Research Studies Sampler

Larry E. Tise, *The Yadkin Melting Pot: Methodism and the Moravians in the Yadkin Valley, 1750-1850, and Mt. Tabor Church, 1845-1966* (1967)

John Bivins, Jr., *The Moravian Potters in North Carolina* (1972)

Frances Griffin, *Less Time for Meddling: A History of Salem Academy and College, 1772-1866* (1979)

Daniel B. Thorp, *The Moravian Community in Colonial North Carolina: Pluralism on the Southern Frontier* (1989)

Michael Shirley, *From Congregational Town to Industrial City: Culture and Social Change in a Southern Community* (1994)

Jon J. Sensbach, *A Separate Canaan: The Making of An Afro-American World in North Carolina, 1763-1840* (1998)

Elisabeth W. Sommer, *Serving Two Masters : Moravian Brethren in Germany and North Carolina, 1727-1801* (2000)

Emily-Sarah Lineback, *Preserving the Past: Salem Moravians’ Receipts & Rituals* (2003)

J. Eric Elliott, *Images of America: Winston-Salem’s Historic West End* (2004)

Tiya Miles, *Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom* (2005)

S. Scott Rohrer, *Hope’s Promise: Religion and Acculturation in the Southern Backcountry* (2005)

Rowena McClinton, editor, *The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees*, 2 vols. (2007)

Tiya Miles, *The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story* (2010)

Leland Ferguson, *God’s Fields: Landscape, Religion, and Race in Moravian Wachovia* (2011)

Heather Fearnbach, Winston-Salem’s Architectural Heritage (2015)

Shown above are a sampling of academic and community studies based on research from our facility. Please let us know at our email of a work not listed here – and if has been especially compelling to you, share why so. We are trying to compile a list of works which used research from our holdings as a way to show the diverse impact our records have had in educating both an academic audience and the general public.

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