Defense Plant Corporation records, 1941-1945.

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Defense Plant Corporation records, 1941-1945.

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This collection consists of a card file (1941-1945) recording leased materials from the Defense Plant Corporation to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and the Civil Aeronautics Administration during World War II. The majority of these materials were located in Columbus and Helena. This collection consists of a card file (1941-1945) recording leased materials from the Defense Plant Corporation to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and the Civil Aeronautics Administration during World War II. The majority of these materials were located in Columbus and Helena.

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Anaconda Copper Mining Company

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The Anaconda claim was located in 1875. In 1881 Marcus Daly discovered the copper vein that began copper mining in Butte, Montana. The Anaconda Copper Mining Company was organized on June 18, 1895 in Butte and it dominated the early industrial history of Montana. In 1903 nearly three-quarters of the wage earners in the state were either directly or indirectly working for the company. In 1917 there was a general miners' strike, and much worker/owner tension stirred up by the war, the I.W.W., and ...

United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration

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Defense Plant Corporation

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The Defense Plant Corporation was organized as a subsidiary of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. In the months before the United States entered World War II, the crucial problem facing the government was expanding the industrial base of the country to meet military needs. In June 1940, Congress authorized for formation of subsidiaries of the RFC to meet the need for capital to build the industrial base. Under this act the Defense Plant Corporation was formed in August of that year. The Cor...