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Baptist Church--Virginia--History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Georgia Ragsdale Curtis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.500
Scope and Contents Collection contains printed materials, photographs, and church-related documents related to Georgia Ragsdale Curtis of Roanoke, Virginia and her family including her sister Laura Ragsdale Barnett. The earliest materials include a 1912 handwritten diary of a Ragsdale family member. The papers in the collection include newspaper clippings of family obituaries, family funeral service programs, family photographs, civil rights related papers and magazines, Addison High School and Patrick Henry...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Georgia Ragsdale Curtis Papers

Ebenezer Baptist Church

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01191
Scope and Contents

Brochures from the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Virginia including the 142nd Anniversary Celebration in 2007 and Services of Installation for Reverend LeRoy Hill, Jr. as the 10th Pastor in 2005.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Ebenezer Baptist Church

First Baptist Church Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00341
Content Description

This collection is formed of materials created by the First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, dating from the mid-1800s to the present day. Inculded in this collection are church records such as member rolls, meeting minutes, photographs, bibles, building blueprints, and audio visual materials.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / First Baptist Church Collection

Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 84 I6
Scope and Contents Papers, circa 1900-1997, of Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger, genealogist. Includes genealogical notes, history of post offices in York County, Virginia, a record of Revolutionary War claims by York County inhabitants, history of the Grafton Baptist Church, Methodism in York County, Virginia, a map of the Jamestown Exposition grounds in Norfolk, Virginia, copies of the Abingdon Parish Register, the Kingston Parish Register, and the Northumberland County Order Book.There is genealogical...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Elizabeth Hogg Ironmonger Papers

Jerusalem Baptist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01223
Scope and Contents

Copies of death records from the Jerusalem Baptist Church, an African American church near Five Forks in James City County, Virginia. One folder of records dates from 1908-1940s. Original in the hands of the three remaining members of the Church including Mary Howard as of 1986.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Jerusalem Baptist Church Records

Mt. Moriah Record Books

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01757
Content Description

Two record books from Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, a historical African American church located in Evington, Virginia. One book is titled "Records" on the cover, the other reads "Ledger." These two books contain meeting minutes, business expenses, and sermon attendees.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Mt. Moriah Record Books

Oak Grove Baptist Church (York County, Va.) Record Book

 Collection — MS 00331 Box 1
Identifier: MS 00331
Content Description

Oak Grove Baptist Church (York County, Va.) Record Book, 1924-1945, including meeting minutes, 15 August 1925-1 April 1944, membership lists, financial records, and loose notes and receipts.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Oak Grove Baptist Church (York County, Va.) Record Book

Thomas E. Pugh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00005
Scope and Contents The papers of Rev. Thomas E. Pugh, who was the minister of the Williamsburg Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia from 1952-1981. Collection includes both personal and ministerial related material.  Early photograph albums show Pugh's childhood but his correspondence and papers begin with his student days at the University of Richmond in 1940.  He attended Crozer Theological Seminary and Harvard University Chaplain School before becoming an Army Chaplain in 1944.  His first...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Thomas E. Pugh Papers

Franklin L. Riley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1988.41
Scope and Contents

Personal and professional papers of Dr. Franklin Riley, Southern historian, teacher of history at University of Mississippi and Washington and Lee, and author.  Papers date 1843-1930.  Formerly on deposit at the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill under the accession number 1533.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Franklin L. Riley Papers

Williamsburg (Va.) Area Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 1.09
Scope and Contents This collection covers the Greater Williamsburg Area, including Williamsburg, Yorktown, Jamestown, James City County, York County and other nearby communities. It includes gifts and purchases whose contents are ephemeral in nature and not well-suited as stand-alone collections.  The items are usually transient documents of everyday life and can include menus, flyers, advertisements, and programs but can also be postcards, games, ticket stubs, and the like. The majority of...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Williamsburg (Va.) Area Ephemera Collection