Claude Upshaw Broach Papers
Claude Upshaw Broach was a Baptist minister and scholar, and the first full-time director of the Wake Forest University and Belmont Abbey College Ecumenical Institute. These records document Broach's work as well as information regarding the Broach and Upshaw families. Materials in this collection include photographs, newsletters, correspondence, sermons, speeches, audiocassette tapes, and a scrapbook.
Biographical and Historical Note
Claude Upshaw Broach was a Baptist minister and scholar, and a director of the Wake Forest University and Belmont Abbey College Ecumenical Institute. He was born on August 16, 1913, to Mary Upshaw and William Earl Broach in Walton County, Georgia, near Athens. Broach earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and both masters and doctoral degrees in theology from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) in Louisville, Kentucky.
Broach served as the pastor of St. John's Baptist Church from 1944 to 1974 in Charlotte, N.C. Along with his traditional pastoral work, he served many other organizations as well. He was an officer in the Mecklenburg Baptist Inter-Racial Commission, begun in 1946, and preached in support of issues such as school integration. After retiring from St. John's, he acted as the first full-time director of the joint Ecumenical Institute between Baptist institution Wake Forest University and Catholic institution Belmont Abbey College.
Broach was married to Katharine Sellers Broach and together they had three children, Katharine, Mary (Marni), and Claude, Jr. Broach died on May 29, 1997.
Sources:
- Collection materials
- Young, Richard L. Fifty favored years: a history of St. John's Baptist Church. Accessed online via the North Carolina Digital Collection
Collection Overview
These records document the work of the Claude Upshaw Broach as well as Broach and Upshaw family histories. Materials in this collection include photographs, newsletters, correspondence, sermons, speeches, audiocassette tapes, and a scrapbook. A variety of materials are related to the Ecumenical Institute and a small number of materials are related to Fairfield Mountains Chapel.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by Justin Cabiltes and Stephanie Bennett, 2022 May
- Access Restrictions
- Collection is open for researchers.
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- Preferred Citation
- Claude Upshaw Broach Papers (MS366), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.