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- In this installment of "Western Michigan at Work," Dr. Willis Dunbar surveys the economic well being of cities around western Michigan, based upon reports from various local Chambers of Commerce. Chamber of Commerce members from Sturgis, Coldwater, Three Rivers, Greenville, Hastings, Ionia, and South Haven talk about the status of business in their communities and all report a general upswing and expansion in manufacturing and retail sales. Dunbar also highlights construction projects in Greenville and Hastings and reviews employment figures across the state.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-12-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Marvin Grinstern talks about his employment at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1965 and 1975. Grinstern describes growing up in Lansing, farming, visiting his father at the plant, as a boy, during the 1937 strike and finally joining his father and other relatives at REO. Grinstern also talks about a fatal accident on the shop floor, managers abusing their position, the REO bankruptcy, the plant closing, and the resulting shock, depression and suicides among workers. Grinstern laments the loss of manufacturing companies and jobs in Lansing and remarks on the great changes that came to factories in the wake of unionization and women in the workplace. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-12-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Western Michigan at Work," Dr. Willis Dunbar surveys the economic well being of cities around western Michigan, based upon reports from various local Chambers of Commerce. Chamber of Commerce members from Sturgis, Coldwater, Three Rivers, Greenville, Hastings, Ionia, and South Haven talk about the status of business in their communities and all report a general upswing and expansion in manufacturing and retail sales. Dunbar also highlights construction projects in Greenville and Hastings and reviews employment figures across the state.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-12-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Marvin Grinstern talks about his employment at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1965 and 1975. Grinstern describes growing up in Lansing, farming, visiting his father at the plant, as a boy, during the 1937 strike and finally joining his father and other relatives at REO. Grinstern also talks about a fatal accident on the shop floor, managers abusing their position, the REO bankruptcy, the plant closing, and the resulting shock, depression and suicides among workers. Grinstern laments the loss of manufacturing companies and jobs in Lansing and remarks on the great changes that came to factories in the wake of unionization and women in the workplace. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-12-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection