{"id":1280,"date":"2014-05-06T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T19:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2018-05-24T08:46:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:46:48","slug":"helmbold-f-wilbur-1917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1280","title":{"rendered":"HELMBOLD, F. WILBUR, 1917-1989"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Librarian, Baptist clergyman, writer. Born&#8211; May 13, 1917, \u00a0Fowlersville, Pa. Parents&#8211; Andrew K. and Emma L. (Heldebrand) Helmbold.\u00a0 Married&#8211; Neola E. Wood, June 10, 1942. Children&#8211; Four. Education&#8211;Samford University, A.B., 1919; Duke University, M.A., 1954. Newspaper reporter for Wilkes-Barre Record (Pa.), 1934-1936; printer for Dallas Post (Pa.); \u00a0and owned a printing business, 1936-1942. Served in U.S. Army Air Force, WWII, 1942-1946. Ordained as Baptist minister, 1947; served churches in Selma (1947-49)and Springville, Ala. (1949-50), Durham, N.C. (1951-54);\u00a0 supply pastor for various churches, 1954-82. Librarian at Barrington College (R.I.), 1954-1957; Samford University, 1957-1984; Curator of the Alabama Baptist Historical \u00a0Commission, 1957-84; editor of Alabama Baptist Historian, 1967-84.\u00a0\u00a0Director of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, 1965-1984.\u00a0 Founding chair, Baptist Information Retrieval System, 1972-84.\u00a0 Contributed to religious and historical journals.\u00a0 Member Alabama, Baptist, and\u00a0 other historical societies.\u00a0 Awarded the title Curator Emeritus upon his retirement at Samford. Died July 21, 1989.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marquis Who&#8217;s Who online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baptist Records for Genealogy and History.\u00a0 Birmingham, Ala., Banner Press, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Brief Sketches of Some Alabama Baptist Associations Extant and Extinct. Birmingham, Ala.; Samford University, 1970.<\/p>\n<p>Seventy-five years at Central Park Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 1910-1985.\u00a0 Birmingham: Banner Press, 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Tracing Your Ancestry; a Step-by-Step Guide &#8230;. Birmingham, Ala.; Oxmoor House, 1976.<\/p>\n<p>Trailways National Route Map; &#8230;. San Jose, Calif.; H. M. Gousha Co., 1977.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint_Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Library Resources for Genealogical Research of Alabama. Birmingham, Ala.; F. W. Helmbold, 1980.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Born of the Needs of the People&#8221;; the Extension Ministry of Samford University. Birmingham, Ala.; Banner Press, 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Selma, the Gospel at Work; Progress Among the Selma Baptist Association &#8230;. Birmingham, Ala.; Banner Press, 1983.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint_Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Christian Life Revealed in the Gospel of John. Birmingham, Ala.; Banner Press, 1981.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Papers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A collection of the papers of F. Wilbur Helmbold is held by the Special Collection Department at the Samford University Library in Birmingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Librarian, Baptist clergyman, writer. Born&#8211; May 13, 1917, \u00a0Fowlersville, Pa. Parents&#8211; Andrew K. and Emma L. (Heldebrand) Helmbold.\u00a0 Married&#8211; Neola E. Wood, June 10, 1942. Children&#8211; Four. Education&#8211;Samford University, A.B., 1919; Duke University, M.A., 1954. Newspaper reporter for Wilkes-Barre Record (Pa.), 1934-1936; printer for Dallas Post (Pa.); \u00a0and owned a printing business, 1936-1942. 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