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/10339/93677">ms778</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>New Salem Baptist Church (Buncombe County, N.C.) records <num>MS778</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>2021-05-28 13:03:30 -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="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>New Salem Baptist Church (Buncombe County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS778</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1866/1892" type="inclusive">1866-1892</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_0ab4fb014754b02d26081d92db50ae93">New Salem Baptist Church was founded in 1848 in Skyland, N.C. (Buncombe County). The church is a member of the Buncombe Baptist Association. This volume contains membership rolls, meeting minutes of Union Baptist Church, and activity records of Union Baptist Church, meeting minutes of New Salem Baptist Church, and a financial record.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_fe407d09945067181b9b8a575817619b"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>New Salem Baptist Church was founded in 1848 in Skyland, N.C. (Buncombe County). The church is a member of the Buncombe Baptist Association.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_ba6626abe7b4be0cdf0e4084e2700cb8"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This volume contains membership rolls (1866, undated), meeting minutes of Union Baptist Church (1866-1868, 1878-1880, 1883, 1885) and activity records of Union Baptist Church (1871, 1882), meeting minutes of New Salem Baptist Church (1884, 1885-1890), and a financial record (undated). It is handwritten in a hardcover notebook which has rubbed covers, loose binding, and loose leaves. Handwritten meeting minutes of Union Baptist Church (1866), a typewritten cataloging note (1977), membership rolls and handwritten meeting minutes of Union Baptist Church (1892) on loose-leaf paper sheets are also included.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_d7f4736b7df70938993f68691cccb6ca"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>New Salem Baptist Church (Buncombe County, N.C.) records, (MS778), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_0def4ab516938a49b0a1254dd8b6e091"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_f90ba2b9ea79304a74f1f22ab70e724f"> <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_bcdb98c17977b07d3ecb788f177148dd"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR44.</p> </processinfo> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref6_l98" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64037" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1866/1892" type="inclusive">1866-1892</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_e45f645eb2bcfbbb8ffa8567e2434dd9">Minutes of church conferences include membership rolls for male and female; subjects include election of delegates, messengers to the association; Board of deacons; Reception, discipline, and dismissal of chuch members; constitutions, 1878</abstract> <container id="aspace_8b5275ae7b463c826955b283582e466f" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_3a8752736632df4fb664cfd1f40d9c46" parent="aspace_8b5275ae7b463c826955b283582e466f" type="volume">1</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>