Vernon Cook discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc

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Description:

Vernon Cook recalls working at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, Mi, between 1944 and 1948. Cook says that much of his family worked at REO, including his future wife and that company culture dominated their lives. He describes factory working conditions, the REO Clubhouse, seeing the "Baby REO" car on display, the 1937 sit-down strike, and listening to WREO, the company radio station. He also talks at length about his job as a stock chaser in the plant and describes how trucks were built, tested and then dismantled for export. Interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.

Date Issued:

1992-02-05T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

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

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Family, Buildings, Automobile industry workers, Corporate culture, Work environment, Sit-down strikes, Trucks, and Design and construction

Subject Name:

Cook, Vernon, Cook, Vernon, Cook, Vernon, Reo Motor Car Company, Diamond REO Trucks, Inc, Reo Motor Car Company, Reo Motor Car Company, and WREO (Radio station : Lansing, Mich.)

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5sn01476