John J. Powers Papers, 1937-1952

The John J. Powers Papers contain correspondence of the Anaconda Company's Bureau of Safety, safety posters that Powers drew, pamphlets, and photographs. The bulk of the photographs are of mines and miners in Butte in the late 1930s and early 1940s including safety equipment, mining and safety exhibits, work in the stopes, rock drilling, the engine room, work outside the mines, mining gear, and group shots of miners. The papers also contains photographs of soldiers on the front during World War II, including American paratroopers in northern France two days after D-Day, American medics, troops in the Southwest Pacific, and German prisoners of war. Also included are promotional campaigns used during the war to support bond sales. Photographs of Fort Logan (Camp Baker) are also found in the Powers collection.