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/10339/93862">ms753</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Gardener's Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records <num>MS753</num></titleproper> <author>Juno Zhu and Stephanie Bennett </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>2021-05-26 14:25:30 -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>Gardener's Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS753</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1844/1931" type="inclusive">1844-1931</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_d6725ead80a93993ef525897f9736358">Gardner's Baptist Church was first an arm of Reedy Creek and later Farmer's Church until 1844 when it was constituted into a separate Baptist Church by Elder Thomas Willcox and N.M. Havens. The Church received its name from Elder Thomas Gardner who ministered to the people in the community. This collection spans from 1844-1931 and contains minutes of church conferences, articles of faith, membership rolls, treasurer's reports, and financial records.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_b9836f988b1d45832204c992551c074b"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Gardner's Baptist Church was first an arm of Reedy Creek and later Farmer's Church until 1844 when it was constituted into a separate Baptist Church by Elder Thomas Willcox and N.M. Havens. The Church received its name from Elder Thomas Gardner who ministered to the people in the community.</p> <p>Association Membership: Tar River, 1844-1958; Cullom, 1958-</p> <p>Pastors: Willoughby Hudgins, 1845-1852; Nicholas Addison Purefoy, 1852-1880; D.A. Glenn, 1880-1885; W.B. Morton, 1885-1891; Needham B. Cobb, 1891-1894; G.W. Harmon, 1894-1895; R.G. Kindrick, 1895-1897; Archibald Cree, 1897-1906; W.J. Jones, 1906-1908; A.V. Joyner, 1908-1910; J.P. Campbell, 1910-1911; K.W. Hogan, 1911-1914; J.P. Harris, 1914-1921; N.H. Shepherd, 1921-1923; E.P. West, 1923-1924; L.B. Moseby, 1924-1926; E.C. Shoes, 1926-1933; E.G. Willis, 1933-1936; Garland A. Hendricks, 1937-1940; E. Grey Jones, Jr., 1941; John H. McCrimmon, 1942-44; C.A. Williams, 1945-46, no pastor listed, 1946-47; Gilmer Parrish, 1947-48; no pastor listed, 1949-50; J.M. Long, 1950-53; Charles T. Fulbright, 1954-55; no pastor listed, 1956; Charles Bartholomew, 1957; Leroy Stewark, 1958-60; Raleigh Carroll, 1961-63; no pastor listed, 1964-65; Russell Morris, 1965-66</p> <p>Histories: Gardner, Jesse, Gardner's Baptist Church..., 12 0 1930 - 2p typescript (NCCF); Shearin, Jasper W., and Jesse Gardner, History of Gardner's Baptist Church...1944; 2p. (NCCF); Centennial program, 1944 (NCCF); Taylors' Tar River, 133.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_b5e1db594713c5282954de0ddf30d70e"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection spans from 1844-1931 and is split into 2 volumes [manuscripts]. It contains minutes of church conferences October 30, 1844 to September 1876; February 3, 1877 to July 11, 1931, including articles of faith, membership rolls, treasurer's reports, and financial records.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_08f80aa032a841de0d9fec6eef74343d"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Gardener's Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records, (MS753), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_da5839feccbb78875cbd96c04db0e4a9"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_d02a4de343c14cd20c0168c71ddf9748"> <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_609b144c1e6965234828ffd541ce45ec"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Daring, 2014. Formerly identified as CR18. Communion Set was listed in AT record but was not included in Church Collections records on 1/30/18.</p> </processinfo> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref5_4y3" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64027" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1844/1876" type="inclusive">1844-1876</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_1d20556f07464398ab491afc018509d1">1. vol. Minutes of church conferences from the organization of the church oct. 30, 1844 to Sept. 2, 1876, including male and female membership rolls, 1844; articles of faith; male membership roll, 1972; Negro members, 1845; and a letter to the churches of the Tar River during the Civil War.</abstract> <container id="aspace_a423011a6f5916ce4dd41c933790f871" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_065d666db16bddcd2df84e7f0df3d8d8" parent="aspace_a423011a6f5916ce4dd41c933790f871" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref7_ci3" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64028" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1877/1931" type="inclusive">1877-1931</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_265705300d93971800437e5d071b00dd">1 vol. Minutes of church conferences from Feb. 3, 1877 to July 11, 1931; including articles of faith; resolutions, males and female membership rolls; treasurer's reports and financial records, an index to pastors, resolutions of appreciation for deceased members, and an endorsement for Dr. Thurman Delna Kitchin, as President of Wake Forest College.</abstract> <container id="aspace_4f83cdd8839ea26c7c5b158e0ea40f6b" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_36ac69bc321fca7417bdc626d8231b2a" parent="aspace_4f83cdd8839ea26c7c5b158e0ea40f6b" type="volume">2</container> </did> <userestrict id="aspace_a32512c38e62d5a7802513b86302c601"> <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> <accessrestrict id="aspace_2b9ebd326ef2ad7d767f47beece9e03f"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <scopecontent id="aspace_1e3f4e61469d6a533331ba98a7c53ed4"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains minute books, membership lists and newspaper clippings.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>