Biographical notes on women who worked in the shipyards in Portland, 1975
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers and interviews gathered by Karen Beck Skold during research for her 1981 Ph.D. dissertation in sociology at the University of Oregon, entitled "Women Workers and Child Care During World War II: A Case Study of the Portland, Oregon Shipyards."
Papers include photocopied reports and articles, mostly regarding children's services in Portland, as well as racism and sex segregation in the shipyards; newspaper clippings regarding Skold's research, 1975-1976; correspondence with sources, 1975-1976; biographical information about women who worked in shipyard child care centers, 1975; minutes of the Women's Advisory Committee, 1943; and a 1941 union agreement between the American Federation of Labor and the Pacific Shipbuilders.
Also included in the collection are audio recordings of 26 interviews that Skold conducted in 1974 and 1976 with people who worked in Portland-area shipyards and child care centers during World War II, predominantly women. One interviewee worked at the Tacoma-Seattle Shipbuilding Corporation in Washington. Transcripts are available for many of the interviews. Recordings also include a 1980 presentation that Skold delivered in Alameda County, California, titled "The Politics of Child Care during World War II: The Case of the Kaiser Child Service Centers."
Dates
- Creation: 1975
Creator
- From the Collection: Skold, Karen Beck (Person)
- From the Collection: Weed, Rose K. (Rose Klara), 1913-2006 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Rieke, Forrest E. (Forrest Eugene), 1913-1978 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Kilger, Vernette H. (Vernette Hanson), 1910-1992 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Amonson, Jean E. (Jean Elizabeth), 1920-2010 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Gleason, Marie, 1894- (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Fortier, Laura, 1899?- (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Bucher, Mary T. (Mary Teresa), 1918-2013 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Busse, Virla S. (Virla Stella), 1919-1993 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Shearer, Margaret E. (Margaret Elise), 1924-2015 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Bixel, Reta B. (Reta Belle), 1916-1983 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Bailey, Louise M. (Louise Mabel), 1918-1995 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Sanders, Isabella C., 1918-1998 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Goddard, Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances), 1902-1994 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Branin, Mary E. (Mary Effie), 1915-1994 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Humphrey, Vivian G. (Vivian Gesme), 1916-2001 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Humphrey, John C. (John Clinton), 1918-1977 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Novak, Cornella H. (Cornella Hill), 1913-2003 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Hahn, Leah V. (Leah Vogel), 1916-2019 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Williams, Ione L. (Ione Lucille), 1919-2010 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Cave, Ruth (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Brandon, Frances M. (Frances Mae), 1913-1996 (Interviewee, Person)
- From the Collection: Gardner, Helen L. (Helen Lorena), 1913-1986 (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.6 Cubic Feet (1 document case and 31 audiocassettes)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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Portland OR 97205 United States
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