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Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

 Organization

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Charles P. Harman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll714
Abstract

Photographs, publications, and ephemera relating to Charles P. Harman, Jr. (1908-1986) and Harlay Harman (1948-2001). Charles P. Harman, Jr. was an engineer who worked for the Kaiser Company at the Swan Island shipyard and the Detroit Dam; Harlay Harman was his nephew.

Dates: 1936-1980; Majority of material found within 1942-1951

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

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2547
Abstract

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation materials include an instruction manual; reports and diagrams; photo albums; training manuals for the main jobs available at the shipyard during World War II; and a print of an unidentified ship.

Dates: 1940-1945

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 686
Abstract

Black and white photographs depicting the shipyard, workers, and ships of the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland, Oregon, including an album on the all-woman launch of the S.S. Nehalem, and images of fireboats and crews fighting a fire at the shipyard on August 30, 1945.

Dates: circa 1942-1945

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2651
Abstract

Small binder containing information on vessels built, sponsors, employment levels, facilities, and related matters.

Dates: circa 1944-1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt letter to Albert Bauer

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 957
Abstract

Letter from U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) to Albert Bauer (1900-1993) about the importance of manufacturing amphibious combat transports. Bauer was the general manager of the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, which built ships and other watercraft for the U.S. armed forces during World War II.

Dates: 1944 August 17

Karen Beck Skold dissertation papers and interviews

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1803
Abstract Research materials gathered by Karen Beck Skold, a doctoral student in sociology at the University of Oregon, for her 1981 dissertation, "Women Workers and Child Care in World War II: A Case Study of the Portland Shipyards." Collection includes reports, newspaper clippings, articles, notes, and minutes, primarily concerning day care and children's services in Portland, Oregon, and women workers in the Portland shipyards. Also included are audio recordings of interviews Skold conducted with...
Dates: 1941-1980

Billie H. Strmiska shipbuilding memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 939
Abstract

Clippings, publications, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera relating to the shipbuilding career of Hermina "Billie" H. Strmiska (1908-1993) during World War II. Strmiska worked as a welder in Portland, Oregon, and participated in women's welding contests, including a national championship held in Pascagoula, Mississippi, which she lost to Vera Anderson.

Dates: 1942-1945; Majority of material found within 1943 March-June

Transport attack ship drawing

 Collection
Identifier: Mss4073
Abstract

Blueline inboard oblique drawing of a transport attack ship design for the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation.

Dates: circa 1940-1945

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Subject
Shipbuilding industry -- Oregon -- Portland 5
Ships and Shipping 4
Portland 3
Women 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Oregon -- Portland 3