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Philip Ei. Hamer, National Director
Ek:1ilyiBrid;;ge1·s, State Supervisor
1 Division of Professional and Service Projects
Florence Kerr, Assistant, Commissioner
inlay E. Campbell, State Director
I IORK PROJECTS ADIEILTIS TRA TIOIJ
W Howard O. Hunter, Acting Commissioner
Charles C. I·CcGinnis, State Administrator
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` PQEF3CE
The Inventory of Federal Archives in the States is one of the products
of the work of thE—Survey`Ef“Federa?iKrehives;7Ehich operated as a nation-
wide project of the`Wcrks Progress Administration from January 1, 1956 to
June 50, 1957, and has been continued since that date as a unit of the
Historical Records Survey, also operating as a nation~wide project of the
Works Progress Administration, and a group of state or local projects of
that Administration and of the Work Projects Administration.
I The plan for the organization of the Inventory is as follows: Series I
consists of reports on the administration of the Survey, acknowledgments,
and general discussions of the location, condition, and content of Federal
archives in the states. Succeeding series contain the detailed information
secured by workers of the Survey, in inventory form, a separate series
number being assigned to each of the executive departments (except the
Department of State) and other major units of the Federal Government.
Within each series Ho. l is a general introduction to the field organization
and records of the governmental agency concerned; the succeeding numbers
contain the inventory proper, separate nurbers being assigned to each state
in alphabetical order. Thus, in each series, the inventory for Alabama is
Ho. 2, that for Arizona Ho. 5, that for Arkansas No. 4, etc.
For each local office information regarding each series, or unit of
related records, is presented in the following order: title, inclusive
dates ("to date" indicating an open file at the time the information was
secured), general description of informational content, description of the
system of filing or indexing (if any), a statement of frequency and purpose
of use, form of the record itself (bound volumes, sheets in folders, etc.),
linear footage, description of thc containers, physical condition of the
records (not stated if satisfactory), location by room.number or other
identifying information, and finally, the number of the Form 58SA on which
this information was originally recorded by a Survey worker and from which
it was abstracted for the Inventony. This form is on file in The National
Archives. `When it contains substantial information on addenda sheets which
has not been included in the mimeographed abstract, indication of this is
given by use of the reference "See addenda."
In North Carolina the work of the Survey was under the direction of
Dr. C. C. Crittenden, Regional Director, with Miss Hattie Erma Edwards as
assistant, from its inception until June 1957. Since that time it has been
under the supervision of Miss Emily Bridgers. This Inventory of the records
of the Miscellaneous Agencies in North Carolina was prepared in the Raleigh
office of the Survey and was edited before final typing by Miss Elizabeth
Edwards of the Washington office.
Ehaly Bridgers, Supervisor
Raleigh, North Carolina Survey of Federal Archives
October 15, 1940 in North Carolina
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PART l, THE EIERGEECY CONSERVATION WORK (cont.)
Smokemont, National Park Service (NCEP-14), Deep Creek
Side Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . . 46
Southport, Forest Service (HCP—62) . . . . .... . . .... 47
Troy, Company 24lO-VW ......... . . . ........ 48
Washington, Company 5405-JW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Funds and Supply Records . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Personnel Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . 49
Records of Educational Program and Religious Work ,... . 50
Washington, Forest Service (NCP—67) . . . . .... . . . . . . 5O
PART 2. THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADFHEISTRATIOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Asheboro, Inspection Division, Resident Engineer—Inspector . . 54
Burgaw, Inspection Division, Resident Engineer-Inspector . » . 55
Burlington, Inspection Division, Resident Engineer—Inspector. . 55
Chapel Hill, State Director, Office of the . . . . . . . . . . 56
Director . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Engineering Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 58
Files Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Finance Section ......... . . .... . . . .... 6O ·
- Legal Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Durham, Inspection Division, State Engineer-Inspector . . . . . 6O
PART 5. THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN DARK BOARD
Home Owners' Loan,Corporation
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Asheville, District Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
District Reconditioning Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . 65
District Service Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . ° . . . 66
Charlotte, District Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Administrative Records . ._. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Loan Records ...................... 67
Durham, Fee Attorney . ¤·. . . . . ....° . ....¤.. 69
Greensboro, District Office . . . . . . . . . ...... . 69
Cashier ........ . .......... . .... 69
District Service Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7O
Service Interviewer and Acting Property Manager . . . . . 7l
Greenville, District Office (not surveyed)
Raleigh, District Office .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7l
Salisbury, State Office . . . . . . . ........... 72
PART 4. THE FEDERAL EOUSIIG ADMINISTRATION
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Burgaw, Burgaw Better Housing Committee . . . . . . ..... . 76
Durham, Durham Better Housing Committee . . . . . . .... . . 76
Contents vi
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PART 4. THE FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION (cont.)
Greensboro, State Director, Office of the .......... 77
Administrative Records ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Closed Case Records .... ‘ ................ 78
Mortgage Risk Section . . . .,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Underwriters' Department . . ................ 79
Valuation Section . . . . . . ...... . . . ..... . 80
PART 5. THE NATIONAL ENERGENCY COUNCIL
Introduction . . . . Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . 82
Durham, State Director, Office of the . . . . . . . .... . . 85
RART 8. THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
Introduction . . . . . . . . . .... . . . ...... . . . 86
Asheville, District Supervisor, Office of the .... . . . . . 88
Beaufort, Carteret County Supervisor, Office of the ..... . 88
Brevard, Transylvania County Supervisor, Office of the . . . . 89
Burgaw, Pender County Unit, Office of the . . . . . . .... . 89
Charlotte, District Supervisor, Office of the ....... . . 89
Clinton, Sampson County Unit, Office of the . . . . . . . . . . 90 ‘
Durham, Junior Placement Service . . . ............ 9O
Durham, Recreation Project . . . . .............. 9l
Elizabeth City, District Supervisor, Office of the . . . . . . 9l
Elizabethtown, Bladen County unit, Office of the . . . . . . . 92
Fayetteville, District Supervisor, Office of the ..... . . 92
I Goldsboro, Wayne County Supervisor, Office of the . . . . . . . 92
Greensboro, District Supervisor, Office of the (not surveyed)
Greenville, Pitt County Supervisor, Office of the . . . . . . . 95
Kinston, Lenoir County Supervisor, Office of the . . . . . . . 95
Lumberton, Robeson County Supervisor, Office of the .... . . 94
New Bern, Craven County Supervisor, Office of the . . . . . . . 95
New Bern, District Supervisor, Office of the (not surveyed)
Raeford, Hbke County Unit, Office of the . . . ..... . . . 97
Raleigh, District Supervisor, Office of the (not surveyed)
Raleigh, State Director, Office of the . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Snow Hill, Greene County Supervisor, Office of the . . . . . . 99
Whiteville, Columbus County Supervisor, Office of the . . . . . 99
Wilmington, New Hanover County Supervisor, Office of the n . . lOO
Winston—Salem, District Supervisor, Office of the (not surveyed)
RART 7. THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION
Introduction . . . ...... . . . . . ...... . . . . . 102
Charlotte, Charlotte Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,
Custodian for Reconstruction Finance Corporation ..... . 105
Charlotte, Loan Agency ........... . . . . . .... IO5
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PART 8. THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Introduction . ...... . . . . . .¤...¤... . . . . 108
Asheville, French Broad Basin Area Engineering
Investigations Field Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l1O
Asheville, Forestry Watershed Protection Subdistrict Office . . 110
Bryson City, Soil Conservation Field Engineer Headquarters . . lll
Fmrphy, Operating Organizations, Hiawassee Dam ....... . lll
PART 9. THE UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
‘ Introduction .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Charlotte, Local Board of Examiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Durham, Local Board of Examiners . . .... . . . . . . . . . 115
c Wilmington, Local Board of Examiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
RART IO. TEE UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . ... , . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Wilmington, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company . . . . . . . 119
Auditing and Accounting Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 4
Executive Divisions . . . ................ . 121
Purchasing Division ..... . . . . . . . . . ...... 122 ·
PART I. THE E1‘.EE’.RGENCY CONSERVATION WORK
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CY CONS EVATION WORK
IEEFEPDWIQQEE
Emergency Conservation Work was authorized by Act of Congress approved
March 5l, 1955.1 It was extended by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
of l955. The purposes of the 1955 act were to provide healthy work prima-
rily for unemployed young men (juniors) whose families were on the relief
rolls, and "to provide for the restoration of the country*s depleted natural
resources and the advancement of an orderly program of useful public werks."
By Executive Order of the President, No. 6101, dated April 5, 1955, the
name Civilian Conservation Corps was adopted April 5, 1955, for the Emergen-
cy Conservation'Work organization, a Director of Emergency Conservation
Work was appointed, and four departments of the Government were designated
to work in cooperation with him. The Director, assisted by an advisory
council composed of one representative each for the secretaries of the four
cooperating departments, was made responsible for a program providing for
the concentration in camps of properly qualified young men and their em-
ployment in forestry and flood control work, in work for the prevention of -
soil erosion, and in work on conservation projects of a similar nature.
Later regulations governing eligibility of men were broadened to include
older experienced men living in the vicinity of CCC camps (LEM - local ex-
perienced men), war veterans, and, on July 1, 1955, Indians.
By Act of Congress approved June 28, 1957,2 as amended, the Emergency
Conservation`Work agency was succeeded by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
The new law made provision for vocational training in addition to employ-
ment of “youthful citizens of the United States who are unemployed and in
the need of employment," Since that date priorities of need have not been
prescribed but there has been no question of necessarily limiting selections
to applicants whose families are on the relief rolls. Effective July l,
1959, functions and personnel of the Civilian Conservation Corps were trans-
ferred to the Federal Security Agency under authority of Reorganization
Plan No. l, part 2, sections 201 and 207, effective July l, 1959.
Since most of the work is accomplished through existing agencies of the
· Government, functioning in specific phases of the work in cooperation with
existing state agencies, set-up of the national office demands a compara-
tively small personnel. It is the function of the Director to establish
policies and standards, to make decisions on questions of jurisdiction, to
fix the number of camps, to allot camps to the various cooperating agencies,
and to re-allot and withdraw camps, Under the Director, the organization
originally included only several assistant directors, a chief statistician,
a chief clerk, and special counsel. In 1954, the National Director
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Civilian Conservation Corps, Introduction 5
established as a part of the organization a safety division under a safety
engineer responsible for safety in all camps and on all projects. Com-
mittees of safety were established in the various camps, and field in-
spectors, reporting to the National Director, were assigned to cover from
the national office all CCC agencies in the field.
Originally the Department of Labor was responsible for selection of men
to be enrolled, except veterans, who were selected by the Vcterans' Ad-
ministration, and Indians on Indian reservations, who were selected by the
Office of Indian Affairs. It was the duty of this department to publish
junior quotas, determine eligibility standards and selection policies, and
initiate the selection process. State unemployment relief agencies were
invited to act as selecting agencies for the Corps, and in each state a
representative of the Department of Labor was appointed to act as executive
officer of the respective state relief administration. These men, known
as State Directors of Selection, were authorized to break down the state
quota into local quotas and to delegate actual selection to the local pub-
lie welfare agencies. Since July 1957, selections (except veterans and
Indians in camps on Indian Reservations) have been the responsibility of
the Office of the Director, Division of Selection. State`welfare agencies
have continued to act as selecting agencies. The`Uashington office of the
Voterans* Administration, in cooperation with the Director and the`War De-
partment, issues regulations governing the selection of veterans. Applica-
tion blanks are furnished and selections are made by the Administration.
Under general supervision of the Director, responsibility for the es-
tablishment and administration of camps, and for the initiation, super-
vision, and control of the work project program is variously divided among
designated Federal departments as fellows;$
The Deparmaont of War is responsible for the physical examination, on-
rollment, equipment, and conditioning of men, for transportation of en- ‘
rollees, for camp construction, command, supply, administration, sanitation,
medical care, hospitalization, pay, welfare, and education at camps, and
· for all CCC disbursements and accounting both for camps and for projects.
i_ Under the Army set-up for handling work incident to the CCC, the commanders
` of the nine army corps areas of the United States are responsible for
A carrying out plans worked out by the General Staff of the United States
` Army in conjunction with representatives of the other agencies involved.
In some instances the corps area general staff functions; in others, a
separate CCC staff has been set up. Each corps area is organized inte dis-
trict commands, and each district is in charge of a district commander who
_ is normally responsible for administration, supply, medical service, sani-
tation, and welfare within the distriet.· Selected officers of the Regular
I Arm personnel and a limited number of officers from the junior grades of
o i the Reserve Corps were originally made responsible for administration of
the camps and supervision of the territorial districts into which the camps
were grouped. Later, as emergency pressure slackened, responsibility was
· 5. For a comprehensive discussion of the organization and early
activities of the CCC, see Report of the Director of Emergency Conservation
Work,_Embracing Activities fromiKpril 5, 55 **`—-
u UTashington: ing Office, lEii€YI' ~—m
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` more and more turned over to Reserve officers and to leaders developed
from among the enrollees themselves. Responsibilities and duties are
divided as follows among the various departments of the Army:
Housing, clothing, feeding, and transportation are the responsibility
of the Quartermaster General.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of War is charged with general
supervision of procurement. Actual purchasing is the duty of the Quarter~
V master Corps. Many items are purchased centrally through agencies, and
awards are made on bids from every section of the country, but some items
are purchased locally in towns nearest the camps.
Medical supervision is the duty of the Medical Department of the
Army, which is responsible for physical examination of selectees, health
of enrollees, health conditions of camps, instruction in personal hygiene,
emergency dental care, hospitalization and patient transportation.
_ The Chief of Finance of the Arny is responsible as fiscal agent for
the CCC for all disbursements and for accounting. He handles, also, all
accident claims.
The Office of the Adjutant General is responsible as a clearing house"
for communications to and from the field relating to administrative matters,
for a continuous record of locations of CCC units, and for the initiation
and supervision of welfare and educational programs for the Corps. In May
1955 a special section of the Adjutant General’s office was established to
handle all matters pertaining to the CCC. The educational program was `
prepared through the Office of Education, acting in an adviso1y·eapacity
to the Army in connection with this program. In addition, the Office of
Education selects and appoints camp educational advisers, whose duty it is
to counsel with the enrollee, guide him, arrange suitable study materials
for him, and help him toward greater vocational effectiveness.
'~ The Office of the Chief of Chaplains cooperatesin the organization of
- chaplains and volunteer clergymen for work in the camps. Religious work is
V carried on by Regular Army chaplains, Reserve chaplains, volunteer clergy-
~ men, and contract clergymen. Normally one chaplain is assigned to several
CO..TT1pS •
"I Signal communication service is in charge of the Army Signal Corps.
F, y The Departments of Agriculture and the Interior are responsible for exe-
cution and supervision of all work projects, with the exception of projects
‘ assigned to the Arm and supervised by Army Engineers. In cases where
camps are allotted for work to other Government agencies, execution and
I supervision of the project normally remains with these departments, acting
· for the particular agency involved. Responsibility is divided between the
two departments as follows:
The Department of the Interior is responsible for selection, planning,
‘ _ execution, and supervision of all projects on national parks and nwnuments
“ j and on national military parks, and for execution and supervision of all
projects on state parks. Initiation and planning of projects on state
parks rests with state agencies working in collaboration with the State Park
Division of the National Park Service. Acceptance for the state of such
4 projects when completed rests with state agencies. Until lbreh 25, l955,
when the Soil Conservation Service was established as a Service of the De-
partment of Agriculture, this department had charge of soil erosion pro-
jects. Responsibilities and duties are divided as follows among the various
_ offices of the department:
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The National Park Service is responsible for work on national parks
‘ and monuments, on national military parks, and on state parks. In April
.. 1955 the State Park Division was set up to extend Emergency Conservation
Work camps to state parks and to county and metropolitan areas throughout
the nation.
The Bureau of Biological Survey (transferred from the Department of
Agriculture in 1959) is responsible for projects in its field.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for conservation work
projects on Indian lands, and for camp operations.
The Bureau of Reclamation has been responsible since April 1954 for
reclamation projects, which have taken the form chiefly of protection of
water resources for Government irrigation projects, and of improvement of
the Government*s investment in its reclamation projects.
The General Land Office is in charge of attacks on coal—bed fires.
The Division of Grazing has been responsible since January 1955 for
projects on range improvements of the public domain.
The Department of Agriculture is responsible for selection, planning,
execution, and supervision of all projects on national forests and other
Federal reservations administered by the department, and (after March 25,
1955) for projects for soil erosion and flood control. Execution and
supervision of all projects on state and private forest lands is the re-
V sponsibility of this department. Initiation and plaining of such projects
rests with state agencies, working in collaboration with the Forest Service.
Acceptance for the state of such projects when completed rests with state l
agencies. Responsibilities and duties are divided as follows among the
various offices of the department: · '
The Forest Service is responsible for projects for forest protection,
development, and improvement, projects for development of forest recrea-
tional facilities and wildlife development, and projects to maintain sum er
range facilities for sheep and cattle in national forests.
The Soil Conservation Service, established by authority of the 74th
e Congress, is responsible for soil erosion and flood control projects.
The Bureaus of Animal Industry and of Agricultural Chemistry and En-
gineering are responsible for projects in their various fields. ‘
In the territorial set-up, North Carolina is in the Fourth Corps Area,
composed of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caro-
lina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Headquarters for the area are at
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia. The office of the Corps Area Com ander
is in the Post Office Building, Atlanta, Georgia. A special staff section
in com and of the Fourth Corps Area CCC Officer handles all CCC matters.
Working with him are the following officials and sections: Liaison ·
Representative, Educational Adviser, Surgeon, Adjutant General, Quarter-
master, Finance Officer, other corps area staff sections, and post comp
manders. `When the Survey was made, the majority of canps in North Carolina
werefbistrict A, reporting to CCC district headquarters at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina. Camps in the extreme northwestern corner of the state
reported to CCC District C headquarters at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; those
in the extreme southwestern corner, to CCC District B headquarters at Fort
’ lbPherson, Georgia. In the agency history which precedes each of the fol-
lowing CCC sections, mention is made of the district in which the camp was
located only if the district was B or C. If no reference is made to the
district, the camp was located in District A.
E Civilian Conservation Corps, Introduction 6
Enrollment of juniors began in North Carolina April 26, 1955. Young men
~ ·were enrolled until July 28, 1955, when the original basic state quota had
been met. Since that date replacements have been made approximately every
three months, in April, July, October, and January. New basic quotas are
filled as announced. Selection of juniors is a function of the North Caro-
lina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, the Commissioner of
Public`Welfare serving as State Director of Selection. A State Supervisor
of Selection reports to the State Director. This Supervisor is responsible
for the proper functioning of the selection process in the State. Local
selection is a function of county welfare agencies, whose duty it is to
receive applications, make selections, certify eligibility, and transport
selectees from county concentration points to initial acceptance stations
designated by the Army. Selectees are requested but are not required to
register with the North Carolina State Employment Service. Originally,
selection of juniors was a function of state and local Social Service
A Divisions of the State Emergency Relief Administration functioning under
the supervision of the State Director of Selection who was a member of the
staff of the State Administrator of the State Bnergency Relief Administra-
tion.
Since March 1955 selection of local experienced men (LEM's) on the basis
_ of special knowledge of the work to be done has been the responsibility of
the technical services in charge of the respective work projects. Prior to
that date, it was delegated by the Department of Labor to the commanders of ·
the various camps. As stated above, veterans are selected by the Veterans’
Administration from eligible applicantss Selection of Indians is wholly
the responsibility of the Office of Indian Affairs. Surgeons, nurses, etc.,
and necessary facilitating personnel for camps are selected and contracted
by the Army. Technical and facilitating personnel and day-by-day artisans
for work on projects are engaged by the Government service in charge of the
project. In the case of projects on state and private land prosecuted un-
der supervision of the Department of Agriculture, such men are engaged by
. the Forest Service on recommendation of the State Department of Conserva-
i tion and Development.
Procedure for delivery of men to the Army is as follows:
Upon notification to the State Director of Selection of the number of
_ men requisitioned by the Corps Area Commander in Atlanta, the State Super-
visor of Selection, acting on the basis of reports from county welfare
j agencies of the number of eligible men available, notifies county welfare
authorities of county quotas. County welfare agencies transport selectecs
p from county concentration points to the nearest designated Army station.
If rejected, men are furnished county transportation back to concentration
”_ points; if accepted, they are sent by the Arm to the nearest Arnw‘camp
? functioning as a reconditioning camp. From reconditioning camps, men are
i Sent by the Army to the various work camps, where they are the responsi-
Y bility of the Army during non-work hours, and, during work hours, of the
V Using Service of the agency which operates the projects to which they are
assigned,
The Using Service consists of a Superintendent of the Using Service, and,
‘ variously, of two or more trained technical men, such as engineers, land-
j· scape specialists, architects, and feresters, known as foremen, two or more
nontechnical foremen, leaders from among the juniors, blacksmiths, truck
y drivers, etc.
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T The program was inaugurated in North Carolina June l, 1955. Camps were
assigned to forest protection and preservation, soil erosion control, mili-
7 tary, national, and state park projects, military reservations, national
·- I monuments, wildlife conservation, and TVA projects. The number of camps is
` necessarily variable. By Nhy 27, 1957, camps had been assigned in this
~ V State by the Department of Agriculture to the Bureau of Biological Survey,
"1 to the Bureau of Animal Industry, to the Soil Conservation Service, and to
the Forest Service; and by the Department of the Interior to the National
Park Service. In addition, projects have been assigned to the Department
» of`War, with headquarters at Fort Bragg, and to the TVA, the Department of
Agriculture acting as contractor. All of the camps were not included in
‘ the Survey and very few of the projects. A sufficient number of each was
included, however, to afford an adequate idea of the kind of records main—
e" tained.
· All projects other than those on state and private lands are the direct
concern of the bureaus and services of the Federal Government to which
- they are assigned. Projects on state and private land are prosecuted by the
_ p Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service, and on state land by the
* National Park Service, in collaboration with the State Forester as Park
I- Authority acting for the State Department of Conservation and Development.
Initiation, selection, and planning of projects, and acceptance of eom¤
pleted projects rests with the State Forester.
‘ State district foresters serve as project inspectors reporting to the
vv State Forester. Operation of projects of the Forest Service is the re-
V spensibility of the State Director of the North Carolina Unit of the CCC.
~~· When the Survey was made, this official was known as the Director of NCECW.
· He reports to the Regional Forester, Region 8 of the Forest Service, in
j —_ Atlanta, Georgia. Under him is a purchasing agent responsible for purchase
“ of supplies and equipment.
Inspection headquarters of the National Park Service are located at High
` Point, North Carolina. The Inspector reports to the Regional Officer,
Region l of the National Park Service, in Richmond, Virginia. The office
- of the Superintendent of State Parks works in direct cooperation with the
· Inspector. The Park Service does not undertake work on pri