NHF_CUSP_2001_Arcement_Frances
November 2 2001
Frances (Olson) Arcement was born 5 February 1926 in Columbia Heights,
Minnesota; as a child her family moved to Minneapolis, where she attended
vocational high school, graduating in 1942. After a brief period working at Anchor
Laundry in Minneapolis, in early 1944 Frances moved to Renton, Washington, and
took a job with the aircraft manufacturer Boeing; here she worked as a riveter,
helping to assemble the B-29 Superfortress aircraft. Frances remained at Boeing
until the end of 1944, when she returned to Minnesota and took a position at the
Twin Cities Ordinance Plant in New Brighton. Frances worked there until June
1945, serving as an inspector on an assembly line for .30 caliber shells.
In May 1945 Frances married Norman “Bud” Arcement, then serving with the
US Navy submarine service, and moved with him to New York City. When Bud was
discharged in November 1945, the couple returned to Minneapolis. Frances worked
from 1945-49 again at Anchor Laundry, but then found a position with Honeywell;
she remained with the company until she retired in 1984. At the time of this
interview (November 2001), Frances and Bud lived in May Township, Washington
County, Minnesota. Frances Arcement died in October 2011.
Minnesota; as a child her family moved to Minneapolis, where she attended
vocational high school, graduating in 1942. After a brief period working at Anchor
Laundry in Minneapolis, in early 1944 Frances moved to Renton, Washington, and
took a job with the aircraft manufacturer Boeing; here she worked as a riveter,
helping to assemble the B-29 Superfortress aircraft. Frances remained at Boeing
until the end of 1944, when she returned to Minnesota and took a position at the
Twin Cities Ordinance Plant in New Brighton. Frances worked there until June
1945, serving as an inspector on an assembly line for .30 caliber shells.
In May 1945 Frances married Norman “Bud” Arcement, then serving with the
US Navy submarine service, and moved with him to New York City. When Bud was
discharged in November 1945, the couple returned to Minneapolis. Frances worked
from 1945-49 again at Anchor Laundry, but then found a position with Honeywell;
she remained with the company until she retired in 1984. At the time of this
interview (November 2001), Frances and Bud lived in May Township, Washington
County, Minnesota. Frances Arcement died in October 2011.
Digital
English
44m 43s
Frances Arcement, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Thomas Saylor through Concordia University St. Paul for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
May Township, Cass, Minnesota, United States, NA [46.38831,-94.58203] [id:5036893]Columbia Heights, Anoka, Minnesota, United States, NA [45.0408,-93.263] [id:5021828]Renton, King, Washington, United States, NA [47.48288,-122.21707] [id:5808189]City of Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, NA [44.96194,-93.26694] [id:5037657]
Aircraft industry--United States--History
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Concordia University--St. Paul
oral histories (literary works)
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Concordia University--St. Paul
oral histories (literary works)
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American