Special Collections & Archives

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.

Peck was a pioneer Baptist minister, missionary, and journalist in the western United States. Twelve of the letters in this collection are from prominent Baptist leaders with decided views on missionary funds, support for Peck's newspaper and missionary activities, and doctrinal questions. Several letters relate to book purchases and are not addressed to Peck.

Lewis Elwood Ludlum was a Baptist pastor and mission developer for the N.C. Baptist State Convention and Associational Missionary for both Kings Mountain and Pilot Mountain Baptist associations. His papers consist of biographical information, including an autobiography; correspondence with local, state, and Southern Baptist Convention leaders; educational files; financial and legal documents; literary productions of Ludlum and others; photographs; printed items; and his professional files containing information on North Carolina Baptist associations, churches, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina organizations in which he participated.

Edgar Douglas Christman was a Wake Forest University alumnus (1950, 1953 LS) and long-time University Chaplain. Jean Sholar Christman was a Wake Forest University alumna (1951) who was a teacher as well as an active member of the Wake Forest College Club (later University Club). This collection contains biographical and family materials for as well as records of the Office of the Chaplain, including chapel, memorial service, and preaching materials, course materials, and faculty and office materials. Activities are documented with audiovisual materials, awards, biographical materials, certificates, clippings, course notes and papers, meeting minutes, memorandums, personal and professional correspondence, photographs, preaching and Sunday School notes, programs, reports, and subject files.

This collection documents Olin T. Binkley's teaching career, administrative work, and personal life, including work at Wake Forest College, Southern Seminary, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the American Association of Theological Schools. His endeavors as a published author and a Board of Trustees member for the Baptist Children's Home of North Carolina are also documented. Materials in this collection include correspondence, course materials, writings, event materials, subject files, photographs, books, diaries, administrative reports, speeches, and biographical materials.

Hagler was a Wake Forest College alumnus (1932), Baptist minister, and Baptist State Convention of North Carolina employee. This collection contains biographical information, subject files, sermon outlines, correspondence, scrapbooks, and diaries relating to his pastorates and work for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.

Samuel T. Habel, Jr. was born on October 20, 1908, in Natural Bridge, Virginia. He was educated at the University of Richmond, the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the University of Edinburgh. He served as a Baptist pastor in Ohio, Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina, and at several colleges as a professor of sociology, and also authored three books. These papers consist of biographical information, correspondence, course materials, newspaper clippings, scrapbook pages, and writings including speeches, sermons, and poems.