Seeking information on CCC Company 616

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We searched the National Archives Catalog and located 26 series that pertain to CCC camps in the Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps (Record Group 35) and 9 series and 3 file units in Record Group 35 that pertain to enrollment. For access to these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

We also located 39 series in the Records of the Forest Service (Record Group 95) that include records of the CCC which may contain information about Camp F-10 activities and Company 616 enrollment   For access to these records and search assistance, please contact the NARA reference unit listed in the series description.

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It sounds like an interesting project. Here are some links that may help put you on the trail of something you need. The company should have had its own newspaper.  I could not locate any on the sites I checked.

F-10                    616                    5/25/1933                Maupin (Wamio)                      Wapinitia

http://www.ccclegacy.org/CCC_Camps_Oregon.html

Statesman Journal article  CCC: Fragmented History of Program that Built Oregon --about the Forest History Center in Salem and their collection of Oregon CCC info/items, including maps and camp newspapers  https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2016/08/13/ccc-fragmented-history-program-built-oregon/87443836/

Forest History Center contact information  https://www.oregon.gov/ODF/AboutODF/Pages/HistoryCenter.aspx

Info about a documentary on Oregon CCC camps -- maybe called Oregon Experience  https://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregon-experience/article/civilian-conservation-corps-/

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Guide to their CCC Collection  https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/NMAH.AC.0930.pdf

Oregon State University has the Gerald W. Williams Collection on the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-2012.  While it covers other Oregon camps, it mentions maps which may or may not assist you. http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/findingaids/?p=collections/findingaid&id=2847#

CAMPS AND CALLUSESTHE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON by William A. Lansing – PDF

I realize this is not the area you are searching but it has a list of camps (including 616), a lot of info, and a bibliography which may include helpful resources.  http://www.orww.org/Elliott_Forest/History/Lansing/Lansing_2014.pdf

Interesting overview of the Company numbering system  http://www.ccclegacy.org/CCC_Camp_Lists.html

Happy Hunting!