Rhode Island Baptist Heritage Center collection (Ms. 2008.017)

The Rhode Baptist Heritage Center collection comprises a wide range of Rhode Island Baptist church materials, dating from mid-to-late 19th century to the late 20th century, with the bulk of the materials dating from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. It is divided into three series: Church records, Printed Materials, and Museum Objects.

Series 1, Church records, includes a comprehesive assortment of Rhode Island Baptist church records, including annual reports, a variety of church registers and treasurer's reports, constitutional documents, correspondence and minutes of numerous committee meetings. Other noteworthy items in this series include such ephemeral materials as newspaper clippings and miscellaneous scattered notes. In addition, this series incorporates a small number of individual church publications, such as manuals, bulletins, programs and calendars. Also of interest in this series are some scrapbooks and early photographs.

Series 2, Printed materials, includes a collection of early 20th century publications such as year books from the Rhode Island Baptist State Convention and annual reports from the Women's Baptist Foreigh Missionary Society. It includes a remarkable collection of old Baptist periodicals, including scattered issues from such titles as Among the Deep Sea Fishers, Daily Scripture Food and the Rhode Island Baptist.

Series 3, Museum objects, is comprised of two late 19th century printing blocks.