Interview with Frank Snodgrass, July 9, 1985
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Tobacconist, Vice President and Managing Director of the Burley and Dark Leaf Tobacco Export Association in Washington D.C., history of organization, Germany as customer, other countries that have tobacco monopolies, trade barriers over the years, trade with Far East, relationships with agencies of U.S. government, quality of hand-tied vs. baled tobacco, public reaction to pesticides, perception of the tobacco industry, promotion of American tobacco in foreign countries, impact of filter-tipped cigarettes, reasons for different nicotine content, foreign competitors, loss of political strength by farmers.Interview Accession
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Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Burley and Dark Leaf Tobacco Export Association Burley tobacco Cigarette filters Cigarettes Commerce Export marketing Exports--China Family farms Imports Imports--Japan International trade Tobacco farmers Tobacco industry Tobacco--Composition Tobacco--Insecticides Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Taxation United States. Agricultural Marketing Service United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service United States. Dept. of Agriculture United States. Foreign Agriculture ServiceInterview Rights
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Snodgrass, Frank Interview by John Klee. 09 Jul. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Snodgrass, F. (1985, July 09). Interview by J. Klee. Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Snodgrass, Frank, interview by John Klee. July 09, 1985, Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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