Western Michigan at work. [1948-02-17].

In this installment of "Western Michigan at work," Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the founding of the Post Cereal Company in Battle Creek, MI by Charles Post. Dunbar also talks about the current thirty-three acre Post manufacturing facility in Battle Creek and and how Post Cereals has now become a div...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Corporate Author: WKZO (Radio station : Kalamazoo, Mich.) (Broadcaster)
Other Authors: Dunbar, Willis Frederick, 1902-1970 (Host)
Bowman, Alice (Interviewee)
Smith, Fred (Interviewee)
Language:English
Published: [1948]
Series:Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Subjects:
Cereal products industry > Michigan > Battle Creek > History.
Food processing plants > Michigan > Battle Creek.
Breakfast cereals.
Food industry and trade > Michigan > Battle Creek > Employees > Interviews.
Community affairs radio programs.
Interviews.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Community affairs radio programs.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (14 min., 35 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
Description
Summary:
In this installment of "Western Michigan at work," Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the founding of the Post Cereal Company in Battle Creek, MI by Charles Post. Dunbar also talks about the current thirty-three acre Post manufacturing facility in Battle Creek and and how Post Cereals has now become a division of General Foods. Dunbar speaks with Fred Smith, a mixer and shift manager at Post and Supervisor Alice Bowman about their jobs at the cereal plant.
Note:Electronic resource.
Part of the Kalamazoo Valley Museum WKZO transcription disc collection.
Originally broadcast on WKZO Radio.
Call Number:Voice 37595
Playing Time:00:14:35
Event Details:
Broadcast 1948 February 17