Scope and Content: The records of the Bedford County Bank are arranged into four series. The records consists of general ledgers, registers of discounted bills, a ledger, and a minute book.

Scope and Content:The business records of the Citizen's National Bank consist of two ledgers.

Scope and Content:The business records of the Citizen's Bank of Huddleston consist of a ledger. The leder was kept by Hunter Miller, receiver for Citizens Bank of Huddleston located in Bedford County, Virginia. It recorded loans given to customers and the payment, or the failure of payment, of said loans. Entries include brief handwritten notes detailing receiver's efforts to recover past due loan payments for bank. Ledger also records individual deposits and overdrafts of customers as well as the bank's assets and liabilities.

Scope and Content:The business records of the Farmers Savings Bank, Incorporated consist of a ledger. The volume recorded the loans, loan payments, overdrafts, certificates of deposit, and deposits of individual customers. It also records the general liabilities and expenses of the bank such as legal fees, audit fees, and interest payments.

Historical Information:Formerly known as the German American Insurance Company of New York, the insurance company changed its name in 1918 to the Great American Insurance Company of New York.

Scope and Content:The business records of the Great American Insurance Company of New York consist of a policy book. The volume belonged to R. A. Gilliam, a local insurance agent in Bedford County, Virginia for the Great American Insurance Company of New York. It records pertinent information of individual customers who purchased homeowner's insurance such as the policy number, length of policy, amount insured, rate of insurance, and amount of premium. Also included are copies of the insurance policies and some correspondence related to individual policies. Pages 50-69 are missing.

Scope and Content: The business records of the Nichols Supply Company consists of two ledgers. The volumes recorded the individual accounts of customers. The accounts show items purchased, amount owed, and payment of debts. Items sold include flour, field seeds, fertilizer, and farm implements.

The business records of the People's National Bank of Lynchburg consists of a draft register. The volume recorded payments made to other institutions, most of which are banks.

SCope and Content:The business records of Shanklin, Campbell, and Company consists of a cashbook. The volume recorded the payments received from individual customers for purchases of merchandise and payments of the company's expenses (advertising, freight transportation, commodities, etc.,). Examples of merchandise sold include chickens, ham, butter, and stove eyes.

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.

Scope and Content:The business records of an unidentified bank, perhaps Bedford County Bank, consists of a register of certificates of deposits. The volume recorded chronologically the certificates of deposit issued to individual customers. Information contained in the register includes the date the certificate of deposit was issued; the name of the individual the certificate was issued to; the value of the certificate; the rate of interest on the certificate; and the date when the certificate was paid.

Scope and Content:The business records of the unidentified business consists of a certificate of stock reigister, possibly from a bank. The volume recorded the name and residence of individual shareholders, the number of shares issued, the date they were issued, and the certificate number.