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| Keywords: west virginia westvirginia united states of america unitedstatesofamerica blackandwhite monochrome indoor black and white Pictured (l-r) are: C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps) Director Robert Fechner; Fred Morrell, Acting Chief, U.S. Forest Service; C.C.C enrollee Elbert J. Lester; and Assistant National Park Service Director Conrad Wirth, 1937. Mr. Lester, 22, a C.C.C. enrollee of Camp NP-1 at Shenandoah National Park, is shown receiving an appointment as junior assistant to technician, a new Civil Service position created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide opportunities for advancement within the C.C.C. for ambitious and qualified enrollees. Mr. Lester was the first of more than 1,800 C.C.C enrollees and former members of the C.C.C. to receive such an appointment. He was named to a positon in Camp Roosevelt in George Washington National Forest near Luray, Virginia, where he served under a junior biologist of the Department of Agriculture making studies in the of the distribution and numbers of different species of game and wildlife in the National Forest. National Park Service photograph Pictured (l-r) are: C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps) Director Robert Fechner; Fred Morrell, Acting Chief, U.S. Forest Service; C.C.C enrollee Elbert J. Lester; and Assistant National Park Service Director Conrad Wirth, 1937. Mr. Lester, 22, a C.C.C. enrollee of Camp NP-1 at Shenandoah National Park, is shown receiving an appointment as junior assistant to technician, a new Civil Service position created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide opportunities for advancement within the C.C.C. for ambitious and qualified enrollees. Mr. Lester was the first of more than 1,800 C.C.C enrollees and former members of the C.C.C. to receive such an appointment. He was named to a positon in Camp Roosevelt in George Washington National Forest near Luray, Virginia, where he served under a junior biologist of the Department of Agriculture making studies in the of the distribution and numbers of different species of game and wildlife in the National Forest. National Park Service photograph | ||||
