Virginia Historical Society
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A Guide to the Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., Papers, 1908-1994.
Collection Number Mss3 Un39 a FA2


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Collection open to all researchers.

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Preferred Citation

Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., Papers, 1908-1994 (Mss3 Un39 a FA2), Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Universal Corporation, Richmond, Va., through the courtesy of H. H. Harrell, Chairman and C.E.O., in 1994. Accessioned 2 April 1996.


Descriptive Summary

Repository: Virginia Historical Society
Collection Number: Mss3 Un39 a FA2
Collection Name: Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., Papers, 1908-1994
Size: Size: 2,450 (ca.) items
Language: English
Abstract: This collection consists of the correspondence, historical research materials, oral histories (tapes and transcriptions), and manuscript drafts used in the production of Tobacco Merchant: The Story of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company by Maurice Duke and Daniel P. Jordan (University Press of Kentucky, 1995).

Scope and Content Information

Universal Leaf Tobacco Company has its origins in the late nineteenth century, with the J.P. Taylor Company and its founder, Jacquelin P. Taylor. In 1918 the J.P. Taylor Company merged with five other leaf tobacco dealers to form Universal Leaf Tobacco Company. The company is now known as Universal Corporation, a holding company with interests in commodities in addition to tobacco.

As a leaf dealer, Universal Corporation is involved in the purchasing, processing, and storing of leaf tobacco for later sale to the manufacturers that produce cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco for the market. As such, though it is the largest independent leaf tobacco dealer in the world, with headquarters in Richmond, Va., and facilities on five continents, it is largely unknown to the general public. From the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, historian Joseph C. Robert began work on a history of Universal, conducting numerous interviews with key personnel and compiling various materials for study of the tobacco industry in general, and Universal in particular. However, Dr. Robert’s history never got past the research stage. In the early 1980s, Drs. Daniel P. Jordan and Maurice Duke undertook a similar project. With the help of Dr. Robert, who made much of his own research available to them, as well as years of research and interviewing on their own, Drs. Duke and Jordan were able to publish their book, Tobacco Merchant : The Story of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, in 1995.

This collection consists of the historical research, oral histories, and manuscript drafts used in the production of Tobacco Merchant.


Biographical/Historical Information

Universal Leaf Tobacco began in the late nineteenth century as the J.P. Taylor Company. In 1918, the company merged with five other leaf tobacco dealers to form Universal Leaf Tobacco Company. Leaf dealers are involved in the purchasing, processing, and storing of leaf tobacco for later sale to the manufacturers that produce cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco for the market. ULTC has now become the Universal Corporation, a giant holding company whose interests are beginning to extend beyond tobacco into other commodities. Universal's headquarters are located in Richmond, Va., with branches around the world.


Arrangement

This collection is organized into five series.

Series 1 is composed of the correspondence of Drs. Robert, Jordan and Duke during their work on their respective Universal Leaf projects. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Series 2 consists of the manuscript drafts that became Tobacco Merchant, including the outlines, and materials used to compile acknowledgements, bibliographies, etc.

Series 3 contains the publications used for research purposes, subdivided into Series 3.1, those published by Universal Leaf; and Series 3.2, those published by other sources.

Series 4 is made up of research files compiled by Drs. Jordan and Duke, subdivided into Series 4.1, files on individuals; Series 4.2, on tobacco companies other than Universal Leaf (including independent tobacco firms subsidiary to ULTC); Series 4.3, on ULTC itself; Series 4.4, on the tobacco industry in general; and Series 4.5, miscellaneous research files. Each sub-series is arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series 5 contains the oral histories, subdivided into Series 5.1, the interview transcripts, and Series 5.2, the actual cassettes of interviews. Both are arranged alphabetically.


Index Terms

Duke, Maurice, 1934- . Tobacco merchant: the story of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company (1995).
Jordan, Daniel P., 1938- . Tobacco merchant: the story of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company (1995).
J.P. Taylor Company (Richmond, Va.)
Richmond (Va.) -- Industries.
Tobacco industry -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History.
Universal Corporation.
Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc.


Guide

Series 1. Correspondence, 1968-1994. ca. 500 items.

This series consists of correspondence between Daniel P. Jordan and Maurice Duke, on one hand, and various other individuals and organizations, for the purpose of researching and publishing Tobacco Merchant. The persons represented in this series include past and present employees of Universal Leaf Tobacco and its major subsidiaries, as well as officials from various libraries and museums from tobacco-growing regions. Also included is correspondence of Dr. Joseph C. Robert concerning his research into Universal Leaf in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Box 1Folder1Alexander, Jennie
2Algonquin Press
3Allen, E. D.
4Allen, Paul E.
5Barker, John S., III
6Beach, John W.
7Bell, Don F.
8Bruce, Emily D.
9Cheatham, James T.
10Christian, Stuart G., Jr.
11Chung, J. J.
12Clark, Margaret E.
13Coats, Grace W.
14Correll, Anne R.
15Cox, Hilda
16Crenshaw, Gordon L.
17Crowder, Nannie A.
18Davis, Harriette W.
19Dennis, W. B.
20Dinnsen, Don D.
21Dinnsen, E. A., Jr.
22Duffin, Anne H.
23Duke, Maurice
24Duke University Press
25Ebert, Patrice G.
26Eldridge, Mrs. Charles P.
27Elkins, Anne Marie
28Elmore, Mrs. Martha G.
29Flowers, Lewis C.
30Galloway, E. Agnew
31Goodson, W. A. “Bill”
32Gorman, John C.
33Grant, Gary
34Griffin, Carolyn
35Haley, Enoch A.
36Hall, Jacqueline Dowd
37Hall, William C.
38Harrison, Fred N., Jr.
39Harrison, Fred N., Sr.
40Harrison, Robert M.
41Henritz, Wayne
42Hicks, Julie
43Hobgood, A. L., Jr.
44Hoke, John C. V.
45Howard, H. Neal, Jr.
46Howe, M. Norton, Jr.
47Johnson, Elaine D.
48Jones, John W.
49Jordan, Daniel P.
50Kremer, Gabriel J.
51Lassiter, Wingate
52Laverge, Jan
53Lee, Margaret
54Lennon, Donald R
55Lowden, F. V., III
56Macaulay, Angus
57McOwan, A. I. “Mac”
58McTigne, Bernard
59Midzi, H. E. Amos Bernard M.
60Miller, Thomas D.
61Millsaps, William
62Momenee, Gary
63Moore, James T.
64Morton, Ann
65Murphy, Thomas
66National Tobacco-Textile Museum
67Noakes, R. A.
68Norwood, [?]
69Papps, Allan W.
70Pinks, John
71Powell, William G.
72Price, Eugene
73Pritchard, W. W. “Bill”, Jr.
74Rattican, Neal F.
75Robert, Joseph C.
76Roberts, William H., III
77Schmidt, Evelyn
78Schoenbach, Gerhard
79Scott, John W.
80Sengstacken, R. Robert
81Shackelford, George Green
82Shelton, Keith A.
83Silvette, David
84Snead, [?], Mrs.
85Sullivan, Gilbert J.
86Tarleton, Hal
87Taylor, Alvin B.
88Taylor, Helen Marie (Mrs. Jaquelin P.)
89Thomas, C. W., III
90Towers, Thomas R.
91University Press of Kentucky
92University Press of Virginia
93Voight, Fred W.
94Walston, H. C.
95Williams, Maurice
96Winfree, W. A., Jr.
97Worrell, Rob

Series 2: Manuscript for Tobacco Merchant.

This series contains manuscript drafts for most of the chapters of what became Tobacco Merchant, as well as the outlines, appendices, acknowledgments, and bibliography. For a few of the chapters, several revisions are present, as Dr. Duke attempted to correct errors and incorporate suggestions from his ULTC sources. In some cases, the comments and suggestions are in the form of transcripts of interviews, while other are in the form of correspondence, or corrected drafts. Often, the chapter order was changed during revision; the order represented in this series is as close as possible to the order in which the chapters are arranged in the final edition of Tobacco Merchant.

Box 1Folder98Progress Report as of 2-20-90
99Notes for Acknowledgments
100Outlines
101Chapter 1: The Heritage
102Chapter 2: The Founding and Early Years
103Chapter 3: The China Company Strikes Gold
104Chapter 4: A New Profit Center to the North
Chapter 5: Cigar Leaf Tobacco (p. 14 ff.)
105Chapter 6: The Depression and Great War Years
106Chapter 7: Postwar Growth at Home (l of 4)
107Chapter 7: Postwar Growth at Home (2 of 4)
108Chapter 7: Postwar Growth at Home (3 of 4)
109Chapter 7: Postwar Growth at Home (4 of 4)
110Chapter 8: Postwar Growth Abroad
111Chapter 9: A Worldwide Company (l of 2)
112Chapter 9: A Worldwide Company (2 of 2)
---No Chapter 10
113Chapter 11: A Changing Industry
114Chapter 12: Diversification and Litigation
115Notes for Appendices
 
Box 2Folder116Works Cited
117Miscellaneous Notes for Chapters 2-3
118Miscellaneous Notes for Chapters 1-3
119Notes for Revisions of Chapters 1-4

Series 3. Publications, 1908-1993.

This series is composed of publications of various types and sources used by Drs. Jordan and Duke for research purposes. It is divided into two sub-series: Series 3.1 represents all materials published by Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., including ULTC’s Articles of Incorporation, dated 1918, and amendments thereto up to 1979; public information pamphlets; company newsletters; 10-K forms; and annual reports. Series 3.2 contains publications from all other sources, including a complete run of The Tobacco Observer (a publication of The Tobacco Institute, a pro-tobacco lobby) from Vol. 1, no. 1 to Vol. 12, no. 5; U.S. Department of Agriculture publications dealing with tobacco cultivation, grading, and marketing; copies of documents dealing with various lawsuits against the tobacco industry; economic analyses of the tobacco industry; examinations of governmental taxation and regulation of tobacco; materials dealing with the controversy over smoking and health; and various histories of tobacco and the tobacco industry, both general and localized.

Series 3.1: Universal Leaf publications

Box 2Folder120Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc. Articles of Incorporation and amendments thereto
121Booklet, Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., and ULTC Annual Reports, 1988-1991
122The International Operations of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., and ULTC Annual Reports, 1945-1977
123Universal News (ULTC Newsletter), Vol. 2, no. 1-3; Vol. 3, no. 1, 3; Vol. 4, no. 3; Vol. 5, no. 3; Vol. 6, no. 3; Vol. 16, no. 3-4
124Universal News, Vol. 18, no. 4-Vol. 21, no. 4
125ULTC Form 10-K 1976
126ULTC Form 10-K 1978
127ULTC Form 10-K 1980
128ULTC Form 10-K 1982
129List of ULTC Subsidiaries and officers thereof, etc.
130Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Notices and Interim Reports

Series 3.2. Other publications.

Box 2Folder131The Tobacco Observer Vol 1 No 1-2
132The Tobacco Observer Vol 2 No 1-4
133The Tobacco Observer Vol 3 No 1-6
134The Tobacco Observer Vol 4 No 1-6
135The Tobacco Observer Vol 5 No 1-6
136The Tobacco Observer Vol 6 No 1-6
137The Tobacco Observer Vol 7 No 1-7
138The Tobacco Observer Vol 8 No 1-6
139The Tobacco Observer Vol 9 No 1-6
140The Tobacco Observer Vol 10 No 1-5
141The Tobacco Observer Vol 11 No 1-5
142The Tobacco Observer Vol 12 No 1-5
143Newsletter of the Tobacco History Corporation, Inc./Duke Homestead State Historic Site Vol 4 No 4-Vol 10 No 1, Vol 10 No 3-4, Vol 11 No 2, Vol 12 No 2, Vol 15 No 3/4
144U.S. Department of Agriculture Official Standard Grades for Flue-Cured Tobacco
145U.S. Department of Agriculture Official Standard Grades for Burley Tobacco
146Windham et al. V. American Brands, Inc., et al. Civil Action No. 74-1008, U.S. District Court, South Carolina. “Brief in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for a Class Action...” May 19, 1975
147Windham et al. V. American Brands, Inc., et al. U.S. District “Defendants’ Response to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Action Certification” May 20, 1975
148Windham et al. V. American Brands, Inc., et al. U.S. District Court’s denial of class certification, September 26, 1975
149Windham et al. V. American Brands, Inc. Et al. U.S. Court of Appeals No. 75-2315. Decision overturning District Court denial of class certification, July 16, 1976
150Windham et al. V. American Brands, Inc., et al. U.S. Court of Appeals Defendants’ petition for rehearing en banc
151Windham et al. V. American Brands, Inc., et al. U.S. Court of Appeals On rehearing en banc, the court overturns the previous appellate court ruling, and deny plaintiffs’ motion for class action status, October 11, 1977
152In re Petition of John Sledge Concerning Classification of Certain Imported Tobacco as Scrap Tobacco Comments of Standard Commercial Tobacco Company, Inc. Before the U.S. Customs Service Regulation and Research Division, November 19, 1979
153American Brands, Inc., 1976 Annual Report
154“American Tobacco Types, Uses, and Markets.” U.S. Department of Agriculture Circular No 249, 1933 and 1942 revisions
155“America’s Golden Leaf Virginia Edition”
156“The Bicentennial and “That Bewitching Vegetable” by Dr. Joseph C. Robert (draft)
157“Cigar Box Art” in Missouri Historical Society Bulletin, Apr 1951
158“Cigarette Taxes in the United States” Vol XIV 1965
159“Coker’s Tobacco Seed 1976 Season”
Box 3Folder 160College of Tobacco Knowledge Syllabi, 1978 and 1979
161Contributions to American Economic History by William Bagnall, 1908 [History of P. Lorilland and Co.]
162"The Duke Homestead”
163Executive Health Vol X No 11 “The Case Against Tobacco Is Not Closed”
164Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Monthly Review [Origin of Tobacco Industry]
165Green Leaf and Gold Tobacco in North Carolina by Jerome E. Brooks, 1962
166“A Farewell to Tobacco”, poem by Charles Lamb in W.H. Auden’s Oxford Book of Light Verse
167Section of “An Historical and Practical Essay on the Culture and Commerce of Tobacco” by William Tatham, 1800
168“Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company, Limited”
169“Louisiana and Tobacco A Chapter in America’s Industrial Growth”
170National Tobacco and Textile Museum
171“One Hundred Years of Virginia Tobacco,” essay dated 6-7-40 (draft)
172“A Preliminary Study of the Marketing of Burley Tobacco in Central Kentucky” by Charles Bohannon and D.P. Campbell, 1916
173Principles of Flue-Cured Tobacco Production by S.N. Hawles, Jr., 1978
174The Public Historian Business and History Vol 3 No 3, Summer 1981
175“Remarks by Mr. Ross R. Millhiser Before the Virginia House Finance Sub-Committee on Tobacco and Cigarette Taxes, August 19, 1977"
176“1961 Report of the Scientific Director”, Tobacco Industry Research Committee [looks at various scientific studies on tobacco, especially those related to health issues]
177“R.J. Reynolds Our 100th Anniversary 1875-1975"
178Rural America [Lists of books being reprinted, including a few on tobacco]
179The Smoking Controversy A Perspective” A Statement by the Tobacco Institute” December, 1978
180The Southern Planter July 1940 [includes the final version of “One Hundred Years of Virginia Tobacco” by Charles E. Gage]
181The Statutes at Large, Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 [early laws on tobacco]
182The Story of Tobacco by Virginia Tobacco Company, Inc., Danville, VA
183A Study of the U.S. Tobacco Industry’s Economic Contribution to the State and Counties of Kentucky, 1979
184A Study of the U.S. Tobacco Industry’s Economic Contribution to the State, Counties, and Independent Cities of Virginia, 1979
185The Tax Burden on Tobacco, vol 5, 1970
186The Tax Burden on Tobacco, vol 13, 1978
187The Tax Burden on Tobacco, vol 15, 1980
188“Tobacco A World-Class Industry” in Virginia Business, January 1992
189“Tobacco Deeply Rooted in America’s Heritage”
190“Tobacco in North Carolina Growing, Marketing, and Procession.” 1947
191“Tobacco in Virginia” 1980
192“Tobacco in Virginia” 1981
193“Tobacco in the United States” 1979
194“Tobacco Industry Profile” 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983
195Section of Tobacco Its History Illustrated by the Books, Manuscripts, and Engravings in the Library of George Arents, Jr. By Jerome Brooks, 1943
196“Tobacco Pioneer in American Industry”
197“Tobacco, Tobacco Hogsheads and Rolling Roads in Northern Virginia” by Charles E. Gage, 1959
198Tobaccoland by Carl Avery Werner
199“Trends in Demand for Tobaccos of the Southern States” 1942
200“Universal Appeal” in Richmond Times-Dispatch Monday November 29, 1993. [Article on ULTC]
201“Use of Tobacco among North American Indians” by Ralph Linton, 1924
202“Virginia and Tobacco History” by Charles E. Gage, for The Southern Planter, July 1940
203Miscellaneous publications and materials

Series 4: Research Files, 1982-1994.

Series 4 consists of research files compiled by Drs. Jordan and Duke, arranged by subject. It is subdivided into type of subject. Series 4.1 deals with individuals: past and present employees of ULTC and/or its subsidiaries, or significant figures in the tobacco industry at large. It includes newspaper clippings, obituaries, biographical sketches from various sources, and so forth. Series 4.2 is composed of materials on tobacco companies (including independent ULTC subsidiaries) outside ULTC itself. Series 4.3 contains notes on various aspects of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, arranged alphabetically by subject. Series 4.4 represents research files on the tobacco industry as a whole, including information on various trade and labor associations, examinations of regional tobacco markets, ad includes information on non-tobacco ULTC independent subsidiaries. Series 4.5 contains miscellaneous research notes and materials.

Series 4.1 Individuals

Box 3Folder204Allen, E.D.
205Bell, Don F.
206Carr, C. Stuart, Jr.
207Cary, Lucius F., III
208Chandler, Wallace L.
209Cheatham, C.B.
210Christian, Stuart G., Jr.
211Cobb, John B.
212Cone, Howard B.
213Covington, James E.
214Crenshaw, Gordon L.
215Cullman Family/Philip Morris
216Dozier, Curtis M., Sr. And Jr.
217Duke, James B.
218Edwards, Kenneth R.
219Garrett, Ester
220Goodson, W.A., Sr.
221Gordon, R. Latimer, Jr.
222Gorman, Patrick Henry
223Gregory, O.C.
224Haley, Enoch
225Hall, Grace
226Hankins, Louise T.
227Harrison, Fred and J.P.
228Harrison, Robert M.
229Hatcher, Wirt Sr.
230Henderson, Joseph F.
231Hildt, Thomas
232Hitchcock, Harry R.
233Hobgood, A.L., Jr.
234Jenkins, L.B.
235Laverge, Jan
236Leavell, John.
237McAdams, Thomas B.
238McOwan, A.I. “Mac”
239McOwan, Lucille Reynolds
240Miller, James I.
241Parrish, Hamilton P.
242Person, Thomas A.
243Pettus, Hunter R.
244Rose, John D.
245Rupert, Anton
246Stewart, Elizabeth Lewis
247Taylor, Jaquelin P.
248Taylor, Erasmus
249Towers, Thomas R.
250Tuggle, Aubrey G.
251Tuggle, R.W.
252Waddell, J.C.
253Walker, Pete
254Walston, Hubert C.
255Warwick, Pierre C.
256West, Hugh
257Willingham, William A.
258Winstead, William H.
259Woodson, Howard S.
260Yuille, Thomas B.

Series 4.2. Tobacco Companies, non-ULTC.

Box 4Folder261W.A. Adams Co.
262American Tobacco Company
263Bright Leaf and Burley Co.
264Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.
265Congoleum [conglomerate that tried to take over ULTC in 1976-77]
266Cunningham Tobacco Company
267Dibrell Brothers, Inc.
268K.R. Edwards Leaf Tobacco Co.
269Export Leaf Tobacco Co.
270Industrial Leaf Tobacco Co.
271Jefferson Leaf Tobacco Co.
272Larus and Brother Company
273W.B. Lea and Sons
274Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
275Person-Garrett Company, Inc.
276R.J. Reynolds Industries
277J.P. Taylor Co., Inc.
278J.P. Taylor Co., Inc. 1916 Audit [seel also W. A. Willingham Co. Audit]
279J.P. Taylor Co., Inc. Officers and Directors
280Taylor Brothers Tobacco Company
281U.S. Tobacco Company
282Virginia Tobacco Company, Inc.
283R.P. Watson and Sons
284W.A. Willingham Co., Inc. 1916 Audit [see also J.P. Taylor audit]
285Winston Leaf Tobacco Co.
286Zimleaf Holdings Group

Series 4.3. Universal Leaf Tobacco Company.

Box 4Folder287Addresses
288Annual Meeting/Quarterly Reports
289Barter Transactions
290Chronology
291“Company News” October 18, 1982
292Corporate Policy
293Directors and Officers
294Directories
295Diversification
296Earnings, 1918-1990
297Employee Benefits/Morale
298Far East Ltd.
299Financial Analysis
300Financial Reports/Statements
301Finance Committee Notes
302History
303International Conferences
304Leaf Buyers
305Litigation
306Minute Book Notes
307New Building, 1968 and Expansion, 1973-4
308Packing and Shipping
309Plant Modernization
310Stock Splits 1926-1978
311Tobacco Flow
312Miscellaneous, Personnel
313Miscellaneous

Series 4.4. General Research Folders–Tobacco Industry.

Box 4Folder314Alabama Tobacco History
315Belts/Buyers, U.S., 1965
316Blue Mold 1979
317Bright Crop Summaries 1933-49
318Bright Belt Warehouse Association
319Canada
320China
321Cigarette Manufacturing
322Club La Salle
323Conversation Notes [NOT formal interviews]
324Danville Tobacco Market
325Depression
326Dunnington-Beach Farming Operation
327Flue-Cured Markets 1967
328Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation
329Georgia Tobacco History
330Government Regulation of Tobacco U.S.
331“Hours and Earnings of Employees of Independent Leaf-Tobacco Dealers.” Monthly Labor Review Vol 53 (July 1941) pp. 215-222
332Japanese Tobacco/Salt Monopoly
333Kentucky and Tobacco
334Labor and Tobacco, 1930s
335Lancaster, PA and Tobacco
336Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation [ULTC subsidiary]
337Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association, Inc.
338Lynchburg Tobacco Industry
339Map of Flue Cured Tobacco Markets
340Maryland and Tobacco
341Mullins, SC, Tobacco Market
342New York Stock Exchange-ULTC Application 1927
343North Carolina and Tobacco
344Partners and Subsidiaries of ULTC
345Petersburg Tobacco Industry
346Pulliam House
347Rhodesia [See also Christian and Zimleaf]
348Richmond and Tobacco
349Robert, J.C. “ULTC’s International Outlook.”
 
Box 5Folder350Royster Company [Fertilizer/guano company, ULTC subsidiary]
351Sales Forecasts
352Scrap Tobacco U.S. Customs Service classification
353Section 22 Investigation, 1981 [See also R.W. Tuggle]
354Southern Processors, Inc.
355Southwestern Tobacco
356Standard Marks and Charges
357Stemming Question, 1979
358Tobacco Association of the U.S.
359Tobacco Associates, Inc.
360Tobacco Cultivation
361“Tobacco’s First Loss.” Time Vol 131 No 26, June 27, 1988
362Tobacco General History
363Tobacco Growers’ Information Committee
364Tobacco Industry Federal Trade Commission Report, 1920
365Tobacco Industry as a Fraternity
366Tobacco Issue, News and Observer 1896
367Tobacco Merchants Association
368Tobacco Processors, Inc.
369Tobacco and Textile Museum
370Tobacco U.S. (General Situation)
371Tobacco U.S. Diversification and International Expansion
372Tobacco World Conglomerates
373Tobacco Workers’ International Union
374Tuggle, R.W., Speech on flue-cured tobacco industry, 1979
375Virginia Tobacco’s Economic Statistics

Series 4.5. Miscellaneous Research Notes and Materials.

Box 5Folder376“Breaking Out What is Not in Southern History, 1918-1988" by Bennett H. Wall. Journal of Southern History Vol 55 No 1 (February 1989) pp. 3-20
377Corporate Histories in General
378“Laverge” Notebook
379Research Miscellaneous Ideas and Key Names
380“Universal Leaf Project” Notebook

Series 5. Oral histories, 1975-1976 and 1981-1990.

Series 5 consists of the oral histories that make up the backbone of Tobacco Merchant. Most of the interviews are with past and present ULTC employees, or their surviving wives or children. Included are interviews with some officials of other large tobacco corporation, such as the Cullman of Philip Morris. Series 5.1 is composed of the transcripts of the interviews, as well as the handwritten notes taken by the interviewer. Series 5.2 contains the actual cassette tapes of the interviews. Where more than one person was interviewed at once, the cassette and transcript are filed under the name that appears first on the transcript.

Series 5.1. Transcripts of Oral Histories.

Box 5Folder381Outlines of Interviews
382Abernathy, James H., Jr.
383Allen, E.D.
384Bagget, Wayne
385Bell, Don F.
386Bost, W.S. and Koonce, Bruce
387Carr, C. Stuart
388Carter, Garland and Collie, Harry
389Chandler, Wallace L.
390Cheatham, M. Deane, Jr.
391Christian, Stuart G.
392Cline, L. Carl
393Coleman, G.A. John
Collie, Harry See Carter, Garland
394Cone, Howard B.
395Covington, Robert
396Covington, James E., Sr.
397Covington, James E., Jr.
398Crenshaw, Gordon L. See also Towers, Thomas R.
399Cullman, Hugh
400Cullman, Joseph F., III
401Davis, Glenda
DeBruyn, Robert See Hitchcock, Harry
402Dinnsen, Ed
403Dunlop, Murray
404Eggleston, Thomas B.
405Galloway, E. Agnew
 
Box 6Folder406Garrett, Ester
407Goodson, W.A., Jr.
408Grubbs, Wirt L., Jr.
409Haley, Enoch
410Hall, Grace
411Hankins, Louise T.
412Harrell, Henry H.
413Harrison, Mrs. Fred N., Sr.
414Harrison, Fred N., Jr.
415Harrison, Mrs. J. Pinckney
416Hatcher, Wirt H., Jr.
417Hitchcock, Harry
418Hitchcock, Harry; Markle, John; and deBruyn, Robert
419Hinnant, C.H., Jr.
420Hobgood, A.L., Jr. And Parham, W.E.
421Holt, B.S., Jr.
422Horine, Robert B.
423Howe, M. Nlorton
424Howard, H. Neal
425Humphries, Edwin W.
426Hunt, William T.
427Jackson, Herbert
428Johnson, Hilda
429Jordan, W.L. “Bill”
430King, Allen B.
Koonce, Bruce See Bost, W.S.
431Kremer, G.J. “Gaby”
432Lacy, William C.
433Laverge, A.T.
434Laverge, Jan [1976 interview]
435Laverge, Jan [Parts 1-10]
436Laverge, Jan [Parts 11-13, 21-27]
437Laverge, Jan [Parts 28-45, Note: Parts 28-43 are incomplete]
438Leavell, John N.
439Lee, M.L. Dawson
440Lepine, Joseph J.
441Livesay, Howell T. “Spec”
442Lucas, Almas
443Macon, George
444Markle, John E. See also Hitchcock, Harry
445Meredith, John F.
 
Box 7Folder446Minshew, Marcella
447Morton, Ann
448Nelson, M.R.
449Noakes, R.A.
450Norton, Guy
Parham, W.E. See Hobgood, A.L., Jr.
451Pinks, John
452Pittman, Kenneth
453Pritchard, William W., Jr.
454Roark, Elijah B.
455Robertson, Mrs. Walter R., Sr. and Mrs. Jaquelin E. Taylor
456Robertson, Walter S., Jr.
457Robinson, Al
458Rogers, J. Lee
459Roland, Paul
460Schoenbach, Gerhard
461Schramme, Benjamin E., Jr.
462Stephenson, Leo
463Taylor, Jacqueline E.
Taylor, Mrs. Jaqueline E. See Robertson, Mrs. Walter R., Sr.
464Thomas, C.W., III
465Thompson, J.R. “Dick”
466Thompson, Mrs. Ralph
467Towers, Thomas R.
468Towler, Henry K.
469Towers, Thomas R. and Crenshaw, Gordon
470Tuggle, R.W. “Will” [Parts 1-10]
471Tuggle, R.W. “Will” [Parts 11-15]
472Waddell, J.C.
473Walker, A.W. “Pete”
474Walker, M.W. “Mac”
475Warwick, Pierre C.
476West, Hugh P.
477White, J.J. “Pete”
478Winfree, William A., Jr.
479Winstead, James B.
480Wood, Mildred
481Backup Material [Miscellaneous notes, etc.]
482Acknowledgements and list of interviews [on notecards]

Series 5.2. Original Interviews.

Box 8Abernathy, James H., Jr. (3 tapes)
Allen, E.D. (4 tapes)
Bell, Don
Bost, W.S. and Koonce, Bruce
Botkin, J.T. See reverse of Schramme tape
Capetoan, [?]
Carr, C.S., Jr. (2 tapes)
Carter, Garland and Collie, Harry See Morton, Ann tape for conclusion of this interview]
Chandler, W.L. (3 tapes)
Cheatham, M. Deane, Jr. (2 tapes)
Christian, Stuart
Cline, L. Carl
Cone, Howard B. (2 tapes)
Clovington, J.E.
Covington, James E., Jr.
Crensahw, Gordon L. (6 tapes)
Cullman, Hugh
Cullman, J.F. III
deBruyn, Robert See also Hitchcock/Markle tape
Dinnsen, Mr. and Mrs. E.A., Sr.
Donnell, Sam
Dunlop, Murray
Eggleston, Tom. See beginning of Carter/Collie tape
Galloway, E. Agnew (2 tapes)
Garrett, Ester (2 tapes)
Goodson, W.A., Jr. (3 tapes)
Grubbs, Wirt L. (2 tapes)
Haley, Enoch (2 tapes)
Hall, Grace
Hankins, Louisa
Harrell, Henry (2 tapes)
Harrison, Mrs. Fred N., Sr.
Harrison, Fred N., Jr.
Harrison, Mrs. J.P.
Hatcher, Wirt H., Jr.
Hinnant, C.H., Jr.
Hitchcock, Harry R. (5 tapes)
Hitchcock, Harry and Markle, John See also deBruyn, Robert tape
Hobgood, A.L., Jr. and Parham, W.E. (2 tapes)
Holt, B.S., Jr. (2 tapes)
Horine, R.B.
Howard, H. Neal
Howe, M.N., Jr.
Hunt, Billy
Johnson, Hilda
Jordan, W.L. “Bill”
Koonce, Bruce [See Bost, W.S.]
Lacy, W.C.
Laverge, A.T.
Laverge, Jan (26 tapes)
 
Box 9 Laverge, Jan (3 tapes)
Leavell, John N. (5 tapes)
Lee, Dawson
Lepine, Joe
Livesay, Howell Todd “Spec” See beginning of Minshew tape for conclusion of this interview
McOwan, A.I. “Mac” (5 tapes)
Macon, George W., Jr. (3 tapes)
Meredith, John (4 tapes)
Minshew, Marcella W.
Morton, Ann
Nelson, M.R. (2 tapes)
Noakes, R.A.
Norton,.Guy
Parham, W.E. See Hobgood, A.L., Jr. tapes
Pinks, John
Pritchard, W.W. (3 tapes)
Roark, Elijah B., Jr.
Robertson, Mrs. Walter S., Sr.
Robertson, Walter S., Jr. (2 tapes)
Robinson, Al
Rogers, J. Lee
Roland, Paul
Scramme, Benjamin E., Jr.
Schoenbach, Gerhard
Stephenson, Leo
Taylor, Jaquelin E.
Thomas, C.W., III
Thompson, J.R. “Dick”
Thompson, Mrs. Ralph
Towers, Thomas R. (3 tapes)
Tuggle, R.W. (9 tapes)
Waddell, J.C. (2 tapes)
Walker, Pete
Warwick, Mrs. Pierre
Warwick, Pierre (2 tapes)
West, Hugh
White, J.J. “Pete”
Winfree, William A., Jr. (4 tapes)
Winstead, J.

Index to Sections

Abernathy, James H., Jr., 5
Adams (W.A.) Co., 4.2
Alabama, 4.4
Alexander, Jennie, 1
Algonquin Press, 1
Allen, E. D., I, 4.1.5
Allen, Paul E., 1
American Tobacco Company, 4.2
Amos, Bernard M., 1

Baggett, Wayne, 3
Bagnall, William, “Contributions to American economic history”, 3.2
Barker, John S., III, 1
Beach, John W., 1
Bell, Don F., 1, 4.1, 5
Blue mold, 4.4
Bohannon, Charles, “A preliminary study of the marketing of burley tobacco in central Kentucky,” 3.2
Bost, W. S., 5
Bright Bell Warehouse Association, 4.4
Bright Leaf and Burley Co., 4.2
Brooks, Jerome E., “Tobacco: its history illustrated by the books, manuscripts, and engravings in the library of George Arents, Jr.,.” 3.2
Brooks, Jerome E., “Green leaf and gold: tobacco in North Carolina,” 3.2
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp., 4.2
Bruce, Emily D., 1

Campbell, D. P., “A preliminary study of the marketing of burley tobacco in central Kentucky,” 3.2
Canada, 4.4
Carr, C. Stuart, 5
Carr, C. Stuart, Jr., 4.1
Carter, Garland and Collie, Harry, 5
Cary, Lucius F., III, 4.1
Chandler, Wallace L., 4.1, 5
Cheatham, C. B., 4.1
Cheatham, James T., 1
Cheatham, M. Deane, Jr., 5
China, 4.4
Christian, Stuart G., Jr., 1, 4.1, 5
Chung, J. J., 1
Cigar box art, 3.2
Cigarettes - Manufacturing, 4.4
Clark, Margaret E., 1
Cline, L. Carl, 5
Club, La Salle, 4.4
Coats, Grace W., 1
Cobb, John B., 4.1
Coleman, G. A. John, 5
Collie, Harry SEE Carter, Garland, 5
Cone, Howard B., 4.1, 5
Congoleum, 4.2
Correll, Anne R., 1
Covington, James E., 4.1
Covington, James E., Jr., 5
Covington, James E., Sr., 5
Covington, Robert, 5
Cox, Hilda, 1
Crenshaw, Gordon L., 1, 4.1, 5 See also Towers, Thomas R., 5
Crowder, Nannie A., 1
Cullman Family/Philip Morris, 4.1
Cullman, Hugh, 5
Cullman, Joseph F., III, 5
Cunningham Tobacco Company, 4.2

Danville, Va., 4.4
Davis, Glenda, 5
Davis, Harriette W., 1
deBruyn, Robert See Hitchcock, Harry, 5
Dennis, W. B., 1
Depression, 1929, 4.4
Dibrell Brothers, Inc., 4.2
Dinnsen, Don D., 1
Dinnsen, E. A., Jr., 1
Dinnsen, Ed, 5
Dozier, Curtis M., Sr. and Jr., 4.1
Duffin, Anne H., 1
Duke Homestead, Durham, N.C., 3.2
Duke, James B., 4.1
Duke, Maurice, 1
Duke University Press, 1
Dunlop, Murray, 5
Dunnington-Beach Farms, 4.4

Ebert, Patrice G., 1
Edwards (K.R.) Leaf Tobacco Co., 4.2
Edwards, Kenneth R., 4.1
Eggleston, Thomas B., 5
Eldridge, Charles P. (Mrs.), 1
Elkins, Anne Marie, 1
Elmore, Martha G. (Mrs.), 1
Export Leaf Tobacco Co., 4.2

Flowers, Lewis C., 1
Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation, 4.4

Gage, Charles E., “One hundred years of Virginia tobacco,” “Tobacco, tobacco hogsheads and rolling roads in northern Virginia,” and “Virginia and tobacco history,” 3.2
Galloway, E. Agnew, 1, 5
Garrett, Ester, 4.1, 5
Georgia, 4.4
Goodson, W. A. “Bill,” 1
Goodson, W. A., Jr., 5
Goodson, W. A., Sr.,. 4.1
Gordon, R. Latimer, Jr., 4.1
Gorman, John C., 1
Gorman, Patrick Henry, 4.1
Grant, Cary, 1
Gregory, O. C., 4.1
Griffin, Carolyn, 1
Grubbs, Wirt L., Jr., 5

Haley, Enoch, 1, 4.1, 5
Hall, Grace, 4.1, 5
Hall, Jacqueline Dowd, 1
Hall, William C., 1
Hankins, Louise T., 4.1, 5
Harrell, Henry H., 5
Harrison, Fred N., Jr., 1, 4.1, 5
Harrison, Fred N., Sr. (Mrs.), 1, 5
Harrison, J. Pinckney See Harrison, Fred N., Jr.
Harrison, J. Pinckney (Mrs.), 5
Harrison, Robert M., 1, 4.1
Hatcher, Wirt H., Jr., 5
Hatcher, Wirt H., Sr., 4.1
Hawles, S. N., Jr., “Principles of flue-cured tobacco production,” 3.2
Henderson, Joseph F., 4.1
Henritz, Wayne, 1
Hicks, Julie, 1
Hildt, Thomas, 4.1
Hinnant, C. H., Jr., 5
Hitchcock, Harry R., 4.1, 5
Hobgood, A. L., Jr., 1, 4.1, 5
Hoke, John C. V., 1
Holt, B. S., Jr., 5
Horine, Robert B., 5
Howard, H. Neal, Jr., 1.5
Howe, M. Norton, Jr., 1.5
Humphries, Edwin W., 5
Hunt, William T., 5

Indians of North America -- Tobacco, 3.2
Industrial Leaf Tobacco Co., 4.2

Jackson, Herbert, 5
Japan, 4.4
Jefferson Leaf Tobacco Co., 4.2
Jenkins, L. B., 4.1
Johnson, Elaine D., 1
Johnson, Hilda, 5
Jones, John W., 1
Jordan, Daniel P., 1
Jordan, W. L. “Bill,” 5

Kentucky, 3.2, 4.4
King, Allen B., 5
Koonce, Bruce See Bost, W. S.,, 5
Kremer, Gabriel J. “Gaby,” 1, 5

Lacy, William C., 5
Lamb, Charles, “A farewell to tobacco” (poem), 3.2
Lancaster, Pa. – Industries, 4.4
Larus and Brother Company, 4.2
Lassiter, Wingate, 1
Laverge, A. T., 5
Laverge, Jan, 1, 4.1, 5
Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, 4.4
Lea (W.B.) and Sons, 4.2
Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association, Inc.., 4.4
Leavell, John N., 4.1, 5
Lee, M. L. Dawson, 5
Lee, Margaret, 1
Lennon, Donald R., 1
Lepine, Joseph J., 5
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, 4.2
Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company, Ltd., 3.2
Linton, Ralph, “Use of tobacco among North American Indians,” 3.2
Livesay, Howell T., “Spec,” 5
Lorilland (P.) and Co., 3.2
Louisiana, 3.2
Lowden, F. V., III, 1
Lucas, Almas, 5
Lynchburg, Va. – Industries, 4.4

Macaulay, Angus, 1
Macon, George, 5
Markle, John E., 5 See Also Hitchcock, Harry
Maryland, 4.4
McAdams, Thomas B., 4.1
McOwan, A. I. “Mac,” 1, 4.1, 5.2
McOwan, Lucille Reynolds, 4.1
McTigne, Bernard, 1
Meredith, John F., 5
Midzi, H. E., 1
Miller, James I., 4.1
Miller, Thomas D., 1
Millhiser, Ross R., 3.2
Millsaps, William 1
Minshew, Marcella, 5
Momenee, Gary, 1
Moore, James T., 1
Morton, Ann, 1, 5
Mullins, S.C. – Industries, 4.4

National Tobacco-Textile Museum, 1, 4.4
Nelson, M. R., 5
New York Stock Exchange, 4.4
Noakes, R. A., 1, 5
North Carolina, 3.2, 4.4
Norton, Guy, 5
Norwood, [?], 1

Papps, Allan W., 1
Parham, W. E. See Hobgood, A. L., Jr., 5
Parrish, Hamilton, P., 4.1
Person, Thomas A., 4.1
Person-Garrett Company, Inc., 4.2
Petersburg, Va. – Industries, 4.4
Pettus, Hunter R., 4.1
Pinks, John, 1, 5
Pittman, Kenneth, 5
Powell, William G., 1
Price, Eugene, 1
Pritchard, William W., Jr., “Bill,” 1, 5
Pulliam House, 4.4

Rattican, Neal F., 1
Reynolds (R.J.) Company, 3.2
Reynolds (R.J.) Industries, 4.2
Rhodesia, 4.4
Richmond, Va. – Industries , 4.4
Roark, Elijah B., 5
Robert, J. C., “UTLC’s International Outlook,” 4.4
Robert, Joseph C., “The Bicentennial and ‘that bewitching vegetable’”(draft), 3.2
Robert, Joseph C.
Roberts, William H., III, 1
Robertson, Walter R., Sr. (Mrs.), 5
Robertson, Walter S., Jr., 5
Robinson, Al, 5
Rogers, J. Lee, 5
Roland, Paul, 5
Rose, John D., 4.1
Royster Company, 4.4
Rupert, Anton, 4.1

Salt industry – Japan, 4.4
Schmidt, Evelyn, 1
Schoenbach, Gerhard, 1, 5
Schramme, Benjamin E., Jr., 5
Scott, John W., 1
Sengstacken, R. Robert, 1
Shackelford, George Green, 1
Shelton, Keith A., 1
Silvette, David, 1
Snead, [?] (Mrs.), 1
Southern Processors, Inc., 4.4
Stephenson, Leo, 5
Stewart, Elizabeth Lewis, 4.1
Sullivan, Gilbert J., 1

Tarleton, Hal, 1
Tatham, William, “An historical and practical essay on the culture and commerce of tobacco,” 3.2
Taylor (J.P.) Co., Inc., 4.2
Taylor, Alvin P., 1
Taylor Brothers Tobacco Company, 4.2
Taylor, Erasmus, 4.1
Taylor, Helen Marie (Mrs. Jaquelin P.), 1
Taylor, Jaqueline E. (Mrs.), 5 SEE ALSO Robertson, Walter R., Sr. (Mrs.), 5
Thomas, C. W., III, 1, 5
Thompson, J. R. “Dick,” 5
Thompson, Ralph (Mrs.), 5
Tobacco – Alabama, 4.4
Tobacco Associates, Inc., 4.4
Tobacco Associates of the U.S., 4.4
Tobacco – Canada, 4.4
Tobacco – China, 4.4
Tobacco – Cultivation, 4.4
Tobacco – Georgia, 4.4
Tobacco Growers’ Information Committee, 4.4
Tobacco – History, 4.4
Tobacco – Japan, 4.4
Tobacco – Kentucky, 3.2, 4.4
Tobacco – Louisiana, 3.2
Tobacco manufacture and trade – Employees, 4.4
Tobacco manufacture and trade – Wages, 4.4
Tobacco – Marketing, 4.4
Tobacco – Maryland, 4.4
Tobacco merchant: The story of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company (manuscript), 2
Tobacco Merchants Association, 4.4
Tobacco – North Carolina, 3.2, 4.4
Tobacco – Pennsylvania, 4.4
Tobacco Processors, Inc., 4.4
Tobacco – Rhodesia, 4.4
Tobacco – South Carolina, 4.4
Tobacco – Stemming, 4.4
Tobacco – Taxation, 3.2
Tobacco – United States, 4.4
Tobacco – United States – Law and legislation, 3.2
Tobacco – Virginia, 3.2, 4.4
Tobacco – Virginia – Law and legislation, 3.2
Tobacco Workers’ International Union, 4.4
Towers, Thomas R., 1, 5.1
Towler, Henry K., 5
Tuggle, Aubrey G., 4.1
Tuggle, R. W. [Speech on flue-cured tobacco industry, 1979], 4.4

U.S. Tobacco Company, 4.2
University Press of Kentucky, 1
University Press of Virginia, 1

Virginia – Tobacco, 3.2, 4.4
Virginia Tobacco Company, Danville, Va., 3.2, 4.2
Voight, Fred W., 1

Waddell, J. C., 4.1, 5
Walker, A. W. “Pete,” 5
Walker, M. W. “Mac,” 5
Walker, Pete, 4.1
Wall, Bennett H., “Breaking out what is not in Southern history, 1918-1988,” 4.4
Walston, Hubert C., 1, 4.1
Warwick, Pierre C., 4.1, 5
Watson (R.P.) and Sons, 4.2
Werner, Carl Avery, “Tobaccoland,” 3.2
West, Hugh, 4.1, 5
White, J. J. “Pete,” 5
Williams, Maurice, 1
Willingham (W.A.) Co., Inc., 4.2
Willingham, William A., 4.1
Windham et al v. American Brands, Inc., et al, 3.2
Winfree, William A., Jr., 1, 5
Winstead, James B., 5
Winstead, William H., 4.1
Winston Leaf Tobacco Co., 4.2
Wood, Mildred, 5
Woodson, Howard S., 4.1
Worrell, Rob, 1

Yuille, Thomas B., 4.1

Zimleaf Holdings Group, 4.2


Container List

Box 1Series 1. Correspondence (folders 1-97)
Series 2. Manuscript (folders 98-115)
 
Box 2Series 2 (cont.). Manuscript (folders 116-119)
Series 3. Publications
   Series 3.1. ULTC Publications (folders 120-130)
   Series 3.2. Other Publications (folders 131-159)
 
Box 3Series 3 (cont.). Publications
   Series 3.2 (cont.). Other Publications (folders 160-203)
Series 4. Research Files
   Series 4.1. Individuals (folders 204-260)
 
Box 4 Series 4 (cont.). Research Files
   Series 4.2. Tobacco Companies (other than ULTC) (folders 261-286)
   Series 4.3. ULTC (folders 298-313)
   Series 4.4. Tobacco Industry (folders 314-349)
 
Box 5 Series 4 (cont.). Research Files
    Series 4.4 (cont.). Tobacco Industry (folders 350-375)
    Series 4.5. Miscellaneous Research Notes (folders 376-380)
Series 5. Oral Histories
   Series 5.1. Transcripts (folders 381-405)
 
Box 6 Series 5 (cont.). Oral Histories
    Series 5.1 (cont.). Transcripts (folders 406-445)
 
Box 7 Series 5 (cont.). Oral Histories
    Series 5.1 (cont.). Transcripts (folders 446-482)
 
Box 8 Series 5 (cont.). Oral Histories
    Series 5.2. Cassettes (Abernathy-Laverge, Jan)
 
Box 9 Series 5 (cont). Oral Histories
    Series 5.2 (cont.). Cassettes (Laverge, Jan (cont.)-Winstead)


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