Special Collections & Archives

This collection includes materials from Cedar Fork Baptist Church, which was constituted on April 22, 1805. The contents of this record include correspondence related to Church membership.

The Center for Global Programs and Studies (GPS) record group includes newsletters, annual reports, brochures and flyers, and international program information. The materials cover both study abroad programs as well as international students studying at Wake Forest University.

WFU's Center for Learning, Access, and Student Success (CLASS), formerly known as the Learning Assistance Center, is a division of Student Life that provides study skills training and counseling. Materials include a pamphlet and stickers.

Chadwick Wellington Clark, an alumnus of Wake Forest University (Class of 1989) served with the U.S. Army, as Second Lieutenant and platoon leader during the Panama invasion, 1989.

Charles A. Leonard was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1907), a Baptist pastor in North Carolina and Kentucky, and a Southern Baptist missionary in North China from 1910 to 1924, Manchuria, 1936 to 1937, and Hawaii. His papers consist of biographical materials, 1932-1973 his correspondence files, 1962-1969; financial and legal documents; his literary productions, including his manuscript of (1969); and photographs.

Charles Aurelius Smith was a graduate of Wake Forest College (class of 1882) and member of the Euzelian Literary Society. He was a merchant in Timmonsville, South Carolina, and later served as S.C.'s Lieutenant Governor, Baptist State Convention of South Carolina President, and Southern Baptist Convention Vice President. His papers consist of biographical information, a photograph of Smith, an autograph book containing statements from Wake Forest classmates and faculty, an alumni card signed by Dr. William Louis Poteat, a class of 1892 photograph, and clippings about Smith.

Reverend Charles Barrett Howard was a Wake Forest College alumnus (1922), a Baptist pastor in North Carolina, director of the Howard Memorial Christian Education Fund, and a retired Campbell University professor. This collection consists of sermons, journals, sermon audio recordings, and other loose papers.

Charles Bennett Deane was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1923), a lawyer from Rockingham, North Carolina, and U.S. Congressional representative. His papers contain Baptist files, 1938-1958; Congressional papers, 1948-1957; Meredith College trustee files, 1947-1958; personal papers, 1865, 1918-1923 and 1938-1970; speech files, 1931-1964; and Wake Forest College/Wake Forest University files, 1929-1969.

Charles Elisha Taylor was a Baptist minister, Confederate States Army veteran, college professor, and Wake Forest College's sixth president (1884-1905). This collection documents the life and some of the work of Charles Elisha Taylor, and provides glimpses of the lives of some Taylor family members. Material types include account books, articles, circular letters, correspondence, forms, memorandums, military records, news clippings, notebooks, notes, obituaries, photographs, poems, programs, promissory notes, reports, sermons, speeches, and writings.

Charles H. Pinner, class of 1922, was an educator. His papers consist of biographical information and include correspondence and awards relating to his career as Superintendent of Education in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and Tabor City, North Carolina. His notebook kept while a soldier in the American Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919, in World War I is also included.

Utley was graduated from Wake Forest College in 1899. He served as a Baptist pastor in North Carolina.

Charles Jefferson Black, also known as C.J., was a Baptist pastor and historian. This collection is comprised of biographical information, personal writings and letters, and a photocopied photograph.

C.J. Jackson was graduated from Wake Forest College in 1909. His collection contains copies of two letters written by relating to the move of the college to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1946; a copy of a letter from to C.J. Jackson congratulating him on obtaining the Z. Smith Reynolds grant, 1946; a photograph of C.J. Jackson as a Senior at ; a debate medal awarded to Jackson by the , 1907; and his debate notebook, 1907.

The papers of Charles Lee Smith, Wake Forest College alumnus, UNC Board of Trustee Member, Edwards and Broughton president, and Wake Forest donor. The collection include correspondence with Lady Maureen Watson (wife of Sir John Willliam Watson) ranging from the years 1939-1941, Richard T. Ely (American economist, author, and leader of the Progressive movement), and others. His work with Wake Forest, Chapel Hill, and Johns Hopkins is documented along with printed materials of Smith's interests and events attended. A letter written in April, 1924 accounts Smith's visit with Mahatma Gandhi. The collection also contains clippings related to Gandhi at that time.

Charles M. Allen was a biology professor at Wake Forest University, a U. S. Army Air Force photographer during the second World War, and a patron of the arts. This collection documents some of Allen's personal life as well as his professional work, including biographical materials, diplomas, campus and family photographs, news clippings, scrapbooks, Scales construction materials, and Artists Series materials.

Charles Orville Whitley (1927-2002) was a Wake Forest alumnus, lawyer, Democrat, and N.C. Congressional representative from 1977-1986. This collection documents Whitley's work in Congress. Materials include agency files, consitutent correspondence, event invitations and appointment records, and subject files.

Charles Sylvester Green was a Wake Forest alumnus, clergyman, newspaper editor, freelance writer, and Vice President of Wake Forest College. His papers consist of biographical/genealogical files; correspondence; subject files; literary works; professional and educational files; and his activities as a Baptist minister, educator, journalist, and active member of the Rotary Club.

Charles T. Wilkinson graduated from Wake Forest in 1920 and received his M.D. from Tulane University in 1922. During World War II he was a Lt. Col. (later Col.) and commanding officer of the 171st Station Hospital, New Guinea. This collection consists primarily of letters to and from Dr. Wilkinson while he was serving in the Pacific Theater during World War II. There are clippings, a photograph, and printed items in the collection.

These papers of family living in Alleghany County, North Carolina consists primarily of correspondence between William Thomas Choate (1832-64) and his wife, Martha (Fender) Choate (1836-97), during his service as a officer in Company I, 61st Regiment North Carolina State Troops during the Civil War. His letters are concerned with camp life, the Battle of Antietam, casualties, sickness in his company, and the need for food and clothing from home. Her letters are about the family and neighbors, deaths in the family and neighborhood, sickness, running the family farm, care of livestock, and her wanting William to come home. Other correspondents include William Choate's brothers, friends, relatives and others.

Bookplates are small pieces of paper used since the early 15th century to establish ownership of books, they are normally embellished with hand drawn designs, pictures, and slogans that are specific to a family lineage, library or institution. The bookplates that are included this collection are organized by the last name of the person(s) or name of the institution. Though some bookplates have dates, the majority do not.

Clarence Herbert New was a writer, editor, adventurer, and novelist, best known for his work "Free Lances in Diplomacy," a serial novel published in from 1909-1934. He published under his own name and pseudonyms including Culpeper Zandtt, Stephen Hopkins Orcutt, Devon Ames, and Norman Blake. Robert Warrington New was a writer, the only child of Clarence Herbert and Rachel Tatum New.

Claud Ballard Bowen was a Baptist minister, spending decades leading the First Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C. and contributing to Baptist institutions across North Carolina. This collection primarily contains sermons, both by Bowen and by other contemporaries and historical ministers, as well as notes related to sermons and preaching. Other materials include subject and biographical files and records of sermons by Bowen and others.

Claude Upshaw Broach was a Baptist minister and scholar, and the first full-time director of the Wake Forest University and Belmont Abbey College Ecumenical Institute. These records document Broach's work as well as information regarding the Broach and Upshaw families. Materials in this collection include photographs, newsletters, correspondence, sermons, speeches, audiocassette tapes, and a scrapbook.