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Approximately 33 items

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 4

General

Includes a diary Mrs. Rowe kept on her first months working at the Hercules Powder Company, May 21-August 3, 1942; Passes for Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Rowe and Otto Fisher [sic] to the Sunflower Ordnance Works (3 cards), October 25, 1942; Hercules Powder Company. "Patrol Women : general instructions and regulation", probably 1942; Newspaper clippings regarding Hercules Powder Company, 1942-1943; Notes regarding co-workers and 3 photographs and 1 newspaper clipping of staff at Hercules Powder Company and Sunflower Ordnance Works, 1942-1947; Permission from the Plant Transportation Committee of the Sunflower Ordnance Works for Mrs. Rowe to use gas ration book, August 6, 1943; Letter from George R. Foulke, Jr., August 20, 1943; Invitation to Hercules Powder Company and Sunflower Ordnance Works presentation of the Army-Navy Production Award, 2 guest cards and change of date card, October 6, 1944; Sunflower Ordnance Works Telephone Directory, December 1945; Hercules Directory, March 1947; "Hercules' World", a small booklet about the Hercules Powder Company, April 1947; Letter from George R. Fouke, Jr., December 26, 1946; Letter from Beth Clark, July 8, 1948; Souvenir of dinner given in honor of Mike Thoenges at Hercules Country Club, July 21, 1948; Letter from Mike Thoenges, July 23, 1948; Sunflower Ordnance Works certification for Ivan Rowe, October 1, 1953; 6 "For lease" notification for facilities at Sunflower Ordnance Works Caricatures; 3 Army-Navy Production Award emblem pins and cards; "O'K IKE" CLUB (Sunflower Ordnance Works) pin,; Hercules Powder Company Service Emblem for Mrs. Rowe.

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