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Title: Wayne Nunheimer discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Creator: Nunheimer, Wayne
Date: 1992-06-18
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Wayne Nunheimer recalls his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1945 to 1975. He talks about his father working for REO, the REO Clubhouse, the 1937 strike, the company in the post-war period, his job as a spot welder, lawnmower production, piecework and the beautiful REO Flying Cloud automobile. Nunheimer also recalls the mergers which led to the end of the company, ongoing legal battles in bankruptcy, and says how fortunate workers were to have...
Show moreWayne Nunheimer recalls his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1945 to 1975. He talks about his father working for REO, the REO Clubhouse, the 1937 strike, the company in the post-war period, his job as a spot welder, lawnmower production, piecework and the beautiful REO Flying Cloud automobile. Nunheimer also recalls the mergers which led to the end of the company, ongoing legal battles in bankruptcy, and says how fortunate workers were to have union representation and what a positive influence the union was in the plant. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
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Title: Water consumption practices in Michigan State University residence halls and general fund buildings
Creator: Morris, Matthew
Date: 2012
Collection: Electronic Theses & Dissertations
Description: A water consumption investigation for Michigan State University's campus was continued because of increasing costs in purchasing water, as well as the direct translation to energy conservation, reduction in greenhouse gases, and a reduction in power plant wastes. By examining past and present water meter data for Residence Halls and General Fund Buildings, water using practices and equipment were outlined for improvement. With the available water data and estimated costs from various...
Show moreA water consumption investigation for Michigan State University's campus was continued because of increasing costs in purchasing water, as well as the direct translation to energy conservation, reduction in greenhouse gases, and a reduction in power plant wastes. By examining past and present water meter data for Residence Halls and General Fund Buildings, water using practices and equipment were outlined for improvement. With the available water data and estimated costs from various renovation projects, cost-benefit analyses were conducted. Pay-back periods varied between the projects, but with some as low as one year, it is clear that changes to Michigan State University's water infrastructure can result in significant economic improvements and reductions in water consumption.
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Title: Vivern Haight discusses his career at the REO Clubhouse
Creator: Haight, Vivern
Date: 1993-02-04
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Vivern Haight talks about his career as a staff person at the REO Clubhouse, the company-owned events center of the REO Motor Car Company (later Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc.), in Lansing, Mi. Haight, who worked for REO from 1945 to 1975, describes the ornate Clubhouse and his duties and discusses all of the famous sports figures, politicians and other celebrities, including President Dwight Eisenhower, who came through its doors. Haight talks about seeing the R.E. Olds mansion and the REO...
Show moreVivern Haight talks about his career as a staff person at the REO Clubhouse, the company-owned events center of the REO Motor Car Company (later Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc.), in Lansing, Mi. Haight, who worked for REO from 1945 to 1975, describes the ornate Clubhouse and his duties and discusses all of the famous sports figures, politicians and other celebrities, including President Dwight Eisenhower, who came through its doors. Haight talks about seeing the R.E. Olds mansion and the REO plant as a kid in Lansing and relates stories and local color about the Olds family. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
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Title: Vernon Cook discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Creator: Cook, Vernon
Date: 1992-02-05
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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...
Show moreVernon 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.
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Title: Unveiling the plaque
Creator: Berkhout, Joop
Date: 1995
Collection: Glendora Review

Title: The drawings & specifications for a steel frame house
Creator: Parkhurst, Jay E.
Date: 1929
Collection: Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Title: Specters of Lansing
Date: 2009
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Audio from a MSU graduate student produced video titled "Specters of Lansing" about Lansing's Old Town district and its revitalization. Various speakers reminisce about Old Town, its character in the past and what is has become. They talk about the former buildings and businesses and the restoration, new construction, and new businesses that have reinvigorated the area. Jack Taylor narrates.

Title: Russell and Eva Alberts discuss their career at REO Motor Car Company
Creator: Alberts, Russell
Date: 1992-04-16
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Russell Alberts talks about working at REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, MI, from 1928 to 1939. Alberts describes conditions in the plant, his jobs, pay, benefits, and hours, before unionization and the great strides made by workers after the big labor strike of 1937 and the Lansing Labor Holiday. He also talks about the REO Clubhouse, the radio station, REO products and making experimental vehicles for the American military. Alberts' wife, Eva Alberts, describes her work in the REO Navy...
Show moreRussell Alberts talks about working at REO Motor Car Company, in Lansing, MI, from 1928 to 1939. Alberts describes conditions in the plant, his jobs, pay, benefits, and hours, before unionization and the great strides made by workers after the big labor strike of 1937 and the Lansing Labor Holiday. He also talks about the REO Clubhouse, the radio station, REO products and making experimental vehicles for the American military. Alberts' wife, Eva Alberts, describes her work in the REO Navy Department during the war and both discuss an accidental death in the plant and the safety issues which plagued the manufacturer for decades. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
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Title: Portuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam, Netherlands) : Nearby building in classic design style to show site context
Creator: Mezga, Duane
Date: 1992-06
Photographed Site: Portuguese Synagogue (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Collection: Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
Description: Nearby building in classic design style to show site context

Title: Plötzensee Prison (Berlin, Germany) : Outside wall, site context
Creator: Mezga, Duane
Date: 1992-06
Photographed Site: Plötzensee Prison (Berlin, Germany)
Collection: Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
Description: Outside wall, site context

Title: Plötzensee Prison (Berlin, Germany) : Nazi period photos of building front
Creator: Mezga, Duane
Date: 1992-06
Photographed Site: Plötzensee Prison (Berlin, Germany)
Collection: Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
Description: Nazi period photos of building front

Title: Plötzensee Prison (Berlin, Germany) : Execution site commemoration
Creator: Mezga, Duane
Date: 1992-06
Photographed Site: Plötzensee Prison (Berlin, Germany)
Collection: Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
Description: Execution site commemoration

Title: Plötzensee Prison (Berlin, Germany) : Entry doors to inner execution site
Creator: Mezga, Duane
Date: 1992-06
Photographed Site: Plötzensee Prison (Berlin, Germany)
Collection: Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
Description: Entry doors to inner execution site

Title: Otto Aves discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Creator: Aves, Otto
Date: 1993-01-04
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Otto Aves talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1944 to 1972. Aves describes growing up on a Delta Township farm and following both of his parents into the plant. He also talks about building military vehicles without heaters and defrosters, trying to run the family farm while working double shifts, a wildcat strike over piece rate pay, conditions on the shop floor, building custom trucks for celebrities, and the tremendous influence...
Show moreOtto Aves talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1944 to 1972. Aves describes growing up on a Delta Township farm and following both of his parents into the plant. He also talks about building military vehicles without heaters and defrosters, trying to run the family farm while working double shifts, a wildcat strike over piece rate pay, conditions on the shop floor, building custom trucks for celebrities, and the tremendous influence of the UAW. He says that REO was much like a family and reminisces about REO picnics, outings at Lake Lansing, the REO Clubhouse, movies, bowling, and the ball teams. As in any family, he says, there were problems and he describes filing a shop grievance against his real-life father-in-law who also worked at REO. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
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Title: Norm Grimwood discusses her parents' experiences working at REO Motor Car Company and her career in automobile industry
Creator: Grimwood, Norma
Date: 1992-03-26
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Norma Grimwood talks about her father’s experiences working at REO Motor Car Company during the years 1918 to 1961 and her childhood in a REO family. Grimwood is nostalgic about going to movies at the REO Clubhouse, the beautiful pipe organ, and belonging to a company bowling league, but she also grimly recalls the 1937 strike which brought UAW representation into the plant. She also describes her mother doing piecework in the REO upholstery department, her father testing amphibious trucks...
Show moreNorma Grimwood talks about her father’s experiences working at REO Motor Car Company during the years 1918 to 1961 and her childhood in a REO family. Grimwood is nostalgic about going to movies at the REO Clubhouse, the beautiful pipe organ, and belonging to a company bowling league, but she also grimly recalls the 1937 strike which brought UAW representation into the plant. She also describes her mother doing piecework in the REO upholstery department, her father testing amphibious trucks on the Grand River in Lansing and her own career at the General Motors Oldsmobile plant and being forced to leave when she became engaged. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
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Title: Marjorie Koehler discusses her career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Creator: Koehler, Marjorie
Date: 1992-06-16
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Marjorie Koehler talks about her career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1947 to 1975. She says that her grandfather and father were working at REO when she came on board, after working for the State of Michigan, the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) and the Works Projects Administration (WPA). She describes working in the payroll and catalog departments at REO, shares stories of the REO Clubhouse, employee picnics and the annual employee fair and says...
Show moreMarjorie Koehler talks about her career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1947 to 1975. She says that her grandfather and father were working at REO when she came on board, after working for the State of Michigan, the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) and the Works Projects Administration (WPA). She describes working in the payroll and catalog departments at REO, shares stories of the REO Clubhouse, employee picnics and the annual employee fair and says that working at REO was much better than Oldsmobile, where her husband was worked. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of REO Memories oral history project.
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Title: Linda Maxon discusses her career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Creator: Maxon, Linda L.
Date: 2004-06-25
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Linda Maxon discusses her early years at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI. She says that she started as a temporary stenographer in 1967 and stayed to work as a secretary for several managers until the plant closed in 1975. Maxon shares many experiences about company social events and institutions and describes the loss of the REO Clubhouse and the burning of the factory itself. Maxon says that in the end, she was able to draw money from the REO pension fund...
Show moreLinda Maxon discusses her early years at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI. She says that she started as a temporary stenographer in 1967 and stayed to work as a secretary for several managers until the plant closed in 1975. Maxon shares many experiences about company social events and institutions and describes the loss of the REO Clubhouse and the burning of the factory itself. Maxon says that in the end, she was able to draw money from the REO pension fund before it was drained and describes the terrible depression suffered by other workers who lost all of their retirement money. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
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Title: Life cycle cost-based risk model for energy performance contracting retrofits
Creator: Berghorn, George H.
Date: 2014
Collection: Electronic Theses & Dissertations
Description: Buildings account for 41% of the primary energy consumption in the United States, nearly half of which is accounted for by commercial buildings. Among the greatest energy users are those in the municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals (MUSH) market. Correctional facilities are in the upper half of all commercial building types for energy intensity. Public agencies have experienced reduced capital budgets to fund retrofits; this has led to the increased use of energy performance...
Show moreBuildings account for 41% of the primary energy consumption in the United States, nearly half of which is accounted for by commercial buildings. Among the greatest energy users are those in the municipalities, universities, schools, and hospitals (MUSH) market. Correctional facilities are in the upper half of all commercial building types for energy intensity. Public agencies have experienced reduced capital budgets to fund retrofits; this has led to the increased use of energy performance contracts (EPC), which are implemented by energy services companies (ESCOs). These companies guarantee a minimum amount of energy savings resulting from the retrofit activities, which in essence transfers performance risk from the owner to the contractor.Building retrofits in the MUSH market, especially correctional facilities, are well-suited to EPC, yet despite this potential and their high energy intensities, efficiency improvements lag behind that of other public building types. Complexities in project execution, lack of support for data requests and sub-metering, and conflicting project objectives have been cited as reasons for this lag effect. As a result, project-level risks must be understood in order to support wider adoption of retrofits in the public market, in particular the correctional facility sub-market.The goal of this research is to understand risks related to the execution of energy efficiency retrofits delivered via EPC in the MUSH market. To achieve this goal, in-depth analysis and improved understanding was sought with regard to ESCO risks that are unique to EPC in this market. The proposed work contributes to this understanding by developing a life cycle cost-based risk model to improve project decision making with regard to risk control and reduction. The specific objectives of the research are: (1) to perform an exploratory analysis of the EPC retrofit process and identify key areas of performance risk requiring in-depth analysis; (2) to construct a framework describing the sources of and mitigation strategies employed for assessing key risks in EPC retrofits; (3) to develop a strategy for analyzing and evaluating risks for EPC retrofits focused on managing expected costs throughout the project life cycle, and use data collected through this strategy to develop and parameterize a risk model; and (4) to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed life cost-based risk model through a pilot application to a case study site.Five major contributions to the body of knowledge resulting from the research include: (1) a consensus-based assessment of ESCO risk management; (2) characterization of EPC retrofit risks borne by ESCOs; (3) an empirical evaluation of scenario failure mode and effects analysis and its application to this domain; (4) development and pilot application of a life cycle cost-based risk model; and (5) future expansion of the research approach to other domains.The researcher envisions that full implementation of the research will further encourage the growth of the energy services industry, and support focused retrofits in complex building types that typically can benefit the most from such work. Ultimately, this will reduce the energy consumption of public sector buildings to levels that are more fitting with the global principles of sustainability and responsible management of constrained resources.
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Title: Larry Otis talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Creator: Otis, Larry
Date: 2004-05-11
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Larry Otis talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1959 to 1975. Otis describes his youth and early jobs before coming to REO as a truck mechanic. He talks about REO facilities and products, explains the closing of the plant, the disposal of parts and equipment and the start of the Nuts & Bolts Store by former REO workers selling salvaged REO parts. Otis says that he considered REO a good place to work and recalls employee activities in...
Show moreLarry Otis talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc., in Lansing, MI, from 1959 to 1975. Otis describes his youth and early jobs before coming to REO as a truck mechanic. He talks about REO facilities and products, explains the closing of the plant, the disposal of parts and equipment and the start of the Nuts & Bolts Store by former REO workers selling salvaged REO parts. Otis says that he considered REO a good place to work and recalls employee activities in the plant and the REO Clubhouse and the sense of belonging that came with REO employment. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of the REO Motor Car Company's 100th Anniversary.
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Title: Jack Down discusses his career at REO Motor Car Company and Diamond REO Trucks, Inc
Creator: Down, Jack (Autoworker)
Date: 1992-02-18
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Jack Down, an R. E. Olds Transporation Museum volunteer and former REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc. employee, recalls his experiences with the company and his life in the Greater Lansing, MI area. Down talks about his youth in East Lansing, attending Michigan State College, his jobs prior to working for REO, the factory buildings and land around the plant, the REO Clubhouse, and the beginnings of the REO Motor Car Company and the Oldsmobile and Fisher Body operations in Lansing....
Show moreJack Down, an R. E. Olds Transporation Museum volunteer and former REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc. employee, recalls his experiences with the company and his life in the Greater Lansing, MI area. Down talks about his youth in East Lansing, attending Michigan State College, his jobs prior to working for REO, the factory buildings and land around the plant, the REO Clubhouse, and the beginnings of the REO Motor Car Company and the Oldsmobile and Fisher Body operations in Lansing. He also discusses the tragedy of owner Francis Cappaert raiding the REO worker's pension fund and the turmoil of the Lansing Labor Holiday and the labor confrontation known as the Battle of the Red Cedar. The interviewers are Shirley Bradley and Lisa Fine. Recorded as part of the REO Memories oral history project.
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