Moravian Archives
January 15, 2025 by Vertical Axion
The Moravian Archives for the Southern Province is pleased to announce that Samantha Tullis has been chosen as the new Research Services Archivist. Samantha Tullis began her role as the Research Services Archivist for the Archives of the Southern Province on January 6, 2025. Previously, she served as the Adult Services Librarian and Communications Manager […]
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August 30, 2024 by Vertical Axion
Director Meaghan O’Riordan and Assistant Director Sabrina Garity will be providing the program for the North Carolina Chapter of the Palatines to America group on September 21, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. This organization is a German genealogical society. Hope to see you there!
February 20, 2024 by Vertical Axion
[Winston-Salem, NC, February 20, 2024] – The Archives of the Moravian Church in America, Southern Province, has deaccessioned five maps of the hundreds housed in the collection to generate much needed revenue to continue to fulfill its mission and preserve the history of Moravians. Deaccessioning is the process of removing materials or collections from the […]
April 28, 2023 by Vertical Axion
The Moravian Archives for the Southern Province is pleased to announce that Sabrina Garity has been chosen as the new Assistant Archivist. Sabrina is currently completing a dual degree program at Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts, which will result in a Masters in Library Science in Archival Science and a Master of Arts in History. […]
April 9, 2020 by Vertical Axion
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 […]
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.
