California provided work primarily in forestry and agriculture.
This system, an experiment in the handling of jobless men during the Great Depression, was a forerunner to the Civilian Conservation
Corps program.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, memos, reports, and inventory lists made by individual California unemployment labor
camp directors. These documents were sent to Merritt B. Pratt, California State Forester, and also included in the collection
is a file of Pratt's progress reports to California Governor James Rolph.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Pratt, Merritt B. (Merritt Berry), 1878- --Correspondence.
Labor camps--California--Archival resources.
Forests and forestry--California--Citizen participation.
Public service employment--California.
Pratt, Merritt B. (Merritt Berry), 1878- .
Folder 1
M.B. Pratt's progress reports on the camps.
Physical Description: (12 items).
Folder 2
Annapolis.
Physical Description: (7 items).
Folder 3
Anza.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 4
Bootjack.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 5
Coral Canyon.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 6
Fallbrook.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 7
Fawn Lodge.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 8
De Sabla.
Physical Description: (5 items).
Folder 9
Digger Butte.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 10
Earl Canyon.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 11
Indiana Ranch.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 12
Inwood.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Folder 13
Malibu.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 14
Maxon Ranch.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 15
Minniewawa.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 16
Mint Canyon.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 17
Mt. Madonna.
Physical Description: (4 items).
Folder 18
Mountain Ranch.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 19
Murphy's.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 20
Northwestern.
Physical Description: (3 items).
Folder 21
Pine Grove.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 22
Las Posadas.
Physical Description: (6 items).
Folder 23
Pozo.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 24
Ramona.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 25
Rich Gulch.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 26
Salt Creek.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 27
San Juan Capistrano.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 28
Tehachapi.
Physical Description: (4 items).
Folder 29
Trabuco.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 30
Tuna Canyon.
Physical Description: (1 item).
Folder 31
Whitmore.
Physical Description: (4 items).
Folder 32
Yankee Hill.
Physical Description: (2 items).
Folder 33
(1)
Report on the California State Labor Camps, by S. Rexford Black, Chairman, State Labor Camp Committee.
Folder 33
(2)
Public Opinion of the Civilian Conservation Corps in California, by Wallace I. Hutchinson, Assistant Regional Forester.
Folder 33
(3)
Once in a Lifetime, a Guide to the CCC Camp, by Ned H. Dearborn.
