As part of an ongoing series of posts, we’re highlighting different collections and items from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem. Check out our earlier posts in this series at https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/digital-access/. This 18th-century map presents an early view of one of several Moravian settlements in North America that would in time become the modern city of Winston-Salem, […]

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As part of an ongoing series of posts, we’re highlighting different collections and items from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem. Check out our earlier posts in this series at https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/digital-access/. Often we think of archives as a resource for learning about history through letters, diaries, images, and other records of events that occurred in the past, […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight: Digital Collections Spotlight #18: Easter By Jonathan Ennis, digital archivist As part of an ongoing series of posts, we’re highlighting different collections and items from the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem. Check out our earlier posts in this series at https://www.moravianchurcharchives.org/digital-access/. With the Easter holiday fast approaching it seems an apt time to highlight […]

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On January 19, 2021, the Moravian Archives Bethlehem was delighted to host Dr. Christina Petterson via ZOOM for a virtual lecture. Her lecture titled, Time in Transition and Change in Mission: 1760-1764 in the Moravian Unity, is now available on the Moravian Archives Youtube channel available here.  

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On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, the Moravian Archives Bethlehem hosted a Virtual Exhibit Opening for our current exhibition Zinzendorf in America with great success! Thank you to all who participated safely from home (locally and internationally). A special thanks to Dr. Katherine Faull who joined us from Great Britain and presented a lecture titled “Moravians […]

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The Moravian Archives in Bethlehem has begun to document its own response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic via communications, images, and other documents but we are also seeking to collect and preserve documents from the greater Moravian Church community. We encourage members of congregations and agencies of the Moravian Church in the Northern Province to […]

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Normally at this time of year, we are preparing to host all Friends of the Archives at our Annual Summer Soirée. The Summer Soirée is an opportunity for us to thank you for your generous support of the Moravian Archives during the past year. Unfortunately, due to ongoing restrictions in place because of COVID-19, we […]

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All 5 Episodes of the Moravian Archives History Tour are now available on Youtube! Follow Assistant Archivist, Thomas McCullough, as he takes you on a tour of the Moravian Archives past and present. In these 5 episodes,  learn about the various locations which housed the Moravian Archives throughout Bethlehem and learn more about the unique […]

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On Tuesday February 18, 2020 Dr. Jeffrey Gemmell present a lecture at the Moravian Archives on the Lititiz Collegium Musicum and its revival.   Please visit our Youtube channel, Moravian Archives Bethlehem to watch the recorded lecture

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On January 9, 2020, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) announced grants for eighteen digitization projects throughout the United States and Canada. The Moravian Archives is extremely pleased to announce that one of the approved projects is “Uncommon Bonds: Labrador Inuit and Moravian Missionaries” ($168,349.00). During this 24-month project the Moravian Archives in […]

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