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- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Leslie Mitchell remembers REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, as a great place to work, in this interview conducted by historian Shirley Bradley. Mitchell discusses growing up across from the REO plant where both of his parents worked, starting his work life at the General Motors Oldsombile plant and later moving to REO. Mitchell describes a tragic death at the plant during his tenure which led to UAW Local 650 successfully organizing REO workers. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-05-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert Fell tells of being hired in 1979, reaching 89 days and being laid off. He rehired in March 1981 and worked in the Trim Shop and eventually Paint Repair. He talks about being appointed as a night shift UAW Safety Rep. He describes the August 1982 fatalities, confined space entry, and safety lockout policies. He discusses everyday life in the factory, relations with management, changing perceptions of the safety department and joint UAW/GM programs.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-08-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Sam describes being hired in September 1968, commuting from Lakeview, MI, and spending ten years on the assembly line. He talks about friction between production workers and trades, performing "government jobs," women in trades, minorities, friendships, conveyor breaks and a car pile-up, labor management relations, and the closing of the plant.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-02-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. He promises to help the community rebuild and praises the first responders and citizens who cared for their neighbors.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush addresses the nation after the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia upon reentering the Earth's atmosphere that morning. He reassures that this tragedy will not be the end of the United States space exploration. To the families of the lost astronauts, Bush also says that "You are not alone. Our entire nation grieves with you. And those you loved will always have the respect and gratituted of this country."
- Date Issued:
- 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- A series of images show wrecked cars (two vehicles) and the scene of a fatal accident on River Road on September 6, 1937. The images were charged to the Michigan State Police for the Rockford Post, Rockford Michigan, Trooper Dean. This image shows a road in the daytime, with officers standing on either side of a driveway.
- Date Created:
- 1937-09-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A series of images show wrecked cars (two vehicles) and the scene of a fatal accident on River Road on September 6, 1937. The images were charged to the Michigan State Police for the Rockford Post, Rockford Michigan, Trooper Dean.
- Date Created:
- 1937-09-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A series of images show wrecked cars (two vehicles) and the scene of a fatal accident on River Road on September 6, 1937. The images were charged to the Michigan State Police for the Rockford Post, Rockford Michigan, Trooper Dean.
- Date Created:
- 1937-09-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
