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<?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/10339/93718">ms847</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Silver Creek Baptist Church (Polk County, N.C.) Records <num>MS847</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>2021-06-03 14:04:38 -0400</date>.</creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> <revisiondesc> <change> <date>2019 January</date> <item>Revised by Katie Lawrence and Finley Turner</item> </change> </revisiondesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>Silver Creek Baptist Church (Polk County, N.C.) Records</unittitle> <unitid>MS847</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">4.5 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">3 oversize boxes</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1840/1991" type="inclusive">1840-1991</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_ca4b54bf029097317887aa4dbbdd8a39">This church was constituted on April 15, 1840. It has been a member of Green River (1847-1869) and Polk (1969-present) Baptist associations. This collection contains minutes of church conferences from from June 1, 1844 to June 5, 1991, a deacons' minute book for 1963-1970, church records, and a recipe book.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language> . </langmaterial> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_e783636eccd7a6e8f87b19667f6e1ed7"> <head>Historical Note</head> <p>This church was constituted on April 15, 1840. It has been a member of Green River (1847-1869) and Polk (1969-present) Baptist associations.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_436a5235184061d4a22e8e4592fa23ee"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains minutes of church conferences from from June 1, 1844 to June 5, 1991, a deacons' minute book for 1963-1970, church records, and a recipe book.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_2e31f5d7b22ffcc31129b5f17936ade4"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Silver Creek Baptist Church (Polk County, N.C.) Records (MS847), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_353174e442c06da75af78f06082b727d"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_5186c672eb122954fa3af85742b0d554"> <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_8dec958da5edffd56bebe97be7646a17"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p><extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/38000 " xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Silver Creek Baptist Church (Mill Spring, N.C.) (CRMF1007),</extref> Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_9f682b2dbcce70c3e8a27363352dec52"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Transcribed by Hayley Fisher, 2015.</p> </processinfo> <controlaccess> <subject source="local">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Mill Spring</subject> <geogname source="lcsh">Polk County (N.C.) -- Church history -- Sources</geogname> <subject source="lcsh">Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Polk County</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Baptists -- North Carolina -- Polk County -- History -- Sources</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="aspace_ref20_3cz" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74202" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minutes and church records</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1840/1880" type="inclusive">circa 1840-1880</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_b76a47c769a6d6469ac2fddfe556172b" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_1b9a5fb6c69c0b2c2266db77b73c6973" parent="aspace_b76a47c769a6d6469ac2fddfe556172b" type="folder">9</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_5e58b193800430085b9dd385f2be3871"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Oct. 10, 1948 to July 16, 1950. This notebook contains ink entries on un-numbered pages.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref14_7xp" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74198" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minutes</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1844/1854" type="inclusive">1844-1854</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_213dbfc32effda7f33cf29b6c4fecad9" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_1d7de3ff8919e7d2e5753170dfc1f3dd" parent="aspace_213dbfc32effda7f33cf29b6c4fecad9" type="folder">5</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_f3a6aa857dd407cd6247e5c6e7205550"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Nov. 4, 1874 to Nov. 1897, with several male and female membership rolls, rules of decorum, articles of faith, and a copy of the organization of the church in 1840 from their missing minutes. These loose pages contain ink entries un-numbered pages and were located in church minute book, vol. 3. No covers are present.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref18_pv3" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74201" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minutes</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1874/1900" type="inclusive">circa 1874-1900</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_3c431bb6e00c9629cc8a5573231040b5" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_742120431c15ed0bdd3a3ab618562ab5" parent="aspace_3c431bb6e00c9629cc8a5573231040b5" type="folder">8</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_e2512fcdb79789eca3b1b8031da95bd0"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Aug. 23, 1924 to Mar. 7, 1943, including an alphabetical membership roll, register of officers, and financial records. This Convention Church book contains ink entries on un-numbered pages.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref28_zmr" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/86307" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1876/1954" type="inclusive">1876-1954</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_fa3b2f396ffd868a0a73c3eac35db9c1" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_39a253d39ffbfba8822b59db97e114c6" parent="aspace_fa3b2f396ffd868a0a73c3eac35db9c1" type="volume">1</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_c9c4a986f2bf5a046efb8466be0ccde5"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Oct. 3, 1968 to Apr. 2, 1975, including supporting documentation. This ledger contains ink entries on pates numbered 1-128.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref48_ysi" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74314" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1898/1958" type="inclusive">1898-1958</unitdate> <container id="aspace_6593e042793aface6d5ed452cb1e720d" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_d1bb4f527014c52440af09b43d819ce2" parent="aspace_6593e042793aface6d5ed452cb1e720d" type="volume">5</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref49_sb3" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Minute book, loose pages</unittitle> <unitdate normal="1898/1958" type="inclusive">1898-1958</unitdate> <container id="aspace_884b0a7f36188780a15f33d5eced71fb" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_dcfe9b32becb3d32526bbe5d85c43ba6" parent="aspace_884b0a7f36188780a15f33d5eced71fb" type="folder">6</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref44_0y7" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74199" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Church record book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1948/1950" type="inclusive">1948-1950</unitdate> <container id="aspace_2fa854ac158fc946cba72dca471b60d5" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_07180615ded50f562d056951a8c3b00b" parent="aspace_2fa854ac158fc946cba72dca471b60d5" type="volume">6</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref22_0j6" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74205" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1950/1954" type="inclusive">1950-1954</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_bc2b5b1ed1cd835a0ae5d0d3b5cf2bb3" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_60fc44168b1c2d6b22a5a106f26083a0" parent="aspace_bc2b5b1ed1cd835a0ae5d0d3b5cf2bb3" type="volume">2</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_2536af65ee2dda98c962fcb3ff1832fd"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Oct. 1, 1950 to Oct. 3, 1954. This notebook contains ink entries on un-numbered pages.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref16_wdw" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74200" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minutes, financial records, and church records</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1954/1955" type="inclusive">1954-1955</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_1badac2a1cff9614ca2d29ad46d0af7d" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_5698ee06757213c3e2771782574411bf" parent="aspace_1badac2a1cff9614ca2d29ad46d0af7d" type="folder">7</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_94c3d78ec3d7af58498fcc9e581051ad"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Jan. 1, 1898 to Aug. 3, 1924, including male and female membership rolls and rules of decorum. This volume contains ink entries on pages numbered 1-170. Pages are loose.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref47_74k" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74203" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minutes</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1960/1969" type="inclusive">1960-1969</unitdate> <container id="aspace_26669cfbdc2b47b86f5cd9a5bbf381a6" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_67c21e51689d01867b8225c9d3742f68" parent="aspace_26669cfbdc2b47b86f5cd9a5bbf381a6" type="folder">10</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref38_qti" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74204" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Deacons meeting minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1963/1970" type="inclusive">1963-1970</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_aaa3d4dce85faadaf14c11db936e03ee" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_637840b028635f0936abf77a7455e63f" parent="aspace_aaa3d4dce85faadaf14c11db936e03ee" type="volume">1</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_c176940aa0547047273c03d24367f7c5"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of deacons' meetings from Mar. 30, 1963 to Oct. 3, 1970. This spiral-bound notebook contains ink entries on un-numbered pages.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref36_it7" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74313" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1968/1975" type="inclusive">1968-1975</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_fad872807de401a0c98eab328f5bde2b" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_612fa7eb2146934307fe287b76770c10" parent="aspace_fad872807de401a0c98eab328f5bde2b" type="volume">4</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_70b20c246d3edb52d24c8ccc541cecb3"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Nov. 5, 1986 to June 5, 1991, including supporting documentation clipped to the pages. The spiral-bound notebook contains ink entries on un-numbered pages.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref12_bpd" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74197" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">History and dedication service, booklet</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1972/1972" type="inclusive">1972</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_bb2a3552777b36ac270c2870f14a9590" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_b8c7db621b30643517c9bb062dab7b15" parent="aspace_bb2a3552777b36ac270c2870f14a9590" type="volume">4</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_b21ff8df41f2d88d2579effffd47877c"> <head>Content</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from June 15, 1844 to Dec. 24, 1854, including financial records. There loose pages contain ink entries un-numbered pages and were located in church minute book, vol. 3. No covers are present.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref43_nf5" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74196" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Budget and church officer list</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1972/1973" type="inclusive">circa 1972-1973</unitdate> <container id="aspace_97dc77cbdd0cb372c9d0270801ab9bc0" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_686758e390bbc9d70a261e0b66781fcf" parent="aspace_97dc77cbdd0cb372c9d0270801ab9bc0" type="folder">3</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref30_zsq" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74311" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1975/1981" type="inclusive">1975-1981</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_145ae06f4ac262be7d91e7efde541b0f" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_efb4ef2db001a2b5c1305203ad6b6f9f" parent="aspace_145ae06f4ac262be7d91e7efde541b0f" type="volume">2</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_7f3b34e83a5b1ed5b1c3afcb7f7ab0db"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from May 7, 1975 to Aug. 5, 1981, including supporting documentation. This ledger contains ink entries on pages numbered 1-154.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref34_2q3" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74312" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book insertions</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1975/1981" type="inclusive">1975-1981</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_13c1c0ba2b6dfb3e9f7a55b0d8adb6b6" label="Text" type="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_74a3472a66d05701ece23f670b07bd13" parent="aspace_13c1c0ba2b6dfb3e9f7a55b0d8adb6b6" type="folder">3</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_8b61bc82b61f6429c0962fdb1404d32f"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Sept. 2, 1981 to Oct. 1, 1986, including supporting documentation clipped to the pages. This spiral-bound notebook contains ink entries on un-numbered pages.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref24_mlk" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74207" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1981/1987" type="inclusive">1981-1987</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_03c592cc47dea236301d3ed9ef7541a5" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_e3a46ae7c00dc2c45992943eedf8da36" parent="aspace_03c592cc47dea236301d3ed9ef7541a5" type="volume">3</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_9e57f5b56163f8bce91b14a45c0a3e81"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Oct. 3, 1953 to Sept. 4, 1955. These loose pages are in pencil. They were removed from a binder for ease in filming.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref26_85s" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74208" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Minute book</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1986/1991" type="inclusive">1986-1991</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_e15044e1632f455fe4b9c198e48eb18f" label="Text" type="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_d7e0de0b98aab8dc3f471fffecbdd073" parent="aspace_e15044e1632f455fe4b9c198e48eb18f" type="volume">4</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_d3e46ed6209050f9a17dcf807791ee4f"> <head>Contents</head> <p>Minutes of church conferences from Oct. 5, 1960 to Sept. 4, 1968 including supporting documentation. These loose pages are preprinted Convention pages containing ink entries.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref41_col" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74193" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Church directory</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1990/1990">1990</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_7b5b4e52dda8508c2f971021e68ac91b" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_6999265d13bffa3680f52a8765f5fb6d" parent="aspace_7b5b4e52dda8508c2f971021e68ac91b" type="volume">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref42_xwg" level="file"> <did> <unittitle> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/74194" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">Cherished Recipes, cookbook</extref> </unittitle> <unitdate normal="1990/1990">1990</unitdate> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language>.</langmaterial> <container id="aspace_846e60cbfabdcd25a4f916c7240716fe" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_e9fa279a220ccbbc77dd6b31e0c90b68" parent="aspace_846e60cbfabdcd25a4f916c7240716fe" type="volume">2</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>
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