Irwin S. Smith Oral History Interview, July 28, 1982; September 10, 1982

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Irwin S. Smith Oral History Interview, July 28, 1982; September 10, 1982

July 28, 1982; September 10, 1982

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0074/

These interviews reflect the experiences of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Commentary relates to tobacco interests and operations, the Chinese people, War Lords, Japanese invasion of China, and life in a Japanese prison.

0.01 Cubic Feet; 2 audiocassettes, 3 hours, 94 pages

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11665354

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Lennon, Donald R.

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>Don Lennon was a longtime director of the East Carolina Manuscript Collection and Coordinator of Special Collections. Born in Brunswick County, North Carolina on October 6, 1938, he attended junior college in Wilmington, NC before completing his studies at East Carolina College. He taught school and worked in the North Carolina state archives before returning to East Carolina to assist with the creation of a historical manuscript collection. He passed away in Greenville, NC on April 26, 2018.Do...

Smith, Irwin S.

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Irwin S. Smith and three other employees of British-American Tobacco Company left North Carolina for China in 1930, where he served as a tobacco buyer in the interior of China. He married Miss Hal Grimes in 1940 and she accompanied him back to China. With the outbreak of war with Japan in 1941, wives were evacuated but Mr. Smith was interned by the Japanese for some months before being exchanged in 1943. He returned to China in 1945 but was forced to flee when the Communists overran the country ...