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Indiana Ordnance Works

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Indiana Ordnance Works, Ballistics Laboratory photographs

 Collection
Accession: 2001-209
Abstract:

The Indiana Ordnance Works was built by the DuPont Company for the U.S. Government beginning in 1940. It manufactured military explosives, propellants, and smokeless powder. This collection consists of photographs of the Ballistics Lab of the Indiana Ordnance Works.

Dates: 1941

Indiana Ordnance Works (IOW), 1945-1958

 Series
Accession: 2177Identifier: 2177-I.
Scope and Contents:

Notebooks and miscellaneous papers on the Indiana Ordnance Works include plot plans, foreman and safety training materials, names and schedules of foremen and crew members and notes and sketches on equipment.

Dates: 1945-1958

Indiana Ordnance Works panoramic photographs

 Collection
Accession: 1969-143
Abstract:

The Indiana Ordnance Works was built by the DuPont Company for the U.S. Government beginning in 1940. It manufactured military explosives, propellants, and smokeless powder. The panoramic photographs show overviews of the Indiana Ordnance Works facilities, Charlestown, Indiana.

Dates: 1941

William Hilles Ward papers

 Collection
Accession: 2278
Abstract:

William Hilles Ward (1892-1961) was a chemist, who specialized in explosives serving in high positions at the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company and the Remington Arms Company, Inc. The collection includes press clippings, speeches, photographs of Ward and the DuPont Board of Directors, birth and death certificates for Ward and his wife Sophie Hodges Ward (1894-1968), obituaries and memorials.

Dates: 1894-1970

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 3
Archival Object 1
 
Subject
Explosives industry 3
Ordnance -- Manufacture 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Boards of directors 1
Charlestown (Ind.) 1