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Inventory of the Green Street Baptist Church Records, ca. 1844-1964
klgaralt92 Inventory of the Green Street Baptist Church Records, ca. 1844-1964 University Archives and Records Center University of Louisville Ekstrom Library Louisville, Kentucky 40292 USA Phone: (502) 852-6674 Fax: (502) 852-6673 Email: archives@louisville.edu URL: http://louisville.edu/library/uarc/ University Archives and Records Center Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, ENG Inventory of the Green Street Baptist Church Records, ca. 1844-1964 Contact Information University Archives and Records Center University of Louisville Ekstrom Library Louisville, Kentucky 40292 Phone: (502) 852-6674 Fax: (502) 852-6673 Email: archives@louisville.edu URL: http://louisville.edu/library/uarc/ Processed by: Staff Date Completed: n.d. Encoded by: Apex Data Services Copyright 2000 University of Louisville. All Rights Reserved. Green Street Baptist Church Records, ca. 1844-1964 92 3.1 linear ft. Green Street Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky. University Archives and Records Center Louisville, Kentucky 40292 Open to researchers Copyright has been transferred to the University of Louisville and there are no additional restrictions [Identification of item], Green Street Baptist Church Records, ca. 1844-1964, University Archives and Records Center, University of Louisville, Louisville. Organizational history Green Street Baptist Church, one of Kentucky's oldest African American churches, was founded in 1844 by George Wells as an offshoot of the First Baptist Church. The church originally bore the name Second African Church and then Second Colored Church. The present name was adopted around 1860. The collection contains minutes documenting membership, policy changes, disciplinary methods, letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs. Minutes of the building committee from 1924 to 1929, the choir's minutes, ledger, and attendance from 1935 to 1938 are present, along with later documentation such as a sesquicentennial celebration book and calendar, 1844 to 1994, and programs noting other anniversaries. The history of Green Street Baptist is outlined in a six-page unpublished historical sketch, "The Building of a Sanctuary," by Raoul Cunningham. Founded as Second African Baptist Church, it was known for a time as Second Colored Baptist Church, and took the name Green Street Baptist Church around 1860. Pastors have been George Wells, 1844-1850; Richard Sneathen, 1852-1872; Daniel A. Gaddie, 1872-1911; H. Wise Jones, 1912-1950; and J. V. Bottoms, 1950 to the present. The congregation moved to its present location, 519 E. Gray Street in the Phoenix Hill area, in 1930. The historic records of Green Street Baptist Church were donated to the University of Louisville Archives & Records Center in 1980 and were microfilmed later that year. They consist of six volumes of minutes and a few letters and photographs stored between pages and occupy 2.25 linear feet. They document monthly business meetings from 1844 to 1964, describing policy changes, new members, and disciplinary methods employed by one of Kentucky's oldest black churches. Container List 1 Minutes, Volume I September 1844 -July 1867 1 Minutes, Volume II August 1867 - May 1877 1 Minutes, Volume III June 1877 - January 1897 2 Minutes, Volume IV January 1897 - December 1921 2 Minutes, Volume V January 1922 - July 1941 2 Minutes, Volume VI August 1941- March 1964 See also: Oral History tapes 426 and 427, for interviews with Rev. Bottoms and Henry Wise Jones, son of his predecessor at Green Street. See: Inventory folder for additional material