Special Collections & Archives

J. Don Reeves was a professor in the Education Department at Wake Forest University. This collection contains his files relating to the Academic Urban Affairs Consortium, Human Relations Seminars, and the Urban Affairs Institute.

J. Edwin (Ed) Hendricks was a WFU history professor from 1961 to 2009. Materials in this collection include Hendricks' articles; correspondence with researchers and students; WFU administrative records; Winston-Salem building preservation efforts; and course materials. There is a small amuont of personal documents and compact discs related to WFU history.

J. M. (Jesse Martin) Page was ordained in 1898 and held many pastorates throughout North Carolina. From 1927 to 1933 he worked with the Baptist State Convention, where he assisted in establishing and building more than 100 churches throughout North Carolina. This collection contains notebooks of sermons and clippings dated 1909-1938.

This collection consists of a letter from J. W. Wiseman to Reverend George W. Greene about the record book of Dutchman's Creek Baptist Church (now Eaton) and the contents of Vol. 1, 1772-1787.

This collection contains one handwritten letter from student John Wayne Foster (1938) to Dr. Triplett. Foster discusses his first semester's coursework at Wake Forest College, including exam week and tuition costs.

Jack D. Fleer was a professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University from 1964 to 2002. He also became the director of the summer Boys' State program, held on the Wake Forest campus during the 1970s and 1980s. Fleer also wrote three books about North Carolina politics and governors. The collection includes material relating to Wake Forest University, including faculty committees, Thomas Hearn presidential search committee, American Association of University Professors' committee on faculty salaries and James Ralph Scales' retirement. Extensive material on the American Legion Boys' State program is also present. Formats include papers, correspondence, reports, photographs and newspaper clippings.

Jacksonville First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, N.C., was organized in 1890. The church became known as "First Baptist" in 1953 and was a member of Eastern (1890-1901), Wilmington (1901-1960), and New River (1960 - ) Baptist associations. This collection includes church bulletins and inserts from the years 1945 to 1973.

Heartsfield was a native of Franklin County, North Carolina.

James Chester Rockwell was a Baptist minister in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tenessee.

James D. Wilkins, Sr., was a member of the First Baptist Church of Greensboro, N.C., and participated in the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. This collection contains correspondence, notes, church history materials, and other church records related to Wilkins' work with the church and Convention.

Williams is an alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1935) and a retired Baptist minister, having served Tarboro First, Spindale First, and Mount Holly First Baptist churches. He was licensed to preach by the Cartlege Creek Baptist Church.

James Dunn Hufham was a Baptist pastor in North Carolina, editor of the , a Wake Forest College alumnus (1856), and later a College trustee. This collection consists of biographical information, incoming correspondence, notes and writings, and photographs.

James Elijah Fulgham was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1929). His papers consist of his memoirs of Wake Forest College and the Medical College of Virginia; photographs; correspondence, a photograph of the Class of 1929; and pages from his Wake Forest College scrapbook.

James Estol Tull served in the U.S. Army as a chaplain and taught theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, for 25 years. This collection contains biographical information, including his U.S. Army Air Force file, writings, speeches, photographs, subject and course files, two sermons, and drafts of and his dissertation (1959).

James Gordon McDowell, a German and European history professor, joined WFU's history department in 1965 and was active in the University community. This collection contains evidence of McDowell's professional work, with a small amount of personal correspondence. Materials include bibliographies and reading lists, budgets, correspondence, course readings, examinations, lectures, meeting minutes, memorandums, and syllabuses. Some items date to McDowell's graduate school career.

Professor James Grover Carroll was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1908), and later professor of mathematics, 1920-1955. His papers consists of a pen and ink sketch by Tom Olive, from circa 1951, and his gradebooks for classes in Math, Drawing, and Surveying, dated 1947-1950.

James H. Walton was a Professor in the Speech Communication and Theatre Arts Department, Wake Forest University. His scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, tickets, brochures, etc., relating to drama and musical productions at Tanglewood Park, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1959-1964, and at Wake Forest University, 1945-1968.

Jim Weaver was head football coach at Wake Forest College, 1933-36, and Athletic Director, 1937-54. He coached golf and football at Wake Forest College. He served as the first Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), 1954-70. He was also a Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy Reserve.

J.H. Foote, Iredell County, received his A.B. from Wake Forest College in 1852, and his A.M. in 1856. He was a teacher in Farmington and Taylorsville, 1852-1859, and professor at Wake Forest College, 1859-1861. During the Civil War he was Capt. of County I, 1st North Carolina Infantry Regt. and was in charge of the "Roll of Honor" office, Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a teacher in Warrenton, Raleigh, and Wilkes counties. He served as Assistant U.S. Marshal, and as member of the General Assembly of North Carolina.

The Reverend Doctor James Irvine Murphy was in the ministry for 52 years and served as a Baptist preacher in Yadkinville, N.C. This collection contains sermons, sermon notes, and other materials related to his ministry.

James M. Dunn was a leader in the Baptist church, serving a number of organizations including the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs (1980-1999) and working as a professor at Wake Forest University (1999-2014). The collection (1949-2010) includes articles and essays written by Dunn, as well as personal letters addressed to Dunn from individuals such as United States Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Also included are newspaper clippings, interviews, and writings about Dunn's life, his numerous awards, his time as a professor at Wake Forest University, and his involvement in various issues such as religious liberty and the separation of church and state.

James Ralph Scales was a college professor and administrator at Oklahoma Baptist University, Oklahoma State University, and Wake Forest University, serving as WFU's eleventh president. This collection contains materials pertaining to Scales' personal life and professional work, as well as materials related to his family members including wife Elizabeth (Betty) Ann; parents Katie and John Grover Scales, Sr.; brother John Grover Scales, Jr.; and daughters Ann Catherine Scales and Laura Elizabeth Scales as well as in-laws Clara and Clyde Randel. Materials include biographical materials, genealogical files, education files, subject files, writings including speeches and articles, professional files of work done at other institutions, and photographs. The collection does not include Scales' activities as president of Wake Forest; those are located in the University Records collection for his presidency.

Correspondence, 1886-1889, concerns the appointment of J.R. Duggan to the chair of the Chemistry Dept. at Wake Forest College in 1886; his marriage to Janie Prichard in 1887; and condolences to his wife on his death in 1888. The bulk of the letters are condolences from family and friends in the Taylor and Duggan families.

Purefoy was a Baptist pastor, agent for Wake Forest College, and treasurer of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.

J.W. Mason, Jr. was graduated from Wake Forest College in 1938. He is a lawyer in Laurinburg, North Carolina, and has served as Chairman of the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees.

J.W. Cates was a Burlington, North Carolina lumber dealer and civic leader. His papers consist of business correspondence with lumber, coal and naval stores dealers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and with his brother who was involved with naval stores and lumber in Wakulla, Florida. Includes price lists, shipping invoices and bills of sale. Also included is family correspondence, photographs, financial and legal documents, notebooks, printed items, business ledgers, and clippings.

Denmark was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1877); business manager and later editor of the , and founder of the North Carolina Baptist Student Aid Association, renamed the J.W. Denmark Loan Fund in 1925.

Jan G. Hensley was a Wake Forest alumnus (1964) and a collector of North Carolina author's works. He is regarded as an influential figure in NC literary culture for his photographs of famous authors and literary collection. The Jan G. Hensley Collection includes photographs, negatives, notes, audiotapes, graphic materials, and ephemera relating to authors from North Carolina and surrounding regions. Most of the materials were collected or created by Hensley and relate to readings or other public appearances by the authors.

Jasper Livington Memory Jr. (1901-1991) graduated from Wake Forest College in 1921. He later served as Professor of Education and administrator in several positions at Wake Forest College. His papers consist of biographical and family files, memoirs, speeches and addresses, a small amount of correspondence, typescript copies of family correspondence and his reports to the President of Wake Forest College as a Field Agent for the Building Fund. Most of the collection consists of documents pertaining to the reprinting effort made by Dr. Memory for John Charles McNeill's poetry. Dr. Memory was a nephew of and was owner of the copyrights to and , which were reprinted by the University of North Carolina Press.

Jean Ring Cude was a North Carolina poet and writer who lived in Winston-Salem. This collection contains a draft manuscript of a book entitled as well as some other writings and a list of books in Cude's personal library.

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. Davis died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 6, 1889. Davis wrote his letter Dec. 24, 1886, from Beauvoir, Mississippi, to Thomas B. Wilder in appreciation for a copy of the resolutions passed by the North Carolina CSA veterans at their Louisburg, North Carolina, reunion.

J.L. Shuck was the first Baptist missionary to China appointed by the Triennial Convention, 1835. In 1846 the Southern Baptist Convention Foreign Mission Board appointed him to Canton, China. He was later transferred to Shanghai. His letter, Jan. 22, 1848, to Mrs. William Alexander Graham, thanks her for her hospitality and mentions the Cantonese, the climate, the Shanghai Baptist Church, the fear of foreigners being killed, the provincial governors, and the emperor of China.

Jersey Baptist Church was constituted in 1758. The collection contains minutes of church conferences from the reconstitution of the church, which occurred in 1784.

Jesse Powell, a native of Halifax County, North Carolina, was a licentiate of Deep Creek Baptist Church, and later an active member of the Conoconary Baptist Church, Tar River Baptist Association. His memoir, from his birth until 1841, deals primarily with the division of the churches in the Kehukee Association and his personal salvation.

This printed handbook contains the clothing records, 1900-1903, of Dunn, a member of County L, 7th Regiment Artillery.

John Alexander Oates was a Wake Forest College alumnus (1895) who became a lawyer and state legislator. He also served as editor of the and was a local historian of the city of Fayetteville and Cumberland County, North Carolina. This collection contains correspondence, family history materials, financial and legal documents, news clippings, notebooks, photographs, publications, writings, subject files, and Wake Forest College files.

Thomas attended Wake Forest College 1840-1841. He was a soldier in the 21st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. He served as a Baptist pastor of several South Carolina Baptist churches.

Dr. John Allen Easley was a Baptist pastor for the U.S. Army and in South Carolina and Kentucky. He served as Chaplain (1928-1938) and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Religion (1938-1963) at Wake Forest College. His papers include biographical information, genealogical information on the Easley and Robertson families, correspondence, financial and legal documents, sermon notes and notebooks, travel journals, writings, Wake Forest College lecture, teaching, and administrative files, and subject files.

Captain John Berry (1798-1870) was an architect and builder. He built the original College's Wait Hall, some professors' homes at Wake Forest College, and other private and public buildings in North Carolina. This collection is comprised of materials collected by Henry S. Stroupe regarding Berry's career, including correspondence, news clippings, photocopies, and printed items.

John Brown White was an educator, enslaver, and the third president of Wake Forest College (1848-1853). This collection contains photocopies of biographical and family genealogy information and correspondence, as well as a photograph of White.

John C. Flippen was a blacksmith in Stokes County, North Carolina.

Scarborough served as a Private in Co. K, 4th Regiment North Carolina Volunteers (later the 14th Regt.) and was transferred to Company I, 1st Regiment North Carolina Infantry.

John Charles McNeill (1874-1907) was a Wake Forest alumni and one of North Carolina's most celebrated poets. His published works include and , the latter of which was published posthumously. The McNeill papers contain personal correspondence, scrapbooks, unpublished poetry, newspaper clippings, and photographs.