Digital Collections Spotlight #8: Records of the Bethlehem Single Sisters By Jonathan Ennis, digital archivist As part of a new series of posts, we’re highlighting different collections from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, that have been digitized and are accessible online. Check out our earlier posts in this series at https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/digital-access/. In the early years of […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #7: The Zinzendorf Papers By Jonathan Ennis, digital archivist As part of a new series of posts, we’re highlighting different collections from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, that have been digitized and are accessible online. Check out our earlier posts in this series at https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/digital-access/. As this week marks the 320th birthday of […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #6: David Nitschmann (Ep.) Papers By Thomas J. McCullough, assistant archivist As part of a new series of posts, we’re highlighting different collections from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, that have been digitized and are accessible online. Check out our earlier posts in this series at https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/digital-access/. The papers of Bishop David Nitschmann […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #5: The Painting Collection By Jonathan Ennis, digital archivist As part of a new series of posts, we’re highlighting different collections from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, that have been digitized and are accessible online. Check out our earlier posts in this series at https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/digital-access/. Created in the mid 18th century, this oil […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #4: The Drawings and Prints Collection By Jonathan Ennis, digital archivist As part of a new series of posts, we’re highlighting different collections from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, that have been digitized and are accessible online. Check out our earlier posts in this series at https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/digital-access/. This lovely etching of a small […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #3: The Rufus A. Grider Collection By Jonathan Ennis, digital archivist As part of a new series of posts, we’re highlighting different collections from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, that have been digitized and are accessible online. Check out our earlier posts in this series at https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/digital-access/. This illustration and historical sketch by […]

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Featured image (above) shows a plan of the Moravian mission station Spring Gardens in St. John’s, Antigua, in 1788 (DP f.061.2, Moravian Archives, Bethlehem). Digital Collections Spotlight #2: The Papers of Samuel Isles By Jonathan Ennis, digital archivist As part of a new series of posts, we’re highlighting different MAB collections that have been digitized […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #1: The Ettwein Papers By Jonathan Ennis, digital archivist As part of a new series of posts, we’ll be highlighting different MAB collections that have been digitized and are accessible online. John/Johannes Ettwein (1721-1802), in addition to his role as bishop of the Moravian Church, also shows an interest in science and […]

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The collection of Drawing and Prints has now been digitized. Hundreds of geographical maps, architectural drawings, artistic views, floor plans, elevations, cemetery maps, engineering plans, land surveys, nautical charts, artist’s sketchbooks, portraits, and students sketches are included in this collection. Digital images are available through our online finding aid. Currently, 5,212 images have been uploaded. A […]

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Digital access to the paintings in the Painting Collection of the Moravian Archives is now available through the Online Finding Aid. Images of most of the 125 oil paintings in our collection have now been uploaded.

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