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 Company

Interview Accession

1995oh181_ff511

Interviewee Name

Gwen B. Coyte

Interviewer Name

John Klee

Interview Date

1986-01-07

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

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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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