[Marjorie Koehler discusses her career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc.].

Marjorie Koehler talks about her career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1947 to 1975. She says that her grandfather and father were working at REO when she came on board, after working for the State of Michigan, the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) and the Wor...

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Corporate Author: REO Memories (Project)
Other Authors: Koehler, Marjorie (Interviewee)
Fine, Lisa M. (Interviewer)
Bradley, Shirley J. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [1992]
Subjects:
Koehler, Marjorie > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Reo Motor Car Company > Interviews.
Diamond REO Trucks, Inc. > Interviews.
Koehler, Marjorie.
Automobile industry and trade.
Koehler, Marjorie > Family.
Industrial recreation > Michigan > Lansing.
Reo Motor Car Company > Buildings.
Quality of work life > 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 (59 min., 54 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Marjorie Koehler talks about her career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1947 to 1975. She says that her grandfather and father were working at REO when she came on board, after working for the State of Michigan, the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) and the Works Projects Administration (WPA). She describes working in the payroll and catalog departments at REO, shares stories of the REO Clubhouse, employee picnics and the annual employee fair and says that working at REO was much better than Oldsmobile, where her husband was worked. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of REO Memories oral history project.
Note:Title supplied.
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Call Number:Voice 16268
Playing Time:00:59:54
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Interviewed and recorded in Dimondale, MI, by Shirley J. Bradley and Lisa M. Fine, June 16, 1992.