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<?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="In_process" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/57061"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.) records <num>CRMF689</num> </titleproper> <author>Finding aid prepared by Molly McCurdy</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>2016-03-16T15:20-0400</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <unittitle>New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF689</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid206071" type="Reel" label="Microform">9</container> <container id="cid206070" type="Reel" label="Microform">8</container> <container id="cid206069" type="Reel" label="Microform">7</container> <container id="cid206068" type="Reel" label="Microform">6</container> <container id="cid206067" type="Reel" label="Microform">5</container> <container id="cid206066" type="Reel" label="Microform">4</container> <container id="cid206065" type="Reel" label="Microform">3</container> <container id="cid206064" type="Reel" label="Microform">2</container> <container id="cid206074" type="Reel" label="Microform">12</container> <container id="cid206073" type="Reel" label="Microform">11</container> <container id="cid206072" type="Reel" label="Microform">10</container> <container id="cid206062" type="Reel" label="Microform">13</container> <container id="cid206063" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container id="cid206061" type="Reel" label="Microform">14</container> <physdesc> <extent>14.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent> <extent>35mm; positive</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate>1819-1983</unitdate> <origination label="creator"> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Creator (cre)">New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.).</corpname> </origination> </did> <bioghist id="ref2"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>New Bern First Baptist Church, located in Craven County, North Carolina, is a member of the Neuse Baptist Association. It was organized in 1807.</p> </bioghist> <acqinfo id="ref3"> <head>Source of Acquisition</head> <p>Received on loan for microfilming and return to the church from Mrs. John S. Hudson, New Bern, North Carolina, November 15, 1983.</p> </acqinfo> <scopecontent id="ref4"> <head>Scope and Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from June 1819 to September 16, 1981, including membership rolls; deacon's records, 1925-1971; other church records, 1870-1983 [broken series]; and records from the Brotherhood, 1960-1964; Sunday School, 1955-1959; and Woman's Missionary Union, 1886-1976. Subjects include membership received from the District of Columbia, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, Union occupation of New Bern during the Civil War, and foreign missionaries in Japan. Persons represented include Charles C. Clark, Abraham David Cohen, Martin R. Flory, Richard Furman, Jr., Oscar Haywood, William Hooper, William Robert and Mary Louise Medling, Thomas Meredith, Hight C. Moore, Charles Edward Parker, Robert Lee Pugh, Samuel Wait, and James York.</p> </scopecontent> <processinfo id="ref5"> <head>Processing Information Note</head> <p>Processed by Molly McCurdy on October 2, 2012.</p> </processinfo> <prefercite id="ref6"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.) records, CRMF689, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <userestrict id="ref7"> <head>Copyright Notice</head> <p>Use of unpublished manuscripts is protected by provisions of copyright law and by laws against libel and invasion of privacy. No material from a manuscript collection may be published without prior written permission from the holder of the copyright. The Library claims only physical ownership of most manuscript collections. Anyone wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of literary property rights or copyrights. Please contact Special Collections &amp; Archives (archives@wfu.edu) with questions regarding specific manuscript collections.</p> </userestrict> <accessrestrict id="ref8"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>Collection is open for researchers.</p> </accessrestrict> <controlaccess> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Associated name (asn)">Neuse Baptist Association.</corpname> <corpname source="lcsh">New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.). Woman's Missionary Society.</corpname> <corpname source="lcsh">New Bern First Baptist Church (New Bern, N.C.).</corpname> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina--Craven County--History--Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--Craven County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers--North Carolina--New Bern</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Craven County (N.C.)--Church history--Sources</geogname> </controlaccess> <dsc/> </archdesc> </ead>