Special Collections & Archives

<?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/10339/93699">ms750</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Ephesus Baptist Church Records (Semora, N.C.) Records <num>MS750</num></titleproper> <author>John Hagerty and Stephanie Bennett</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>April 2017</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>2021-05-21 14:28:32 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 November</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Ephesus Baptist Church (Semora, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS750</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 letter box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1835/1919" type="inclusive">1835-1919</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_fda3beefccf3b9787d266f2ab00c52fa">Ephesus Baptist Church was constituted in 1857. This collection includes church meeting minutes, church covenants, and church membership lists and related materials.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_c9e5fced36b788034fd01568b1c37ba1"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>In 1857, a group of 39 Christians came together under the leadership of Reverend Dewey R. King to organize a church for public worship known as Ephesus Baptist Church.</p> <p>Source: http://www.ephesusbaptistchurch.com/our-history/</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_b5102ace5175b17b4003a26ef546a500"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection includes church meeting minutes (1835-1870) and (1892-1919), church covenants, church membership, a membership list (1893), dismissed members lists (1893-1912), names of those baptized (1894-1914), name lists identified as Received by Letter (1893-1917), and a name list of those who have died (1893-1913).</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_769069171ed166d518d698d9588cd164"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Ephesus Baptist Church Records (Semora, N.C.) Records, (MS750), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_4621bb746ec45421771ddc131ad371de"> <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_ddb326c5bd6e539a8416e5ecf5d8fb9c"> <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> <relatedmaterial id="aspace_73cc0cdd47c635d2b5a7e54c23a3d4cd"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives also holds a related microfilm collection, Ephesus Baptist Church (Semora, N.C.) Records (CRMF650).</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_04dfc61a1b2eb710285435ccbd61c068"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR15.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists -- North Carolina</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Person County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Semora</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Person County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Person County -- History -- Sources</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref2_cle" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63989" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1835/1888" type="inclusive">1835-1888</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_752b4475108d293d5058cee21d28c314">Contains minutes of church conferences from November 21, 1835 to June 11, 1870; a church covenant, list of charter members, list of male, female, and negro members, and a list of contributions for a new church.</abstract> <container id="aspace_63810120efe3f7b8d4ebf3d8bcd94c56" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_337602c4a977bde31a317560ca83e585" parent="aspace_63810120efe3f7b8d4ebf3d8bcd94c56" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref4_oyq" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/63988" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1892/1919" type="inclusive">1892-1919</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_9ee9e25f1d70f8daf79a8013bd289448">Contains minutes of church conferences from August 6, 1892 to March 1, 1919; male and female membership rolls, 1893; lists of dismissed members, 1893-1911 (broken series); lists of members received by baptism, 1894-1912 (broken series) and those received by church letter, 1893, 1907; lists of members withdrawn from fellowship, 1893-1903; lists of restored members, 1893-1912; lists of deceased members, 1893-1913; a financial table, 1901; contribution lists for missions, 1901; memorials and tributes of respect for deceased church members; reports to the association, 1894-1902, 1912; and a letter of appreciation for pastor, C.P. Ryland, 1911.</abstract> <container id="aspace_4f780ed6b84baa88c8c36d4ca71ddbf4" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_f7accff8dc0a06c832015437c4cea6d4" parent="aspace_4f780ed6b84baa88c8c36d4ca71ddbf4" type="volume">2</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>