Record #:

20163

Author(s):

Tilley, Nannie May

Abstract:

This is a reprint of a paper presented at the forty-sixth annual session of the State Literary and Historical Association in Raleigh, December 6, 1946. This paper focuses on the problems within large tobacco companies including strife between groups involved in the process including leaf dealers, tobacco farmers, and warehouse managers that erupted into publicized agitations involving advertising campaigns and marked competition between major tobacco companies. A history of tobacco growing, farming,and cutting is included in the introduction.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 24 Issue 2, April 1947, p207-223, f

Subject(s):

American Tobacco Co. (Durham)