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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 75 items) |
Abstract | Hope Bain (born 1795) was a Universalist minister who lived in Baltimore, Md., and in various towns in eastern North Carolina, finally settling in Goldsboro, N.C. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, sermons, theological notes, and other papers of Bain and papers of his sons. Diaries, 1839-1868, with occasional gaps, contain brief daily records of weather and professional activities, with miscellaneous accounts and memoranda. Correspondence, 1827-1876, pertains to temperance activities in Baltimore and to Universalist matters in the South, and includes a series of letters from John C. Burness, a minister at Notasulga, Ala., in the 1850s. Papers of Bain's sons include a record book of the Goldsboro Rifles, 1877-1881, and a muster role for Company B, 1st North Carolina Regiment in the Spanish-American War. |
Creator | Bain, Hope, b. 1795. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Hope Bain (born 1795) was a Universalist minister who lived in Baltimore, Md., and in various towns in eastern North Carolina, finally settling in Goldsboro.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence, diaries, sermons, theological notes, and other papers of Hope Bain. Diaries, 1839-1868, with occasional gaps, contain brief daily records of weather and professional activities, with miscellaneous accounts and memoranda. Correspondence, 1827-1876, pertains to temperance activities in Baltimore and to Universalist matters in the South, and includes a series of letters from John C. Burness, a minister at Notasulga, Ala., in the 1850s. Papers of Bain's sons include a record book of the Goldsboro Rifles, 1877-1881, and a muster role for Company B, 1st North Carolina Regiment in the Spanish-American War.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1827-1859 |
Folder 2 |
1862-1930 |
Folder 3 |
Muster roll, 1898 |
Folder 4 |
Broadsides and clippings |
Folder 5-26
Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26 |
SermonsTopics include Kings, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, Hebrews, Peter, and Revelation. |
Folder 27 |
Volume 1: Diary, 1839-1851 |
Folder 28 |
Volume 2: Diary, 1851-1853 |
Folder 29 |
Volume 3: Diary, 1854-1857 |
Folder 30 |
Volume 4: Diary, 1857-1859 |
Folder 31 |
Volume 5: Diary and accounts, 1860-1861, 1864-1868 |
Folder 32 |
Volume 6: Scrapbook, 1861-1871 |
Folder 33 |
Volume 7: Account book, 1852, 1866 |
Folder 34 |
Volume 8: Record book, Goldsboro Rifles, 1877-1881 |