Special Collections & Archives

Broadus E. Jones was a Baptist pastor in Raleigh and Concord, North Carolina. This collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, and sermons and sermon notes dating from 1918-1972, with some undated materials.

Charles Jefferson Black, also known as C.J., was a Baptist pastor and historian. This collection is comprised of biographical information, personal writings and letters, and a photocopied photograph.

This collection contains a typewritten copy of an advertisement from Purdie and Dixon's July 4, 1771. The page is signed by Henry Done, minister, and requests that James Blunt of Chowan County, North Carolina, prove charges made against Done for leaving the county with borrowed money "in a clandestine manner." A letter of transmittal from Garnett Rynland to Dr. G.W. Paschal is included also.

This collection contains correspondence, professional materials, and writings of Julius H. Corpening, a graduate and employee of Wake Forest University. Corpening worked in the Office of Development from 1969 until his retirement in 2004. The collection spans from 1946 to 1969 and contains artifacts, biogrpahical information, correspondence, educational materials, sermons, subject files, and writings. Corpening died in 2014.

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.

Robert Ira Devin (1822-1914) was a Baptist pastor primarily in Granville County, North Carolina. This collection contains works by and related to Robert Ira Devin, including biographical information, correspondence, a financial account for his ward Eller R. Devin, lecture notes and writings, and pictorial materials. Items in the collection relate to his son, William A. Devin (1871-1959), as well as Grassy Creek Baptist Church, Oxford First Baptist Church, and Oxford Female College.

Warren T. Carr was a Baptist minister who led Wake Forest Baptist Church from 1964-1985. This collection contains biographical information, photographs, clippings, and copies of his sermons, his topical index to his sermons, correspondence, and files relating to relations with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.

William Garner was a Baptist pastor in North Carolina. His papers contain materials and photographs relating to Rev. William Garner, founder of Cross Roads Baptist Church (now Courtney Baptist Church), near Mocksville, North Carolina.

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.