General Cigar Company correspondence, 1969-1971

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Title:: General Cigar Company correspondence, 1969-1971
Description:: This collection of materials includes the correspondence and research notes involving Alfred M. Gottscho's General Cigar Company, Inc. and W. H. Johnson's tobacco research. Most of the materials involve General Cigar Company, Inc.'s desire to create better filler for their cigars through different methods of processing tobacco leaves, most notably through freeze-drying.
Topics:: Agriculture
Subjects:: Cigars
Freeze-drying
Tobacco -- Research
Tobacco industry
Original Format:: Handwriting
Typescript
Item identifier:: mc00062-007-bx0039-005-000
Coverage Date:: 1969 to 1971
Genre:: Administrative records
Correspondence
Research notes
Names:: General Cigar Company more info on General Cigar Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Johnson, William H. more info on Johnson, William H.
Digital Project:: Cultivating a Revolution

Repository:: Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:: William H. Johnson Papers, 1941-2005 (Bulk, 1956-1983) (MC00062) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
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Funding:: Digitization of this resource was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.