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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAA-SDT/EAD3/master/ead3.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?> <ead xmlns="http://ead3.archivists.org/schema/"> <control countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" relatedencoding="marc" repositoryencoding="iso15511" scriptencoding="iso15924"> <recordid instanceurl="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/28133 ">rg25.1</recordid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Treasurer's Office. William Crenshaw Account Books </titleproper> <author>Processed by John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex.</author> <sponsor>Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.</sponsor> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109</addressline> <addressline> <ref href="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" linktitle="http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/" show="new">http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/</ref> </addressline> </address> <date>2004</date> <num>RG25.1</num> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <maintenancestatus value="derived"/> <maintenanceagency> <agencyname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</agencyname> </maintenanceagency> <languagedeclaration> <language langcode="eng">English</language> <script scriptcode="Latn">Latin</script> <descriptivenote> <p>English</p> </descriptivenote> </languagedeclaration> <conventiondeclaration> <abbr>dacs</abbr> <citation>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</citation> </conventiondeclaration> <localcontrol localtype="findaidstatus"> <term>completed</term> </localcontrol> <maintenancehistory> <maintenanceevent> <eventtype value="derived"/> <eventdatetime>2024-01-19T14:51:44-05:00</eventdatetime> <agenttype value="machine"/> <agent>ArchivesSpace v3.0.1</agent> <eventdescription>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on Friday January 19, 2024 at 14:51</eventdescription> </maintenanceevent> <maintenanceevent> <eventtype value="revised"/> <eventdatetime>2020 January, 2022</eventdatetime> <agenttype value="unknown"/> <agent/> <eventdescription>Revised by Finley Turner, Stephanie Bennett</eventdescription> </maintenanceevent> <maintenanceevent> <eventtype value="revised"/> <eventdatetime>2023</eventdatetime> <agenttype value="unknown"/> <agent/> <eventdescription>Revised by Stephanie Bennett; facsimiles added</eventdescription> </maintenanceevent> <maintenanceevent> <eventtype value="revised"/> <eventdatetime>2024</eventdatetime> <agenttype value="unknown"/> <agent/> <eventdescription>Revised by Stephanie Bennett; originals added</eventdescription> </maintenanceevent> </maintenancehistory> </control> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>Treasurer's Office. William Crenshaw Account Books</unittitle> <unitid>RG25.1</unitid> <repository> <corpname> <part>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</part> </corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng">English</language> </langmaterial> <physdescstructured coverage="whole" physdescstructuredtype="spaceoccupied"> <quantity>2.42</quantity> <unittype>Linear Feet</unittype> </physdescstructured> <physdesc localtype="container_summary">2 half-document boxes, 2 oversize boxes</physdesc> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1835">1835</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1850">1850</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <unitdate datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive">1833-1850, undated</unitdate> <abstract id="aspace_80df47390f00def2b2dfe02c88f7a2d3">This collection contains accounts maintained by College Treasurer William Crenshaw, 1833-1850. An account book, captured on microfilm, contains accounts from 1833-1835 and 1837. One book is an original, and the others are facsimile copies.</abstract> </did> <bioghist id="aspace_f4f2128198d7654f43104270e5684b2d"> <head>Biographical Note</head> <p>William Crenshaw was born July 19, 1783, and was one of the first Trustees of Wake Forest College when it was known as Wake Forest Institute and the first Treasurer of the Institution. Crenshaw's son John M. Crenshaw was the first student enrolled at the Wake Forest Institute, 1834. In 1840, William Crenshaw resigned as College Treasurer and Trustee.</p> <p>He became a member of the Wake Union Church in 1830, was baptized by Rev. John Purefoy. In 1840, William Crenshaw resigned as Treasurer and Trustee at Wake Forest and became a deacon in 1842. Crenshaw purchased and enslaved a large number of enslaved peoples in the mid-1800s for use of their stolen labor, knowledge, and skills on his land, in an area around the institute.</p> <p>He married Sarah Bodie Martin on January 6, 1806. Crenshaw died July 16, 1861.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="aspace_ddc0d5c1c0ec286bade6df93c11642f3"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection contains accounts of Wake Forest Institute as maintained by William Crenshaw. The volume contains dates January 1, 1835, to December 1836. Named individuals include Charles Merriman, 1837; Joseph B. Outlaw, 1835-1836; John Armstrong, 1835-1836; and John Berry, 1835-1836. Also treasurer's accounts from October 18, 1841, to 1850, and an undated list of names on the Hufham Plan on page 136. The reel contains accounts from 1833 to 1835 and 1837.</p> </scopecontent> <scopecontent id="aspace_b82496d71b8e25348186bd31ee673141"> <head>Sensitive Materials</head> <p>This collection contains materials related to enslavement. Proceed with care.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="aspace_9828274dd88b7b7871bdd21a767230fb"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Treasurer's Office Account Book (RG 25.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.</p> </prefercite> <accessrestrict id="aspace_2a5754bc6d2969c2899fb8c599d8b087"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>This collection is open for use.</p> </accessrestrict> <userestrict id="aspace_21995e8d1642c4365c76780e9e0c9192"> <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_7476e503d9a3b9e93bd2e590b0c7e496"> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Related materials include the William Crenshaw Papers (MS25). Digitized materials from that collection are available in <ref actuate="onrequest" href="https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/94114" show="new">Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections</ref>.</p> </relatedmaterial> <processinfo id="aspace_43474cae6a57cfd68f020ee4e79316f9"> <head>Processing Information</head> <p>Processed by John Woodard. Encoded by Apex, March 2005. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through <ref href="http://www.ncecho.org/">North Carolina ECHO</ref>. Collection description updated by Stephanie Bennett, December 2017 and Finley Turner, January 2020. Facsimiles added in 2022.</p> </processinfo> <dsc> <c id="aspace_73a1e379c097ca43a71deb169bc3c46f" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Account book with student lists (facsimile)</unittitle> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1833">1833</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1838">1838</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <container id="aspace_d7012b5bf49024f62834549c8ce61cd4" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_7b28e742054afc1e82f374b132d47d2d" localtype="volume" parent="aspace_d7012b5bf49024f62834549c8ce61cd4">1</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_5f6f064040cc1189252326719792bb35"> <head>Scope and Contents</head> <p>The account book is dated 1833-1834, and the student lists date 1834-1838. Also available via <ref actuate="onrequest" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/102694">Digital Collections</ref>.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_5c21852a8d573bfc87a70aca126ddf69" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Account book with student lists (original)</unittitle> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1833">1833</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1838">1838</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <container id="aspace_daf658c4d77b3c506c14bef760be27c4" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">4</container> <container id="aspace_3092314fda72575480457682ec624244" localtype="volume" parent="aspace_daf658c4d77b3c506c14bef760be27c4">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_ref8_34s" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Account book (facsimile)</unittitle> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1835">1835</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1852">1852</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <unitdate datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive">1835-1836, 1841-1852</unitdate> <container id="aspace_924f339b1f67a4b8ba5a0b124a2fc5ef" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_4b2f98edecc6a534bf74520fee4192bb" localtype="volume" parent="aspace_924f339b1f67a4b8ba5a0b124a2fc5ef">1</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_14792008ea17b62e85197c0f877df3be"> <head>Scope and Contents</head> <p>Also available via <ref actuate="onrequest" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/102690">Digital Collections</ref>.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_9093cc16231bd9816d15238e6dbfb776" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Account book (original)</unittitle> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1835">1835</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1852">1852</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <unitdate datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive">1835-1836, 1841-1852</unitdate> <container altrender="Half document box, legal" id="aspace_8398f439d67221269e133b9f31a0bb37" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">3</container> <container id="aspace_994dfe28af67d43da94ef8aff17b66d4" localtype="volume" parent="aspace_8398f439d67221269e133b9f31a0bb37">1</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_b89f2eb70a70980807d3d1a77997886b"> <head>Scope and Contents</head> <p>Also available via <ref actuate="onrequest" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/102690">Digital Collections</ref>.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_ref10_bxc" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Account book on microfilm</unittitle> <unitdatestructured datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive"> <daterange> <fromdate standarddate="1833">1833</fromdate> <todate standarddate="1837">1837</todate> </daterange> </unitdatestructured> <unitdate datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive">1833-1834, 1837</unitdate> <container id="aspace_4528ffb96711abea79dd7c77b13002c2" label="Microform" localtype="box">1</container> <container id="aspace_7add08c361f09feb2f3075980da80237" localtype="reel" parent="aspace_4528ffb96711abea79dd7c77b13002c2">1</container> </did> </c> <c id="aspace_3bb7d378415dfcb1b2f53e422182207b" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Index to accounts, late 19th century (facsimile)</unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive">undated</unitdate> <container id="aspace_e33b527823a1e56bdc619688bf252ca0" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">2</container> <container id="aspace_b632348fbf06a89edbae85f3c4414ee6" localtype="volume" parent="aspace_e33b527823a1e56bdc619688bf252ca0">2</container> </did> <scopecontent id="aspace_263342c888b1011927025eb47e92d2ca"> <head>Scope and Contents</head> <p>Also available via <ref actuate="onrequest" href="http://hdl.handle.net/10339/28133">Digital Collections</ref>.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="aspace_49420792dfaa22ef601ad103db98c0a6" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Index to accounts, late 19th century (original)</unittitle> <unitdate datechar="creation" unitdatetype="inclusive">undated</unitdate> <container id="aspace_e37ef09331bcde6cc654a8204a3ea497" label="Mixed Materials" localtype="box">4</container> <container id="aspace_415270c7fe4debb49b20138828bc3459" localtype="volume" parent="aspace_e37ef09331bcde6cc654a8204a3ea497">2</container> </did> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>
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