Digital Collections Spotlight #56: First Bethlehem Bridge Across the Lehigh River

Digital Collections Spotlight #56: First Bethlehem Bridge Across the Lehigh River

Posted October 22, 2024 in Digital Access

While the main focus of our upcoming exhibit, “Bridging Bethlehem: 100 Years of the Hill to Hill Bridge”, is the planning for and construction of the Hill to Hill Bridge […]

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Interview with a Researcher: Anca Wilkening

Interview with a Researcher: Anca Wilkening

Posted October 18, 2024 in General

This interview marks the sixth in a new series where we meet with a user of the Moravian Archives to discuss their unique experience working with our collections in Bethlehem. […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #55: The Marquis de Lafayette in Bethlehem

Digital Collections Spotlight #55: The Marquis de Lafayette in Bethlehem

Posted September 20, 2024 in Digital Access

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s return to and tour of the United States, and in light of this anniversary we would like to highlight […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #54: Eugene A. Rau Photograph Collection

Digital Collections Spotlight #54: Eugene A. Rau Photograph Collection

Posted August 23, 2024 in Digital Access

As this warm summer, with its repeated heat waves, draws to a close we can begin looking forward to colder weather and perhaps even winter scenes, such as the one […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #53: Minutes of the Provincial Helpers’ Conference

Digital Collections Spotlight #53: Minutes of the Provincial Helpers’ Conference

Posted July 25, 2024 in Digital Access

In our previous post we looked at the ongoing digitization of a series of 19th-century letter books recording correspondence from presidents of the Provincial Elders Conference (PEC), so this is […]

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Interview with a Researcher: Luke Soderstrom

Interview with a Researcher: Luke Soderstrom

Posted July 2, 2024 in General

This interview marks the fifth in a new series where we meet with a user of the Moravian Archives to discuss their unique experience working with our collections in Bethlehem. […]

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Intern Highlight: Brandon Sherer

Intern Highlight: Brandon Sherer

Posted June 4, 2024 in General, Intern Highlight

I went into my undergraduate career pursuing a career in education. My passion for history was matched with a desire to educate others and express why understanding the past is […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #52: Digitization for Preservation: PEC Letter Books

Digital Collections Spotlight #52: Digitization for Preservation: PEC Letter Books

Posted May 17, 2024 in Digital Access

Often in these posts we have discussed the digitization projects here at the Moravian Church Archives, Bethlehem, in terms of improving access to material in our holdings, but they are […]

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Intern Highlight: Fatimah Bouri

Intern Highlight: Fatimah Bouri

Posted May 14, 2024 in General, Intern Highlight

I enjoyed my time at the Moravian Archives. As a library intern, I enjoyed the independence I got from completing my project. My project involved deaccessioning books and entering data […]

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Interview with a Researcher: Jane Chang

Interview with a Researcher: Jane Chang

Posted May 10, 2024 in General

This interview marks the fourth in a new series where we meet with a user of the Moravian Archives to discuss their unique experience working with our collections in Bethlehem. […]

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