Robert Ira Devin Papers

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    <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/28035 ">MS145</eadid>
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      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper>Robert Ira Devin Papers
                    <num>MS145</num>
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        <subtitle>1849-1954, 0.84 linear feet</subtitle>
        <author>Finding aid prepared by Processed by John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex</author>
        <sponsor>Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.</sponsor>
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      <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>2004</date>
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                <date>2019-02-19T15:33-0500</date>
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      <langusage>Description is in 
                <language langcode="eng">English</language></langusage>
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        <date>2016 January</date>
        <item>Revised by Stephanie Bennett</item>
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      <unittitle>Robert Ira Devin Papers</unittitle>
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        <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname>
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      <physdesc>
        <extent>0.84 linear feet</extent>
        <extent>2 document boxes </extent>
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      <unitdate normal="1849/1954" type="inclusive">1849-1954</unitdate>
      <abstract id="ref3" label="Abstract">Robert Ira Devin (1822-1914) was a Baptist pastor primarily in Granville County, North Carolina. This collection contains works by and related to Robert Ira Devin, including biographical information, correspondence, a financial account for his ward Eller R. Devin, lecture notes and writings, and pictorial materials. Items in the collection relate to his son, William A. Devin (1871-1959), as well as Grassy Creek Baptist Church, Oxford First Baptist Church, and Oxford Female College.</abstract>
      <origination label="creator">
        <persname source="lcsh">Devin, Robert Ira, 1822-1914</persname>
      </origination>
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    <accessrestrict id="ref5">
      <head>Access Restrictions</head>
      <p>Collection is open for research.</p>
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    <prefercite id="ref7">
      <head>Preferred Citation</head>
      <p>Robert Ira Devin Papers (MS145), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.</p>
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    <acqinfo id="ref8">
      <head>Acquisitions Information</head>
      <p>Gift from Mr. William A. Mitchiner, 1970.</p>
    </acqinfo>
    <processinfo id="ref9">
      <head>Processing Information</head>
      <p>Processed by John Woodard, December 7, 1990. Encoded by Apex, December 2004. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through 
                <extref ns2:href="http://www.ncecho.org/">North Carolina ECHO</extref>.</p>
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    <bioghist id="ref10">
      <head>Biographical Note</head>
      <p>Robert Ira Devin was a Baptist pastor primarily in Granville County, North Carolina.</p>
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      <head>Collection Overview</head>
      <p>This collection consists of works by and related to Robert Ira Devin (1822-1914), including biographical information, 1914 and undated; a small amount of correspondence, 1856-1913; a financial accounting for his ward Eller R. Devin, 1864; lecture notes; writings, of himself and others; a photograph of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina meeting in Oxford, North Carolina, 1897; and a few items relating to his son, William A. Devin (1871-1959). W.A. Devin was a Wake Forest College graduate (1890) who later served on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Churches included in the collection include Grassy Creek Baptist Church (Granville County, N.C.) and Oxford First Baptist Church (Oxford, N.C.), as well as Oxford Female College (Oxford, N.C.).</p>
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    <userestrict id="ref47">
      <head>Copyright Notice</head>
      <p>The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.</p>
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    <controlaccess>
      <corpname source="lcsh">Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.</corpname>
      <persname source="lcsh">Devin, Robert Ira, 1822-1914</persname>
      <persname source="lcsh">Devin, William A.</persname>
      <corpname source="lcsh">Grassy Creek Baptist Church (Granville County, N.C.).</corpname>
      <corpname source="lcsh">Oxford Female College (Oxford, N.C.).</corpname>
      <corpname source="lcsh">Oxford First Baptist Church (Oxford, N.C.).</corpname>
      <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina--Clergy</subject>
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        <did>
          <unittitle>Biographical Information</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1914/1914">1914, undated</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>The Baptist Encyclopedia, vol. 1, p. 311</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11024" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">1</container>
            <container parent="cid11024" type="Folder">1</container>
          </did>
        </c>
        <c id="ref16" level="file">
          <did>
            <unittitle>Biblical Recorder, p. 7</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11023" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">1</container>
            <container parent="cid11023" type="Folder">2</container>
            <unitdate normal="1914/1914">1914 September 9</unitdate>
          </did>
        </c>
        <c id="ref17" level="file">
          <did>
            <unittitle>History of Amis Chapel Baptist Church</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11022" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">1</container>
            <container parent="cid11022" type="Folder">3</container>
          </did>
        </c>
        <c id="ref18" level="file">
          <did>
            <unittitle>"Report on Obituaries," North Carolina Baptist State Convention Minutes, p. 2</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11021" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">1</container>
            <container parent="cid11021" type="Folder">4</container>
            <unitdate normal="1914/1914">1914</unitdate>
          </did>
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      </c>
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        <did>
          <unittitle>Correspondence</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1856/1913" type="inclusive">1856-1913</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Baldwin, "Brother"</unittitle>
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            <container parent="cid11019" type="Folder">5</container>
            <unitdate normal="1867/1867">1867 February 18</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Moore, Mr.</unittitle>
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            <container parent="cid11018" type="Folder">6</container>
            <unitdate normal="1856/1856">1856 February 28</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Graham, P.C., to William A. Devin</unittitle>
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            <container parent="cid11017" type="Folder">7</container>
            <unitdate normal="1913/1913">1913 September 20</unitdate>
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      <c id="ref23" level="series">
        <did>
          <unittitle>Legal Affairs</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1864/1864">1864</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Financial account for Ellar R. Devin, ward</unittitle>
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            <unitdate normal="1864/1864">1864 March 1</unitdate>
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      </c>
      <c id="ref44" level="series">
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          <unittitle>Pictorial Materials</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1848/1897" type="inclusive">1848-1897</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>North Carolina Baptist State Convention, Oxford Baptist Church, Oxford, N.C.</unittitle>
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            <container parent="cid11000" type="Folder">28</container>
            <unitdate normal="1897/1897">1897</unitdate>
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            <unittitle><corpname>Oxford First Baptist Church</corpname>, Granville County, N.C., color postcards, C.T. American Art</unittitle>
            <container id="cid10999" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">2</container>
            <container parent="cid10999" type="Folder">29</container>
            <unitdate normal="1848/1848">circa 1848</unitdate>
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      </c>
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          <unittitle>Professional Files</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1859/1859">1859, undated</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Oxford Female College, Oxford, N.C., lectures</unittitle>
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            <unitdate normal="1859/1859">1859, undated</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Miscellaneous</unittitle>
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            <container parent="cid11012" type="Folder">12</container>
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          <unittitle>Sermons and Sermon Notes</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1849/1866" type="inclusive">1849-1866, undated</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Funeral sermons</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11009" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">1</container>
            <container parent="cid11009" type="Folder">16</container>
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        <c id="ref35" level="file">
          <did>
            <unittitle>Incomplete sermons</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11008" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">1</container>
            <container parent="cid11008" type="Folder">17</container>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Sermons</unittitle>
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            <container parent="cid11011" type="Folder">13</container>
            <unitdate normal="1849/1866" type="inclusive">1849-1866, undated</unitdate>
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        <c id="ref36" level="file">
          <did>
            <unittitle>Sermons</unittitle>
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            <container parent="cid11007" type="Folder">18</container>
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            <unittitle>Sermons based on gospels</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11010" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">1</container>
            <container parent="cid11010" type="Folder">14-15</container>
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        <c id="ref37" level="file">
          <did>
            <unittitle>Sermons based on New Testament</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11006" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">1</container>
            <container parent="cid11006" type="Folder">19-20</container>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Sermons based on Old Testament</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11004" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">2</container>
            <container parent="cid11004" type="Folder">23-24</container>
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        <c id="ref38" level="file">
          <did>
            <unittitle>Sermon notes</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11005" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">2</container>
            <container parent="cid11005" type="Folder">21-22</container>
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        <c id="ref40" level="file">
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            <unittitle>Short sermons dealing with specific subjects of Christian life</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11003" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">2</container>
            <container parent="cid11003" type="Folder">25</container>
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          <unittitle>Writings</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1880/1880">circa 1880, undated</unitdate>
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          <did>
            <unittitle>Christian treatises in German</unittitle>
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            <container parent="cid11015" type="Folder">9</container>
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        <c id="ref27" level="file">
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            <unittitle><title render="doublequote">A History of Grassy Creek Baptist Church from its Foundations to 1880 with Biographical Sketches of its Pastors and Ministers,</title> manuscript</unittitle>
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            <container parent="cid11014" type="Folder">10</container>
            <unitdate normal="1880/1880">circa 1880</unitdate>
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      </c>
      <c id="ref41" level="series">
        <did>
          <unittitle>Writings, Others</unittitle>
          <unitdate normal="1954/1954">1954, undated</unitdate>
        </did>
        <c id="ref42" level="file">
          <did>
            <unittitle>Devin, William A., 
                            <title render="doublequote">Grassy Creek Baptist Church Bicentennial Celebration address</title></unittitle>
            <container id="cid11002" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">2</container>
            <container parent="cid11002" type="Folder">26</container>
            <unitdate normal="1954/1954">1954 May 30</unitdate>
          </did>
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        <c id="ref43" level="file">
          <did>
            <unittitle>Witte, Leopold, 
                            <title render="doublequote">A Salutation from Home</title>, sermon</unittitle>
            <container id="cid11001" type="Box" label="Mixed Materials">2</container>
            <container parent="cid11001" type="Folder">27</container>
            <unitdate>undated</unitdate>
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