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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="Completed" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/27709 ">MS285</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Paul Monroe Johnson Papers <num>MS285</num> </titleproper> <subtitle>1883-1973, 1.72 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> </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>2004</date> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2019-04-30T10:52-0400</date> </creation> <langusage>Description is in <language langcode="eng">English</language></langusage> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2019</date> <item>Revised by Stephanie Bennett</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>Paul Monroe Johnson Papers</unittitle> <unitid>MS285</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid165020" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <physdesc> <extent>1.72 linear feet</extent> <extent>1 record carton, 1 document box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1883/1973" type="inclusive">1883-1973</unitdate> <abstract id="ref3" label="Abstract">Paul Monroe Johnson was a North Carolina church historian. This collection contains biographical information on Baptist pastors and historical information on the Baptist churches in the South Yadkin Baptist Association. There are also Tatum family letters, 1885-1907, and materials regarding John Arch Abernathy.</abstract> <origination label="creator"> <persname source="ingest">Johnson, Paul Monroe</persname> </origination> </did> <accessrestrict id="ref5"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>Collection is open.</p> </accessrestrict> <prefercite id="ref7"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Paul Monroe Johnson Papers (MS285), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.</p> </prefercite> <acqinfo id="ref8"> <head>Acquisitions Information</head> <p>Gifts from Paul Monroe Johnson, Mocksville, North Carolina, February 25, 1982. Publications were received November 15, 1983.</p> </acqinfo> <processinfo id="ref9"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by John Woodard, April 10, 1997. 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> </processinfo> <bioghist id="ref11"> <head>Biographical note</head> <p>Paul Monroe Johnson was a North Carolina church historian.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="ref13"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains biographical information on Baptist pastors and historical information on the Baptist churches in the <corpname>South Yadkin Baptist Association</corpname>. There are also Tatum family letters, 1885-1907, and papers of John Arch Abernathy.</p> </scopecontent> <userestrict id="ref127"> <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> </userestrict> <separatedmaterial id="ref126"> <head>Separated Materials note</head> <p>This publication was removed from MS285 and is available in our rare books collection: Steele, Thomas H. The truth about prohibition : a speech. 1930. Call number: HV5089 .S74</p> <p>"The Story of a Hundred Dollars" was transferred to Billy Graham Archives. [It was non-Baptist, regarding a Tennessee Evangelism School.</p> <p>The following publications were added to the Baptist collections or discarded because they were duplicates: <list><item>Baptist State Convention annuals (1882, 1883, 1879, 1914)</item><item>Liberty Lights</item><item>Kings Mtn. Baptist Association history</item><item>Lessons for Every Sunday in the Year [pages missing]</item><item>Zions Landmark</item><item>Intermediate Quarterly (1909, 1925, 1926)</item><item>Senior Quarterly (1924-1926)</item><item>BYPU Quarterly (1927)</item><item>Foreign Mission Journal (1912)</item><item>Comprehensive Quarterly (1896)</item><item>Christian Herald (1922)</item><item>Home and Foreign Field (1918)</item></list></p> </separatedmaterial> <controlaccess> <corpname source="local">Farmington Baptist Church (Farmington, N.C.) .</corpname> <corpname source="local">Ijames Cross Roads Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.).</corpname> <corpname source="local">Mooresville First Baptist Church (Mooresville, N.C.).</corpname> <corpname source="local">South Yadkin Baptist Association.</corpname> <subject source="lcsh">Baptist associations--North Carolina--History--Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists--North Carolina</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref16" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Church History Files</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref17" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Berea Typescript history sketch by Mrs. W. E. Holcomb,</unittitle> <container id="cid19210" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">2</container> <unitdate normal="1880/1880">1880, undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref18" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Bethel</unittitle> <container id="cid19209" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">3</container> <unitdate>(1860).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref19" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Historical Facts of the Bethel Baptist Church of the South Yadkin Baptist Association. 2p. typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref20" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Orren, Garland, "History of Bethel Baptist Church". 4pp. Mimeographed.</unittitle> <unitdate>ca. 1955.</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref21" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Historical Committee. "Bethel Baptist Church Historical Story of the First 100 Years, [The church, ]. Unp. [20pp.]. Illus., ports.</unittitle> <unitdate>circa 1960</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref22" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Bristol Drive</unittitle> <container id="cid19208" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">4</container> <unitdate>(1955).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref23" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Millsaps, Mrs. Vaughan, "Brief History of Bristol Drive Baptist Church". Mss. 2pp.</unittitle> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref24" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Community</unittitle> <container id="cid19207" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">5</container> </did> <c id="ref25" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Anderson, Mrs. Boyd. [History sketch]. 2pp. Mss.</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1953/1953">1953</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref26" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Diamond Hill</unittitle> <container id="cid19206" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">6</container> <unitdate normal="1926/1926">1926</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref27" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Historical information on Diamond Hill Baptist Church. 2p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1926/1926">1926</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref28" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Eastside</unittitle> <container id="cid19205" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">7</container> </did> <c id="ref29" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Cothen, Ed., "History of East Side Baptist Church". 2p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1955/1955">1955</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref30" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Eatons</unittitle> <container id="cid19204" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">8</container> <unitdate>(1772).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref31" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Summers, Brenda. "Two Hundred Years Old...Eatons Baptist Church". Davie County Enterprise Record,</unittitle> <unitdate>17 August 1972.</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref32" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"John Angel, 1824-1828". 5p. Typescript.</unittitle> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref33" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Edgewood</unittitle> <container id="cid19203" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">9</container> <unitdate>(1939).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref34" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Spry, Mrs. Emma R., "History of North Cooleemee/Edgewood Baptist Church". 5p. Mss.</unittitle> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref35" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Fairview</unittitle> <container id="cid19202" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">10</container> <unitdate>(1952).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref36" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Johnson, Ramona L., "Fairview Baptist Church History". 2p. typescript.</unittitle> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref37" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Faith</unittitle> <container id="cid19201" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">11</container> <unitdate>(1962).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref38" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Photograph. Positive print.</unittitle> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref39" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Farmington</unittitle> <container id="cid19200" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">12</container> <unitdate>(1878).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref40" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"Farmington Baptist Church". [Sketches of their pastors, 3p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>1885-1946]. undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref41" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Lakey, Mrs. B. G., "History of Farmington Baptist Church, 1950-Jan. 1973". 1p. Typescript.</unittitle> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref42" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Front Street</unittitle> <container id="cid19199" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">13</container> <unitdate>(1911).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref43" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"Front Street Baptist Church, Statesville, North Carolina". 2p. Typescript. Carbon copy.</unittitle> <unitdate>ca. 1945.</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref44" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Golden Anniversary Committee, "Fifty Golden Years...". [The Church], unp. [8p.]. Illus., ports.</unittitle> <unitdate>1961.</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref45" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Fincannon, Mrs. Lee, "Brief History of Front Street Baptist Church".</unittitle> <unitdate>Ca. 1973.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref46" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Hebron</unittitle> <container id="cid19198" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">14</container> <unitdate>(1897).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref47" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"A Brief History of the Hebron Baptist Church".</unittitle> <unitdate>ca. 1973.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref48" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Harmony</unittitle> <container id="cid19197" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">15</container> <unitdate>(1902).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref49" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Massey, Mrs. E. A., Letter about the church, Mss.</unittitle> <unitdate>1952.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref50" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Ijames Cross Roads</unittitle> <container id="cid19196" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">16</container> <unitdate>(1896).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref51" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Ijames, Mrs. E. D., "History of Ijames Cross Roads Baptist Church". 3p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>June, 1959.</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref52" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"History of Ijames Cross Roads Baptist Church and Membership Roll". Mimeographed.</unittitle> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref53" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Jerusalem</unittitle> <container id="cid19195" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">17</container> <unitdate>(1868).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref54" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Beck, Mrs. Ruth, "History of Jerusalem Baptist Church". 1p. Typescript.</unittitle> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref55" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Mooresville First</unittitle> <container id="cid19194" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">18</container> <unitdate>(1882).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref56" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Wells, Mrs. C. G., "Historical Sketch of First Baptist Church, Mooresville, North Carolina". 1p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref57" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Church History Committee, "History and [Pictorial] Directory of First Baptist Church [Mooresville], Lexington, North Carolina: Ingram's Pictorial Church Directory, 35+16p. Illus., Ports.</unittitle> <unitdate>circa 1972</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref58" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>New Bethany</unittitle> <container id="cid19193" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">19</container> <unitdate>(1859).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref59" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Reporter, "Colorful Record Marks History of New Bethany Baptist Church". Statesville (North Carolina) Daily Record,</unittitle> <unitdate>1954 March 26</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref60" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>New Hope</unittitle> <container id="cid19192" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">20</container> <unitdate>(1802).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref61" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Keever, Homer M., "Two Churches Organized Just After Revolution Mark 150th Birthdays". [New Hope and Snow Creek Methodist]. Greensboro (North Carolina) Daily News,</unittitle> <unitdate>1952.</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref62" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>N.A., "New Hope Baptist Church, 1802-1902". 3p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref63" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Reece, W. Frank, History of New Hope Baptist Church 4p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>1802-1930.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref64" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Society</unittitle> <container id="cid19191" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">21</container> <unitdate>(1821).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref65" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Severt, Mrs. Dean and J. C. Willson, "The History of Society Baptist Church". Rewritten and retyped by Miss Frances Evans, 3p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>30 Aug. 1954.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref66" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>St. Mark</unittitle> <container id="cid19190" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">22</container> <unitdate>(1956).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref67" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Privette, Mrs. Masie, "History sketch of St. Mark Baptist Church". 1p. Mss.</unittitle> <unitdate>ca.1973.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref68" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Shady Grove</unittitle> <container id="cid19189" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">23</container> <unitdate>(1868).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref69" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Miller, Mrs. Doyte, "Shady Grove Baptist Church". 2p. Mss.</unittitle> <unitdate>ca.1973.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref70" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>South River</unittitle> <container id="cid19188" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">24</container> <unitdate>(1879).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref71" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Weston, Mrs. C. L., "History of South River Baptist Church". 4p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>1921.</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref72" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Weston, Mrs. C. L., "Written for Fiftieth Anniversary, 4p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>October 29, 1929".</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref73" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Weston, Mrs. C. L., "Written for Homecoming Day, 3p. Typescript.</unittitle> <unitdate>July 29, 1945".</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref74" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Photograph of the church, Positive print.</unittitle> <unitdate>1951.</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref75" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"W. F. Privette Passes". 1p. Mimeographed.</unittitle> <unitdate>1971.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref76" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Southside</unittitle> <container id="cid19187" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">25</container> <unitdate>(1913).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref77" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Historical Committee, "Fiftieth Anniversary, 1913-1963. Southside Baptist Church, Mooresville, North Carolina Anniversary and Homecoming Services, Oct. 6, 1963". [The Church, ]. unp. [20p.]. Illus., ports.</unittitle> <unitdate>1963</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref78" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Henderson, Mrs. Vear, Letter with information on updating the church history.</unittitle> <unitdate>ca.1972.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref79" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Statesville First</unittitle> <container id="cid19186" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">26</container> <unitdate>(1875).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref80" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"The Inaugural Services of the New Building, Statesville, North Carolina, [The Church]. 4p.</unittitle> <unitdate>Oct. 3, 1954.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref81" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Troutman</unittitle> <container id="cid19185" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">27</container> <unitdate>(1923).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref82" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Byers, W. M., "History of the Troutman Baptist Church". 2p. Typescript.</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref83" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"Minutes of the Troutman Baptist Church Organization". 1p. Typescript.</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref84" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Davis, Mrs. L., Update on church history,</unittitle> <unitdate>1973.</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref85" level="otherlevel"> <did> <unittitle>Western Avenue</unittitle> <container id="cid19184" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">28</container> <unitdate>(1901).</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref86" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Fifty Golden Years, [The Church, ]. unp. [14p.].</unittitle> <unitdate>1901-1951. 1951</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> </c> <c id="ref87" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Personal Materials</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref90" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Abernathy, John Arch, clippings, photographs, notes</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1925/1973" type="inclusive">1925-1973</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref92" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Fork Cemetery inscriptions</unittitle> </did> </c> <c id="ref15" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Massey, Mrs. E. Letter, mentioning some of the pastors and laymen in the South Yadkin Baptist Association</unittitle> <container id="cid19212" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">1</container> <unitdate>April 1957,</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref88" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Tatum Family Letters, Manuscript.</unittitle> <container id="cid19183" type="Folder" label="Mixed Materials">29</container> <unitdate>1885-1907.</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref93" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Merrell, Wilson F. Davie County Map,</unittitle> <unitdate>1928.</unitdate> <physdesc id="ref94" label="General Physical Description note"><extent>4</extent>copies.</physdesc> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>
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