Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/jspui/ead/styles/eadbase4.xsl"?> <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="Completed" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/36196"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Laurel Springs Baptist Church (Laurel Springs, N.C.) records <num>CRMF3</num> </titleproper> <author>Finding aid prepared by Ashley Cyre</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>2011-09-16T16:33-0400</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <unittitle>Laurel Springs Baptist Church (Laurel Springs, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF3</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid151003" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <physdesc> <extent>1.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent> <extent>35mm; positive</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1891/1964" type="inclusive">1891-1964</unitdate> <origination label="creator"> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Creator (cre)">Laurel Springs Baptist Church (Laurel Springs, N.C.).</corpname> </origination> </did> <bioghist id="ref4"> <head>Biographical/Historical note</head> <p>Laurel Springs Baptist Church was constituted on July 24, 1891. The presbytery was composed of the Reverends J.D. Harris and Frank B. Cheek. The seven charter members were: Reverend J.D. Harris was elected, pastor; J. Horton Doughton, church clerk; and John R. Long as deacon. The church met and held its first services in a schoolhouse from 1891-1897. The first church building, 1898-1930, was a frame structure, 42' by 28', with a seating capacity of 300 which was destoryed by fire in 1930. The present brick church building was constructed in 1932 with an addition built in 1942. Membership in 1891, 6; in 1897, 14; in 1907, 59; in 1917, 53; in 1927, 70; in 1938, 67; in 1963, 73; in 1973, 80.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="ref1"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Reel 1: Church Minute book, volume 1, 1891-1909: Minutes of church conferences July 24, 1891 - January, 1909; Membership rolls: 1907, 1911. Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1909-1947: Irregular minutes of church conferences February 1909 - September 1947; Undated alphabetical membership roll; Loose papers containing a historical sketch of the church. Church Minute Book, volume 3, 1954-1964: Minutes of church conferences from July 17, 1954 - June 28, 1964; Alphabetical membership roll: List of character members (1891); "Happenings to Remember" a one-page document; "Record of Church Organization taken from Old Book"; [note] minutes for 1960 are missing.</p> </scopecontent> <acqinfo id="ref2"> <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition note</head> <p>Received on loan for microfilming and return to the church. Received from Mrs. A.O. Joines, Sparta, N.C., 1964.</p> </acqinfo> <processinfo id="ref5"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by Ashley Cyre on June 3, 2011.</p> </processinfo> <userestrict id="ref6"> <head>Conditions Governing Use note</head> <p>Permission of the church must be obtained to copy these records in their entirety.</p> </userestrict> <controlaccess> <corpname source="local" role="Associated name (asn)">Alleghany Baptist Association.</corpname> <geogname source="lcsh">Alleghany County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina--Alleghany County--History--Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Alleghany County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Laurel Springs</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref7" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minutes</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1891/1964" type="inclusive">1891-1964</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref8" level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1891-1909</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1891/1909" type="inclusive">1891-1909</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref9" level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 2, 1909-1947</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1909/1947" type="inclusive">1909-1947</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref10" level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 3, 1954-1964</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1954/1964" type="inclusive">1954-1964</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>