Interview with John M. Berry, Sr., May 21, 1987

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

Interview Summary

Attorney, personal background, founding of Burley Tobacco Grower's Association, discussion of tobacco market in early years of the co-op, life as an attorney in a small town, impact of the Great Depression in New Castle, early promotion of the co-op, important legislation in 1939 regarding the marketing of tobacco, New Deal programs and critics, cooperative marketing, loans to farmers beginning in 1941, how the co-op works and what it means to the farmer, change from acreage to poundage

Interview Accession

1995oh156_ff486

Interviewee Name

John M. Berry, Sr.

Interviewer Name

John Klee

Interview Date

1987-05-21

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture--Finance Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture Burley tobacco Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Conglomerate corporations Family farms Forgy, Lawrence E. "Larry", Jr., 1939-2022 Lobbying New Deal, 1933-1939 Tobacco farmers Tobacco industry Tobacco industry--Law and legislation--Kentucky Tobacco--Cooperative marketing Tobacco--Government policy Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Law and legislation Depressions--1929--United States

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Berry, John M., Sr. Interview by John Klee. 21 May. 1987. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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