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

Otto Aves talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1944 to 1972. Aves describes growing up on a Delta Township farm and following both of his parents into the plant. He also talks about building military vehicles without heaters and defrosters,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: REO Memories (Project)
Other Authors: Aves, Otto (Interviewee)
Fine, Lisa M. (Interviewer)
Bradley, Shirley J. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [1993]
Subjects:
Aves, Otto > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Reo Motor Car Company > Interviews.
Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. > Interviews.
Aves, Otto.
Automobile industry and trade.
Aves, Otto > Childhood and youth.
Aves, Otto > Family.
Vehicles, Military > Design and construction.
Work and family.
Work environment > Michigan > Lansing.
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America > Influence.
Corporate culture > Michigan > Lansing.
Industrial recreation > Michigan > Lansing.
Reo Motor Car Company > Buildings.
Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
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Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (96 min., 36 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software

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