Special Collections & Archives

The Office of Information Systems is the primary resource for all things computing at Wake Forest University. This collection includes materials created or used by the Information Systems office at Wake Forest University. Materials include promotional materials, usage guides, reports, and emails.

This volume contains ink and pencil minutes entries of the organization of the Wake Forest College Lodge #22 of the International Order of Good Templars from September 18, 1874 to February 7, 1878.

Collection includes biographical data; diaries of A.T. Hord while a student at Wake Forest College, Sept. 30, 1883-Dec. 9, 1884; while living at Como, North Carolina, preaching and attending Baptist meetings in Hertford County, North Carolina and vicinity, and supplying Roberts Chapel Baptist Church, Northampton County, North Carolina; and while pastor in Burlington, North Carolina, Dec. 24, 1888-Oct., 1889; his sermon notebook, 1880-1891; and two items from his daughter, Mrs. Junita H. Miller, relating to a trip west taken by the A.T. Hord family, undated.

Word was a schoolteacher in Virginia and Stokes County, North Carolina.

Reverend C.B Williams was a graduate of Wake Forest College (Class of 1891). He served as a Baptist pastor in North Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, and Tennessee and as a professor and dean of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was an author of books and articles primarily on the New Testament.

Hiram Cook was a student at Wake Forest College, 1924-27, and was graduated in 1927.

Dr. Vann was a physician with the U.S. Navy, and an alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1905).

Letters from Dr. Albert Clayton Reid (Wake Forest class of 1938), Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University.

W.L. Wyatt was a student at Wake Forest College, 1902-05, and graduated in 1905.

A collection of diaries, notes, and other memorabilia related to the life and work of Ira W. Thomas, a 20th century preacher in North Carolina. His diaries depict his work beginning in 1872 until his death in 1922. The collection includes sermons, notes, and accounting records from this same period. The collection also includes newspaper clippings mentioning Smith's work as well as articles announcing his death.

Irving E. Carlyle was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1917) who became a lawyer in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and trustee of Wake Forest College and Bowman Gray School of Medicine, later Wake Forest University School of Medicine. His papers contain personal, legal, and financial records, subject files, and other files relating to his service to Wake Forest University and Bowman Gray School of Medicine. The files contain extensive correspondence with leading politicial figures in North Carolina. Also included is information on the relocation of the College from Wake Forest, N.C., to the Winston-Salem campus.

Mercer was a Baptist minister in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina.

Island Creek (Henderson, N.C.) Baptist Church was constituted in 1820. Included in this collection are minute books and membership lists.

General Ivan Loveridge Bennett (1892-1980) was a Baptist minister and army chaplain. This collection consists of 105 postcards containing correspondence between Bennett and his future wife, Ruby Jenrette (1897-1985). The postcards include images of Wake Forest College's original campus as well as other landmarks across North and South Carolina.

Iveson Lewis Brookes (1793-1865) was a Baptist pastor and plantation owner in Georgia. This collection contains correspondence, receipts, and biographical information.