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/10339/93714">ms818</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Vaughan Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records <num>MS818</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>2021-08-25 14:58:48 -0400</date>.</creation> <langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2018 December</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>Vaughan Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS818</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">1 oversize box </extent> </physdesc> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1897/1965" type="inclusive">1897-1965</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_e82a1244624ad0b6ea91d4100c65fdc5">At the request of the Rev. J.T. Edmundson, Vaughan Baptist Church was organized on October 31, 1897. This collection contains church meeting minutes, including membership lists, articles of faith, and a few minutes of deacons' meetings (1897, 1902-25, 1926-40), financial records, and correspondence. The minutes in Volume 1 are scattered and incomplete.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_9c69a1b2255cff6b01daba9dcf9c82d1"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>At the request of the Rev. J.T. Edmundson, the following persons met in the Baptist house of worship at Vaughans, Warren Co., N.C. at 3:30PM, October 31, 1897 to organize a Baptist Church: Elders J.T. Edmundson, L.E. Perkinson, Paul Harris, and deacons from Macon, Sharon (now Wise), and others from Littleton and Enterprise Baptist churches. There were thirteen charter members from Enterprise and Littleton Baptist churches. The church met in the old John Vaughan store until 1898, when they began a new building.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_eb713a52db417918d808d3d656729782"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains church meeting minutes, including membership lists, articles of faith, and a few minutes of deacons' meetings (1897, 1902-25, 1926-40), financial records, and correspondence. The minutes in Volume 1 are scattered and incomplete.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_6a12cd07d7bf416ba8f9e89a95a471c5"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Vaughan Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) Records, (MS818), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_01b3f4ea1da7bdd48c9489709964eda6"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_77a2f0aa2a3fb60ebfd468c9a6366ad6"> <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_23daaee36b70b1e11d38079e4b7cda08"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p><extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/36637" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Vaughan Baptist Church (Warren County, N.C.) (CRMF241)</extref>, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_e76dfb835eca1d75138b2c8fff4a7039"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Transcribed by Hayley Fisher, 2014. Formerly identified as CR84.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="local">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Vaughan</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Warren County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Warren County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Warren County -- History -- Sources</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref13_l47" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64072" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1897/1963" type="inclusive">1897-1963</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_84180562535b190c43088fb280adcdf8" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_dee91de180d352a0ed3798e8bf7dc678" parent="aspace_84180562535b190c43088fb280adcdf8" type="volume">2</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_5a4c06d40c75c221528b5a5fcf57c23b"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences form 17 October 1926 to 29 September 1940, including minutes of deacons' meetings 23 February and 18 July 1932; the annual church letters to the Tar River Baptist Association 1926- 1932; and a membership roll.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref11_epr" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/64071" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1926/1965" type="inclusive">1926-1965</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_d11e0325353608c11001a4dda58a17a9" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_743ef27fb3b7ffcecf0a15b72a4d8dce" parent="aspace_d11e0325353608c11001a4dda58a17a9" type="volume">1</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_5a006ca9f2e7eec672508a05316dc732"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from 7 January 1902 to 5 July 1925, including the organization of the church 31 October 1897; membership roll; financial records; church covenant; and articles of faith. Early minutes in this volume are incomplete.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>