tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51416857482317838952024-02-07T21:18:19.207-08:00Religion in North CarolinaThe Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection seeks to bring together, preserve, and provide access to primary materials of religious bodies in North Carolina. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539047338973509900noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-8993798576579900802015-03-31T13:28:00.001-07:002015-03-31T13:28:28.761-07:00Religious Advertisement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />phu nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02593476117615407732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-15455974374196582142015-01-12T10:45:00.001-08:002015-01-12T10:52:45.333-08:00Community EducationOne of the best ways to introduce people to the many resources available in our collection is through public presentations and workshops in local communities. Highlights from this past fall include programs in Durham, Chatham, and Alamance County, NC, as well as an academic presentation in San Diego featuring the Religion in NC project.<br />
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As we enter 2015 our project continues its emphasis on community education. In the coming month, Religion in NC will be at the following locations:<br />
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<b>January 20 - 12:00p</b> "Lunch Sandwiched In" Group, Thornton Memorial Library (Oxford, NC)<br />
<b>February 9 - 6:00p </b>Graham Public Library (Graham, NC)<br />
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Better yet, consider having us visit your public library, religious organization, or community group. Contact <a href="mailto:kenneth.woo@duke.edu" target="_blank">Ken Woo</a>, Doctoral Fellow for Research and Education, to schedule a presentation.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539047338973509900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-23753829941290031112014-10-20T09:33:00.000-07:002014-10-20T10:15:12.917-07:002014-2015 Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection Special Grants Winners<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection is pleased to announce the following winners of our 2014-2015 Mini-Grants Competition:</span><br />
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<b>Tanner Capps, St. Andrews University (Laurinburg, NC)</b><br />
“Faith and Social Action: Developing the Religious Studies Senior Seminar at St. Andrews University”<br />
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<b>Duke Research Group in American Religious History, Duke University (Durham, NC)</b><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Jamie L. Brummitt</b>, “Christianity and Evangelicalism During the Civil War”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Andrew Coates</b>, “Dispensationalism in North Carolina”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Aaron Griffith</b>, “Authorities Could Shut Up His Body in Prison, But They Could Not Imprison <br />
His Spirit’: North Carolina Methodist Prison Ministry and Metaphor<br />
<b>Matthew Scott Hoehn</b>, “Protestant or Baptist/Methodist/ Presbyterian? The Tension Between<br />
Pan-Protestantism and Denominational Distinctives Felt by North Carolina Religious<br />
Groups between 1861 and 1910”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Sonia Hazard</b>, “Democratization's Burden: Class, Colportage, and the Materiality of Print”<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Jacquelynn Price-Linnartz</b>, “Seeing is Believing: The Religious Imagination of Historical<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Amy Whisenand</b>, “Songs of Peace and War in the Midst of War”<br />
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<b>Susan A. Joyce, Antioch Baptist Church (Enfield, NC)</b><br />
“The History of Antioch Baptist Church”<br />
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<b>Judy Jones, Exago Institute (Charlotte, NC)</b><br />
“The Evolution of Arts and Culture in Religious Institutions of NC”<br />
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<b>Eric Meckley, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)</b><br />
“Our ‘Special Work’ – Education, Uplift, and African American Cultural Memory at the End of the 19th Century”<br />
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<b>Daniel Woods, International Pentecostal Holiness Church (Falcon, NC)</b><br />
“Spiritual Railroading’: Trains as Metaphor and Reality in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements, c. 1880 to c. 1920”<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are also delighted to award the following Project Collaboration Grants for the coming year:</span><br />
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<b>Jill Crainshaw, Wake Forest University Divinity School (Winston-Salem, NC)</b><br />
“From Living Water to Running Water: A History of Baptistery Art and Craft in North Carolina”<br />
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<b>Chaitra M. Powell, Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)</b><br />
“Following the Documentary Trail: Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the African American Experience in North Carolina”<br />
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Congratulations to all of our grant winners, who will spend the coming year engaging in research that uses resources contained in the Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection. More information about the collection is available a http://library.divinity.duke.edu/ncreligion This project is made possible through funding from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of NC, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539047338973509900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-19531252755920746782014-09-22T13:49:00.001-07:002014-09-22T13:51:07.044-07:00<span style="font-size: large;">Community Education </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Just over two weeks left to submit an application for a $500-$1000 Religion in NC Mini-Grant!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539047338973509900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-46401018595551804272014-06-23T11:02:00.000-07:002014-06-23T11:02:35.545-07:002014–2015 Mini-Grants Competition: Applications Available Now!<h2>
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The Duke Divinity School Library is pleased to announce a special funding opportunity for researchers. A limited number of mini-grants ($500–$1000) will be awarded on a competitive basis to support original projects utilizing The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection (http://library.divinity.duke.edu/ncreligion).<br />
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Applicants are invited to propose creative uses for the collection. Possibilities for successful applications include academic essays, school lesson plans, institutional histories, cultural documentaries, multimedia teaching resources, or courses for community education. Researchers of all levels are encouraged to apply.<br />
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This book highlights the commemoration of Temple Emanuel's Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration (1932-1982) and Confirmation Service which took place on Friday, May 28th, 1982 in Winston-Salem, NC. It gives us a view into some of the important celebrations and religious practices within Jewish life. This text makes a note that the Torah designates every fiftieth year as the year of Jubilee. The celebration was not only given to showcase the efforts and contributions of the Temple and it's staff to the community, but to remind us of the joy we can find in remembering the Sabbath Holy day. Whether you celebrate this day on Saturday, as is Jewish custom, or another day, it's a good reminder to stop and take time in our lives to rest, reflect, and be present with God and one another. The Sabbath as highlighted by Temple Emanuel in this celebration is a reminder that "God is with us." It is an ever-present reminder of the things that can bring us wholeness and joy in an overproduced and hyper-mobilized world. The Temple's celebration gives us a glimpse into what sustains
the human spirit and the things that are important in life. Their
anniversary was a reflection on the past fifty years of dedication,
hard-work, and service to God, to oneself, and to their community.<br />
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Furthermore, this text reflects on the relevance of Temple life within the
Jewish Faith and Reformed Judaism as a connection point for the people
within their community. This is where the life and work of faith, service,
education, and spiritual growth is developed and sustained. The history
of Jewish presence in Winston-Salem is recorded and its beginning
story, which dates back to the early 1880's. It lists the names of all
the prior Temple Emanuel President's as well as members of their
Sisterhood Charter in 1949. The women of Temple Emanuel and their hard
work are uplifted as a central component to the congregation's growth
and success. These women have contributed to teaching in Sunday School,
preparing Shabbat dinners, participating in services and many other
tasks. Letters from local/national government officials and community
members have been included to show their appreciation and
congratulations to the Temple. Photo's of Temple life and members are
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We hope you enjoy this piece of history and continue to utilize our Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection for more interesting finds, documents on Jewish life and other important artifacts. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-11669892969675594852014-05-21T08:41:00.001-07:002014-05-21T09:34:50.013-07:00Month(s) in Review: Focus on Outreach<br />
It's time (past due) for a update on recent happenings at Religion in NC. Our focus in this post is on outreach for the project.<br />
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Religion in NC is pleased to welcome Monique Swaby as a graduate assistant working with research and outreach at Wake Forest this summer. Monique is a graduate of Smith College and the University of Vermont, and is working on her Master of Divinity at the Wake Forest School of Divinity. Her work will include producing materials to highlight items in the collection, as well as offering presentations on Religion in NC and its uses to groups at WFU and its neighboring community. Welcome, Monique!<br />
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On May 10, Project Coordinator Elizabeth DeBold attended the <a href="http://nciphc.com/archives" target="_blank">Archives Training Day</a> sponsored by the <a href="http://nciphc.com/" target="_blank">NC Conference of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church</a> in Falcon, NC. Visiting different groups across the state allows project staff to examine new and interesting materials for possible inclusion in the collection. This is important for increasing the diversity of our resources and foster a wides appeal to a broad range of researchers. Stay tuned for updates featuring some of the individual sources being added to the collection daily.<br />
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In April, Doctoral Fellow Ken Woo presented on Religion in NC at the annual conference of the Society of North Carolina Archivists in Raleigh. Among the questions from the audience were several concerning our plans to maximize social media for promoting the collection. Be sure to check us out on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ncreligion" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/ReligionNC" target="_blank">Twitter</a> (@ReligionNC), where we will provide regular updates on the project and features on the collection's holdings.<br />
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<b>June 18-21, 2014 </b> American Theological Libraries Association Annual Conference (New Orleans, LA)<br />
<b>June 26, 2014</b> Rare Books & Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Preconference (Las Vegas, NV)<br />
<b>October 22, 2014</b> Chatham Community Library (Pittsboro, NC)<br />
<b>December 11, 2014 </b>Durham County Library - Main Library (Durham, NC)<br />
<b>November 22-25, 2014</b> American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA)<br />
<b>March 15, 2015</b> World Methodist Museum (Lake Junaluska, NC)<br />
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One of the pleasures of evaluating items for scanning is the opportunity to examine some truly fascinating items. <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://archive.org/details/leflambeauserial01stge">Le Flambeau</a></u></span> is particularly memorable, not just because of the unexpected burlap cover, but due to the contents themselves.<br />
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UNC only possesses the 1917 edition of Le Flambeau, the yearbook of St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines in Asheville, NC. Founded by nuns of the Religious of Christian Education in 1908, St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines would continue until 1971, and its lineage is preserved by the <a href="http://carolinaday.org/">Carolina Day School</a>. Among its alumnae is the author Gail Godwin.<br />
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According to the forward, the 1917 edition of Le Flambeau was the school's first yearbook, and was thus somewhat experimental in nature. This volume contains a variety of photographs and illustrations, as well as compositions in both English and French. These items provide a wealth of information about both the students and their daily lives.<br />
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The list of superlatives (called "statistics") provide interesting examples of which traits the students considered noteworthy: not only were there separate categories for "The Prettiest Blonde" and "The Prettiest Brunette", but there were also categories for "The Best Athlete" and "The Frenchiest." The student compositions include short stories, poems, histories of the school as a whole and of the 1917 school year, as well as a parody of Shakespeare's <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i>.<br />
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But perhaps the most important aspect of Le Flambeau for this blog post is its reminder that these objects are not just representations of history, but physical objects with histories of their own. In order to defray costs, Le Flambeau included paid advertising. Apparently this advertising was successful in at least one case, because UNC's copy of the 1917 edition of Le Flambeau has had numerous advertisements cut out by an unknown person. See the image below as one example:<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Le Flambeau</span> </span>is hardly the only case where an item that we intended to scan <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">for the project</span> </span>is missing material. Materials in our libraries' collections come in a wide variety of conditions. In addition to pictures, articles, or even entire pages being cut out, more mundane problems<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">,</span> </span>such as holes, water, or other damage, can destroy text or otherwise render it illegible. In those cases, we have several options. If we have access to additional copies of an item, we can attempt to find a more complete version to scan. In at least one case, we found two copies, each missing different pages, and used sections from both so that one <strike><span style="color: red;"></span></strike>could<strike> </strike>supplement the other to make a complete copy. But sometimes, as with the 1917 edition of Le Flambeau, we have no choice but to digitize what we have. Items such as these are too interesting and useful to ignore just because of a few imperfections. To browse other items we have digitized, visit the <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/ncreligion">Religion in North Carolina</a></span> project at the Internet archives.<br />
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Sources:<br />
Neufeld, R. (2008, September 23). St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines' centennial stirs up school spirit. <i>Asheville Citizen-Times</i>. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-41675066785536612502014-03-31T07:48:00.001-07:002014-03-31T09:14:03.689-07:00Vintage Advertisements from the North Carolina Baptist Almanac<br />
Many of the items we digitize for the Religion in North Carolina Project feature advertisements for various goods and services. These can be valuable not only for what they tell about local merchants and markets, but as insight into ordinary life for the consumers of these products. They also provide interesting contrasts with modern newspaper advertisements, demonstrating how marketing has evolved.<br />
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Consider the North Carolina Baptist Almanac. We have digitized several volumes of this serial, and aim to digitize more. The almanacs themselves have a wide variety of useful information, such as complete lists of ordained Baptist ministers in North Carolina for each year, brief descriptions of Baptist theology, lists of North Carolina government officials with their salaries and weather predictions. This post, however, will focus on the advertisements.<br />
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Consider the above 1900 advertisement for the Rock Hill Buggy Co., complete with a lengthy testimonial in which one of their buggies survived being flipped over and dragged for miles by a frightened horse. The advertisement also stresses the convenient price ("only a dollar or so more than the cheap ones"), as an argument against "taking the risk" of buying from one of their competitors.<br />
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Alternatively, consider this 1882 advertisement from the Upshur Guano Company, promoting their various lines of imported fertilizers. Stressing their size ("a large and extensive factory") and reputation ("very many testimonials from our agents and customers"), the Upshur Guano Company individually lists their various brands and the ingredients and sources involved. Those seeking additional information about the company (including a "Fac Simile [sic] of the medal and awards of the judges" from the four gold medals that their products recently won) were encouraged to write.<br />
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Finally, consider the above 1883 advertisement for Beckwith's Anti-Dyspeptic Pills, endorsed by the late Senator George E. Badger, among others. The manufacturers (using "the original receipt of Dr. John Beckwith") stress the long history of their product ("for sixty years and lost no reputation"), and rely heavily on testimonials. The advertisement includes no list of ingredients for this pill, which promises to be a"cure of dyspepsia and to prevent bilious attacks."<br />
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These are just some of the many 19th century products advertised in the North Carolina Baptist Almanac. This post barely scratches the surface of the variety of products and designs. To see more, visit the following links for the <a href="https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinabap13bail">1882-1897</a> and <a href="https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinabap33bail">1900</a> volumes, respectively. Or, look at some of the other items in our <a href="https://archive.org/details/ncnewsserialpublications">Newsletters, Newspapers and Serial Publications</a> section.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-73071978979379478392014-01-31T12:48:00.000-08:002014-01-31T12:48:11.522-08:00Serials and the Importance of Bib Numbers<br />
Serials, more so than many other types of items, can be tricky to control. And that's putting it mildly. Take, for example, the case of the Seven Mile Primitive Baptist Association Minutes -- <br />
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Recently, UNC has started to prepare minutes from the Seven Mile Primitive Baptist Association. Around the early 1950s, the group split into two organizations, however several years of both groups' minutes were bound together in the same physical volumes. There are three separate catalog records that correlate to this serial. Prior to digitization this decision was not a problem, but for the project, this physical constraint creates an intellectual limitation as well. <br />
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Often most of the materials are scanned in full. Sometimes though, the project only wants to include part of the item, for instance if the last several pages are blank, or if the volume in question contains several different items bound together. When assembling the monthly cart, the UNC student worker indicates this choice to the Digital Production Center (where the items are scanned, or digitized) simply by placing strips of paper representing where the Scribe operator should start and stop the scanning.<br />
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The student worker also makes a note in a CSV file that is sent to the Digital Production Center. That file contains all the necessary metadata for a given month's pick list of items. Metadata for this project includes title, volume number, date of publication, call number, sub-collection, bib number, copyright status, the URL license, and of course, any notes explaining how the item should be scanned.<br />
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A bib number is a seven-digit number preceded by UNCb- that serves as a unique identifier for items in the UNC Libraries system. Take a look at the URL of any catalog record and you'll see the bib number at the end of the address. You can search the UNC Libraries catalog by removing the "UNC" (ex: "UNCb6251324" becomes "b6251324") and typing the number into the either the main search bar on the UNC Libraries' home page or the Keywords search bar under Advanced Search. That bib number is important for the project's materials from UNC. Every item in the NC Religion Digital Collection has an Internet Archive entry, that entry contains the item's bib number, which links it back to the home library's catalog. Basically, for UNC, bib number equals catalog record. Duke and Wake Forest use similar identifiers for their materials, also called bib numbers. <br />
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The bib numbers are indicated by the red boxes. The blue box shows the OCLC number, another unique number related to <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/">WorldCat</a> that uses the same principles explained above. <br />
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In the case of the Seven Mile Primitive Baptist Associations, the idea of the bib number/catalog record is complicated because the two groups' minutes are bound together so that they are interspersed evenly (e.g., the two sets of minutes from, say, 1960, are placed one after the other) rather than divided to represent the two distinct groups. If the latter was true, then perhaps the project could have worked around the item's physical container by asking the Scribe operator to scan the first half as one Internet Archive entry and the second half as another Internet Archive entry. <br />
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That solution would be much neater. Each Internet Archive entry would contain the correct bib number and match its appropriate catalog record. Because of the physical arrangement of the volumes, the material must be scanned as it is. This is good in the sense that online users will see the item as it truly exists. But it is problematic as each Internet Archive entry can be assigned to a single bib number, and therefore single catalog record.<br />
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For the Seven Mile Primitive Baptist Association Minutes, that means that not only does the project have to scan the two groups' minutes together, it must also select one of two viable bib numbers: b6251324 and b6251334. How then can we convey that there are two distinct records of these two separate sets of minutes? With a digital collection, those of us involved in the project can't reach out and explain the materials to the users.<br />
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So what did we decide to do?<br />
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Well, unfortunately, not every problem has a perfect answer. Ultimately, we looked at both catalog records and decided upon the one that provided the most information in terms of completeness and helpfulness with the hope that users interested in these materials would be able to discover the second catalog record, either by looking at the digitized item itself and/or by consulting the information available in the selected catalog record.<br />
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The third record, mentioned at the beginning of this post, is associated with a single set of minutes that is luckily unbound. The minutes from that year will be scanned separately and linked to its individual catalog record. UNC discovered additional sets of unbound minutes, which can be more freely assigned to the correct bib number. <br />
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One of our goals with this project, and as librarians in general, is to steer users in the correct direction of the information they are searching for. At times, that is easier said than done. When conflicts like this Seven Mile Primitive Baptist Association example arise, we do what we can to best outline the path to the materials. Digital collections, less directly mediated by librarians, provide new challenges. The concern is not always how to get the information into the hands of those who want it, but how to contextualize it. <br />
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The newsletters, newspapers and serials in the Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection provide windows into how some North Carolinians viewed the events of the past.<br />
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As an example, consider December 1941. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the resultant American entry into World War II overshadowed much of American life in that month.<br />
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Unsurprisingly, <i>The American Jewish Times </i>was no exception. The January 1942 issue contained articles about Jewish soldiers in the army, patriotic poetry and advertisements for war bonds.<br />
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But December 1941 also included the festival of Hanukkah, which the same January issue spotlighted with several articles on topics such as <a href="https://archive.org/stream/americanjewishti03unse#page/n613/mode/2up">"The Significance of Chanukah"</a> and <a href="https://archive.org/stream/americanjewishti03unse#page/n627/mode/2up">"The Menorah, Symbol of a People"</a>. Nor were these topics unrelated, with a <a href="https://archive.org/stream/americanjewishti03unse#page/n607/mode/2up">political cartoon </a> symbolically equating the candles of Hanukkah with American freedoms.<br />
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In addition to these features, the January 1942 issue includes advertisements for local and national businesses, as well as articles on other topics of interest (<a href="https://archive.org/stream/americanjewishti03unse#page/n631/mode/1up">see the index on this page</a>).<br />
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To browse this issue, click on the link above or go to the <a href="https://archive.org/details/americanjewishti03unse">1940-42 volume of <i>The American Jewish Times Outlook</i></a>. To browse <i>The American Jewish Times Outlook</i> or other religious newspapers from North Carolina, visit the <a href="https://archive.org/details/ncnewsserialpublications">Newsletters, Newspapers and Serial Publications</a> section of the NC Religion project at the Internet Archive.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-28927518492714733232013-11-26T08:51:00.000-08:002015-05-12T05:59:16.488-07:00Duke Publishes its 2,000th Volume<br />
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Today the Scribe machine at Duke University scanned the 2,000th volume since beginning production in October of 2012. The pamphlet, entitled <i>The Life of Cleretta Nora Avery - the Wonderful Colored Girl Preacher</i>, focuses on the life and family background of a 10-year-old prodigy who took the 19th century United States by storm with her oratorial skills. Written by her mother, Mrs. Victoria Georgie Avery (nee Andrews) and published in 1897, the pamphlet includes biographical information on her and Cleretta's father, Moses Brown Avery. While their daughter Cleretta is the focus, Mr. and Mrs. Avery didn't lead boring lives by any stretch of the imagination.<br />
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Originally from Pensacola, Florida, Moses grew up in Mobile, Alabama. He was brought there when he and his mother were freed from slavery by his white father, and was raised as an Episcopalian. He distinguished himself in his studies, and was one of the few African American officers in the Union Navy during the Civil War. Meanwhile, Victoria (also born in Pensacola, but to Latino and African American parents) knew Moses while growing up in Mobile. She survived the Civil War, and an attempt to sell her into slavery, by fleeing first to Texas and then alone on horseback into Mexico. When she returned to Mobile at the war's conclusion, she found Moses, who was involved in publishing and post-war administration in both Louisiana and Alabama. They married, and Cleretta was born around 1887. Moses was devoted to the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church , and had been ordained therein as a minister at some point during his life. According to Mrs. Avery, Cleretta was converted at the tender age of 18 months. Intelligent and outspoken, at the age of 3 she declared her intention to follow in her father's footsteps and preach, and did give her first sermon in Raleigh several years later at the age of 6. Her mother writes:<br />
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<i>It was certainly marvelous to behold the command of language, knowledge of the Bible and elocutionary powers exhibited by her in this first sermon, of one half hour long, delivered to a large congregation. That sermon made her famous. Invitations to preach from churches and from white and colored people in the adjoining cities and towns poured in upon this tiny little preacher. </i>(p. 7-8)</blockquote>
Cleretta Nora Avery and her mother went on an evangelical tour, continuing even after Moses' death in Aberdeen, N.C. in 1895. Cleretta preached in North and South Carolina at first, but expanded her range to include Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, among other states. This pamphlet includes letters of commendation, praise, and admiration written to her by various preachers, including Rev. Dr. J.S. Caldwell of New York and Pastor J.H. Welch of Charleston. Despite this fame and ability to preach, Cleretta seems to have been a normal child in many other aspects, which is reflected in a charming newspaper interview where she discusses her dolls at length with a reporter.<br />
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Read this short but informative <a href="http://divinityarchive.com/handle/11258/8828" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pamphlet</a> on her early life in our collection on the Internet Archive. Readers should note that while this pamphlet is written by Mrs. Avery, it does include language used to describe persons of color, which while common in the late 19th century, is considered offensive today. This short biography is a valuable and fascinating work as it not only examines the rise and popularity of an educated, young woman of color at a time when it was uncommon for women of color to receive education (the first African American woman to receive a BA, North Carolinian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_Patterson" target="_blank">Mary Jane Patterson</a>, graduated from Oberlin College in 1862, a mere 30 years earlier), but it was written and published by another educated woman of color. Its language and the image it grants us of non-white, female life in a variety of southern states before, during, and following the Civil War gives us another piece we can add to the puzzle of what the lives of women of color were like at a time of racial, social, and economic upheaval in our country.<br />
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Avery, V.G. <i>The Life of Cleretta Nora Avery, the Wonderful Colored Girl Preacher.</i> Carthage, N.C.: Record Job Print, 1897.<br />
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Bailey, Richard. <i>Neither Carpetbaggers nor Scalawags: Black Officeholders during the Reconstruction of Alabama, 1867-1878.</i> Montgomery, AL: NewSouth Books, 2010.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-50884199218994253752013-11-15T09:42:00.001-08:002013-11-15T09:54:42.642-08:00The family unit <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <i>Advent Christian Witness</i>, a serial digitized by <a href="https://archive.org/details/ncreligion" target="_blank">the NC Religion Project</a>, focuses partially on international ministry and world issues. Specifically, the publication emphasized missionary work and outreach into third-world countries. Articles in <i>Witness </i>advocate for active members who share their faith through dedicated evangelism. <br />
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If you are interested in the topics alluded to above, <a href="https://archive.org/details/adventchristianw111adve" target="_blank">flip through </a>one of the eleven volumes. There's a treasure trove of material there. But today I'd like to spotlight another, more localized subject within the material: the family.<br />
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In preparing the serial for digitization, I noticed the frequency of articles related to the family. <i>Witness </i>stresses the importance of nurturing the family and provides conversational pieces filled with advice on strengthening the unity of families and marriages. <br />
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Additionally, other articles discuss the perceived challenges of cultivating a Christian family. The serial recommends for devoted practice of prayer and bible study along with constant communication and affection. Spending time together and embracing traditions are also stressed.<b> </b><i>Witness </i>contemplates family life, morality and modern day temptations. Topics of concern run the gamut from drugs and pornography to Christmas holiday advertising.<br />
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As I mentioned before, <a href="https://archive.org/details/ncreligion" target="_blank">the NC Religion Project</a> digitized eleven volumes of the serial, which are available on the Internet Archive. This post features excerpts from the first five volumes. This is a photo-heavy post, but there were so many interesting bits to extract and plenty that got left out. <a href="https://archive.org/details/adventchristianw111adve" target="_blank">See for yourself!</a> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-22956343374975685812013-09-27T06:57:00.000-07:002013-09-27T07:06:30.087-07:00"Brunswick Stew p. 28"<br />
<a href="http://ncreligion.blogspot.com/2013/01/stamps-chicken-scratch-other-oddities.html" target="_blank">Marginalia</a> can tell us many things about the previous owners of a volume. In some cases, such as this note in the cookbook<i> A Collection of Favorite Recipes</i>, they can even tell us about the owners' favorite foods.<br />
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This note was handwritten on the cover, providing a quick reminder for where to find the Brunswick Stew recipe. Turning to page 28, we find that:<br />
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Mrs. H. H. Moore's Brunswick Stew recipe (not to be confused with Mrs. L. D. Moore's Brunswick Stew recipe right below it) is marked with an asterisk, which may correspond to the note on the front page.<br />
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<i>A Collection of Favorite Recipes</i> was compiled by the Women's Society of Christian Service at Hayes Barton Methodist Church in Raleigh. Created to raise funds for equipping a new kitchen, the cookbook contains recipes submitted by the parishioners. Feel free to <a href="http://archive.org/stream/collectionoffavo01wome#page/n1/mode/2up">flip through this item</a> and look for recipes such as "<a href="http://archive.org/stream/collectionoffavo01wome#page/9/mode/1up">Coffee Punch</a>," "<a href="http://archive.org/stream/collectionoffavo01wome#page/18/mode/1up">Old Virginia Spoon Bread</a>," "<a href="http://archive.org/stream/collectionoffavo01wome#page/29/mode/1up">Frankfurter Casserole</a>," "<a href="http://archive.org/stream/collectionoffavo01wome#page/39/mode/1up">Chicken Wiggle</a>" or "<a href="http://archive.org/stream/collectionoffavo01wome#page/49/mode/1up">Spanish Eggplant</a>," as well as a wide variety of interesting local ads. Or head on over to the <a href="http://archive.org/details/ncreligion" target="_blank">NC Religion collection</a> on the Internet Archive, and check out our other cookbooks and items related to religious life and culture in North Carolina.<br />
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This past week, I ventured to annual meeting of SAA, Society of American Archivists, which was held in New Orleans this year. The meeting was jointly sponsored by CoSA, Council of State Archivists. Thankfully, the weather was kind and not too humid for August in the fascinating, but often steamy and sticky, city of New Orleans.<br />
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I presented a poster entitled "Spreading the Faith: An Analysis of Social Media and the NC Religion Digitization Project" during the graduate student poster sessions. This was another wonderful opportunity to inform people and professionals of the project. <br />
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If you haven't already, check out the <a href="http://archive.org/details/ncreligion" target="_blank">Internet Archive collection</a>, our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ncreligion" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> and our <a href="https://plus.google.com/116619226276017594600/posts" target="_blank">Google+ page</a>. There is primary material for those conducting research and neat information for those interested in casual browsing. Should you need a little inspiration, <a href="http://archive.org/details/sketchesofpioneemoor" target="_blank">here</a> <a href="http://archive.org/details/gertrudebobbittc00cent" target="_blank">are a couple</a> <a href="http://archive.org/details/kitchenkapers00pres" target="_blank">of my</a> <a href="http://archive.org/details/carolinabaptistn14caro" target="_blank">favorite</a> <a href="http://archive.org/details/carolinabaptistn14caro" target="_blank">items</a>! As always, we'd love to hear from you, be it in the form of comments, questions or suggestions by way of social media or e-mail. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-28323151660252457902013-06-26T07:26:00.003-07:002013-06-26T07:26:42.671-07:00NC Religion at The American Theological Library Association<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Duke Divinity School Library Staff attended the American Theological Library Association Annual Conference in The Queen City of Charlotte, North Carolina last week. Project Coordinator, Shanee Murrain presented a poster "The Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection: Content, Audience, and Presentation. The presentation featured background about the project planning grant, scope and audience, organizing content and workflow, copyright analysis, incidences of impact, digital output and Black Church identity politics as reflected in meeting minutes and church histories. Everyone wanted to know about the grant! Fellow librarians shared their interest and excitement about the digital collection. A few even asked Shanee to consult on their archival programs.<br />
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Overall the conference was a success! The poster presentation and attendance at the Methodist Librarian's Fellowship meeting gave us the opportunity to share with and learn from a variety of theological libraries accessing their own collections for mass digitization. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-28429218077304447442013-06-17T07:51:00.001-07:002013-06-17T07:55:58.679-07:00NC Religion Project Stats<br />
This first year of digitizing materials is winding to a close. So here are a few statistics from the project.<br />
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As of June 13, 2013, there are 2,180 items online at the <a href="http://archive.org/details/ncreligion" target="_blank">Religion in North Carolina Internet Archive Collection</a>. <br />
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As of June 2, 2013, the download stats by month:<br />
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866 downloads in October 2012<br />
1,319 downloads in November 2012<br />
2,867 downloads in December 2012<br />
6,065 downloads in January 2013<br />
4,799 downloads in February 2013<br />
9,902 downloads in March 2013<br />
7,705 downloads in April 2013<br />
10,822 downloads in May 2013<br />
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As of June 13, 2013, Duke has 305,933 pages online and UNC-Chapel Hill has 146,235 pages online and 287 foldouts online.<br />
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We are excited to continue scanning and sharing these materials! And we are glad to see that people are using the digitized items. If you are interested in the collection, but haven't yet seen it for yourself, navigate over to <a href="http://archive.org/details/ncreligion" target="_blank">our page</a> on Internet Archive. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-78107736057874199962013-05-09T12:36:00.000-07:002013-05-09T12:45:33.396-07:00Religion Around the State<br />
Although the NC Religion project strives to provide a substantive body of religious materials virtually through the Internet Archive, here are a few links to organizations around the state of North Carolina with religious materials that might be of interest to researchers. This is, of course, by no means a comprehensive and authoritative inventory. If there are other organizations like archives, historical societies, museums, libraries and so forth that hold items relevant to religion in North Carolina, let us know in the comments below. We would be happy to add them to the post, which can serve as a running list instead. In no particular order:<br />
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<a href="http://moravianarchives.org/" target="_blank">Moravian Church Archives</a> located in Winston-Salem. According to their website, the archive hosts over a million pages of handwritten documents including industrial, commercial, civic, ecclesiastical, educational, medical and musical-related records in addition to diaries, correspondence, ethnographic materials, prints, broadsides, photographs and maps. The archive also has a library with 1,600 titles primarily from the 18th century.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sejumc.org/archives-history/" target="_blank">Southeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church</a> in Lake Junaluska features a museum along with records of the Southeastern Jurisdiction, journals and newspapers covering the SEJ Annual Conference, local church histories, biographical information on clergy and a variety of relevant books.<br />
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<a href="http://North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church" target="_blank">North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church</a> in Garner provides records on the Annual Conference, information for local church historians and a digital archive.<br />
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<a href="http://www.levine-sklutjudaiclibrary.org/index-content-jewish_historical_society.htm" target="_blank">The Levine-Sklut Judaic Library and Resource Center </a>in Charlotte is connected to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Charlotte. The library and resource center hold "photographs, letters, brochures, scrapbooks" and other print materials that represent Jewish life and community in and around Charlotte.<br />
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<a href="http://jhfnc.org/" target="_blank">Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina</a> in Durham unifies projects covering Jewish history throughout North Carolina. The site presents a network of statewide resources for those interested in Jewish heritage.<br />
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<a href="http://library.guilford.edu/friends-historical-collection/" target="_blank">Friends Historical Collection</a> in Greensboro is a collection from the Hege Library at Guilford College. Guilford was founded by Religious Society of Friends in 1837. This collection houses records on the North Carolina Yearly meetings, monthly meetings and other important meetings in the region. Additionally, the collection acts as the main archive for the Quaker House of Fayetteville and the North Carolina Friends Historical Society. The library possesses manuscripts from Quaker individuals and families.<br />
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<a href="http://www.elon.edu/e-web/library/libraryinfo/collections.xhtml#churchhistory" target="_blank">Church History Collection</a> in Elon at the Belk Special Collections Library at Elon University offers items connected to the Christian Church. Records range from church histories to meeting minutes to audio-visual materials to church periodicals.<br />
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<a href="http://cdm16324.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15170coll10" target="_blank">Presbyterian Collection</a> and <a href="http://cdm16324.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15170coll9" target="_blank">Theological Seminary Collection</a> in Charlotte at Johnson C. Smith University. The Presbyterian Collection includes records, such as church bulletins, correspondence, church histories and information concerning the Catawba Synod that demonstrate ties between the University and local Presbyterian churches. The Theological Seminary Collection is comprised of records on the University's Seminary from the early 1900s to 1969. In 1969 the seminary relocated to Atlanta. The records consist of newsletters, annual reports and administrative correspondence.<br />
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Since we have been adding digitized materials to the <a href="http://archive.org/details/ncreligion" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a> for several months now, let's take a look at our all-time most downloaded items...<br />
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1. <i><a href="http://archive.org/details/presbyterianorph00barr" target="_blank">Presbyterian Orphans' Home at Barium Springs, North Carolina: an album of memories</a></i> with <b>386</b> downloads<br />
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2.<i> <a href="http://archive.org/details/annual127129195719591bapt" target="_blank">Annual of the...annual session of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (Volume 127th 129th (1957-1959) c. 1)</a></i> with <b>356 </b>downloads<br />
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3. <i><a href="http://archive.org/details/annual13819681bapt" target="_blank">Annual of the...annual session of the Baptist State Convention of the North Carolina (Volume 138th (1968) c. 1) </a></i> with <b>324</b> downloads<br />
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4. <i><a href="http://archive.org/details/rockspringcampgr02brot" target="_blank">Rock Spring Campground (Volume v. 2)</a></i> with <b>249</b> downloads<br />
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5. <i><a href="http://archive.org/details/annualofe8891191819211" target="_blank">Annual of the...annual session of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (Volume 88th 91st (1918-1921) c.1)</a></i> with <b>209</b> downloads<br />
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These are only the top five items, and they may shift as more materials are added to the Internet Archive. If you're curious to see more of the most accessed titles, check out the <a href="http://archive.org/details/ncreligion" target="_blank">home page</a> and click on the more option for a full listing.<br />
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Last week, <i>Presbyterian Orphan Home</i> was still the most downloaded item with <b>25 </b>downloads and <i>Baptist State Convention (1968) </i>was the 5th most downloaded item with <b>17 </b>downloads. Other popular items included:<br />
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<i>2. <a href="http://archive.org/details/journalofwestern4447meth" target="_blank">Journal of the Western N.C. Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South [serial] (Volume 44th 47th (1933-1936))</a> </i>with <b>21 </b>downloads<br />
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<i>3.<a href="http://archive.org/details/methodistprotest35meth" target="_blank"> Methodist Protestant Herald, 1935</a> </i>with <b>19 </b>downloads<br />
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<i>4. <a href="http://archive.org/details/journalofwestern19531955u" target="_blank">Journal of the Western N.C. Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Volume 1953-1955) </a></i>with <b>17 </b>downloads<br />
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Currently, we have a total of 2,106 items ready and waiting to be downloaded. If you happen to stop by this blog, we would love to hear what materials you have (or hope to!) looked at and/or downloaded, what you are planning to use the materials for and what types of materials interest you the most.<br />
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Happy downloading!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-37023622366523282352013-04-22T05:30:00.001-07:002013-04-22T05:32:04.343-07:00Carolina Baptist News and the Problem of Margins <br />
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Here is one more quick item spotlight. We digitized this material a few months back but I had forgotten to share it on the blog until now. The item in question is a serial in four volumes called <i>Carolina Baptist News</i>. This serial was particularly memorable because it used colorful paper and images and had many neat ads and foldout pages bound in with the newsletters. One of the project members remarked on the homegrown quality of serial. It is mind-boggling to think of how quickly publication layouts and conventions have changed thanks to computers. Above is volume one of four (go check out all four on the Internet Archive!). <a href="http://www.cbanc.org/pdf/NEWSLETTERS/MarApr%202013%20Newsletter.pdf" target="_blank">Here is a link</a> to the March/April 2013 <i>Carolina Baptist News</i>. You can find <a href="http://www.cbanc.org/cbanewsletters.htm" target="_blank">several recent back issues</a> on their site if you are interested.<br />
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You might notice that the margins on this serial are a bit wonky in places. To digitize materials, we need around a 1/4 inch space in the margins so that everything comes out clearly. However, sometimes that is a struggle with certain materials for a variety of reasons. We do our best to solve these problems, but if nothing can be done we tend to err on side of digitization regardless. Although some text can be lost, we want to share as much information as possible. Generally, even if a little bit is missing, items can still be read. More than anything our aim is for access. Anyway, that's just one of the possible snags in selecting and preparing items for digitization. The creators had no way of knowing how their products would be used in the future so they did not care how close their text was to the margins. Ideas like that can get you wondering how a few generations down the road people might be manipulating our documents in an entirely different fashion. But that's an endless what-if game.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141685748231783895.post-7887371081495466582013-04-12T08:29:00.001-07:002013-04-12T08:29:50.346-07:00The Religion in NC Collection in Motion!<br />
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Shaneé Murrain and Phu Nguyen push book trucks full of materials to be loaded onto a moving van. These materials will be transported back to their home in Wake Forest's Special Collections & Archives at Z. Smith Reynolds Library after having been digitized in the Duke Divinity School Library. The digitized books are now available on the Internet Archive site for the <a href="http://archive.org/details/ncreligion">Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection</a>.
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I'd like to spotlight a serial, <i>Our mountain work</i>,<i> </i>from the UNC branch that went live on the <a href="http://archive.org/details/ncreligion" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a> recently. There are twelve volumes available. The first volume dates around the 1910s but the bulk of the serial, volumes two through twelve, cover the mid-1940s to the late 1980s. <br />
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As I prepared this serial I found myself admittedly distracted by the content. My part with the NC Religion project asks me to pull and examine items for any conservation issues that might delay digitization. According to my job description, I'm more concerned (or should be) with the physical context of the item rather than the intellectual content. But sometimes when neat material comes along, I can't help but let my eyes wander...<br />
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<i>Our mountain work</i> was published by the Home Missions Committee of Asheville Presbytery. The serial focuses on the Mountain Orphanage, which is known today as the <a href="http://www.blackmountainhome.org/" target="_blank">Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth & Families</a>. The Black Mountain Home site provides a <a href="http://www.blackmountainhome.org/about_us/history.php" target="_blank">historical background</a> of the institution. Just to borrow some of their information - Reverend R.P. Smith founded the orphanage in 1904 with a four-room cottage filled with six children. Rev. Smith was orphaned at 12 himself. Asheville Presbytery provided funds for Rev. Smith's initiative and the home expanded quickly. The publication, <i>Our mountain work</i>, was headed by the Asheville Presbytery and detailed many of the happenings of the orphanage such as children's birthdays, graduations, charitable solicitations among other news related to the Asheville Presbytery. For instance, here are a few shots of an article requesting book and magazine donations for the orphanage's library:<br />
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For anyone with an interest in Asheville, Presbyterianism, orphanages, children, education and outreach, <i>Our mountain work </i>would be a great serial to consult. Or, if you're just plain curious then <a href="http://archive.org/details/ourmountainworks112pres" target="_blank">click on</a> over to the publication on Internet Archive. And skim through <a href="http://archive.org/details/highlandchurchma18epis" target="_blank">these</a> <a href="http://archive.org/details/churchcouncilbul00nort" target="_blank">other</a> <a href="http://archive.org/details/ashepresbyterian17jeff" target="_blank">neat</a> serials while you're at it!</div>
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Here's a little bit of religion in North Carolina in real time! This Saturday, March 2nd, <a href="http://www.stpaulamechapelhill.org/index.html" target="_blank">St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church</a> in Chapel Hill, NC is holding a <a href="http://www.sportoften.com/events/eventDetails.cfm?pEventId=9672" target="_blank">5K Walk and Run</a> to benefit their current project, St. Paul Village.<br />
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According to the <a href="http://www.stpaulamechapelhill.org/st-paul-village-overview.html" target="_blank">St. Paul site</a>, the new endeavor, which will be constructed over time in phases, will offer a "worship sanctuary and fellowship hall; mixed-use senior and affordable housing; childcare, youth, and senior centers; recreational facilities; a wellness center, a health clinic; a historical museum; and a memorial garden." Quite an ambitious undertaking! St. Paul AME Church was established in 1864 and the church was built in 1892. (Their site provides an in-depth history.) The Village project will reassert the Church as a community anchor and will, on a practical level, provide more space for the expanding congregation. <br />
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The Church envisions that the Village should be a "multi-use and multi-generational" space. Fittingly, the project, centered around community, will be stand on land that was a historically African-American neighborhood dating all the way back to the mid-1800s. In the spirit of charity, St. Paul intends to donate 10% of its proceeds from the walk/run to other local organizations.<br />
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If you're interested in the walk/run or the St. Paul Village project, then navigate over to the <a href="http://www.stpaulamechapelhill.org/index.html" target="_blank">site</a> for more details and blueprints.<br />
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NC Religion has some texts up concerning African American Episcopalians, Methodists, Baptists and more. You can search for yourself under the main subject keyword listings in the <a href="http://archive.org/browse.php?field=subject&mediatype=texts&collection=ncreligion" target="_blank">Religion in North Carolina</a> section on the Internet Archive. <br />
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