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/10339/93676">ms787</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson County, N.C.) Records <num>MS787</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>2021-06-02 12:52:23 -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>Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS787</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1868/1892" type="inclusive">1868-1892</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_c88d1802b37658f43fe8cb25d0208f95">Raft Swamp Baptist Church was founded in 1854 in Lumberton, N.C. (Robeson County). The church is a part of the Robeson Baptist Association. This collection contains a church covenant, rules of decorum, church meeting minutes (1868-1891), and male and female membership rolls with occasional notes of dates of baptism, decease, dismission, reception, etc. (1875-1892).</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_2a0fa6ed81fd44bb18fcad764bbf41a9"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>Raft Swamp Baptist Church was founded in 1854 in Lumberton, N.C. (Robeson County). The church is a part of the Robeson Baptist Association.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_705b2e1a6239f72a8bc2057d41944243"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains a church covenant, rules of decorum, church meeting minutes (1868-1891), and male and female membership rolls with occasional notes of dates of baptism, decease, dismission, reception, etc. (1875-1892).</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_7cd406f9071affc6d5c6000b0dceb76d"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson County, N.C.) Records, (MS787), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_fe03b3cec7cda2c06e6a98b21b1a923d"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_b940dc61cb376f2ce8dd237c89c79dcb"> <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_319845824bb2c10af5101db281261d89"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives holds a related microfilm collection, <extref xlink:href="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/36219" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Raft Swamp Baptist Church (Robeson County, N.C.) Records (CRMF45).</extref></p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_17f481d8f0adc2bf02b2796a96a9c8d6"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Collection described by Kathleen Darling, 2014. Formerly identified as CR53.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Robeson County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Robeson County -- History -- Sources</subject> <subject source="lcsh">African American Baptists -- North Carolina -- Robeson County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Lumberton</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Robeson County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref6_ii5" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64202" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute Book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1868/1892" type="inclusive">1868-1892</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_55e0bf5cfff1f4e68030337c5b6f9b6a">Minute book from Dec. 5, 1868 consists of church covenant; rules of decorum; membership rolls; one loose item.</abstract> <container id="aspace_516c870079130a5bdc79e6a1b5359f9b" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_17840f3dde526bb3ac30747b7dc6982a" parent="aspace_516c870079130a5bdc79e6a1b5359f9b" type="volume">1</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>