Series IX: Business Records of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, 1921-1924

Extent:

1 volume

Scope and content:

Scope and Content:The business records of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association consists of a contract book. The volume recorded the marketing agreement made between the cooperative and its members in Bedford County and contracts signed by the individual members acknowledging this agreement. Information contained in the contracts include the name and address of the member; date contract was signed; amount of tobacco produced in a given year; number of acres planted; and the type of tobacco grown (dark or bright).

Historical Information:The Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association was first organized in North Carolina in February 1922. It was a cooperative marketing association composed of tobacco producers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

Physical location:

State Records Center

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