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A Midwestern Runaway Remembers the CCC (with text supports)

Jim Mitchell, who joined the CCC in 1933, recalls how joining the program gave him a sense of purpose and pride, as well as skills. This document includes text supports, including definitions.


Source | Errol Lincoln Uys, Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression, (New York: Routledge, 2003).
Interviewee | Jim Mitchell
Item Type | Oral History
Cite This document | “A Midwestern Runaway Remembers the CCC (with text supports),” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1011.

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