American Rosie the Riveter Association, 2009
Summary
The group discusses their individual experiences on the home front during WWII with an emphasis on their employment with Glenn L. Martin Aviation and Eastern Aircraft factories in Baltimore. Topics include: training courses; working conditions; relations with other workers, including men; job responsibilities; race relations; daily life on the home front; rationing; entertainment; V-J Day; being laid off; life after WWII; membership in the ARRA.
Dates
- 2009
Creator
- Arnold, Elsie (Aircraft industry) (Narrator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Elsie Arnold, Susan Taylor King, Valerie Johnson, and Rose Yingling worked in the aircraft industry at Glenn L. Martin and Eastern Aircraft in Baltimore during World War II. Like many women who worked in the defense industry during WWII, this was their first job working in an industrial capacity. The American Rosie the Riveter Association's mission is "To recognize and preserve the history and legacy of working women, including volunteer women, during World War II; to promote cooperation and fellowship among such members and their descendants; and to further the advancement of patriotic ideals, excellence in the work place, and loyalty to the United States of America."
Extent
From the Collection: 50 Items : 50 interviews
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Scope and Contents
Collection contains 11 interviews with Maryland veterans of the Army’s 29th Division, Merchant Mariners and Tuskegee Airmen. There is also a group interview with members of the American Rosie the Riveter Association.
Materials available for this project include audio and video recordings, biographical material, photographs, ephemera and other materials. Transcripts are available for 10 of the interviews. OH 9915, Victor Harvey Hodgin, Sr. has not been transcribed.
There is also a companion booklet containing 14 student research papers examining Maryland’s role during World War II from various aspects. Topics include: Maryland’s prisoner of war camps, the Glenn L. Martin Company, Aberdeen Proving Ground, civil rights activism in wartime Baltimore, and more. The booklet also contains an introduction to the project, photographs, and short biographies of the student interviewers.
Creator
- Arnold, Elsie (Aircraft industry) (Narrator, Person)
- King, Susan Taylor (Narrator, Person)
- Johnson, Valerie (Narrator, Person)
- Yingling, Rose (Narrator, Person)
- Coleman, Raven (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org