documenting primitive baptists: finding your way to and through the sources
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This was from a presentation given to a joint meeting of the Association of Librarians and Archivists at Baptist Institutions (ALABI) and the Baptist History and Heritage Society (BHHS) in Sioux Falls, SD, on June 5, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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Documenting Primitive Baptists:
Finding Your Way to and through the Sources
Laura M. Botts, Mercer University
ALABI/BHHSSioux Falls, SD, June 5, 2014
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What’s in a name?
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What’s in a name?
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What’s out there?
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What’s out there?
• Church and association records• Periodicals• Writings by and about Primitive Baptists• Originals, microfilm, digital items
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Why are these sources hard to find?
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Why are these sources hard to find?
• There are no Primitive Baptist seminaries to hold the records.
• Churches and associations maintain their own records. Associations often do not have official headquarters.
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As time goes by, materials are lost.
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There are other challenges.
• Small repositories that do acquire Primitive Baptist materials may not have everything cataloged in-house, much less have it online.
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• Even larger libraries and archives may not know what all they hold.
• Mercer University has 22 records for Primitive Baptist periodicals in the library catalog but about 81 titles on our shelves.
• What happened?
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Titles change. A lot.
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Subject headings may be incomplete.
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Split happens.
• “In the twentieth century, schism occurred within the Primitive Baptist movement, and four subgroups emerged:
• Single-Predestinarians• Double-Predestinarians• Modified Primitive Baptists• Primitive Baptist Universalists”
The Story of Baptists in the United States, Pamela R. Durso and Keith E. Durso
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Wait, what?
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One example…
• The Primitive Baptist Pulaski Association (I) was constituted in 1839.
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One example…
• The Primitive Baptist Pulaski Association (I) was constituted in 1839.
• A division in 1892 led to the creation of another group (II) that also kept the original name AND claimed an 1839 origin.
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One example…
• The Primitive Baptist Pulaski Association (I) was constituted in 1839.
• A division in 1892 led to the creation of another group (II) that also kept the original name AND claimed an 1839 origin.
• Yet another split in 1927 led to a third group (III) that kept the name and date as well!
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One example, cont.
• The second group (II) was also called the Pulaski No. 2 Primitive Baptist Association. This group disbanded sometime after 1908.
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One example, cont.
• The second group (II) was also called the Pulaski No. 2 Primitive Baptist Association. This group disbanded sometime after 1908.
• In 1937 the original group (I) changed its name to the Pulaski Association of Primitive Baptists.
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One example, cont.
• The second group (II) was also called the Pulaski No. 2 Primitive Baptist Association. This group disbanded sometime after 1908.
• In 1937 the original group (I) changed its name to the Pulaski Association of Primitive Baptists.
• The third group (III) disbanded between 1954 and 1987.
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Where should I look?
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Where should I look?
• WorldCat (www.worldcat.org): keyword search for “Primitive Baptist” yields 2585 results with the ability to select books, serials, archival material (212), etc. “Primitive Baptists” has 2994 results, 156 of which are archival.
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Where should I look?
• Internet Archive (archive.org): hundreds of digitized minutes, periodicals, pamphlets, etc.
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Digitized hymnal from Internet Archive.
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Where should I look?
• Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church (http://www.mountzionpbc.org/): digitized and retyped sermons, books, articles, and more.
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Where should I look?
• Individual libraries and archives have holdings that may not be listed elsewhere.
• Contact them directly for assistance.• Don’t forget state archives and local history
collections at public libraries or historical societies.
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Selected Archives by State
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Selected Archives by State
• Samford University Library, Birmingham, AL: http://library.samford.edu/about/sc/aboutsc.html
• Florida Baptist Historical Society, Graceville, FL: http://floridabaptisthistory.org/
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• American Baptist Historical Society, Atlanta, GA: http://abhsarchives.org/
• Mercer University Jack Tarver Library, Macon, GA: http://libraries.mercer.edu/tarver/archives
• Progressive Primitive Baptist Library & Archives: 8 S. Zetterower Ave., Statesboro, GA; 912-489-5762
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• Primitive Baptist Library, Carthage, IL: http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html
• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary James P. Boyce Centennial Library, Louisville, KY: http://library.sbts.edu/
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• Duke University David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Durham, NC: http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/
• Primitive Baptist Library: 4023 Highway 87 North, Elon, NC 27244; (336) 584-8390
• Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Library, Wake Forest, NC: http://www.sebts.edu/Library/default.aspx
• Wake Forest University Z. Smith Reynolds Library,
Winston-Salem, NC: https://zsr.wfu.edu/special/
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• James B. Duke Library, Furman University, Greenville, SC: http://library.furman.edu/specialcollections/
• Special Collections, Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City, TN: http://www.cn.edu/undergraduate/resources/library/library-resources/special-collections/baptist-archives
• Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Nashville, TN: http://www.sbhla.org/coll.htm
• Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN: http://www.tn.gov/tsla/Collections.htm
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• Texas Baptist Historical Collection, Dallas, TX: http://texasbaptists.org/partners/texas-baptist-historical-collection/
• Special Collections, Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City, TN: http://www.cn.edu/undergraduate/resources/library/library-resources/special-collections/baptist-archives
• Virginia Baptist Historical Society, Richmond, VA: http://www.baptistheritage.org/
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Any questions?
Laura M. Botts, Mercer University
Images: Sir John Tenniel, 1820-1914