Community Partners: Civilian Conservation Corps Oral History Interviews (Archived)
Interview with June Hopkins
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First Interviewee
June Hopkins
Description of Interview
June Hopkins (b. 1940) was a faculty member in the History Dept of (then) Armstrong State University from 1998-2016. Author of Harry Hopkins : Sudden Hero, Brash Reformer. (New York : St. Martin’s Press, 1999.) Hopkins is an authority on the New Deal era.
In this interview Dr. Hopkins provides context about Roosevelt, the New Deal and the CCC. Comparing the CCC to other programs, its implementation in the South, African Americans underrepresented in the program and the CCC's legacy, significance.
Hopkins' also addresses the importance of the oral history project with CCC members, "the heart of the story..from the perspective of those people who were the ones the programs were created for...the whole story."
Location of Interview
Fort Pulaski, GA
Digital Publication Date
2018
Date of Interview
7-14-2000
Length of Video
39 mins
Length of Video Log
3 pages
Publisher/ Owner of Original/ Digitized By
National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
Publisher Representative
Laura Waller, Cultural Resources Specialist Fort Pulaski National Monument U.S. Highway 80 East, PO Box 30757 Savannah, GA 31410 912-786-8182, ext. 1101
Fort Pulaski Records Box and File Number
Ft Pulaski Records Series X Box 62 VHS 6
Disciplines
Historic Preservation and Conservation | History | Social Welfare
Keywords
New Deal ideology, historical context, African Americans, South, Opposition to CCC, size, conservation, wages, health of participants, World War II, oral histories
Recommended Citation
Armstrong Oral History Class, "Interview with June Hopkins" (2000). Community Partners: Civilian Conservation Corps Oral History Interviews (Archived). 1.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccc-pulaski-oral-histories/1
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Language
English
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Document Type
Transcript with Video
Source
National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
