Special Collections & Archives

Madison Patel is a student at Wake Forest University in the class of 2025. This collection includes two zines titled "The Designer Baby" and "The Feminine Body: Autonomy and Voice in the Medical World."

Malachi Nicholas Strickling attended Wake Forest Institute, 1834-1835. He previously attended the Furman Academy and Theological Institution, now Furman University, located in South Carolina. In this letter to friend Frederick M. Hawkins, dated July 11, 1835, Strickling comments on the Institute, student life and restrictions, President Samuel Wait, and Professor John Armstrong.

Malloy Alton (M. A.) Huggins was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1912), the Executive Director-Treasurer of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, 1932-1959, and a historian. His papers consist of family and biographical information; correspondence; speeches; and special files on the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Wake Forest College, Baptist schools in North Carolina, and his history of North Carolina Baptists published in 1967.

Correspondence, diaries, biographical notes, record books, sermons, speeches, scrapbooks, correspondence and other papers of Basil Manly (1798-1892) and his two sons, Basil Manly, Jr. (1825-92), Baptist pastor and educator, and Charles Manly (1837-1924).

Marc Hoyle Lovelace was a High Point Colleg and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who served as a Baptist pastor and professor of Religion at several institutions, including WFU. This collection contains biographical and family materials, including correspondence, course outlines, writings, and his memoir.

Margaret (Peggy) Supplee Smith was the Harold W. Tribble Professor of Arts at WFU. This collection documents the professional life of Margaret Supplee Smith, with a small amount of personal materials. Materials cover a wide-range of activities: teaching, course preparation, service work on University committees, writing scholarly articles and books, and professional conference attendance and association service. In addition, her papers consist of materials related to her work for the N.C. Museum of History, particularly the Women's History exhibit.

Marion Thornton, Jr., (1923-1944) was a U.S. Army Air Forces service member in the second World War. This collection is mainly composed of twenty letters from Thornton to his cousin, Elizabeth (Libba) Pittman Claiborne, while he was serving in the USAAF. Transcripts of the letters and some family history are also included.

Mars Hill College, founded in 1856 as French Broad Baptist Institute, is a formerly Baptist institution of higher learning. It is located in Mars Hill, N.C., just north of Asheville. This collection is composed of 12 reels of microfilm that contain materials related to Mars Hill College.

Marse and Marian Grant were two of the best known North Carolina baptists. Married for 66 years, they had three children. Marse Grant served as editor for the publication Children and Charity from 1949-1959 and for The Biblical Recorder from 1960-1982. Marian Grant served as a columnist for both Charity and Children and The Biblical Recorder as well as serving as the chair for the North Carolina Women's Forum. These papers document both the personal and professional lives of Marse and Marian Grant. They are accounts of the couples correspondence with their family, other members of the baptist community, and other editors and publishers. In addition, they include various news clippings both related to the correspondence and recording the writing of Marse and Marian. This collection also includes copies of the publication Children and Charity, as well as some personal artifacts including books and plaques.

Marshall Clement Kurfees was a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, businessman and served as the city's mayor from 1949-1961. This collection includes correspondence, typescripts, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. The bulk of the materials relate to Kurfees's tenure as mayor.

Confederate States of America Tax-In-Kind, January 26, 1865.

Martin Ross (1762-1828) served in the Continental Army and later became a Baptist minister. The collection contains an oil portrait of Martin Ross and a negative of the artwork, biographical materials, genealogical materials, and notes by Ross and others.

This album belonged to Mary A. Hufham, wife of James Dunn Hufham. Additions were made by later generations of Huffhams, Singletons, and Southall familes. The album contains poetry, miscellaneous clippings, photographs, letters, and other papers.

Mary Ellen Colburn was a native of New Hampshire who moved to Raleigh, North Carolina ca. 1834. She later married widower Richard B. Seawell.

Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson was an alumnus of Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, and a long-time professor of English at the college. The papers contain her correspondence; articles and tributes about her; and her writings.

Contains accounts of E.R. Nelson, Treasurer of the Tar River Baptist Association (North Carolina), 1931-32 and accounts of Mary Nelson Cary (Mrs. George L.), Richmond, Virginia, 1912-14.

Collection includes biographical and genealogical data on the Masten family., including notes, notebooks, and coat of arms.

Matthew Tyson Yates was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1845) and was appointed as the first Southern Baptist missionary to China from North Carolina, serving from 1846 to 1888. His papers consist of biographical information, correspondence, photographs of Yates, wife Eliza, and daughter Annie, clippings, and related materials.

Matthews Baptist Church was organized October 21, 1877 at the residence of the Reverend E. C. Williams. This collection contains church meeting minutes and church records including membership rolls, financial records, and correspondence.

Matthews First Baptist Church is located in southeastern Mecklenburg County, Morning Star Township. This church was organized on October 21, 1877, at the residence of the Reverend E. C. Williams. The name was later changed to First Baptist Church. This church has been a part of the following Baptist associations: Rocky River, Brown Creek, Union, Mecklenburg, and Metrolina. Records consist of minutes of church conferences, membership rolls, correspondence, and treasurer's records.

May McCoy was the daughter of Reverend D.C. McCoy. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Franklin, N.C. This collection contains materials related to Oak Grove Baptist Church and other Baptist organizations and people.

The Maya Angelou Film and Theater Collection documents the author and poet's extensive work in the performing arts. The collection contains materials relating to Angelou's work as a playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, interviewer, and documentary filmmaker. Formats include manuscript, print, audio, and video.

Maya Angelou was a writer, singer, actor, and dancer who was active in the Civil Rights movement. The Marquetta and Herman Glass Collection of Maya Angelou Memorabilia contains items from Angelou's partnership with Hallmark, Mattel's Maya Angelou Barbie doll from their Inspiring Women collection, and other items.

Papers of William Kay McGee and Velma (Preslar) McGee, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Dr. McGee was a Baptist pastor and for 26 years Director of Denominational Relations for North Carolina Baptist Hospital.

Henry Hudson McMillan and his wife Leila Memory McMillan (1889-1976) were Southern Baptist missionaries in China from 1913 to 1951.

Collection includes incoming correspondence, financial and legal records of Hosea McNeill (ca. 1784-1857) and his son-in-law James Poteat (1808-88). These records are concerned primarily with the Norfleet, Williams and Graves families and include the Civil War letters of Felix L. Poteat, and John M. Poteat, and a journal of a trip to Tennessee in 1833. There are miscellaneous records and family photographs of James, John, Miles, Linday, James Preston, William Louis, Mrs. Julia A., and Edwin McNeill Poteat.

McPherson Mashburn Goss (1909-2001) was a Baptist pastor who served in churches in South Carolina, Alabama, and North Carolina. He wrote a history of the Pilot Mountain Baptist Association (North Carolina) and other articles. This collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, education files, financial and legal documents, writings - chiefly notes and manuscripts of Goss's Pilot Mountain Baptist Association history, articles by others, photographs, and subject files reflecting his work as a Baptist pastor and his personal interests.