Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of North Carolina
This Guide to the Archives, along with the Finding Aid & Collection List, provides a brief overview of the scope and content of the ECW collection. Visits to the archives are by appointment only. Appointments can be scheduled by contacting Lynn Hoke at or (919) 834-7474 (Diocesan House.)
Processed by Lynn Hoke, 2007
The Archives of the Episcopal Church Women
c/o Lynn Hoke, Archivist/Historian
Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina
200 West Morgan Street, Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27601
E-mail: archives@ecw-nc.org
Access: Collection is open by appointment.
Creators: Bishops of the Diocese of North Carolina (1932-1999), Executive Officers of the Women's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions (1882-1959) and the Episcopal Church Women (1959-Present) of the Diocese of North Carolina.
Title: Archives of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of North Carolina
Dates: 1882 - present
Extent: 32 linear feet; approximately 60 manuscript boxes
Abstract: The collection contains annual reports, yearbooks, handbooks, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial records, photographs, promotional resources, conference materials, scholarship and grant applications, historical sketches, newsletters, pamphlets, books, memorabilia, audio and video recordings. Sources include diocesan and branch officers, Bishops, Provincial and National officers and groups, and conference leaders.
Historical Note: In 1872 the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church announced the formation of a Woman's Society and Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Ten years later The Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese of North Carolina to the Board to Missions held its organizational meeting in conjunction with the 1882 Diocesan Convention in Tarborough. Bishop Theodore Lyman appointed Jane Renwick Wilkes the first Diocesan Executive Secretary. The Auxiliary grew steadily from its inception, following Bishop Lyman's charge "to do mission work in foreign and domestic fields, by means of money and goods." Between 1904 and 1952 the Colored Convocation Women's Auxiliary held separate branch meetings, but made financial contributions and regular reports to the common Annual Meeting. The national organization changed the name to Episcopal Churchwomen in 1958, then again to Episcopal Church Women in 1988.
Preferred Citation: The credit line for all materials reproduced with permission should read, "Courtesy, the Archives of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of North Carolina"
Arrangement and Record Group List:
1. RECORD GROUP - BISHOPS
| Edwin Anderson Penick | Bishops - Boxes 1 - 3 |
| Richard Henry Baker | Bishops - Box 4 |
| Thomas Augustus Fraser | Bishops - Box 4, 5 & 6 |
| W. Moultrie Moore | Bishops - Box 6 |
| Robert Whittridge Estill | Bishops - Box 7 |
| Robert Carroll Johnson, Jr. | Bishops - Box 8 |
2. RECORD GROUP - PRESIDENTS
| Margaret Motsinger | Presidents - Box 1 - 5 |
| Jackson . . . Darst [various] | Presidents - Box 6 |
| Scott Evans | Presidents - Boxes 7 - 10 |
| Shara Partin | Presidents - Box 11 - 14 |
| Gail Fennimore | Presidents - Box 14 |
| Sylvia Nash | Presidents - Box 15 & 16 |
3. RECORD GROUP - EXECUTIVE BOARD
| Administration | Executive Board - Box 1 & 2 |
| Program | Executive Board - Box 2 |
| CPC Director | Executive Board - Box 3 |
| UTO Treasurer | Executive Board - Box 4,5 & 6 |
| Treasurer | Executive Board - Box 6 - 15 |
4. RECORD GROUP - MEETINGS
| District | Meetings - Box 1 |
| Annual | Meetings - Box 2 - 7 |
| Triennial [National] | Meetings - Box 8 - 10 |
5. RECORD GROUP - PUBLICATIONS
| Reports | Publications - Box 1 - 3 & Bookshelf |
| Yearbooks | Publications - Box 4 & Bookshelf |
| Periodicals | Publications - Box 5 - 8 |
| Pamphlets | Publications - Box 8 - 10 |
| Books | Publications - Bookshelf |
6. RECORD GROUP - AUDIO/VISUAL
| Videotapes | Bookshelf |
| Audiotapes | Bookshelf |
BISHOPS OF THE DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA
| John Stark Ravenscroft | Bishop 1823-1830 | |
| Levi Silliman Ives | Bishop 1831-1853 | |
| Thomas Atkinson | Bishop 1853-1881 | |
| *Theodore Benedict Lyman | Bishop 1881-1893 | Bishop Coadjutor 1873-1881 |
| Joseph Blount Cheshire, Jr. | Bishop 1893-1932 | Bishop Coadjutor 1893 |
| Henry B. Delaney | Bishop Suffragan 1918-1928 | |
| Edwin Anderson Penick | Bishop 1932-1959 | Bishop Coadjutor 1922-1932 |
| Richard Henry Baker | Bishop 1959-1965 | Bishop Coadjutor 1950-1959 |
| Thomas Augustus Fraser | Bishop 1965-1983 | Bishop Coadjutor 1960-1965 |
| William Moultrie Moore | Bishop Suffragan 1967-1975 | |
| Robert Whittridge Estill | Bishop 1983-1994 | Bishop Coadjutor 1980-1983 |
| Frank Harris Vest, Jr. | Bishop Suffragan 1985-1989 | |
| Huntington Williams, Jr. | Bishop Suffragan 1990-1996 | |
| Robert Carroll Johnson, Jr. | Bishop 1994-2000 | |
| James Gary Gloster | Bishop Suffragan 1996-2007 | |
| Michael Bruce Curry | Bishop 2000- | |
| Alfred Clark "Chip" Marble Jr. | Assisting Bishop 2004- | |
| William Otis Gregg | Bishop Assistant 2007- |
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY & EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN
Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions - Appointed Executive Secretaries & Presidents
| Jane Renwick Wilkes (Mrs. John) | St. Peter's, Charlotte | 1882-1895 |
| Miss Mary E. Horner | St. Stephen's, Oxford | 1895-1904 |
| Margaret C. D. Burgwyn (Mrs. W. H. S.) | Grace, Weldon | 1905 |
| Jane Renwick Wilkes, Permanent President | 1905-1912 | |
| Miss Katherine Drane Cheshire | Calvary, Tarborough | 1905-1912 & 1913-1918 |
| Mary McBee Hoke (Mrs. William Alexander) | Raleigh | 1918-1920 |
| Mrs. W. L. Wall | St. Matthew's, Hillsborough | 1920-1921 |
*The Woman's Auxiliary in the Diocese of North Carolina began under Bishop Lyman's direction in 1882.
Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions - Negro District - Chairmen & Presidents
| Mrs. W. J. Delaney | St. Augustine's School, Raleigh | 1912 |
| Mrs. Henry B. Delaney | St. Augustine's School, Raleigh | 1923-1927 |
| Mrs. M. M. Weston | Tarboro | 1928-1933 |
| Essie Lee Edwards (Mrs. F. H. U.) | St. Cyprian's, Oxford | 1935-1936 |
| Helena Harris | St. Anna's, Littleton | 1937-1940 |
| Esther B. Fountain | St. Stephen's, Winston-Salem | 1941-1942 |
| Constance S. Young | St. Titus, Durham | 1943-1945 |
| Mrs. J. W. Black | Holy Hope, Rocky Mount | 1946 |
| Mrs. James T. Taylor | N.C. College, Durham | 1950-1952 |
Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions - Presidents
| Fannie Yarborough Bickett (Mrs. Thomas W.) | Good Shepherd, Raleigh | 1921-24 |
| Louisa A. S. Way (Mrs. Warren W.) | St. Mary's School, Raleigh | 1924-27 |
| Alice Winston Spruill (Mrs. Frank S.) | Good Shepherd, Rocky Mount | 1927-1930 |
| Miss Rena Hoyt Clark | Calvary, Tarboro | 1930-33 |
| Miss Emma Joy Hall | St. Peter's Charlotte | 1933-1936 |
| Anna Clark Gordon (Mrs. W. J.) | St. Luke's, Spray | 1936-1939 |
| Caro Adams Holmes (Mrs. Wilmont S.) | Greensboro | 1939-1942 |
| Margaret G. Holmes (Mrs. Urban T., Jr.) | Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill | 1942-43 |
| Leah Graves Peoples (Mrs. E.G.) | St. Stephen's, Oxford | 1943-1946 |
| Marion Alston Bourne (Mrs. Henry C.) | Calvary, Tarboro | 1946-1949 |
| Mabel S. Lucas (Mrs. Edwin F.) | Holy Trinity, Greensboro | 1949-1952 |
| Margaret G. Holmes (Mrs. Urban T., Jr.) | Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill | 1952-1955 |
| Elizabeth M. Evans (Mrs. Leslie B.) | Good Shepherd, Raleigh | 1955-1958 |
Episcopal Church Women - Presidents
| Catherine M. Thomas (Mrs. T. P.) | St. Timothy's, Wilson | 1958-1961 |
| Eleanor Godfrey (Mrs. James) | Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill | 1961-1964 |
| Vertie May Jackson (Mrs. W. H. R.) | Good Shepherd, Raleigh | 1964-1967 |
| Margaret Kings Motsinger (Mrs. M. Eugene, Jr.) | Galloway Memorial, Elkin | 1967-1970 |
| June Bourne Long (Mrs. W. J., Jr.) | All Saints, Roanoke Rapids | 1970-1973 |
| Rose Flannagan (Mrs. Eric G., Jr.) | Holy Innocents, Henderson | 1973-1976 |
| Scott Tyree Evans (Mrs. J. Haywood) | St. Stephen's, Durham | 1976-1979 |
| Mary Varden Harris (Mrs. Tyndall P.) | Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill | 1979-1981 |
| Maydwelle Mason Coleman (Mrs. Harris G.) | St. Michael's, Raleigh | 1982-1985 |
| June Gregson Gregory (Mrs. John T.) | Holy Trinity, Greensboro | 1985-1988 |
| Mittie Crumpler Landi (Mrs. John N.) | Holy Comforter, Burlington | 1988-1991 |
| Carolyn Osborne Darst (Mrs. Robert) | Holy Trinity, Greensboro | 1991-1994 |
| Shara Rousselle Partin (Mrs. W. Kimball) | Holy Family, Chapel Hill | 1994-1997 |
| Gail Herndon Fennimore (Mrs. Thomas) | Holy Comforter, Charlotte | 1997-2000 |
| Sylvia Crumpler Nash (Mrs. Brent D.) | Calvary Church, Tarboro | 2000-2003 |
| Lisa Huggins Towle (Mrs. Karl S.) | Good Shepherd, Raleigh | 2003- |
To learn more about the history and archives of the ECW of the Diocese of North Carolina, click here.
