Pay check from Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. for $4.80. Donated by Nancy Derus Kowalski, accession 122. Nancy was a riveter at Douglas Aircraft in Cicero, IL for 2 years. Size: 3.5”x8.5”.

Pay stub from Goodyear Aircraft Corporation for $33.34 after $1.00 was taken out for union dues, $6.25 for bonds, and $7.80 for taxes, dated March 7, 1945 . Donated by Janice Lewis, accession 207. Edith Mearl Workman Minnix, donor’s mother, was a wire puller at Goodyear Aircraft Co. in Akron, OH between 1943-1945. Size: 3”x4”.

Pay stub from Chrysler Corporation for $45.56 after $0.66 was taken out for insurance, $0.61 for taxes, $8.20 for war bonds, and $8.20 for federal income taxes. Donated by Irene Pudelek, accession 231. Irene was a riveter at Chrysler Corporation in Detroit, MI for 1 year, and a general mechanic helper at Army Air Force in Hobbs, NM for 8 months. Size: 3”x9”.

Employee receipt from Brown Shipbuilding Company for $6.48 after $18.76 was taken out for bonds, $4.60 for federal taxes, $0.31 for O.A.B., and $0.45 for other. Donated by Vickie Russell, accession 233. Bennice Vick Russell, donor’s mother, was a burner at Brown Shipyard in Houston, TX between 1943-1945. Size: 3.5”x4”.

Pay stub from Triumph Explosives, Inc. for $87.01 after $1.28 was taken out for taxes, $21.20 for victory tax, and $18.75 for war bonds. Donated by Ashley Scott Doring, accession 331. Victoria M. Scott, donor’s grandmother, worked in the detonator shop and the machine shop at Triumph Explosives Inc. in Elkton, MD between 1942-1945. Size: 3”x9”.

Pay check envelope indicated that the pay check was $95.63 after $1.34 was taken out for Social Security tax, $16.40 for income taxes, $2.90 for insurance, $1.00 for union dues, and $17.00 for war bonds, dated December 9, 1943 . Donated by Ruth Ellen Rickard, accession 275. Ruth worked in material shortage bringing parts to the production line for Willow Run Bomber Plant in Ypsilanti, MI between 1942-1943. Size: 5.5”x3”.

“Report of Earnings for Income Tax Purposes” from Republic Steel Corporation showing that Ruth made $243.66 in 1942. Donated by Ruth DeMeo, accession 149. Ruth was a lathe operator at Republic steel Mfg. Co. in Canton, OH for 1 year. Size: 3”x5.5”.

W-2 form from 1943. Donated by Eleanor M. Plotner, accession 255. Eleanor M. Sansone, donor’s mother, was an inspector at High Standard Mfg. Co. in New Haven, CT and at Springfield, MA between 1942-1945. Size: 3.5”x7.5”.