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Kaiser Company (Portland, Or.)

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Francis T. Barnekoff papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2773
Abstract

Francis T. Barnekoff was a native of Helena, Montana, and worked as an inspector for the Outfitting Department of the Kaiser Company in Portland, Oregon, during World War II. Collection includes inspector's manuals, lists, personnel, and diagrams regarding shipbuilding and equipment.

Dates: 1942-1944

Northwest Women's History Project records and interviews

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 883
Abstract

Records of the Northwest Women's History Project, primarily concerning its interviews with women who worked in shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, during World War II, and audio recordings of the interviews. The Northwest Women's History Project was founded in 1978, and in the early 1980s made a presentation based on interviews with women who had been shipyard workers in World War II, titled, "Good Work, Sister!"

Dates: 1943-2021; Majority of material found within 1978-1981

T2 tanker drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 4067
Abstract

Twenty-one technical drawings on 21 sheets made by Floyd H. Runk for the Portland shipyard of the Kaiser Company, Inc., depicting the bow, midship, tanks and aft of T2 tankers.

Dates: circa 1900-1978

Mary Willett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 366
Abstract Mary Willett served as senior teacher for the five-year-old day group at the Swan Island Kaiser Child Service Center in Portland, Oregon, beginning in January 1944. The Kaiser centers served children ages eighteen months to six years, many of whom were children of women working in the shipyard building tankers for use in World War II. The collection consists of brochures and other publications, news clippings, correspondence, teaching materials, and photographs of students, as well as...
Dates: 1943-1993; Majority of material found within 1943-1945

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Portland 3
Shipbuilding industry -- Oregon -- Portland -- Employees 2
Ships and Shipping 2
Children -- Oregon -- Photographs 1
Children and Youth 1