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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" 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 countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"> <eadid url="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/93719">ms745</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>East Fourth Street Baptist Church (Forsyth County, N.C.) Records <num>MS745</num></titleproper> <author>Processed by Juno Zhu, Stephanie Bennett, and Weihua Wang</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>2017 May</date> </p> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline> <addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline> </address> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2021-06-04 15:19:22 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2020</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence, Finley Turner, Olivia Field</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>East Fourth Street Baptist Church (Forsyth County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS745</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">3.21 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 half document box, 2 oversize boxes</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1913/1942" type="inclusive">1913-1942, undated</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_7aea02f15ef1a434d57db82a10c6900a">East Fourth Street Baptist Church was constituted on September 28, 1913 as Greenwood Avenue Baptist Church. The church changes its name to East Fourth Street Baptist Church in 1924. This collection contains minutes of church conferences, church records relating to membership and finance, Ladies Aid Society records, Woman's Missionary Society records, Ann Judson Circle records, and Lottie Moon Circle records.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_3875151151ed08a399dc542e9851fa87"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>East Fourth Street Baptist Church was constituted on September 28, 1913 as Greenwood Avenue Baptist Church. The church changes its name to East Fourth Street Baptist Church in 1924.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_1d428c896ab5bb190c6d1bcda530f36a"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains minutes of church conferences from its organization on September 28, 1913 to February 22, 1942 [broken series] and church records relating to membership and finance from 1926 to 1933. It also contains organizations' records including Ladies Aid Society records, Woman's Missionary Society records (1924-35), Ann Judson Circle records, and Lottie Moon Circle records.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_f5fcf9b6c5c64b7c21cd7000eeaaa192"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>East Fourth Street Baptist Church (Forsyth County, N.C.) Records (MS745), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_6233983de99e373645ed999d29349f0f"> <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> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_c11ffff370af681c9f26303d63fb7293"> <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> <processinfo id="aspace_6260f3c2c8670634a3d9a22451726c66"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR10.</p> </processinfo> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref30_ewv" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67465" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Ann Judson Circle minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1924/1929" type="inclusive">1924-1929</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_3cf169345d210dc7e725c739a6455f79">Attendence rolls and minutes for 1924-1927, and 1930-1931.</abstract> <container id="aspace_16efa90f8bf841d442e7146a4e7300c2" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_6c61f9a9a80efa4bc67ad02caa65bb47" parent="aspace_16efa90f8bf841d442e7146a4e7300c2" type="volume">6</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref52_uax" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67460" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Ann Judson Circle minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1930/1931" type="inclusive">1930-1931</unitdate> <container id="aspace_74d53dafc95e8f2b59542ed75d1075b5" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_92076559f188470e23432bf664b790f7" parent="aspace_74d53dafc95e8f2b59542ed75d1075b5" type="volume">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref8_l3w" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67492" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Church records </extref> </unittitle> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> <container id="aspace_7d3a75a049e3edefad263e2608543fc5" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_0808d3c0f978c4396c384d71d511e51c" parent="aspace_7d3a75a049e3edefad263e2608543fc5" type="folder">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref41_91l" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67456" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Correspondence</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1933/1933">1933</unitdate> <container 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type="inclusive">1925-1926</unitdate> <container id="aspace_6ccab7a3d4e1053111264bb04ec7d40a" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_a43ddb86c5cfe6211c35646522b3ad17" parent="aspace_6ccab7a3d4e1053111264bb04ec7d40a" type="volume">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref49_15h" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67453" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Girls' Auxiliary minute book inserts</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1925/1925" type="inclusive">circa 1925</unitdate> <container id="aspace_37adc09d278b1a6273dd21f0abe076cb" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_60ceb8f89eb8810791d9eee6b57990da" parent="aspace_37adc09d278b1a6273dd21f0abe076cb" type="folder">9</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref26_twd" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67464" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Ladies Aid Society account book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1927/1931" type="inclusive">1927-1931</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_00d0437c30a046d5e2e4aa6dff9c20ac">Treasurer's record book</abstract> <container id="aspace_cf816f06edc3b3b46196d7f915db3eac" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_7576c45e13bba55cb506b9c5e2221cc3" parent="aspace_cf816f06edc3b3b46196d7f915db3eac" type="volume">5</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref51_cd5" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67455" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Ladies Aid Society account book inserts</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1920/1929" type="inclusive">circa 1920s</unitdate> <container id="aspace_31165b93c302d20eeea59b0082d0fa4f" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_d94b866776c7ab68af2616fb8362a2a2" parent="aspace_31165b93c302d20eeea59b0082d0fa4f" type="folder">11</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref32_p2y" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67466" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Lottie Moon Circle minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1928/1932" type="inclusive">1928-1932</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_04e1c5563e535bef7a6d77496ebe68a1">Attendence rolls and minutes from 9 February 1928 to 21 December 1932; and from 17 January 1933 to 17 December 1935.</abstract> <container id="aspace_5eb8e541d330122de1527eebdc5feee5" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_f58d24f1700e3b85e4f6045ef98aab52" parent="aspace_5eb8e541d330122de1527eebdc5feee5" type="volume">7</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref54_c6q" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67467" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Lottie Moon Circle minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1933/1937" type="inclusive">1933-1937</unitdate> <container id="aspace_8a7f0a66cf58dce87410c452d7693efe" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_de7fb24be4610e78ba05a7fc4b61080a" parent="aspace_8a7f0a66cf58dce87410c452d7693efe" type="volume">8</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref44_mon" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67450" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Membership correspondence</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1929/1941" type="inclusive">1929-1941</unitdate> <container id="aspace_4b841ee0b0c3505d014a4f1a5165bdf0" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_617c5f7f9c644131ead3e19165f463a9" parent="aspace_4b841ee0b0c3505d014a4f1a5165bdf0" type="folder">6</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref2_3s5" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67459" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1913/1929" type="inclusive">1913-1929</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_789091d92bdcaeb663abcaf320520def">Minutes of church conferences from its organization Sept. 28, 1913 as Greenwood Avenue to 11 April 1926, including lists of pastors, clerks, treasurers, Sunday School superintendents, deacons, and trustees; an alphabetical membership roll, a chronological register; church statistics, 1913/13 to 1923/24; and treasurer's reports. Subjects include the election of delegates to association and Sunday School meetings; the parsonage; financial matters; John W. Ham Evangelistic Campaign, Nov. 1914; and their name change to East 4th Street, ca.June, 1924. This volume is ledger size and contains ink entries and typed copies pasted on un-numbered pages.</abstract> <container id="aspace_858f5ccf17f224e9dc7767265f5bf91a" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_d0a8729216aacab648379d8545f1085b" parent="aspace_858f5ccf17f224e9dc7767265f5bf91a" type="volume">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref1_vsh" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67451" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minutes</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1926/1932" type="inclusive">1926-1932</unitdate> <container id="aspace_2c664debfba1ced5028f3b04543745f3" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_a00d0ea58b8b91104555a29aaba1bfed" parent="aspace_2c664debfba1ced5028f3b04543745f3" type="folder">7</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref6_306" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67448" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minutes</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1939/1942" type="inclusive">1939-1942</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_9fda72d7ece91e463eff6cc6cc32b6f7">Minutes of church conferences from 4 October 1939 to 22 February 1942, and scattered minutes of the church "Workers Council". Subjects include most of those mentioned in the preceeding volumes, and the sale of the church property to Goler Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, Winston-Salem, N. C., 1941. These records are loose pages with typescript entries in a binder.</abstract> <container id="aspace_05bc7f5b511569844532e6dffaa95504" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_c545526a31708416927c642f1e7fa5cd" parent="aspace_05bc7f5b511569844532e6dffaa95504" type="folder">4</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref45_qg9" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67449" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Statistics reports</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1920/1929" type="inclusive">circa 1920s</unitdate> <container id="aspace_d1c0cf7b46784d844c54c1da35412864" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_0f0eb48e1cc1f93980c11f7168bc02ac" parent="aspace_d1c0cf7b46784d844c54c1da35412864" type="folder">5</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref46_fju" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67452" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Survey</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1920/1929" type="inclusive">circa 1920s</unitdate> <container id="aspace_cba20eb34729b7fde25dfb6c8768b172" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_f109bc288f71fd03e30645872bc03bdb" parent="aspace_cba20eb34729b7fde25dfb6c8768b172" type="folder">8</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref22_o1y" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67457" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Treasurer's reports</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1926/1933" type="inclusive">1926-1933</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_d7301082357f9224db8ffaa4ce20eb93">1 folder</abstract> <container id="aspace_9408b6dcab2850f93c9ddfc0812ff269" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_35f3802ffe39da3c8ff5392dc0de4631" parent="aspace_9408b6dcab2850f93c9ddfc0812ff269" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref28_n91" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67462" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Woman's Missionary Society minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1928/1928">1928</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_19667ac96c67ddd9235a1a2ac75333e1">Attendence rolls and minutes for 1928-1929.</abstract> <container id="aspace_e3d1995b7723dcc6cc4ead7bed40e5f8" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_219e82ebc61ab9274426a80503b2976f" parent="aspace_e3d1995b7723dcc6cc4ead7bed40e5f8" type="volume">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref53_19s" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67463" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Woman's Missionary Society minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1929/1929">1929</unitdate> <container id="aspace_e6cc0c61459012e85b7ec322ad1fee00" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_ad616d38f2ef259a965ff5888caebfd6" parent="aspace_e6cc0c61459012e85b7ec322ad1fee00" type="volume">4</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref50_bpv" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67454" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Woman's Missionary Society minutes book inserts</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1928/1929" type="inclusive">circa 1928-1929</unitdate> <container id="aspace_948f8bb317cab57964c88d67ab66a1e6" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_65cc91975a2ea606c8160b9643f57b7f" parent="aspace_948f8bb317cab57964c88d67ab66a1e6" type="folder">10</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref4_uo0" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/67493" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Year Book and Directory, publication</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1932/1932">1932</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_e5d8355d7dad8fe082ae90e7b9503b51">Minutes of church conferences from 10 October 1926 to 3 January 1932. 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