Special Collections & Archives

Terrell was a Methodist minister and poet.

Palmerville Baptist Church was founded in 1884 in New London, North Carolina (Stanly County). The church is a member of the Stanly Baptist Association. This collection contains church meeting minutes, church records and correspondence. These records contain one book with church rolls and other handwritten information relating to church history.

Paul Monroe Johnson was a North Carolina church historian. This collection contains biographical information on Baptist pastors and historical information on the Baptist churches in the South Yadkin Baptist Association. There are also Tatum family letters, 1885-1907, and materials regarding John Arch Abernathy.

Paul Pernell Sholar was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (cum laude 1937) and native of North Carolina. This collection contains three items: a University of North Carolina commencement ball announcement (1850), a Wake Forest College commencement announcement (1868), and an undated handwritten household inventory of dining wares.

Mr. Gay was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (B.A. 1909; LL.B. 1910). He was later an administrator with the U.S. Department of Revenue in Virginia.

P.W. Cooper was a 1928 alumnus of Wake Forest College (Class of 1928). He later received his M.A. in Education. This item is his application for the right to use the Wake Forest College Library, Sept. 15, 1927.

Dr. Percival Perry (1916-2005) served as a Professor of History and Dean of the Summer Session at Wake Forest University. Margaret Ruthven Perry (1921-2010), his wife, served as Wake Forest University's first female registrar. This collection includes articles and essays written by Percival Perry, as well as correspondence, teaching materials, and a small number of photographs. Also included are some of his students' work, such as journals and papers. The collection includes professional materials from Margaret Perry and personal correspondence between the Perrys during the 1940s.

Wake Forest University's Center for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship is a subsection of the Center for Personal and Career Development. The center provides engaged teaching, coaching, and mentoring within a robust and vibrant entrepreneurial culture. This collection includes documentation of events hosted by the Center.

Philadelphia Baptist Church was constituted March 27, 1859. This church has been a member of the Tar River Baptist Association since 1859. This collection contains church minute books from August 26, 1871 to August 27, 1888 and membership lists.

Snider attended Wake Forest College, 1857-58, and was later a Baptist minister in North Carolina.

Diary of a Union soldier imprisoned at Andersonville, GA during the Civil War, with copies of a photograph, his service record, and biographical data.

The Phillips family was established in Stokes County, N.C. and multiple generations of the family are tied to both the county and Wake Forest College, later University. Wake Forest alumni in the family include John. Y Phillips (1875), Matthew Dalton Phillips Sr. (1875), Albert Rufus Phillips (1913), Matthew Dalton Phillips Jr. (1914), and Anne Radford Phillips (1958). Materials include artifacts, biographical and genealogical information, correspondence, educational materials, financial and legal documents, notebooks, personal writings, photographs, programs, subject files, and sermons.

This center was established to coordinate activities among the cooperating educational institutions in the piedmont area of North Carolina.

Piney Green Bapist Church was constituted in 1847 and is most recently a member of New South River Baptist associations (1924-present). This collection includes church minutes, member rolls, church constitution, church history, property records, and news clippings.

This collection contains an obituary of James M. Taylor written by Thos. W. Babb, financial records, church records, membership records, Sunday school roll, and a letter to the church.

Piney Grove Baptist Church constituted in 1836. It remained a member of the Welsh Neck (S.C.) Baptist Association until the church disbanded in 1865. This volume contains church meeting minutes that include the names of persons who preached (January 22, 1836- May 6, 1865), a Church Covenant, and a name list of members.