Job Corps Box Elder Camp Scrapbook (Nemo, South Dakota)
Scope and Contents
One scrapbook with newspaper articles, photographs, and ephemera about establishing the Job Corps Box Elder Camp at Nemo and their activities until 1967.
Dates
- Creation: 1965 - 1967
Creator
- Truax, Beatrice Mary (Person)
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Biographical Note
During his inauguration in 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a slate of legislation which became to be known as his "War on Poverty". The establishment of the Job Corps became the center piece of this war. The first head of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Sargent Shriver, modeled the Job Corps on the Civilian Conservation Corps from the 1930s. The purpose of the Job Corps was to educate and train young men, ages 16-21 so that they would have marketable skills and become more productive citizens. The Job Corps Box Elder Camp was established near Nemo, S.D. in 1965. It officially opened on December 6th and the first corpsmen arrived two days later on December 8th. This camp was established on the site of a former CCC camp. Beatrice Mary Truax was a teacher at the camp from 1968-1968.
Extent
1 Boxes
2.5 Linear Feet
Organization of the Collection
One scrapbook arranged chronologically
Acquisition Information
Received April 1987
Processing Information
Bobbi Sago, May 2015
- Title
- Guide to the Job Corps Box Elder Camp Scrapbook (Nemo, South Dakota)
- Subtitle
- At the Leland D. Case Library for Western Historical Studies
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Roberta Sago.
- Date
- May 29, 2015
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Leland D. Case Library for Western Historical Studies Repository
Leland D. Case Library for Western Historical Studies
Black Hills State University
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Spearfish South Dakota 57799-9676 USA
605-642-6361
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