[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.
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Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (78 min., 5 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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