Interview with Jack W. Bergstrom, February 5, 1988

Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Tobacconist, Daviess County, Owensboro, personal background in tobacco business, special problems of factory running many different types of products, additives to tobacco products, what regional tobaccos are used for, unionization of employees, Pinkerton Tobacco Company, amount of production at local plant, testing and research of products, non-FDA involvement, looseleaf products, seasonal nature of products, exports, future with Swedish owners, production process, Owensboro as place to live and work

Interview Accession

1995oh194_ff524

Interviewee Name

Jack W. Bergstrom

Interviewer Name

John Klee

Interview Date

1988-02-05

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

Interview LC Subject

Agricultural processing plants Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Burley tobacco Family farms International trade Pinkerton Tobacco Company Smokeless tobacco Snuff Tobacco industry Tobacco workers--Labor unions Tobacco--Government policy Tobacco--Kentucky

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