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/10339/99165">MS926</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>J. M. Page Papers <num>MS926</num></titleproper> <subtitle>1909-1938, .84 linear feet</subtitle> <author>Finley Turner</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <p> <date>2021 September</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>2021-09-20 13:45:16 -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> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <unittitle>J. M. Page Papers</unittitle> <unitid>MS926</unitid> <physdesc altrender="whole"> <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.84 Linear Feet</extent> <extent altrender="carrier">2 document boxes</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1909/1938" type="inclusive">circa 1909-1938</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_0d5eaba78f46a291c72e23ce47d890be">J. M. (Jesse Martin) Page was ordained in 1898 and held many pastorates throughout North Carolina. From 1927 to 1933 he worked with the Baptist State Convention, where he assisted in establishing and building more than 100 churches throughout North Carolina. This collection contains notebooks of sermons and clippings dated 1909-1938.</abstract> <langmaterial><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language> . </langmaterial> <container id="aspace_6404079bbf20570ac5f7f778d84c56d0" label="Text" type="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_38ffa95f036745829771fc7d6a69b764" label="Text" type="box">2</container> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_88ee57f698e06c38fe14bb05309f6ea7"> <head>Biographical Note</head> <p>Reverend J. M. (Jesse Martin) Page was born February 22, 1877, to John Sampson Page and Margaret Ann Fisher in Cumberland, N.C. He studied at Wake Forest College (1901) and Southern Seminary, now known as Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Raleigh, the Jones-Berean Bible Class, and the Raleigh Ministerial Association.</p> <p>Page was ordained in 1898 and held many pastorates throughout North Carolina in towns such as, such as Stedman, Southport, Hope Mills (1902-1905), Clinton (1905-1908), Rose Hill (1908-1913), Troy (1913-1916), Hamlet (1916-1921), St. Pauls (1921-1923), and Badin (1923-1927). From 1927 to 1933 he worked with the Baptist State Convention, where he assisted in establishing and building more than 100 churches throughout North Carolina. He retired in 1940 due to illness, but continued to work in a limited capacity. He died July 14, 1953.</p> <p>Page was married to Sarah "Sula" Bryant (name disupted) (1875-1967) and together they had a son, Jesse Martin Page, Jr., and three daughters, Lota, Eula, and Leta Page.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_47a1f6e82bf66edecf68c648fe358237"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains Page's notebooks, where he composed his sermons and collected clippings of relevant articles from 1909-1938. Page researched and wrote extensively about temperance and prohibition. Loose papers include programs from church and association events, notes, and clippings.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_0888c9eaf3f8e01cd2943ce9c4f7845b"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>J. M. Page Papers (MS926), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_fbdab69fbc864840a707a74a4b89092d"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>Collection is open for researchers.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_d68f798164ff7be5993cbf67f84e0c7c"> <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_c520e5f832ea8725727b5885765bdced"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p> <extref xlink:href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/56178" xlink:show="new" xlink:actuate="onrequest">University and N.C. Baptist Biographical Files Collection (MS615), Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem, NC.</extref> </p> </relatedmaterial> <dsc/> </archdesc> </ead>