Louis E. Ness Civilian Conservation Corps Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 1937
Scope and Contents
File contains Louis Ness’s obituary from the Fargo Forum, as well as photocopies of enrollment letter and Certificates of Discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps. The forms contain Mr. Ness’s physical description, character, education, vocational training, and the type of work he performed for the C.C.C.
Dates
- 1935-1968
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection in public domain.
Biography
Louis Emil Ness was born on February 2, 1888 near Flom, Minnesota. In 1900 he moved to Rochert, and lived in the Detroit Lakes and Fargo areas except for his years of service overseas in World War I. He served in Battery B, 333rd Field Artillery, Minnesota 86th Division. On May 10, 1930 he was married to Lillian Rousn, and they had two children together. In the 1935 he was enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps at Fargo, North Dakota in the V-2775th Company. During his time in the C.C.C. he was involved in the construction of a dam on the Red River in Fargo, and work in Edgewood and Lindenwood Parks. And in Mandan work on buildings at Old Fort McKeen and the Slant Indian Village. He was discharge in 1938. He died in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on June 14, 1952.
Extent
5 Items
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
File contains Louis Ness’s obituary from the Fargo Forum, as well as photocopies of enrollment letter and Certificates of Discharge from the Civilian Conservation Corps. The forms contain Mr. Ness’s physical description, character, education, vocational training, and the type of work he performed for the C.C.C.
Provenance
Donated by Ramona Nahrony, 2015.
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Louis E. Ness Civilian Conservation Corps Papers
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu