Hilda Smith discusses her career at the REO Motor Car Company

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Description:

Ninety-six-year-old Hilda Smith recalls her career at the REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, MI, between 1923 and 1964. Smith talks fondly about her family, her job in REO's Human Resources Department, and her retirement after a forty-two year career. She looks through a scrapbook with the interviewers, identifying managers and coworkers and talks about the REO Clubhouse, movies, and caring for her thirteen siblings. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.

Date Issued:

1992-02-12T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan and Lansing

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Family, Employees, Buildings, and Automobile industry workers

Subject Name:

Smith, Hilda, Smith, Hilda, Smith, Hilda, Reo Motor Car Company, Reo Motor Car Company, and Reo Motor Car Company

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5j678x3g