[Vivern Haight discusses his career at the REO Clubhouse].

Vivern Haight talks about his career as a staff person at the REO Clubhouse, the company-owned events center of the REO Motor Car Company (later Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc.), in Lansing, Mi. Haight, who worked for REO from 1945 to 1975, describes the ornate Clubhouse and his duties and discusses all...

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Corporate Author: REO Memories (Project)
Other Authors: Haight, Vivern (Interviewee), Fine, Lisa M. (Interviewer), Bradley, Shirley J. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Haight, Vivern > Interviews.
Haight, Vivern > Childhood and youth.
Olds, Ransom Eli, > 1864-1950 > Homes and haunts.
Olds family.
Reo Motor Car Company > Interviews.
Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. > Interviews.
Reo Motor Car Company > Buildings.
Exhibition buildings > Michigan > Lansing.
Celebrities > Anecdotes.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Anecdotes.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (83 min., 58 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Vivern Haight talks about his career as a staff person at the REO Clubhouse, the company-owned events center of the REO Motor Car Company (later Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc.), in Lansing, Mi. Haight, who worked for REO from 1945 to 1975, describes the ornate Clubhouse and his duties and discusses all of the famous sports figures, politicians and other celebrities, including President Dwight Eisenhower, who came through its doors. Haight talks about seeing the R.E. Olds mansion and the REO plant as a kid in Lansing and relates stories and local color about the Olds family. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
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Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 16275
Playing Time:01:23:58
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Interviewed and recorded in Webberville, MI, by Shirley J. Bradley and Lisa M. Fine, Feb. 4, 1993.