bMS 304

Williams, John Enoch. Papers, 1919-1972.

Summary Information:

• Call Number: bMS 304
• Title: John Enoch Williams. Papers, 1919-1972.
• Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
• Quantity: 2 boxes

Administrative Information:

• Acquisition Information: Gift of Nita W. Dunn, 1979.
• Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection. 

Biographical Note:

John Enoch Williams (1877-1976) held many positions in the Universalist Convention of North Carolina. He served as secretary-treasurer in 1915, 1916, 1920, and 1922; he was president from 1925 to 1928; first vice president from 1929 to 1932; trustee in 1924, 1933 to 1934; and he was secretary in 1913, and from 1936 to 1943. He is the author of A History of Universalism in North Carolina (1968).

Scope and Content Note:

The bulk of this collection consists of the records of the Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc., 1927-1978. There are also letters from the Universalist General Convention, 1927-1938, and information on churches in North Carolina. Finally, there are materials that include information on Universalism in North Carolina, as well some biographical information on Williams.

For related collection, please see the papers of Mary Grace Canfield, bMS 372.

Container List:

Series I. Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc.

• bMS 304/1 (1) Correspondence about the gift with Dunn, 1978-1979.
• bMS 304/1 (2) Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc. Constitution and By-Laws, 1935, 1957, 1964.
• bMS 304/1 (3) Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc. Programs of Annual Sessions, 1928-1969.
• bMS 304/1 (4) Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc. Annual Meetings, 1936-1963.
• bMS 304/1 (5) Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc. Board Meetings, 1940-1943.
• bMS 304/1 (6) Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc. Legal papers. Tax valuation, deed, court complaint, 1890-1945.
• bMS 304/1 (7) Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc. Reports, 1919, n.d.
• bMS 304/1 (8) Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc. Treasurer's Records, 1927-1965.
• bMS 304/1 (9) Letters sent out to Universalists in North Carolina from the Convention, 1952, n.d.
• bMS 304/1 (10) Letters to the Universalist Convention of North Carolina, Inc., 1926, 1961.
• bMS 304/1 (11) The Williams Estate. Correspondence, deeds, annual reports, 1905-1971.

Series II. The Universalist General Convention

Correspondence With Universalist General Convention (UGC), 1927-1938.

• bMS 304/1 (12) Correspondence with the UGC, 1927.
• bMS 304/1 (13) Letters from UGC, 1928-1929.
• bMS 304/1 (14) Letter from the UGC, 1933.
• bMS 304/1 (15) Letters from the UGC, 1934.
• bMS 304/1 (16) Letters from the UGC, 1935.
• bMS 304/1 (17) Letters from the UGC, 1936. 
• bMS 304/1 (18) Letters from the UGC, 1937.
• bMS 304/1 (19) Letters from the UGC, 1938.

Series III. Churches

• bMS 304/2 (1) Clinton Universalist Church. Correspondence, programs, annual report, 1957-1972.
• bMS 304/2 (2) Greensboro Universalist Church. Correspondence, deeds, minutes, announcements, 1927-1945.
• bMS 304/2 (3) Inman's Chapel (Pidgeon River, RD3, Canton - First Universalist Society of Haywood County). Correspondence, map, photographs, program, bulletins, 1925-1930.
• bMS 304/2 (4) Kingston - Church of the Eternal Hope. Correspondence, financial reports, photograph, news,  1912-1937.
• bMS 304/2 (5) Outlaw's Bridge. Universalist Church. Correspondence, financial report, program, 1937-1961.
• bMS 304/2 (6) Red Hill - First Universalist Church of Sampson County at Red Neck. Budget, 1960.
• bMS 304/2 (7) Rocky Mount, First Universalist Church. Correspondence, notice, photograph, postcards, programs, 1927-1962.

Series IV. Miscellaneous

• bMS 304/2 (8) Shelter Neck Institute for North Carolina Universalist Young People. Correspondence, photographs, record book, 1928-1941.
• bMS 304/2 (9) Shine, Lucie F. "The State Mission Circle of North Carolina." 1935. 
• bMS 304/2 (10) Women's National Missionary Association. Correspondence dealing with North Carolina Universalists, 1925-1927. 
• bMS 304/2 (11) Women's Universalist Missionary Association of North Carolina. "Discovering a Friend," n.d.
• bMS 304/2 (12) Canfield's history of Universalism in North Carolina. Correspondence, article, address, 1927-1943.
• bMS 304/2 (13) Universalist history of North Carolina. Correspondence, Papers, n.d.
• bMS 304/2 (14) Photographs and negatives of a document relating to the early history of Universalism in North Carolina. 
• bMS 304/2 (15) Letters to John E. Williams relating to the Universalist cause in North Carolina, 1913-1972.
• bMS 304/2 (16) Newspaper clippings, 1947, n.d.

• bMS 304/2 (17) Biographical File. Photograph, Notes, 1970.
• bMS 304/2 (18) Photographs: North Carolina Universalists, 1926, n.d.
• bMS 304/2 (19) Photographs: many relating to White Lake Young Peoples Institute, 1928-1931.

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