Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ead xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"> <eadheader findaidstatus="Under_revision" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/36589"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Bethel Baptist Church (Hertford, N.C.) records <num>CRMF151</num> </titleproper> <author>Finding aid prepared by Palmer Holton</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline> <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline> </address> <date>7/25/2011</date> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2013-09-16T15:33-0400</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <unittitle>Bethel Baptist Church (Hertford, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF151</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid168056" type="Reel" label="Microform">2</container> <container id="cid168057" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container id="cid168055" type="Reel" label="Microform">3</container> <physdesc> <extent>3.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent> <extent>35mm; Positive</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1805/1972" type="inclusive">1805-1972</unitdate> <origination label="creator"> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Creator (cre)">Bethel Baptist Church (Perquimans County, N.C.).</corpname> </origination> </did> <processinfo id="ref6"> <head>Processing Information note</head> <p>Processed by Palmer Holton on July 25, 2011.</p> </processinfo> <bioghist id="ref23"> <head>Biographical/Historical note</head> <p>Bethel Baptist Church was founded in 1806 in Hertford, N.C. and holds an association with Chowan Baptist Association.</p> </bioghist> <userestrict id="ref7"> <head>Conditions Governing Use note</head> <p>Permission of the church must be obtained to photocopy these records in their entirety.</p> </userestrict> <acqinfo id="ref10"> <head>Source of Acquisition</head> <p>Reel 1 was filmed for the North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection in 1963. Reel 2 was purchased from the N.C. Archives, August 20, 1976. Reel 3 items were loaned for microfilming and return to the church on April 1, 1987.</p> </acqinfo> <scopecontent id="ref8"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The records contain minutes of church conferences while still an arm of the Yeopim Baptist Church (1805) from March 22, 1806 to June 21, 1972 [broken series], including membership rolls. Loose church records include the charter members (1806); dismissed members (1806); church constitution (1806); the deed for the church property; letters to Martin Ross and the Yeopim Union, 1812; a printed rules of decorum (1838?); and other items.</p> </scopecontent> <controlaccess> <corpname source="lcsh">Bethel Baptist Church (Perquimans County, N.C.).</corpname> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Associated name (asn)">North Carolina Chowan Baptist Association.</corpname> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Associated name (asn)">Yeopim Baptist Church (Chowan County, N.C.).</corpname> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists--North Carolina--Perquimans County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina--Perquimans County--History--Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Hertford</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Perquimans County</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Perquimans County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources</geogname> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref1" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Records</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref2" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>List of male and female members who formed the church in 1806</unittitle> <container id="cid341001" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid341001" type="Item">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref3" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>List of members of the "lower church" or Yeopim Chapel who were dismissed from Yeopim Baptist Church to form Bethel, 1806.</unittitle> <container id="cid341002" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid341002" type="Item">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref4" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Constitution of Bethel, 1806</unittitle> <container id="cid341003" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid341003" type="Item">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref5" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Deed for church property</unittitle> <container id="cid341004" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid341004" type="Item">4</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref11" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Letter from the church to Yeopim Union Meeting 1812</unittitle> <container id="cid341005" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid341005" type="Item">5</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref20" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Rules of Decorum. Printed broadsheet, 1838?</unittitle> <container id="cid341012" type="Reel" label="Microform">3</container> <container parent="cid341012" type="Item">13</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref21" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>List of delinquents of the "Cent a Week Society", 1852-1854</unittitle> <container id="cid341013" type="Reel" label="Microform">3</container> <container parent="cid341013" type="Item">14</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref22" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Discussion of "alcohol and war", n.d.</unittitle> <container id="cid341014" type="Reel" label="Microform">3</container> <container parent="cid341014" type="Item">15</container> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref12" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minutes</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref13" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Volume 1, 1805-1847</unittitle> <container id="cid341006" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid341006" type="Item">6</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref14" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Volume 2, 1850-1857 [broken series]</unittitle> <container id="cid341007" type="Reel" label="Microform">3</container> <container parent="cid341007" type="Item">12</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref15" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Volume 3, 1866-1976</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref16" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Volume 4, 1900-1932</unittitle> <container id="cid341008" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid341008" type="Item">8</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref17" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Volume 5, 1932-1954</unittitle> <container id="cid341009" type="Reel" label="Microform">2</container> <container parent="cid341009" type="Reel">9</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref18" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Volume 6, 1955-1967</unittitle> <container id="cid341010" type="Reel" label="Microform">2</container> <container parent="cid341010" type="Item">10</container> </did> </c> <c id="ref19" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Volume 7, 1967-1972</unittitle> <container id="cid341011" type="Reel" label="Microform">2</container> <container parent="cid341011" type="Item">11</container> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>