Special Collections & Archives

Hayes Barton Baptist Church was established in 1926 as part of the Raleigh Baptist Association. This collection contains a yearbook and church directory with a history sketch of the church (January 1932), as well as church minutes and deacon records. The collection is fully digitized and available through Special Collections and Archives' .

Hephzibah Baptist Church was constituted in 1809. Items included in this collection include meeting minutes, membership rolls, letters, financial records, and church records.

Holly Springs Baptist Church was constituted September 28, 1822. It is located in Wake County, N.C. and is a part of the Raleigh Baptist Association. Members from the Holly Springs congregation branched off in 1868 to organize the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Records consist of minutes of church conferences, the 1828 deed to the church property, and a 1922 Centennial Homecoming program.

The Mount Vernon Baptist Church is located 3 miles west of the Neuse River in Wake County, N.C. The church was formally known as Wake Liberty, 1810-1847. The church was constituted August 18, 1810 by Elders John Purefoy and Bartholomew Fuller. This volume contains "Declaration of Faith", name lists of male and female members that were copied down from "the 1833 original book" with notes of dates (the earliest date: 1821), church meeting minutes (1840-1859, 1869), and "Treasurer's Account Book" (1840-1858). It is handwritten in a hardcover notebook. A dismission note on a loose-leaf paper (1870) is also included.

The records consist of minutes of church conferences from June 8, 1811 to April 12, 1834, and from January 12, 1850 to October 9, 1920; a membership book, 1887-1902; and miscellaneous records, 1903-1916 [broken series].

Olive Chapel Baptist Church was founded in Apex, N.C.

Raleigh First Baptist Church was founded in Raleigh, N.C., in 1812. Its first pastor was Robert T. Daniel and there were 23 founding members. Materials in this collection include 6 compact discs of digitized church minutes, bulletins, annual reports, pastoral correspondence, newspaper clippings, church histories, and materials pertaining to the Sunday School, Choir, and Women's Missionary Society.

Shady Grove Baptist Church was constituted June, 1823. It was reported dissolved in 1967. This collection includes church minute books from April 30,1825 to May 1, 1852, including male and female membership rolls and constitution.

Stony Hill Baptist Church was constituted on November 22, 1884. This collection contains minutes of church conferences, financial records, membership lists, correspondence, and some loose papers.

Wake Forest Baptist Church was founded in 1835 in Wake Forest, N.C. (Wake County). The church is a member of the Raleigh Baptist Association. This collection contains church records including the Covenant, membership records, and the newsletter; subject files, including the directory, pastor's letters, permission to join church, pledge cards, and treasurer's record of contributions; organization records, including sunday school register and minute books, sunday school program, woman's missionary society minute books, roll book, treasurer's records, record book, and miscellaneous items; and Sunbeam Society minute books, program book, and record book.