Baptist Church and Association Files Collection

MS623

The Baptist Church and Association Files Collection contains materials related to Baptist church and state associations across North Carolina; Churches and associations other Southern states are also represented, in small amounts. Materials in the collection include news clippings, meeting minutes, church directories, church histories, photographs and other graphic materials, handwritten notes, and correspondence, among other items. NOTE: All materials are available online in Special Collections and Archives' Digital Collections.

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Biographical and Historical Note

The Baptist Church and Association Files Collection contains materials related to Baptist church and state associations across North Carolina. Churches and associations in other Southern states, including Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, are also represented in small amounts.

Collection Overview

Materials in the collection include news clippings, meeting minutes, church directories, church histories, photographs and other graphic materials, handwritten notes, and correspondence, among other items.

NOTE: All materials are available online in Special Collections and Archives' Digital Collections.

Administrative Information

Publication Information
Processed by Special Collections and Archives Staff, 2020
Revision Description
Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2022
Revision Description
Revised by Emily Houlditch; additions in boxes 194-196, 2025
Revision Description
Revised by Sam Sfirri, 2025 October
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for use. 
Copyright Notice
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. 
Preferred Citation
Baptist Church and Association Files Collection (MS623), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

Collection Inventory

  • Series I. Church files, alphabetically by church
    • Churches – A
    • Churches – B
      • Bridgewater Baptist Church, Burke County, N.C. Box 16 Folder 42Association(s): Catawba River. Date established: 1887.
    • Churches – C
    • Churches – D
    • Churches – E
    • Churches – F
    • Churches – G
    • Churches – H
    • Churches – I
    • Churches – J
    • Churches – K
    • Churches – L
    • Churches – M
    • Churches – N
    • Churches – O
    • Churches – P
    • Churches – Q
    • Churches – R
    • Churches – S
    • Churches – T
    • Churches – U
    • Churches – V
    • Churches – W
    • Churches – Y
    • Churches – Z
  • Series II. Association files (undated)
  • Series III. Baptist church history, general
  • Series IV. Baptist church index catalog cards, alphabetically by church (circa 1970-1989)
  • Series V. Baptist association index catalog cards (circa 1970-1989)
  • Series VI. Unidentified Baptist church or association files