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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Digital Collections Spotlight #51: Tremont Terrace’s 172nd Anniversary

Digital Collections Spotlight #51: Tremont Terrace’s 172nd Anniversary

Posted April 26, 2024 in Digital Access

Happy 172nd anniversary to Tremont Terrace Moravian Church, founded as “Second Moravian Church” on April 27, 1852. It has its origin in the Moravian Church’s Home Mission Society and was […]

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Intern Highlight: Jenna Lenko

Intern Highlight: Jenna Lenko

Posted April 24, 2024 in General, Intern Highlight

My name is Jenna Lenko, and I had the opportunity to be an intern at the Moravian Archives in the Spring 2024 semester. I am currently a junior at Moravian […]

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Digital Collections Spotlight #50: Fries’s Rebellion

Digital Collections Spotlight #50: Fries’s Rebellion

Posted March 22, 2024 in Digital Access

This month marks 224 years since eastern Pennsylvania was embroiled in a conflict over taxation known as Fries’s Rebellion, which culminated in a standoff at the Sun Inn in Bethlehem, […]

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