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Free Will Baptist Historical Collection

The Free Will Baptist Historical Collection

A repository of over 12,000 items of denominational history, College archives and memorabilia is housed separately in the Free Will Baptist Historical Collection in the library. The collection is open to the public for research. Research inquiries will be answered but the staff can provide only limited research responses. Researchers should contact the library before making plans for research visits to assure availability of information and staff assistance.

For more information, contact Gary Barefoot , curator of the Free Will Baptist Historical Collection.  Please consult the Policy for Duplication and Usage for more information about how to obtain copies of items in the Collection.

Early Institutions of Higher Education:
Free Will Baptist Theological Seminary at Ayden (1898-1925) and Eureka College (1925-1929)

Origins of Mount Olive College: Mount Allen Junior College (1952-53) and Mount Olive Junior College (1954-84)

Elegy to a Country Church Yard Exhibit: Pictures of Early Free Will Baptist Churches

Life History of Rev. John H. Ballard

Searchable Databases:

Church History Search

Photograph Search
(Includes people, churches, etc.)

Information File Search
(Includes people, subjects, etc.)

The Free Will Baptist

Feetwashing pic for FWB coll.

Equipment and software used to create this project were purchased with funds from an NC ECHO Digitization Starter Grant.  This grant was supported in whole by the institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Federal Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

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