The Library of Virginia and the Virginia Newspaper Project have collaborated to make available online, many newspapers published in Virginia from the various Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps throughout the state from 1934 to 1941.
The complete announcement of the new collection is available at VNP ANNOUNCES THE CCC.
Here is a list of the current Virginia CCC newspapers available (41 in total):
- 339th dodo (Rose Hill, VA, 1936)
- 352nd Observer (Yorktown, VA, 1936)
- Alleghanian (Covington, VA, 1939-1940)
- Backbone Star (Damascus, VA, 1935-1937)
- Battlefield News (Fredericksburg, VA, 1938-1939)
- Beacon (Wawayanda, VA, 1936)
- Big Meadows Beacon (Luray, VA, 1939-1940)
- Big Timber Times (Big Timber, MT, 1935-1937)
- Blatherskite (Waterville, PA, 1934-1936)
- Blowout (Fredericksburg, VA, 1935)
- Camp Sherando Wind Jammer (Lyndhurst, VA, 1939-1941)
- Camp Victory Crier (Yorktown, VA, 1940)
- Captain and the Kids (Cleveland, VA, 1937-1938)
- Captain and the Kids (Cleveland, VA, 1936)
- Cedarhurst News (Clinchport, VA, 1940)
- Clinch Valley Crow (Cleveland, VA, 1936-1937)
- Company 247 News (Williamsburg, VA, 1934)
- Excelsior (Clover, VA, 1936-1940)
- Fairy Stone (Bassett, VA, 1935)
- Flagpole News (Skyland, VA, 1936-1939)
- Gully Gleanings (Jonesville, VA, 1935)
- Jamestown Dragon (Williamsburg, VA, 1934-1935)
- Kay’s Hill Tower (Minerva, NY, 1935)
- Knob (Woolwine, VA, 1940)
- Monarch (Wawayanda, NY, 1936)
- North-River-Daily (Mount Solon, VA, 1938)
- Oasis (Fort Story, VA, 1935)
- Out of the Wilderness (Wilderness, VA, 1937-1938)
- Pow-Wow (Luray, VA, 1935-1936)
- Rocky Hollow (Woolwine, VA, 1939)
- Roosevelt News Letter (Edinburg, VA, 1935-1936)
- Rooseveltian (Edinburg, VA, 1936-1940)
- Sand-Spring Owl (Lyndhurst, VA, 1934-1936)
- Skyline News (Luray, VA, 1937-1938)
- Spirit of ’76 (Bedford, VA, 1935)
- Spring Owl (Lyndhurst, VA, 1934)
- Tow Path Journal (Cabin John, MD, 1939)
- Tracy Daily Tattler (Mount Solon, VA, 1937-1938)
- Tracy-Tattler (Mount Solon, VA, 1935-1937)
- Voice of 389 (Salem, VA, 1935)
- Whispering Breeze (Clinchport, VA, 1937)
This is a terrific collection that provides readers a flavor of this part of Virginia’s history.