Interview with Rodney Collins, Jr., March 30, 2012
Project: The Charles F. Riebe Great Onyx Job Corps Conservation Center Oral History Project
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Rodney Collins, Jr. is the son of the Great Onyx Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (GOJCCC) Administration Office manager, Rodney Collins, Sr. Collins, Jr., was 15 years old when his father joined the Job Corps at Mammoth Cave National Park. He lived with his parents in government furnished housing near the center and went to school in Cave City, Kentucky. Collins, Jr. offers a unique perspective on the center as a child of center staff growing up in a national park with close contact to Job Corps center corpsmen and attending the local school.Interview Accession
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Collins, Rodney, Jr. Interview by Charles F. Riebe. 30 Mar. 2012. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Collins, R., Jr. (2012, March 30). Interview by C. F. Riebe. The Charles F. Riebe Great Onyx Job Corps Conservation Center Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Collins, Rodney, Jr., interview by Charles F. Riebe. March 30, 2012, The Charles F. Riebe Great Onyx Job Corps Conservation Center Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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