- Collection:
- Civilian Conservation Corps Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Interview with Wilbur Johnson
- Creator:
- Armstrong Oral History Class
- Publisher:
- National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Date of Original:
- 2000-07-12
- Subject:
- Georgia--History
Public welfare--Georgia
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.), Georgia--Fort Pulaski
Fort Pulaski National Monument (Ga.)
Historic sites--Conservation and restoration
Depressions--1929
Work Projects Administration (U.S.)
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia
United States. National Youth Administration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Fort Pulaski National Monument, 32.03082, -80.93361 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- As in most of these interviews students asked about: hometown, family and life before CCC; joining the CCC; work, social life and training, education and leaves in CCC/at the Camp; military service in WWII; the New Deal/Roosevelt; later life’s work. Also, Details of daily life in camp, including food, illnesses, buildings and people.
Johnson Born April 16, 1916, joined CCC in 1934 stayed until 1940. About 5 minutes of interview is Johnson’s sister Lois O’Neil describing life at home during this period. Johnson discusses photograph of company 460, gaining weight, work in canals, cleaned out moat and stalls in Fort with shovels, work as cook for 5 years, learning to read from camp advisor Plunkin, starting with the menu, pay, mumps, leaves, meeting wife, work/pay at turpentine steel in Portal Ga, Captain Miller, Lieutenant Stern, Educational Advisor Plunkin and Wren. Also politics and voting, stuff found in moat, hunting rabbits, pet dongs, biscuits, deviled crab, previous cook stole food, pranks, renting boats, wife and daughters living on Barnard St, mumps.
Historic Preservation and Conservation -- History -- Social Welfare -- CCC Camp 460 -- photograph -- cook -- literacy -- Captain Miller -- Lieutenant Stern -- Educational Advisor Plunkin -- Educational Advisor Wren -- Lois O’Neil -- voting -- moat -- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- Georgia--Fort Pulaski -- Fort Pulaski National Monument (Ga.) -- Historic sites--Conservation and restoration -- Depressions--1929 -- Nineteen thirties -- Work Projects Administration (U.S.) -- New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia -- United States. National Youth Administration -- University Partner Collections, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Oral History Interviews - Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccc-pulaski-oral-histories/6
- Original Collection:
- National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Holding Institution:
- Fort Pulaski National Monument (Ga.)
- Rights:
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