Interview with Gregory Gallenstein, July 8, 1983
Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Assistant Plant Manager at Parker Tobacco Company, Mason County, Maysville, types of tobacco processed at different times of the year, redrying tobacco, grades that redryers work with, blending process, changes in production line between 1970-1980, role of government blender in grading process, role of the pool in Parker Company, work force, using paper boxes instead of wooden hogsheads, storage of tobacco, crops grown in Honduras, mechanizationInterview Accession
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Agricultural processing plants Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. Burley tobacco Exports--Honduras Family farms Parker Tobacco Company Tobacco industry Tobacco industry--Equipment and supplies Tobacco industry--Government policy Tobacco--Grading Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Processing Tobacco--Technological innovationInterview Rights
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Gallenstein, Gregory Interview by John Klee. 08 Jul. 1983. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Gallenstein, G. (1983, July 08). 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.
Gallenstein, Gregory, interview by John Klee. July 08, 1983, Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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