Clay County (Ky.) -- History.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains photographs and microfilmed records documenting the founding and operation of the Oneida Baptist Institute for the period 1906-1983. The collection also includes records from the Magoffin Baptist Institute in Magoffin County, Kentucky, which was absorbed by Oneida in 1963.

Abstract The Board of Missions of the mid-western based Evangelical Church began considering the eastern Kentucky’s Red Bird River region for a home mission project in 1919. On the recommendation of Rev. William Buyers, a Presbyterian minister from Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, a Board appointed committee visited the area and found that residents were receptive to the idea of a mission. The first Mission worship service was held in a tiny schoolhouse at Beverly in Bell County on May 29, 1921. The...