Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our Archives remains closed to the public through April. We will post news updates regularly on our Facebook page, and respond to inquiries from our remote locations.
On-March 20th Moravian Music Foundation Director Nola Reed Knouse turned back on our building’s illuminated Moravian star. Normally a holiday season symbol of our ultimate hope, It will stay on “for the duration of this crisis,” she said. “Jesus REMAINS the light of the world!”
Transcribed in our Archives and the subject of a three-part series on our Facebook page, the diaries of Bishop Edward Rondthaler (1842-1931) give a fascinating glimpse at the three-months an earlier pandemic held sway over the community. Follow the story here.
The Mellon Foundation-sponsored gathering, “Becoming American: Moravians and their Neighbors, 1772-1822” has been rescheduled. The opening reception for the event is at the Archives. Details of the schedule and opportunities for public involvement will be posted at this link.
Only three months left in our $20,000 fund-raising campaign to get the Archives new computers, and new software to create and share more of our holdings in a digital format. Please give today as you can.
April’s Lunchtime Lecture featuring former Historic Bethabara Park Director Rod Meyer has been moved to the fall. Lunchtime Lectures are on second Thursdays during the academic year, and are from 12:15-1:00pm in the Spaugh Lecture/Recital Hall at our Archie K. Davis Center building.
We thank Dennis Ford, Martha Hartley, Margie Lamb, and Betsey Willard for their willingness to serve as Family History Docents at our Archives. The pandemic has cut short our time with two good Salem College interns this spring, so we also thank Penelope Dow and Kendall Place for their work. We hope to welcome our volunteers and new help back soon.
