First Interviewee
Tom Purvis
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Description of Interview
As in most of these interviews students asked about: hometown, family and life before CCC; joining the CCC; work, social life and training, education 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. Purvis in particular discusses: Coming home from camp on leave and cars, work was pushing wheelbarrow, discipline, the PX, pay, going to Savannah, jokes, pranks, games, rabbit hunting, shrimping, fishing, buildings on the Island, reunions, the fig tree, Talmadge, radio programs, Wilbur Johnson and Mr. Dickerson.
Location of Interview
Pembroke, GA
Digital Publication Date
1-1-2018
Date of Interview
7-15-2000
Length of Video
34 mins
Length of Video Log
8 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 11
Disciplines
Historic Preservation and Conservation | History | Social Welfare
Keywords
CCC camp 460, discipline, PX, pay, Savannah, jokes, pranks, games, rabbit hunting, shrimping, fishing, fig tree, Talmadge, radio, Mr. Dickerson
Recommended Citation
Armstrong Oral History Class, "Interview with Tom Purvis" (2000). Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Oral History Interviews. 8.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ccc-pulaski-oral-histories/8
Language
English
Copyright
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Document Type
Transcript with Video
Source
National Park Service, Fort Pulaski National Monument
