Interview with Gwen B. Coyte, January 7, 1986
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Tobacco buyer, family history, growing of flue-cured tobacco, work for American Tobacco Company in factory and as a buyer, role of American on the tobacco market, buying styles, first sale day, resistance she has encountered because of being a woman, relationships with other buyers and auctioneers, relationship with warehouses, difference in lifestyles for buyers, future of tobacco industry, differences in markets, meeting husband on the tobacco market, loyalty of employees to American Tobacco CompanyInterview Accession
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Heritage farmsInterview LC Subject
Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. American Tobacco Company Burley tobacco Family farms General stores International trade Sex discrimination against women Tobacco industry Tobacco industry--Maryland Tobacco--Grading Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Prices Tobacco--Varieties Warehouses Women tobacco workersInterview Rights
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Coyte, Gwen B. Interview by John Klee. 07 Jan. 1986. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Coyte, G.B. (1986, January 07). 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.
Coyte, Gwen B., interview by John Klee. January 07, 1986, Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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