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

Bill Myers talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1963 to 1975. Myers discusses his youth and early jobs before coming to REO, and describes how officers from the Detroit Arsenal would come to the plant to talk about military vehicle specificat...

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Corporate Author: REO Centennial (Project)
Other Authors: Myers, William W. (Interviewee), Bradley, Shirley J. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2004]
Subjects:
Myers, William W. > Interviews.
Myers, William W.
Myers, William W. > Childhood and youth.
Loudenslager, Clare > Rules and practice.
Reo Motor Car Company > Interviews.
Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. > Interviews.
Captial Area Transportation Authority (Lansing, Mich.)
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Automobile industry and trade.
Vehicles, Military > Specifications.
Employees > Recruiting > Michigan > Lansing.
United States > Armed Forces > Procurement.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Rules and practice.
Specifications.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (23 min., 14 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Bill Myers talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1963 to 1975. Myers discusses his youth and early jobs before coming to REO, and describes how officers from the Detroit Arsenal would come to the plant to talk about military vehicle specifications during the war years. Meyers also talks about how he was recruited, with other REO employees to go to the Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA), Lansing's transit system, as REO declined. He comments on legendary REO manger Clare Loudenslager’s style at REO and later at CATA and says that REO was a great place to work. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 16318
Playing Time:00:23:14
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Interviewed and recorded by Shirley J. Bradley, June 24, 2004.