Charles Bennett Darden oral history interview,

Author/creator Darden, Charles Bennett creator, interviewee.
Other author Lennon, Donald R., interviewer.
Format Archival & Manuscript Material
Production1973.
Descriptionsound recording 1 audiocassette (1 hour)
Descriptiontranscript 7 pages
Supplemental ContentFinding aid
Subjects

Abstract Darden served as a tobacco specialist for the U.S. government in Iraq (1952-1956). He discusses his work among the Kurdish people in the northern border area, internal conflicts within Iraq, agricultural developments in the area, and his admiration of the people with whom he worked.
General noteInterviewer: Donald R. Lennon. Interview date: September 17, 1973.
Access restrictionNo access restrictions.
Cite as Charles Bennett Darden Oral History Interview (#OH0057), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Terms of useRepository 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 Charles Bennett Darden.
Biographical noteCharles B. Darden, a tobacco farmer of Ahoskie, North Carolina, spent over four years in Iraq with the U.S. International Cooperative Administration as a Tobacco Specialist (1952-1955); and as an Agricultural Extension Advisor (1955-1956). As a Tobacco Specialist, he acted as Director of the Tobacco Improvement project of the Iraq Tobacco Monopoly in the Ministry of Economics. In addition to formulating policy, he coordinated, supervised, and trained Iraqis in the techniques of production, marketing, and storage of tobacco. In his work as a Agricultural Extension Advisor, Darden advised and assisted the Director of Agriculture in supervising crops and the harvesting, storage, and grading of crops for market.

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