The Moravian Archives will be closed all day on Wednesday, September 23 Learn More
The Archives’ staff is on the road to visit one of our churches in the New York area to pick up records from that church. We will be open again on Thursday, September 24.
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 […]
Digital Collections Spotlight #58: Maintaining Existing Digital Collections
Posted January 29, 2025 in Digital Access
It can be easy to think of digitization as a once and done project, material simply being scanned, processed, and made available through our online finding aid. In reality it […]
Interview with a Researcher: Frank Crouch
Posted January 16, 2025 in General, Interview with a Researcher
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 […]