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This project deals with the Automobile Industry in Indiana and why it declined. The interviewees discuss industry within Indiana, concentrating on Indianapolis in the nineteen twenties.
| Interviewee: | Dortch, Carl R. |
| Call number: | 82-066 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | August 20, 1982 |
| Physical Description: | 26 pp.; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 115 minutes; no index |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Swanson, Catherine |
Carl R. Dortch, born in 1914, first came to Indianapolis when his father got a job with Marmon Motor Car Company. Dortch discusses the fact that many people either passing through or from farm areas that were no longer hiring became a good labor market for the automobile companies, which were for the most part family owned businesses. He refers to the mass- roduction automobile companies of Detroit as a possible impact on decline. Dortch also discusses the survival of the Indianapolis economy through a variety of industry as well as the economic growth of the city.
Chrysler Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Marmon Motor Car Company
Hoke, Frank
Belleville, Illinois
Detroit, Michigan
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis industry
family business
labor market
labor relations
mass production
| Interviewee: | Hoke, Frank |
| Call number: | 82-062 |
| Date(s) of Interview: | September 28, 1982 |
| Physical Description: | 9 pp.; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 20 minutes; no index; biographical data of interviewee |
| Physical Location: | Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office. |
| Access Status: | Open |
| Interviewer: | Swanson, Catherine |
Frank Hoke, born in 1899, discusses the various factors that may have had an impact on the fall of the automobile industry in Indiana. He speaks about the history of family owned businesses in Indianapolis, including one his own father began. Hoke also discusses changes in the automobile industry as a whole.
Chevrolet
Holcomb and Hoke Manufacturing Company,
Incorporated
Marmon Motor Car Company
Indianapolis, Indiana
automobile business
business management
economic conditions
water transportation