PSU-EN-3765 (Spring 2018)

Plymouth State University / ENGLISH 3765
Special Topic: Comic Art and Narrative
Students will study, write, and draw graphic narratives/sequential art. Teamwork in open studio on page and panel production will build upon dedicated reading and discussion of published works. A visiting artist will join regular faculty, community partners, and students collaborating on an exhibition for the Museum of the White Mountains.

SOURCES:

Lists still in progress…

CCC & BUILDING PROJECTS:

• Appalachia Journal (= past articles on building the Appalachian Trail) (link?)
• William O. Douglas:
  *“The Friendly huts of the White Mountains” (National Geographic, August 1961)
  About the Pacific trail >>
• Concord Monitor: “Granite State Stories: N.H. men join Civilian Conservation Corps”
  “In the spring of 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, hundreds of young men left their hometowns for Civilian Conservation Corps camps across New Hampshire.”
• *Draves: Builder of Men: Life in C.C.C. Camps of New Hampshire [@PSU]
• Forest History Society: “Civilian Conservation Corps-New Hampshire” (image gallery)
• NH firetower info @ www.FireLookout.org >>
• NH Historical Society: CCC materials, including:
  • Scrapbook of Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1933-1940 / by Clark R. Hartford.
  • The civilian conservation corps camp newspapers : a guide / compiled by Marlys Rudeen.
  • Photos: “C.C.C. First Corps Area Honor Company collage, 1940 October”
  • Drawings of George Soule [“Sports”] [“Kitchen”] [“Leisure”] … [“Untitled (allegorical illustration”] … [Artist photo]
• NH State Parks: “5 Traces of the Civilian Conservation Corps at Moose Brook State Park”
• “THE FOREST SERVICE AND THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS: 1933-42” (NPS.GOV Online Book) | Chap. 2: “Historical and Institutional Background”
• WMNF Forest Discovery Trail Guide: “Between the Signs” >>
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SKIING:

• Leich: Over the Headwall: The Ski History of Tuckerman Ravine
• Dept. of Agriculture: “Winter Sports in White Mountains” (1934)
  
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OTHER FILMS:

• “Living New Deal” Project @ Archive.org >>
• Dept. of Agriculture: “Forest & Men” (1933)
  
• Dept. of Defense: “Civilian Conservation Corps 1935” (1935)
  
• Dept. of Agriculture: “Safety in Woods Work” (1938)
  
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RELATED PERIOD TEXTS: 

• FDR’s First Inaugural Addess (1933): @ archives.gov | text version
• Philip W. Ayres: “Reasons for a National Forest Reservation in the White Mountains” (1905)
• Philip W. Ayres: “Commercial Importance of the White Mountain Forests” (1909)
  
•  “Weeks Act & The Creation of the White Mountain National Forest” @ WhiteMountainsHistory.org = Lots of period texts, images, & resource links!
  • John Weeks’ 1915(?) speech to SPNHF about the creation of the Weeks Act of 1911
  •  1936 WMNF Silver Jubilee Map >>
  • Rev. Johnson’s “Boa Constrictor of the White Mountains” (1900) >>
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