Peoples National Bank collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Peoples National Bank Collection (RHS Coll. 0030), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Peoples National Bank (Lexington, Va.)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Peoples National Bank Collection (RHS Coll. 0030), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a printed pamphlet entitled "The Peoples National Bank of Lexington, Virginia: Statement of Condition, July 1, 1911," a 1937 photograph of two African-American men, one with a jack hammer, demolishing a section of the Peoples National Bank which was originally located in Lexington's "Tutwiler Building," and a ten dollar national currency note printed by the United States Federal Reserve for the Peoples Bank of Lexington and with its name included on the bill. The bank note depicts President William McKinley. The Officers and Directors of ... invite you to visit their new Banking Rooms during the observance of their Thirty-first Anniversary ...

Also includes an early "Join Our Christmas Club" Blotter, The Peoples National Bank, and a 40th Anniversary brochure.

Acquisition information:
The $10 Peoples National Bank note was a gift to the Rockbridge Historical Society of Skip Hess of Lexington, Virginia in May or June of 2019.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Paper money