Box 1
Folder 1: Army Service Forces Manual M904
▪ Identification Roster of Classified Material to Control Release of Military Information (August 7, 1944)
- Pictures of classified materials
Folder 2: Civilian Memoranda, 1943-1945
▪ Civilian Training Policy
▪ US Compensation Law
▪ Organization of Holston Ordnance Works
Folder 3: Programs and Policies, 1950
▪ Withdrawal Notice
Folder 4: Declassification Letters, 1946
▪ Declassification and Reclassification of:
- Certain ammunition and correspondence about ammunitions
- Ordnance automotive equipment
- Technical reports
Folder 5: Hazards to the Health of Individuals working with RDX (B)
▪ National Defense Research Committee Report
- Skin lesions from exposure to fumes
- Systemic toxicity from fuze
- Tested using men and women who had not been exposed to the fumes
- Also tested animals for an extended period of time
- Method developed for estimation of RDX in biological materials
- Recommendation for workers
Folder 6: General Orders, 1945 and 1949-1950
▪ Assumption of Command
▪ Holston Ordnance Works Regulations published
▪ General and Special Orders for Firefighters and Guards
▪ New Wage Rate Schedule
Folder 7: Memoranda, 1949-1950
▪ Duty Officers
▪ Personal Policy for Civilian Employees
▪ Holiday Leave
▪ Various Ordnance Policies for Employees- pay, recreation, hours, living inspections etc.
▪ Hearing of Complaints
▪ Utilities Utilization—conservation
▪ Present Military Assignments
▪ Area Clearance Slips
Folder 8: Nebraska Defense Corporation Meetings on Composition B Melting and Loading, 1943
▪ Minutes of Meeting—exchange of information from Holston Ordnance Works production of Composition B
▪ Report of Equipment Committee on Composition B Loading
Folder 9: Redeployment Movements
▪ Redeployment Movements Annex B (First Revision), 1945
- “Revise and supplement existing procedures and establish new procedures for the movement of troops, impedimenta, and supplies as will be required for redeployment of troops during the readjustment period after the defeat of Germany”
Folder 10: Report of Trip to Washington for Conference
▪ January 1943—discussion about all aspects of ordnance including safety, equipment, inspection, contracts, ammunition
Folder 11: Security Policy
▪ Classification of RDX
▪ Reports to facilitate screening of Officer Personnel
▪ War Information Film
▪ Discharge of Subversive Civil Service Personnel
▪ Loyalty Investigation of Military Personnel
▪ Instructions for German Espionage Agents in US and Great Britain
Folder 12: Summary of Incidents and Personnel Investigations, 1943-1944
▪ All information on accidents and safety incidents at Holston Ordnance Works
▪ All information on investigations of employees or potential employees
▪ Photograph of Burning Ground incident
Folder 13: Correspondence pertaining to Information on Personnel of Holston Ordnance Works
▪ Security investigations of personnel
▪ Intelligence Jurisdiction at Holston Ordnance Works
▪ Security Audit
Folder 14: Special Orders, 1949-1950
▪ Leave granted
▪ Assignments of Duty
▪ Assignment Termination
▪ Appointments to positions
▪ Investigations
▪ Selections for Councils
Folder 15: Technical Manual “Winter Task Force” 1947
▪ Trends in Development—Army Ground Forces
