John Wilson Bivens Papers

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        <date>2023 September</date>
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      <abstract id="aspace_2eca6c0c3ac2757fa06eb883b6e56227">John Wilson Bivens attended Wake Forest College (1880-1883) and made his living in Union County, N.C. Materials in this collection include biographical sketches, obituaries, student materials of both Bivens and his son, Anson County and Union Baptist Association records, original poetry, authored news clippings, and other writings related to and possibly by John Wilson Bivens. Items are photocopies, with the exception of one photograph negative.</abstract>
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      <head>Biographical Note</head>
      <p>John Wilson Bivens was born in Union County, N.C., on October 29, 1859, to Henry and Jane Ashcraft Bivens. He attended Wake Forest College from 1880-1883 and married Mary Anna Williams in 1884.</p>
      <p>After his time at Wake Forest College, Bivens returned to Union County to farm. He was elected as Register of Deeds for Union County in 1890 and served three two-year terms (1890-1896). In 1896, Bivens and his wife moved from Monroe to Wingate, N.C., where the family resided. Bivens was elected to serve in the lower house of the General Assembly between 1901 and 1902, though his time in the legislature was short due to health issues. Later, he worked in banking and business within Union County.</p>
      <p>Bivens supported Wingate School (later Wingate University). Wingate School was formed by Baptist associations in Union County, N.C., and Chesterfield County, S.C, for grade school students in the Piedmont region. Bivens was on the Union County Board of Education and his name is listed as a founding trustee on the Union Baptist Association's Resolution regarding Wingate School's construction.</p>
      <p>Bivens' son, John Ashcraft Bivens, graduated from Wake Forest College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1917 and a Master of Arts in 1918, and John Ashcraft Bivens, Jr., his grandson, attended Wake Forest College from 1951-1953. John Wilson Bivens died in Wingate, N.C., on December 20, 1927.</p>
      <p>Sources:</p>
      <p><title render="italic"><part>Wake Forest Alumni Directory</part></title>, Wake Forest College, 1961.</p>
      <p>"History and Traditions," <title render="italic"><part>Wingate</part></title>, Wingate University. Available online at <ref actuate="onrequest" href="https://www.wingate.edu/about/history-and-traditions" show="new">Wingate's web site</ref>.</p>
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      <p>This collection documents some of Bivens' interests and connections across his life, including: Wake Forest College, Baptist organizations, government, education, religion, and writing. This collection includes news clippings, correspondence, documents, and writings by and about John Wilson Bivens. Materials in the collection are photocopies, with the exception of one photograph negative.</p>
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      <p>This collection is organized into five series: Series 1. Biographical materials; Series 2. John Ashcraft Bivens (son) materials; Series 3. Union Baptist Association materials; Series 4. Wake Forest College materials; Series 5. Writings</p>
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      <p>John Wilson Bivens Papers (MS313), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p>
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      <p>John Ashcraft Bivens (1917) filled out a survey questionnaire that is in <ref actuate="onrequest" href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/27942" show="new">Alumni Organizations. Half-Century Club Records</ref> (RG30.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p>
      <p>John Ashcraft Bivens also wrote <ref actuate="onrequest" href="https://wfu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01WAKE_INST/1al1so1/alma993912733806286" show="new"><title render="italic"><part>History of the Union Baptist Association, 1918-1970</part></title></ref> available in Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p>
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