Digital Collections Spotlight 64: Email Policies and Preservation
Posted September 24, 2025 in Digital Access
One of the most interesting and challenging topics in the archival field in recent years has been the question of how to preserve emails and email accounts so that these […]
Digital Collections Spotlight 63: Processing a Computer
Posted July 15, 2025 in Digital Access, General
When someone thinks of archives the first image that comes to mind is likely shelves of boxes full of printed material or books, and this is certainly a central part […]
Digital Collections Spotlight 62: Great Kills Scrapbooks
Posted June 25, 2025 in Digital Access, General
One of the highlights of working at the Moravian Archives, Bethlehem, is always seeing how material in our holdings shed light on not only the history of the Moravian Church […]
Anniversary of Moravian Daily Texts
Posted May 16, 2025 in General
This month marks 293 years since the first publication of one of the Moravian Church’s longest running and most impactful programs, the Daily Texts. These devotional materials, consisting of a […]
Intern Highlight: Ry Kral
Posted May 16, 2025 in General, Intern Highlight
Our Spring Intern Ry recently completed her internship at MAB. Today, Ry reflects on her project digitizing many (many!) accession records spanning nearly 100 years and the methods of creating […]
Digital Collections Spotlight #61: Additions to the Frueauff Collection
Posted April 30, 2025 in Digital Access, General
Several years ago we digitized artwork found in the personal papers of the Freauff family and presented a digital collections spotlight showing a few examples of artwork from the […]
Intern Highlight: Ryan Rissmiller
Posted April 23, 2025 in Digital Access, General, Intern Highlight
Our Spring Intern Ryan recently completed his internship at MAB. Today, we talk with Ryan about his experience at the Archives, challenges he faced, and how the Archives fits into […]
Digital Collections Spotlight #60: Bethlehem Airship Revisited
Posted March 26, 2025 in Digital Access, General
In one of our earliest Digital Collection Spotlights, published April 23, 2020, we presented a fascinating illustration of an early airship[1] found in the then recently digitized Rufus A. Grider […]
Digital Collections Spotlight #59: Casimir Pulaski
Posted February 28, 2025 in Digital Access
This week marks the birthday of Casimir Pulaski (1745-1779), a Polish noble and soldier who joined the Continental Army during the American Revolution and played a central role in the […]
Meet our Spring 2025 Interns!
Posted February 26, 2025 in General, Intern Highlight
The Moravian Archives is thrilled to be hosting 2 interns this spring semester! MAB always enjoys having interns at our institution. They challenge the staff to think differently about our […]