Title: Dr. Durwood T. Stokes oral history interview, March 27, 1974

Identifier: OH0018   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/14669)

Description: Transcript of a speech entitled “Milton: The Growth and Decline of a Tobacco Town” given by Dr. Durwood Stokes, Chairman of the Department of Social science and professor of history at Elon College. The second annual Tobacco History Symposium, held March 27, 1974, at East Carolina University, sponsored by the Institute for Historical Research in Tobacco. The title of this year’s symposium, “Tobacco’s Impact upon Towns and Town Life in North Carolina.” Includes introductions to the symposium by Dr. Herbert Paschal, Chancellor Leo W. Jenkins, Dr. John Ellen, and Fred Ragan.