The collection of Marian Irons Gottschalk contains items from her job in a defense plant as a sheet metal helper for the Kaiser Company, Inc. at the Kaiser Shipyard in Vancouver, Washington from 27 October 1943 to 20 January 1945 where she worked primarily on baby flat tops (escort carriers). Her collection includes numerous newspaper clippings on the Vancouver Shipyard and the ships it built as well as a few clippings of the "Stubby Bilgebottom" comic. Also included are small books on the ships built by the Kaiser Company, Inc. and the Oregon Shipbuilding Company; a map of Vancouver, Washington's housing district; aerial photographs of the shipyard; and two letters of commendation for overproduction in 1944. There is also a scrapbook containing many more newspaper clippings on the yard, 'Stubby Bilgebottom" comic strips, and a list of carrier production.
