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/10339/93812">ms764</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Lisbon Street Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records <num>MS764</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>2021-05-27 13:23:45 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 November, 2021 May</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence and Finley Turner</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="recordgrp"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Lisbon Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS764</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1848/1928" type="inclusive">1848-1928</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_111e84767d25aab8ae63bebc92241e76">Lisbon Street Baptist Church was constituted in 1870. Included in this collection are church meeting minutes, financial records, clippings, and membership lists.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_c373885463b56ede1456ea8ec12f005e"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Lisbon Baptist Church was constituted in 1870.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_fb3e0176eb9f0559d2cb926d1b24bdf4"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection includes male and female membership rolls, African American membership rolls with occasional notes of dates of decease and dismission (1848, 1850, 1853, 1882), financial records (1878), church meeting minutes (1848-1864, 1866-1885), membership rolls with notes of dates of admission, baptism, dismission, and decease (1896-1925), and church meeting minutes (1896-1925), financial records (1921, 1923, undated), reports to the Eastern Baptist Association (circa 1910s, 1919, 1924, undated), letters of membership dismission or recommendation to the church (1905, 1916, 1918-1920, 1923-1924), business letters to the church (circa 1910s, 1921-1922), two resolutions of respect (1928, undated), and a newspaper clipping which is an obituary of John Otis Herring (1914).</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_70ec02bea3d434edc9c6388c2a560864"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Lisbon Street Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) Records (MS764), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_aa7ce1ed833c48be592dddf9e230b49f"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_0b97b2e4d1c35f5d75cbb4239c499737"> <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_3b23a8558a223f91e1edca637c762ccf"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives holds a related microfilm collection, Lisbon Baptist Church (Sampson County, N.C.) records (CRMF611).</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_4aa8bdb7c4fd12362a0b9f04bd03c8b3"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR29.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <geogname source="lcsh">Sampson County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Sampson County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Sampson County -- History -- Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists -- North Carolina</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref7_u1c" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64727" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1848/1885" type="inclusive">1848-1885</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_45931036dd05cee6d6b17ec81b4c2731">Minutes of quarterly church conferences from Aug. 1848 to Nov. 1885 including membership rolls for male, female and Negros; subjects include appointment, election of delegates, messengers to the association; financial matters; reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; selection of a pastor; building a new church</abstract> <container id="aspace_18d4dbb536f7748484fb0c89abd0eb28" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_4315fdc4a50732e8827965d2445274ea" parent="aspace_18d4dbb536f7748484fb0c89abd0eb28" type="volume">2</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref9_6dw" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64728" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1896/1925" type="inclusive">1896-1925</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_9d2e3313e52257d1d6a9553d394777c6">Minutes of monthly church conferences from 2 May 1896 to 1 Nov 1925 including membership rolls; subjects include appointment, election of delegates, messengers to the association; financial matters; improvements to church properties; Lord's Supper; Reception, discipline, and dismissal of church members; selection of pastor; election of church officers.</abstract> <container id="aspace_d8d2d8785f7c9a57938c98888d52b8fc" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_5f728587d462fa427da17307a62601e2" parent="aspace_d8d2d8785f7c9a57938c98888d52b8fc" type="volume">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref11_xry" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64726" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Financial records, correspondence, and church records</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1905/1928" type="inclusive">1905-1928</unitdate> <container id="aspace_75b574d2df6068cb3824277eef226d5b" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_1a4e656969574f3de47513fa90dd63e6" parent="aspace_75b574d2df6068cb3824277eef226d5b" type="folder">1</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>