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/10339/36199"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>New Hope Baptist Church (Sparta, N.C.) records <num>CRMF6</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> <date>July 2011</date> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2014-01-23T16:08-0500</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <unittitle>New Hope Baptist Church (Laurel Springs, N.C.) records</unittitle> <unitid>CRMF6</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <physdesc> <extent>1.0 microfilm reel(s)</extent> <extent>35 mm; positive</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1881/1970" type="inclusive">1881-1970</unitdate> <origination label="creator"> <corpname source="lcsh" role="Creator (cre)">New Hope Baptist Church (Laurel Springs, N.C.).</corpname> </origination> </did> <bioghist id="ref1"> <head>Biographical/Historical note</head> <p>The New Hope Baptist Church is located 10 miles west of Sparta, N.C., on Highway #221, Alleghany County, North Carolina. The church was constituted on December 17, 1881. A member of the New River Association, 1881-1885; of the Alleghany and Ashe Association, 1886-1896; received into the Alleghany Association, 1897. First building, 1881-1959, a one-room wooden structure, 36' x 40', with plain glass windows; dedicated in 1881, repaired in 1900. Present building, 1959 - , a brick structure built in 1959 and dedicated in 1962 in a special ceremony. First resident clergyman was Elder J.A. Stamey, 1881-1882.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="ref2"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Reel 1: Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1881-1896: minutes of church conferences from December 17, 1881 - May 2, 1896; church covenant; membership roll, circa 1881. Church Minute Book, volume 2, 1950-1964: minutes of monthly church conferences from May 14, 1950 - August 1, 1964. Church Minute Book, volume 3, 1965-1970: minutes of monthly church conferences from December 1964 - July 11, 1970.</p> </scopecontent> <userestrict id="ref3"> <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="ref5"> <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition note</head> <p>Volume 1 was received from Miss Donna Jones, Laurel Springs, N.C., on July 20, 1964 for microfilming and return. Volumes 2-3 are on film purchased from the N.C. Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, N.C., on February 15, 1972.</p> </acqinfo> <processinfo id="ref6"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by Ashley Cyre on July 19, 2011.</p> </processinfo> <relatedmaterial id="ref10"> <head>Related Archival Materials note</head> <p>Shares a microfilm reel with records from Mount Carmel Baptist Church, CRMF 05, and Osborne Memorial Baptist Church, CRMF 08.</p> </relatedmaterial> <controlaccess> <corpname source="local" role="Associated name (asn)">Alleghany Baptist Association.</corpname> <corpname source="lcsh">New Hope Baptist Church (Laurel Springs, N.C.).</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="1881/1959" type="inclusive">1881-1959</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref8" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 1, 1881-1896</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid331013" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid331013" type="Item">2</container> <unitdate normal="1881/1896" type="inclusive">1881-1896</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref9" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Church Minute Book, volume 2, 1950-1959</unittitle> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid331014" type="Reel" label="Microform">1</container> <container parent="cid331014" type="Item">2</container> <unitdate normal="1950/1959" type="inclusive">1950-1959</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>