Linda Maxon discusses her career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

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Description:

Linda Maxon discusses her early years at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI. She says that she started as a temporary stenographer in 1967 and stayed to work as a secretary for several managers until the plant closed in 1975. Maxon shares many experiences about company social events and institutions and describes the loss of the REO Clubhouse and the burning of the factory itself. Maxon says that in the end, she was able to draw money from the REO pension fund before it was drained and describes the terrible depression suffered by other workers who lost all of their retirement money. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.

Date Issued:

2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

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

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Buildings, Fire, 1980, Employees, Automobile industry workers, Industrial recreation, Automobile factories, Fires and fire prevention, Pension trusts, Termination, and Psychological aspects

Subject Name:

Maxon, Linda L., Maxon, Linda L., Reo Motor Car Company, Diamond REO Trucks, Inc, Reo Motor Car Company, Diamond REO Trucks, Inc, and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5hx15r44