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Aircraft Industry, 1939-1948, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6-8
Identifier: Subseries 1.1

Scope and Contents

Includes images of women workers at Douglas Aircraft Company in El Segundo and Vega Aircraft Company plant in Burbank, California; striking workers and George Shibley, labor lawyer, being arrested during the North American Aviation strike, 1941; picket line at the Boeing plant, 1948; and assembly lines at Douglas Aircraft plant and other aircraft plants during World War II. Includes a copy of a memo released by Robert E. Gross, President of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, dated March 1941, informing workers of the Lease-Lend Bill and its implications. Includes photographs of World War II aircraft.

Dates

  • 1939-1948, undated

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Availability

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Sub-Series: 207 folders (Boxes 1-8; Box 9, folders 1-11)

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

Contact:
San Francisco State University
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco 94132-1722 USA
(415) 405-5571