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- Antique automobile restoration expert Dan Shafarman talks about his interest in REO motor cars and his difficult search for parts to fix a REO Royale. Shafarman also talks about his life before coming to the Lansing, MI area in 1969, mass production techniques in the auto industry, bad working conditions in the early car factories, Henry Ford’s hiring and pay practices, corporate paternalism, and the "novel" idea of paying workers enough to afford to buy the products they built. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-05-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Arthur Frahm recalls his career as a bookkeeper and purchasing agent at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1947 and 1972. Frahm describes his job buying almost everything used in the factory, the constant turmoil as REO changed hands over the years, the decline of the company, his own discharge, and his unsuccessful class action law suit filed against REO. Frahm also talks about his education, childhood in Lansing, the Lansing Labor Holiday and the 1937 strikes, REO’s involvement in the community, the destruction of the worker's pension fund, the start of Spartan Motors, and his career after REO. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-02-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden point to the surging American auto industry as an example of economic recovery, during a visit to a Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, Indiana. Biden describes the benefits of the plant to all the residents of Kokomo and talks about job creation, before introducing the President. Obama talks about retaining jobs, investing in new industries, tax cuts for working people, and Kokomo’s automotive history.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An interdisciplinary panel composed of Michigan State University faculty members participates in a discussion entitled, "All about auto." Panelists describe their individual research and explore areas such as race car driver physiology and safety, innovation and research behind autonomous vehicles, the biomechanics behind the design of automobiles, the history of the auto industry in cities such as Flint, Grand Rapids and Detroit, and the social, political, and economic implications of autonomous cars from an urban design perspective. Panelists are: Dr. Tamara Reid Bush, College of Engineering; Dr. David Ferguson, Department of Kinesiology; Dr. Lisa Fine, Department of History; Dr. Hayder Radha, College of Engineering; and Dr. Mark Wilson, School of Planning, Design, and Construction. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the Honors College, convenes the session and moderates questions from the audience with the help of John P. Beck, Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-03-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 3.75x5.75 black and white sepia-toned photograph mounted on a scrapbook page showing the back yard of the Liberty Motor Car Company factory
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of 1899 Packard Number Four or Packard Number Five on country road. Inscribed on photo back: Model A, 1-cylinder, 9-horsepower, 71.5-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster, fitted with a 2-person dos-a-dos seat mounted on rear deck. Body by Morgan & Williams, Warren, Ohio. Car has H-gate shift box. Cars Number Four and Number Five were almost identical. The latter was sold on Feb. 3, 1900 to George D. Kirkham, a Warren, Ohio businessman residing on Park Ave., one block south of Packard Works.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of Tom Fetch with 1903 Packard Model F in dealer showroom. Inscribed on photo back: 1-cylinder, 12-horsepower, 88-inch wheelbase, 2-person roadster "Old Pacific." This car made the famous in the transcontinental crossing June 20th thru August 21st, 1903 from San Francisco to New York, driver E.T. (Tom) Fetch and passenger/photographer Marius C. Krarup, editor of The Automobile, and rear deck passenger from Reno to Colorado Springs only, N.O. Allyn. This model also participated in the First Annual Endurance Contest of the NAAM from New York to Pittsburgh 7-15th of October, 1903 as contestant #16 class D, driver E.T. Fetch and observer C.H. Lowe. Tom Fetch driver of "Old Pacific" on transcontinental trip snapped with "Old Pacific" during exhibition. In the background to the left is a 1924 Packard first series eight, 8-cylinder, 85-brake horsepower closed car and to the right a 1924 Packard 226 second series six 6-cylinder, 54 b.h.p., 126-inch wheelbase coupe.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1912 Packard 18 Model NE three-quarter rear view, right side, top raised, with rumble seat. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 26-horsepower, 108-inch wheelbase, runabout, fitted with standard top, & Packard storm-tilt windshield.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of a 1912 Packard 6 chassis, with hood cover. Inscribed on photo back: 6-cylinder, 48-horsepower, 133-inch wheelbase, chassis, right side elevation.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 9x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1924 Packard. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 226, second series six (produced 12/27/1923-2/2/1925), 6-cylinder, 54-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase, 4-person coupe (body type #222), left seven-eights side front.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1924-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry