[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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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. Aves, Otto. Aves, Otto > Childhood and youth. Aves, Otto > Family. Reo Motor Car Company > Interviews. Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. > Interviews. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America > Influence. Reo Motor Car Company > Buildings. Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Automobile industry and trade. Vehicles, Military > Design and construction. Work and family. Work environment > Michigan > Lansing. Corporate culture > Michigan > Lansing. Industrial recreation > Michigan > Lansing. Interpersonal relations > Michigan > Lansing. Oral histories.
Genre:	Interviews. Oral histories.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:	1 electronic audio file (96 min., 36 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format:	Audio Software

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