[Doris Dow discusses her career as a secretary at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc.].

Doris Dow recalls her career as a secretary at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1950 and 1975. Dow talks about joining her mother and other relatives at the plant and describes her first job running a blueprint copier, becoming a secretary and later working for...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: REO Memories (Project)
Other Authors: Dow, Doris (Interviewee)
Fine, Lisa M. (Interviewer)
Bradley, Shirley J. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [1992]
Subjects:
Dow, Doris > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Reo Motor Car Company > Interviews.
Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. > Interviews.
Dow, Doris.
Automobile industry and trade.
Dow, Doris > Family.
Quality of work life > Michigan > Lansing.
Industrial recreation > Michigan > Lansing.
Reo Motor Car Company > Employees.
Reo Motor Car Company > Charities.
Reo Motor Car Company > History.
Plant shutdowns > Michigan > Lansing.
Pension trusts > Termination.
Cappaert, Francis > Influence.
Sale of business enterprises > Michigan > Lansing.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
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Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (91 min., 36 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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