Interview with a Researcher: Frank Crouch
Posted January 16, 2025 in General
This interview marks the seventh in a series where we meet with a user of the Moravian Archives to discuss their unique experience working with our collections in Bethlehem. In […]
Digital Collections Spotlight #57: Thanksgiving
Posted November 20, 2024 in Digital Access
Next week Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving, a popular holiday often associated with gratitude, family gatherings, and lavish meals. While Thanksgiving did not become a national holiday until a 1863 proclamation […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]