Jon Christopher Brown oral history interview, 2000.

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Jon Christopher Brown oral history interview, 2000.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/664802723

Brown discusses his family and education, his interest in perique tobacco, and his efforts to help Percy Martin, the last full-time perique farmer, to market his product and expand his sales. He describes the history of perique, the production of specialty tobacco, and its positioning in the world market.

1 sound cassette (1 hour, 17 minutes);Abstract (2 leaves);Transcript (40 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7958494

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Brown, Jon Christopher, 1949-

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Martin, Percy A.

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Professor of history at Stanford (1908-1942). Martin received a.b. (1902), and a.m. (1903) from Stanford and a.m. (1907) and Ph.D. (1912) from Harvard. From the description of Percy A. Martin articles [typescript], 1914-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 703840476 Biographical/Historical Sketch Professor of history at Stanford (1908-1942). Martin received a.b. (1902), and a.m. (1903) from Stanford and a.m. (1907) and Ph...

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

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The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established in August 1991 to document the history of Louisiana State University. A department of LSU Libraries Special Collections, the Center conducts, collects, preserves, and makes available to scholars oral history interviews on Louisiana's social, political, cultural, and economic history. From the description of T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History records, 1990-1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 22696...