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/10339/36197"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Liberty Baptist Church (Sparta, N.C.) records <num>CRMF4</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>2011-09-16T16:36-0400</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <unittitle>Liberty Baptist Church (Sparta, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF4</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid151004" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <physdesc> <extent>1.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent> <extent>35mm; positive</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1886/1964" type="inclusive">1886-1964</unitdate> <origination label="creator"> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Creator (cre)">Liberty Baptist Church (Sparta, N.C.).</corpname> </origination> </did> <userestrict id="ref1"> <head>Conditions Governing Use note</head> <p>Permission of the church must be obtained to copy these records in their entirety.</p> </userestrict> <acqinfo id="ref2"> <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition note</head> <p>Received on loan for microfilming and return from Mrs. A.O. Joines, Sparta, N.C., July 1964.</p> </acqinfo> <processinfo id="ref4"> <head>Processing Note</head> <p>Processed by Ashley Cyre on June 3, 2011.</p> </processinfo> <scopecontent id="ref3"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Reel 1: Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1886-1904; Minutes of church conferences from August 29, 1886 - May 15, 1904; articles of faith; church covenant; a financial account on the inside cover; an organizational membership roll circa 1886; membership roll, 1901; and a loose roll in the back of the book. [note] minutes for the 1888 and half of 1889 are missing. Reel 2: Church Minute Book, volume, 2, 1904-1955: Minutes of church conferences from June 18, 1904 - December 18, 1955; membership list taken from the old book; alphabetical membership list; an abstract of principles; list of church trustees, 1914; [note] minutes for May-July, 1922 are missing. Church Minute Book, volume 3, 1956-1964: Minutes of church conferences from January 1, 1956 - July, 1964; and a membership roll, circa 1956. Church Records: Photograph of James M. Shumate, pastor, 1893-1902; photograph of George Reaves; photograph of Rev. and Mrs. P.H. Haire, circa 1943; obituary clipping with photograph of Charles Mitchell Cope, 1963; calling card with photograph of W.H. Caldwell; photograph of Bill Shiffield; newspaper clipping of Howard J. Ford; photograph of Charles P. Freeman, pastor, 1957-1959; and a photograph of N.C. Teague.</p> </scopecontent> <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--Sparta</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref5" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minutes</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1886/1964" type="inclusive">1886-1964</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref6" level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1886-1904</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1886/1904" type="inclusive">1886-1904</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref7" level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 2, 1904-1955</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1904/1955" type="inclusive">1904-1955</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref8" level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 3, 1956-1964</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1956/1964" type="inclusive">1956-1964</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref9" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church Records</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1893/1963" type="inclusive">1893-1963</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref10" level="subseries"> <did> <unittitle>Photograpghs and Newspaper Clippings, 1883-1963</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <unitdate normal="1883/1963" type="inclusive">1883-1963</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>