Mabel McQueen discusses her career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

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Description:

Mabel McQueen talks about her career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1953 to 1975. She describes her youth on the family farm, working at Motor Wheel through the war, her work as a secretary and bookkeeper, her supervisors, and her feelings about the union. McQueen says that many of her family members also worked at REO and that REO itself felt like one big family. She says that the bankruptcy was a terrible time and that it was heartbreaking watching friends and co-workers being fired and losing their pensions. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.

Date Issued:

1992-06-16T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, and Lansing

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Childhood and youth, Family, Automobile industry workers, Corporate culture, Supervisors, Industrial, Automobile industry workers, Labor unions, Plant shutdowns, Psychological aspects, Diamond REO Trucks, Inc, and Employees

Subject Name:

McQueen, Mabel, McQueen, Mabel, McQueen, Mabel, McQueen, Mabel, Reo Motor Car Company, and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5057cs81