Scope and content |
Quentin Gregory tells of tobacco operations in China during his stay; Chinese attitudes toward American, British, and German businessmen; missionary reactions to businessmen; aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion; the revolution in 1912; travel in China; horseracing; railroads; and a visit to an opium den. |
General note | Interviewer: Donald R. Lennon. Interview date: March 22, 1972. |
Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
Cite as |
Quentin Gregory Oral History Interview (#OH0003), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
Terms of use | Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs. |
Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Quentin Gregory. |
Biographical note | Quentin Gregory, of Halifax, N.C., was a tobacconist in China from 1905 to 1920. He was general inspector for all sales in China for the British-American Tobacco Company. |