[Vernon Cook discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc.].

Vernon Cook recalls working at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1944 and 1948. Cook says that much of his family worked at REO, including his future wife and that company culture dominated their lives. He describes factory working conditions, the REO Clubhouse,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: REO Memories (Project)
Other Authors: Cook, Vernon (Interviewee)
Fine, Lisa M. (Interviewer)
Bradley, Shirley J. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [1992]
Subjects:
Cook, Vernon > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Reo Motor Car Company > Interviews.
Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. > Interviews.
Cook, Vernon.
Automobile industry and trade.
Cook, Vernon > Family.
Reo Motor Car Company.
Corporate culture > Michigan > Lansing.
Work environment > Michigan > Lansing.
Reo Motor Car Company > Buildings.
Sit-down strikes > Michigan > Lansing.
WREO (Radio station : Lansing, Mich.)
Trucks > Design and construction.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (78 min., 5 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Vernon Cook recalls working at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1944 and 1948. Cook says that much of his family worked at REO, including his future wife and that company culture dominated their lives. He describes factory working conditions, the REO Clubhouse, seeing the "Baby REO" car on display, the 1937 sit-down strike, and listening to WREO, the company radio station. He also talks at length about his job as a stock chaser in the plant and describes how trucks were built, tested and then dismantled for export. Interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 16256
Playing Time:01:18:05
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Interviewed and recorded in Lansing by Shirley J. Bradley and Lisa M. Fine, Feb. 5, 1992.