Special Collections & Archives

William L. Vaughan attended Wake Forest College where he received the BA degree in 1902 and the MA degree in 1906. He later was a lawyer in Richmond, Virginia.

William Louis Poteat was a Wake Forest alumnus (1877), biology professor, and President of Wake Forest College (1905-1927). This collection documents Poteat's professional life as a professor and College president. Materials include biographical information and materials, article and news clippings, correspondence dated 1878-1947, diaries, glass laboratory slide images featuring biological samples, honorary degrees, photographs and negatives, scrapbooks, subject files, writings and speeches dated 1876-1937, and a 1928 memoir.

Letter, dated Oct. 15, 1857, acknowledging a premium, and an insurance policy from the Caswell Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Milton, North Carolina.

Includes a Granville and North Carolina State land grant, deed, 1770, 1784 (oversize); a will, undated; correspondence of Jeremiah Perry, 1827, 1842; a marriage license, 1800; two letters from William Person, from Missouri, 1840, 1842; and a photocopy of a letter and Columbian College circular from Samuel Wait to Luther Rice, May 16, 1827.

William Phillips Biddle was a Baptist pastor in the New Bern-Lenoir County area of North Carolina. The William Phillips Biddle Papers is a collection of biographical information, a manuscript, and reference cards.

William Ross Hill, Jr. was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1939). The collection is from W.R. Hill's days as a student at Wake Forest. The collection also includes newspaper clippings of column written by Hill for the (circa 1938-1939), invitations to dances, and a University Commencement program.

William Tell Brooks (1809-1883) was a native of Chatham County, North Carolina, and an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1839). This collection contains biographical and genealogical materials, sermons, notebooks, and his student diaries.

William Van Buren Moore, a native of Halifax County, Virginia, attended Wake Forest College, 1859-61. He served in the 20th Virginia Inf. and with Penick's Battery during the Civil War. He was later a planter in South Boston, Virginia.

Willis Richard Cullom was a clergyman, professor of the Bible, and Dean at Wake Forest College. This collection documents the life and professional work of Cullom. Materials include correspondence, professional and family, news clippings, booklets on a variety of topics, notes on scholarly, theological, and other topics, family scrapbooks, family photographs, sermons, and speech scripts. The collection also contains two boxes of glass slides identified as being of "Jerusalem and the Holy Land," possibly used in Cullom's classes; they appear to have been mass produced rather than from personal travels.

Reverend Willoughby Hudgins was born March 8, 1799, in Orange County, N.C. He resided in North Carolina until 1852 when he moved to Walton County, Georgia, where he later died on September 18, 1862. Materials in this collection include photocopies of various documents from Hudgins' life including some of his correspondence between family members. A small number of other items are also available such as a pension card and short biographies of his life.

This collection consists primarily of the family and estate papers, land records, and other items relating to John McKanice Wilson, physician of north Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, his family, relatives and neighbors.

Wingate Baptist Church was constituted on January 13, 1810 as Meadow Branch Baptist Church. The church was reorganized on October 22, 1835 and the name changed to Wingate on September 20, 1931. This collection includes minutes of church conferences, membership records Sunday School records, Woman's Missionary Society records, and a few artifacts collected by the church.

The Civic Music Association sponsored annual concert series in Winston-Salem, N.C.

/Media General Market Analysis Collection contains annual market analysis booklets that provide an overview of the Winston-Salem economy. This collection contains booklets from 1972-2005, though some years are not present.

These scrapbooks contain information on the Baptist Student Union at then then Women's College, now University of North Carolina-Greensboro. The North Carolina Baptist Student Union and activities on other college campuses in North Carolina are also included.

The Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina grew out of the Woman's Central Committee, organized in 1886 to coordinate the efforts of the Woman's Mission Societies in Southern Baptist churches throughout the state. These records contain administrative records and personal materials relating to the history of the organization and its staff, 1882-2003. It also documents the lives of North Carolina missionaries supported by the Woman's Missionary Union during their assignments worldwide.

Copies of two letters dated March 19 and March 26 [Year?] written by Mrs. Jane A. Woodburn to Thomas C. Woodburn, in camp at Raleigh, North Carolina with Company B, 2nd Regiment North Carolina Home Guards; the letters contain information on the Madison-Rockingham County, North Carolina area during the last months of the Civil War. There are also notes with the letters and a copy of an 1851 deed to the Madison Baptist Church, Madison, North Carolina.

World War I occurred from 1914 to 1918, with the Allies defeating the Central Powers. Materials in this collection includes a soldier's journal, songbooks, and uniform items. Also included in this collection is research regarding U.S. military personnel in the war.

American charities and the government launched campaigns through posters to encourage civilians to support the war effort. This collection contains propaganda posters pertaining to World War I publicizing efforts of organizations including the United states Food Administration, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the Red Cross, the United States Treasury department, and other American and allied organizations.