Quentin Gregory oral history interview, March 22, 1972

Quentin Gregory oral history interview, March 22, 1972.

Author/creator	Gregory, Quentin creator, interviewee.
Other author/creator	Lennon, Donald R., interviewer.
Format	Archival & Manuscript Material
Production Info	1972.
Description	sound recording 1 audiocassette (1 hour)
Description	Transcript 19 pages
Supplemental Content	Finding aid
Subject(s)	Gregory, Quentin. British American Tobacco Company--Employees. British-American Tobacco Co. (China)--History. Tobacco industry--China. Americans--China --20th century. Railroads--China. Opium abuse--China. China--Social conditions --20th century. China--History, Military --20th century.

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.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
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