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/10339/93784">ms760</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Island Creek Baptist Church (Henderson, N.C.) Records <num>MS760</num></titleproper> <author>John Hagerty and Stephanie Bennett</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>2017 April</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 15:02:49 -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>Island Creek Baptist Church (Henderson, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS760</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.21 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 half-document box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1820/1872" type="inclusive">1820-1872</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_5f47c74470a127dda6b714d2b0db6eee">Island Creek (Henderson, N.C.) Baptist Church was constituted in 1820. Included in this collection are minute books and membership lists.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_2e8d5197e9619fc05c51e077d1c2bf49"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Island Creek Baptist Church was founded in 1820 in Granville County, North Carolina.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_bc6f7434d4921cf943399d8f555d59a2"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This volume contains church records when the church was in Granville County. It includes church meeting minutes with church activities and records of sermons, baptism, and new members admission etc. (1821-circa 1861, 1863-1868), a brief history of the church (1820), membership rolls (1829-1867), and African American membership rolls (1833-1872) both with notes of dates of dismission and decease. They are handwritten in a bound item that lacks covers and some pages, and has some loosing leaves of paper.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_1b597aca7dd896803c31ec4724b73adc"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Island Creek Baptist Church (Henderson, N.C.) Records (MS760), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_4d2fcff134491b94342ec27021d37add"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_0a6b7c940a9d8b1e3262c60951577aa6"> <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_f4fdd46a6f67edaf7b1cb49e1a6bb6ae"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR25.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists -- North Carolina</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref6_mf3" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64724" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1820/1872" type="inclusive">1820-1872</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_a9b1de3c7dd79b5b457ef695ee3698b1">Minutes of church conferences from 27 Nov. 1820 to 2 May 1868 including: Membership rolls, male, female, and Negro; rules of decorum; financial matters; Homecoming, revival and baptismal services; Improvements to church properties; Reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; selection of a pastor; special collections; Treasurer's records/contributions; associational letters; loose items; Miscellaneous</abstract> <container id="aspace_60138b59fc3357fcfb172a4b2a175511" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_16066babcb448656f71a75028d91789b" parent="aspace_60138b59fc3357fcfb172a4b2a175511" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>