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/10339/37934"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>White Lake Baptist Church (Elizabethtown, N.C.) records <num>CRMF20</num> </titleproper> <author>Finding aid prepared by Abbey Keener</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> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2014-01-23T16:13-0500</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <unittitle>White Lake Baptist Church (Elizabethtown, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF20</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid152004" type="Reel" label="Microform">2</container> <container id="cid152005" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <physdesc> <extent>2.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent> <extent>35mm; positve</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1842/1963" type="inclusive">1842-1963</unitdate> <origination label="creator"> <corpname source="local" role="Creator (cre)">White Lake Baptist Church (Elizabethtown, N.C.).</corpname> </origination> </did> <bioghist id="ref1"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>The White Lake Baptist Church was organized in 1833 as Mount Pleasant Baptist Church by Elders James McDaniel and J. C. Gregg. In 1844 the church was re-organized by William Ayers and Haynes Lennon and its name changed to White Lake. In 1868 the Negro members were dismissed to New Hope (N). In 1882 other members were dismissed and formed Kate's Chapel. A Sunday School was organized on April 16, 1879.</p> </bioghist> <userestrict id="ref2"> <head>Use Restrictions</head> <p>Permission of the church must be obtained to copy these records in their entirety.</p> </userestrict> <acqinfo id="ref3"> <head>Source of Acquisition</head> <p>Received on loan for microfilming and return to the church from Rev. Garland Bordeaux, Nov. 15, 1965.</p> </acqinfo> <processinfo id="ref4"> <head>Processing Information note</head> <p>Processed by Abbey Keener on March 7, 2012.</p> </processinfo> <scopecontent id="ref5"> <head>Scope and Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Mar. 1843 to May 1910, including treasurer's records. Loose items include letters to the association and union meetings, church membership letters, membership attendance rolls, financial papers, and miscellaneous items, 1842-1963 [broken series].</p> </scopecontent> <controlaccess> <corpname source="local" role="Associated name (asn)">Bladen Baptist Association.</corpname> <corpname source="local" role="Associated name (asn)">Cape Fear Baptist Association (N.C.).</corpname> <corpname source="local" role="Associated name (asn)">Cedar Creek Baptist Association.</corpname> <corpname source="local" role="Associated name (asn)">Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (Elizabethtown, N.C.).</corpname> <corpname source="local">White Lake Baptist Church (Elizabethtown, N.C.).</corpname> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina--Bladen County--History--Sources</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Bladen County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Bladen County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Elizabethtown</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref6" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minutes</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1843/1910" type="inclusive">1843-1910</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref7" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 1, 1843-1891</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref8" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 2, 1892-1897</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref9" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 3, 1897-1904</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref10" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, Vol. 4, 1904-1910</unittitle> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref11" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Records</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1842/1963" type="inclusive">1842-1963</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref12" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Associational and Union Letters, 1842-1908 [broken series]</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref13" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Letters, 1863-1889 [broken series]; undated</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref14" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Financial Papers, 1863-1892 [broken series]</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref15" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Membership and Attendance Rolls, 1863-1896 [broken series]; undated</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref16" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Miscellaneous, 1874-1963 [broken series]</unittitle> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>