CCC Camp
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The CCC Camp (Civilian Conservation Corps Camp) at the College of William and Mary during the Great Depression was located on the present site of Yates Hall on Yates Drive, across from William and Mary Hall.
1933--temporary camp behind Cary Field Zable Stadium with a large mess hall, kitchen, five barracks, recreation building, shower and wash house, a garage, and an administration building. Camp laid out in a quadrangle, with mess hall at one end, administration building at other end, and barracks along sides.
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Photographs
P1980.116 aerial photo
References
- CCC Camp, University Archives Buildings File (2007), Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.
Material in the Special Collections Research Center
- Charles Hunter Notes, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.
- The Flat Hat
- Colonial Echo
- Alumni Gazette
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