Jayhawks Ordnance Works collection, 1941-1945

Authors

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library

Files

Description

This collection consists of correspondence, newspapers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and transcripts relating to the Jayhawk Ordnance Works.

The Jayhawk Ordnance Works were built near Galena, Kansas during World War II to produce ammonium nitrate. After the war it was privatized by its operator Kenneth Aldred Spencer and at one point was the world’s largest producer of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. The plant is still in operation as the Jayhawk Fine Chemicals Corporation.

Publication Date

3-18-2022

Keywords

Business and Industry, Social Life and Customs

Disciplines

Business

Size of Collection

.4 linear feet

Dates of Collection

1941-1945

Manuscript Number

SpC MS 0379

Recommended Citation

Special Collections, Leonard H. Axe Library, "Jayhawks Ordnance Works collection, 1941-1945" (2022). Finding Aids. 390.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/390