Robert W Audretsch

Civilian Conservation Corps Enrollees in Texas and New Mexico Robert W Audretsch

In 1936 representatives of the Direct Advertising Company of Baton Rouge Louisiana visited 47 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in Texas and New Mexico. At each location they photographed the young enrollees and as well as their supervisors and even some of their work projects. The result was three annuals with many photos and thousands of names including most of their hometowns. Today these official annuals are extremely rare and owned by just a few libraries and archives across the country. CCC historian Robert W. "Bob" Audretsch combed through the three annuals to compile this list of 6,900 enrollee names. The CCC went on to become the most popular of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs. Ultimately over three million men participated and many went on to serve in the U. S. armed forces in World War II. This book is a gold mine for those who had ancestors who served in the CCC in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. This is his seventh book of CCC enrollee names intended for family research. Audretsch is the author of detailed histories of the CCC in Arizona and Colorado. His recent Colorado history was reviewed as "detailed," "readable," "well-organized" and the "definitive work on the Colorado CCC." Hus next project is a detailed history of the CCC in Wyoming.