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Title
Part 16: K. T. Keller - Chrysler Corporation confrontation (Windows Media version)
Creator
Lewandowski, Thomas, 1939 - (prod., narr.)

Institution
Oakland Community College

Subject
Keller, Kaufman Thurma, 1885-1966 -- Political and social views.

Subject
Polish Americans -- Employment -- Michigan -- Hamtramck.

Subject
Chrysler Corporation -- Management.

Item Number
EX01b016

Relation
Extracts from oral histories of Hamtramck, MI in the Albert J. Zak Memorial Library (Hamtramck), Detroit Public Library (Burton Collection), Hamtramck Historical Collection, Library of Michigan, Macomb County Library, Oakland Community College Libraries.

Type
sound, image

Format
mpeg2

Description
Joseph A. Lewandowski, mayor (1934-36) and municipal judge, shares about his heated confrontation with K.T. Keller for jobs at Dodge Main Assembly during the depths of the Great Depression.

Part 16: K. T. Keller - Chrysler Corporation confrontation (Windows Media version)

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