Bernard Washington Spilman Papers
B.W. Spilman was a Baptist pastor; Field Secretary of the Sunday School Board (Southern Baptist Convention); General Secretary of the Southern Baptist Assembly, Ridgecrest, North Carolina; and Superintendent of Kennedy Home for Children, Kinston, North Carolina. His papers contain materials regarding his personal life, subject files, education, and writings.
Biographical and Historical Note
Bernard Washington Spilman was a Baptist pastor, Field Secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention's Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Assembly, General Secretary, Ridgecrest, North Carolina; and Superintendent of Kennedy Home for Children, Kinston, North Carolina.
Collection Overview
His papers consist of a volume of minutes and notes of the annual sessions of the Southern Baptist Assembly, promotional brochures, a typescript article "Mandy" , "Book of the Dead" reading the deaths of his friends, a notebook containing various writings, scrapbooks containing photographs, clippings, postcards, and his column "Snapshots" , guestbooks, and subject files. Other materials are present on microfilm.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2004
- Revision Description
- Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2019
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
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- Preferred Citation
- Bernard Washington Spilman Papers (MS335), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.