Mount Hermon Baptist Church, (Durham, N.C.) records

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        <titleproper>Mount Hermon Baptist Church, (Durham, N.C.) records
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        <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher>
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          <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline>
          <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline>
          <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline>
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        <extent>6.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent>
        <extent>35 mm; positive </extent>
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      <unitdate>1848-1986</unitdate>
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        <corpname source="local" role="Creator (cre)">Mount Hermon Baptist Church (Durham, N.C.).</corpname>
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    <prefercite id="ref1">
      <head>Preferred Citation note</head>
      <p>Mount Hermon Baptist Church, (Durham, N.C.) records, CRMF267, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p>
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      <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition note</head>
      <p>Purchased from the North Carolina State Archives, 1972; Loan from church, 1986.</p>
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      <head>Scope and Contents note</head>
      <p>This collection contains the records of Mount Hermon Baptist Church on 6 reels of microfilm. These records include the church's minutes, its board of deacons' minutes, and church newsletters, as well as other records including directories, scrapbooks, and photographs. The collection is organized into 4 series: Church Minutes, Board of Deacons Minutes, Church Newsletters, and Other Church Records. Church minutes may be found on reels 1 and 5. Board of Deacons Minutes are on reel 5. Church newsletters are on reels 2, 3 and 4. Other Church Records are on reel 6.</p>
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      <head>Historical note</head>
      <p>The history of Mount Hermon Baptist Church dates back to April of 1848, when the "Trustees for the Society of Missionary Baptists of Mount Hermon Meeting House," namely: James N. Strayhorn, Alvis Durham, Thomas S. Faucett, bought 3.9 acres of land in order to build a church. A few months later, in June of 1848, Mount Hermon Baptist Church was organized on that land.</p>
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      <head>Access Restrictions</head>
      <p>Collection is open for researchers.</p>
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      <corpname source="local">Mount Hermon Baptist Church (Durham, N.C.).</corpname>
      <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina--Orange County--History--Sources</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Durham</subject>
      <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Orange County</subject>
      <geogname source="lcsh">Orange County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources</geogname>
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          <unittitle>Church Minutes</unittitle>
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        <scopecontent id="ref30">
          <head>Scope and Contents note</head>
          <p>Contains the minutes of church conferences from August 1848 to December 1985. These minutes also contain the church's rules of decorum, declaration of faith, male and female membership rolls, summary of church statistics, a record of church officers a record of ministers, and committee reports.</p>
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            <unittitle>Volume 1</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185001" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container>
            <unitdate>1848-1935</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Volume 2</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185002" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container>
            <unitdate>1937-1957</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Volume 3</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185003" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container>
            <unitdate>1957-1967</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Volume 4</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185004" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container>
            <unitdate>1957</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Volume 5</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185005" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container>
            <unitdate>1967-1971</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Volume 5 (continued)</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185013" type="Reel" label="Microform">5</container>
            <unitdate>1971-1979</unitdate>
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            <container id="cid1185012" type="Reel" label="Microform">5</container>
            <unitdate>1979-1985</unitdate>
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        <did>
          <unittitle>Board of Deacons Minutes</unittitle>
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        <scopecontent id="ref31">
          <head>Scope and Contents note</head>
          <p>Contains minutes and other information relating to the work of the Board of Deacons from 1973 to 1985.</p>
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            <unittitle>Volume 1</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185009" type="Reel" label="Microform">5</container>
            <unitdate>1973-1981</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Volume 2</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185010" type="Reel" label="Microform">5</container>
            <unitdate>1980-1985</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Volume 3</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185011" type="Reel" label="Microform">5</container>
            <unitdate>1983-1985</unitdate>
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        <did>
          <unittitle>Church Newsletters</unittitle>
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        <scopecontent id="ref32">
          <head>Scope and Contents note</head>
          <p>Contains newsletters with information on church members and church activities from the period between 1963 and 1985.</p>
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          <head>Existence and Location of Originals note</head>
          <p>The newsletters from 1980 to 1985 are also on Reel 5.</p>
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            <container id="cid1185006" type="Reel" label="Microform">2</container>
            <unitdate>1963-1971</unitdate>
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            <container id="cid1185007" type="Reel" label="Microform">4</container>
            <unitdate>1971-1985</unitdate>
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          <unittitle>Other Church Records</unittitle>
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          <head>Scope and Contents note</head>
          <p>Bulletins: The bulletins contain the order of worship services for weekly worship and special occasions for 1959-1962. Directories: The directories contain addresses of church members, committees, organizations, officers, etc. for 1969-1976; 1978-1986. Pictorial Directories: The pictorial directories contain the photographs and addresses of church members for c. 1970, 1981. Scrapbooks: The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and other information compiled on church members and activities from 1961-1985, as well as information that was built and dedicated in 1984. Book of Remembrance: The book of rembrance contains the history of the church, donors to the church, class photographs, and other historical related materials as of 1962.</p>
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            <unittitle>Bulletins</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185014" type="Reel" label="Microform">5</container>
            <unitdate>1959-1962</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Directories</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185015" type="Reel" label="Microform">6</container>
            <unitdate>1969-1976; 1978-1986</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Pictorial Directories</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185016" type="Reel" label="Microform">6</container>
            <unitdate>c. 1970, 1981</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Newspaper clipping</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185017" type="Reel" label="Microform">6</container>
            <unitdate>1984</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Building Campaign Brochures</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185018" type="Reel" label="Microform">6</container>
            <unitdate>c. 1982; c. 1984</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Photograph album</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185019" type="Reel" label="Microform">6</container>
            <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Scrapbooks</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185020" type="Reel" label="Microform">6</container>
            <unitdate>1961-1982; 1983-1985</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Scrapbook</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185021" type="Reel" label="Microform">6</container>
            <unitdate>1984-1985</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Book of Remembrance</unittitle>
            <container id="cid1185022" type="Reel" label="Microform">6</container>
            <unitdate>1962</unitdate>
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