1 North Carolina Baptist Historical Papers Collection AR 642 Prepared by: Taffey Hall Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives
2 February, 2012 North Carolina Baptist Historical Papers Collection AR 642 Summary Main Entry: North Carolina Baptist Historical Papers Collection Date Span: 1896 1900 Abstract: Collection contains papers, historical sketches, biographical essays, and republications of rare and inaccessible prints by and about Baptists in North Carolina. Title page of proceedings includes list of papers and topics. Edited by James Dunn Hufham. Size:.5 linear ft. Collection#: AR 642 Historical Sketch The North Carolina Baptist Historical Society Papers were published quarterly by a publication committee of the North Carolina Baptist Historical Society, in October, January, April, and July from 1896-1900. The NCBHS publication committee included Rev. James Dunn Hufham, Rev. Thomas Jerome Taylor, and Thomas Merritt Pittman. Hufham, who had served as editor of the Biblical Recorder during the Civil War from 1861-1867, served as editor of the North Carolina Baptist Historical Papers. Each volume contains papers, historical sketches, biographical essays, and republications of rare and inaccessible prints by and about Baptists in North Carolina. Each volume is about sixty pages long and most volumes include a notes and comments section and book notes section as addendums. Some volumes include a portrait or other depiction of an individual or church discussed in that issue of the publication. Scope and Content Note The North Carolina Baptist Historical Papers Collection consists of.5 linear feet of material (eleven folders contained in one document box) documenting the proceedings of the North Carolina Baptist Historical Society from 1896 to 1900. This paper-copy collection includes an entire run of the publication, missing Volume 3 numbers 1-2. The finding aid lists author and article title information for each volume. In the case of the missing issues, the title page from the microfilm copy of the issues was printed and included in the collection. The entire run of the NCBHP is available on microfilm at the SBHLA, MF # 291. A bound copy of the proceedings is available in the SBHLA rare book room, call # Rare BX6248.N64 1897. Arrangement The collection is arranged in chronological order.
3 Preferred Citation North Carolina Baptist Historical Papers Collection, Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee Access Restrictions None Subject Terms Hufham, J. D. (James Dunn), 1834-1927 Pittman, Thomas Merritt, 1857-1932 Taylor, Thomas Jerome, 1849- Baptists-North Carolina-History-Periodicals Container List 1.1 Vol. 1, No. 1 (October, 1896) (Frontpiece). Portrait of Samuel Wait Brewer, Jonathan B. Life and Labors of Elder Samuel Wait Wheeler, S. J. History of Meherrin Church 1.2 Vol. 1, No. 2 (January, 1987) (Front Piece). Portrait of William Royall Cobb, Needham Bryan. The Colonial Period of North Carolina Baptist History Hobgood, F. P. The Life of Rev. William Royall Sheets, Henry. Jersey Settlement (Addendums). North Carolina Benevolent Society; Meherrin Church; Notes and Comments; Book Table 1.3 Vol. 1, No. 3 (April, 1897) (Front Piece). Photograph of Thomas Hume Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists in North Carolina: Part One (First Hume, Thomas. John Milton and the Baptists White, John Ellington. Work of North Carolina Baptist Churches for 1896 (Addendums). Notes and Comments; Book Table 1.4 Vol. 1, No. 4 (July, 1897) Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists of North Carolina: Part One (Second Taylor, Charles Elisha. Life and Work of Elder James S. Pufefoy Lewis, Richard H. Some Reminiscences of the Baptist Church in Raleigh Fifty Years Ago Hufham, James Dunn. Notes to The Baptists of North Carolina: Part One (First (Addendums). Notes and Comments; Book Table
4 1.5 Vol. 2, No. 1 (October, 1897) Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists of North Carolina: Part One (Third Albritton, John T. Bear Marsh Church Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists of North Carolina: Part One (Fourth 1.6 Vol. 2, No. 2 (January, 1898) (Front Piece). Photograph of Bear Marsh Church Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists of North Carolina: Part One (Fifth White, John E. Thomas Jefferson Not an Atheist: His Letter to the Chowan Association Taylor, Charles Elisha. Elder Shubael Stearns Taylor, Charles Elisha. Thomas Meredith (Insert). Sketch of Thomas Meredith Taylor, Charles Elisha. Elder William B. Worrell 1.7 Vol. 2, No. 3 (April, 1898) (Front Piece). Painting of George Mathias Thompson Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists of North Carolina: Part One (Sixth Cowper, Pulaski. Sketch of the Life of Rev. George Mathias Thompson 1.8 Vol. 2, No. 4 (July, 1898) Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists of North Carolina: Part Two (First Alderman, J. T. The Baptists of the Forks of the Yadkin 1.9 Vol. 3, No. 1 (October, 1898); Vol. 3, No. 2 (January, 1899) Table of Contents List Vol. 3, No. 1 (Front Piece). Portrait of R. R. Overby Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists of North Carolina: Part Two (Third Green, G. W. The Green Family of Watauga Sheets, Henry. Abbott s Creek Church Kerr, John H., Jr. Warren County Marriage Bonds Letter of Humphrey Posey Vol. 3, No. 2 Green, G. W. Baptists of the Upper Yadkin Valley Owen, Thomas M. Granville County Marriage Bonds Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists of North Carolina: Part Two (Fourth
5 1.10 Vol. 3, No. 3 Hufham, James Dunn. The Baptists of North Carolina: Part Two (Fifth Mills, L. R. My Recollections of Dr. Wingate (First Taylor, Thomas Jerome. Early Baptist Efforts in Charlotte 1.11 Vo. 3, No. 4 Pittman, Thomas M. The Preparation for Baptist Work in North Carolina Mills, L. R. My Recollections of Dr. W. M. Wingate (Second Tatum, S. J. History of the Organization of the South Yadkin Association Davis, B. P. Notes from Records of Reedy Creek Church, Tar River Association (Addendums). Notes, Queries, and Criticisms; Book Table