Box 1
Container
Contains 16 Results:
Letter certifying that Strmiska has completed 130 hours of training in welding, 1942 June 9
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1942 June 9
Issues of Bo's'n's Whistle (magazine editions), 1943 February 4; 1943 April 8; 1943 August 19
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1943 February 4; 1943 April 8; 1943 August 19
Newspaper clippings, 1943 March-June
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1943 March-June
Welding contest rules, 1943 March 30
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1943 March 30
Transcript of Northwest Neighbors radio program, including interview with Strmiska about winning welding contests (photocopy), 1943 March 31
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1943 March 31
Telegram wishing Strmiska luck in welding contest; guest pass to Ingalls shipyards for welding contest given to Maude Ladner, 1943 May 27; 1943 May 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1943 May 27; 1943 May 28
Issue of Ingalls News with article about welding contest; Ingalls News page with photographs of welding contest, 1943 May 28; 1943 June 4
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1943 May 28; 1943 June 4
Photographs relating to women's national welding championship, 1943 May 28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1943 May 28
CD of digitized photographs relating to welding contests, 1943 March-May
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1943 March-May
Issue of The Victory Fleet, discussing women shipyard workers, 1943 May 31
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, correspondence, images, and ephemera gathered by Billie H. Strmiska relating to her career as a shipyard welder during World War II in Portland, Oregon. A substantial amount of the collection concerns Strmiska's participation in welding contests in 1943, culminating in a national championship held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula, Mississippi. These include newspaper clippings; issues of the Bo's'n's Whistle,...
Dates:
1943 May 31