Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1923-1925

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Creator:
Chesterfield County (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Contract Book, 1923-1925. The contract book contains the names of farmers in Chesterfield County, Va., who signed contracts to market their tobacco cooperatively through the association. The contracts contain the farmer's address (name of community), the date of the contract, the number of pounds and type of tobacco (dark or bright) pledged, and the amount of acreage in production. Index included. The book also contains a printed agreement with the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, 1924, outline terms of marketing agreements with farmers; and three signed affidavit of M.O. Wilson, Secretary of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, 1924.

Biographical / historical:

Chesterfield County was named for Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth earl of Chesterfield, British statesman and diplomat, and was formed from Henrico County in 1749.

The Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was a non-profit association of tobacco farmers organized in North Carolina in 1921, and administered by a board of twenty-five directors in Raleigh. It was organized "for the purpose of promoting, fostering, and encouraging the business of marketing tobacco cooperatively: for reducing speculation; for stabilizing the local tobacco markets; for cooperatively and collectively handling the problems of tobacco growers, and for other pertinent purposes."

Acquisition information:

This collection came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of records from Chesterfield County.

This collection is located at the State Records Center. Contact Archives Research Services for access information, directions, and hours.

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 v. (58 leaves and 3 p.)