White Oak Baptist Church (Carpenter, Miss.) Records Z/0672
The collection consists of eleven items documenting the early years of White Oak Church. The items include statistical information; member letters; a postcard from L. D. Foster to W. W. Brashears; a resolution in honor of G. W. Simmons; and donation receipts. Of interest is a petition by eighteen members of the church for letters of dismission.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
Read MoreThe collection consists of eleven items documenting the early years of White Oak Church. The items include statistical information; member letters; a postcard from L. D. Foster to W. W. Brashears; a resolution in honor of G. W. Simmons; and donation receipts. Of interest is a petition by eighteen members of the church for letters of dismission.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
Image Arrangement and Numbering
The items were numbered by the curator in brackets at the bottom of each page.
Technical Details
Original Scans: The White Oak Baptist Church (Carpenter, Miss.) Records, were scanned by Lilly Endowment grant-funded staff under the supervision of MDAH staff in 2024-2025, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The scans were saved as uncompressed, 24-bit RGB TIFF files at 300 pixels per inch.
Conversion: TIFF files were converted to JPEG tile sets for Internet access in 2025.
Rights Management
The White Oak Baptist Church (Carpenter, Miss.) Records are in the public domain and therefore free of copyright or other use restrictions. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by the following preferred citation:
White Oak Baptist Church (Carpenter, Miss.) Records (Z/0672), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.
Copy Availability
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