Thursday Talks
On the second and fourth Thursdays of each month from September through May, the Archives co-hosts with the Moravian Music Foundation a thirty-minute talk on items of interests to our supporters and the greater community. The Moravian Music Foundations hosts on the second Thursday, and the Archives hosts on the fourth Thursday. Talks will be by staff members about topics in their field of study or by invited guests working with the Archives. Talks are open to the public and you are invited to be with us each month.
Talks are held at 12:30 p.m. in the Spaugh Lecture/Recital Hall of the Archie K. Davis Center. You’re welcome to bring your lunch. Occasionally, some snacks may be provided.
Spring 2023 Schedule
January 12, 2023 (Music Foundation)
Moravian Music 101: An Introduction
Christopher Ogburn, Ph.D., Director of Programming and Resident Musicologist, Moravian Music Foundation
January 26, 2023 (Archives)
Meet the New(ish) Archivist!
Meaghan O’Riordan, Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
February 9, 2023 (Music Foundation)
Anacreonistic Politics
David Blum, Research Librarian, Moravian Music Foundation
February 23, 2023 (Archives)
John Hus and the Search for Truth
John Jackman
March 9, 2023 (Music Foundation)
Follow the Music: Discoveries and Revelations
Barbara Strauss, Cataloging Project Manager, Moravian Music Foundation
March 23, 2023 (Archives)
Moravian Americans and their Neighbors, 1772-1822
Ulrike Wiethaus and Grant McAllister
April 13, 2023 (Music Foundation)
The Moravian Music Foundation: A History
Christopher Ogburn, Ph.D., Director of Programming and Resident Musicologist, Moravian Music Foundation
April 27, 2023 (Archives)
Such a Scene of Industry…in So Small a Place: The Moravian Aesthetic in American Decorative Arts, 1750-1830
Johanna Brown, Curator of Moravian Decorative Arts and Director of Collections, Old Salem Museum and Gardens
May 11, 2023 (Music Foundation)
David Tannenberg and the American Organ (who will be performing the 1800 Tannenberg at the James A. Gray Auditorium, Old Salem Visitors Center, on May 12th)
Christopher Ogburn, Ph.D., Director of Programming and Resident Musicologist, Moravian Music Foundation
May 25, 2023 (Archives)
The Impact of Lay Preachers in the MCSP – circa 1850-1920s
Rev. Dr. Neil Routh, President, Provincial Elders Conference, Moravian Church in America, Southern Province
Past Thursday Talks (previously called Lunchtime Lectures)
Moravian Archives and Moravian Music Foundation
Lunchtime Lecture Series Fall 2020-Spring 2021
September 10, 2020
“Becoming American:” An online Reynolda Conference, September 23-26, 2020
J. Eric Elliott, Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
October 8, 2020
The Americanization of Moravian Music
David Blum, Research Librarian, Moravian Music Foundation
November 12, 2020
Mapping the Roads of Wachovia: How Christian Reuter became a GIS Mapper for Forsyth County
Dr. Rod Meyer, former Director, Historic Bethabara Park
December 10, 2020
Beethoven in Salem (NC)
David Blum, Research Librarian, Moravian Music Foundation
Moravian Archives and Moravian Music Foundation
Lunchtime Lecture Series Fall 2019-Spring 2020
September 12, 2019
The Botanizers of Salem, 1785-1835, the second in a series of horticultural traveling exhibits sponsored by the Garden Club Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and the Old Salem Garden Club
J. Eric Elliott, Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
October 10, 2019
Moravian Music Future
Rev. Nola Reed Knouse, Ph.D., Director, Moravian Music Foundation
November 14, 2019
My Dear Miss Fries: The Correspondence of Adelaide Fries, 1911-1945
Nicole Crabbe, Assistant Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
December 12, 2019
Moravian Advent and Christmas Music
Rev. Nola Reed Knouse, Ph.D., Director, Moravian Music Foundation
January 9, 2020
A Timeline of Moravian Music
Rev. Nola Reed Knouse, Ph.D., Director, Moravian Music Foundation
February 13, 2020
From Russia with Love (of sacred choral music): Johann Wilhelm Hässler’s Moravian connections
David Blum, Research Librarian, Moravian Music Foundation
March 12, 2020
Nurturing the Gardeners of Wachovia, the third in a series of horticultural traveling exhibits sponsored by the Garden Club Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and the Old Salem Garden Club
J. Eric Elliott, Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
April 9, 2020 – RESCHEDULED to November 12, 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Christian Reuter: Moravian GIS Mapper for Forsyth County
Dr. Rod Meyer, former Director, Historic Bethabara Park
May 14, 2020 CANCELED
Manuscript Books and Music
David Blum, Research Librarian, Moravian Music Foundation
Moravian Archives and Moravian Music Foundation
Lunchtime Lecture Series Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Corrected 2018-2019 series, full size flyer
September 13, 2018
“Irene” – Moravian Mission Ship
Nicole Crabbe, Assistant Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
October 18, 2018 –
Note: This is the 3rd Thursday, at Home Church, Parlor. POTLUCK LUNCH – please bring a dish to share!
Dr Who? Moravian Musical Medics
David Blum, Research Librarian, Moravian Music Foundation
November 8, 2018 CANCELED
A Summer Intern’s Stories
Ian Sapp, Moravian Music Foundation
December 13, 2018
And Still More Fun Finds in the Vault
Nicole Crabbe and Friends, Moravian Archives, Southern Province, and Moravian Music Foundation
January 10, 2019
New Tools for African-American Genealogy Research
J. Eric Elliott, Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
February 14, 2019
Recovering the Second St. Philips Graveyard
Salem Congregation Graveyard Committee: Conrad Mitchell and Dorothy Pettus, St. Philips Moravian Church; David Bergstone and Peggy Crouse, Salem Congregation
March 14, 2019
The Languages of Flowers in Moravian Wachovia, the first in a series of horticultural traveling exhibits sponsored by the Garden Club Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and the Old Salem Garden Club
J. Eric Elliott, Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
April 11, 2019
An Introduction to Moravian Memoirs for Young Persons
J. Eric Elliott, Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
May 9, 2019
Gehra, Guera, Gera – Moravian Composer
David Blum, Research Librarian, Moravian Music Foundation
Moravian Archives and Moravian Music Foundation
Lunchtime Lecture Series Fall 2017-Spring 2018
September 14, 2017
Editing and Publishing: A Manuscript’s Journey
David Blum and Gwyneth Michel, Moravian Music Foundation
October 12, 2017
From 95 Theses to 365 Diary Entries: A Day in the Life of the Salem Congregation 1817
Grant McAllister, Professor of German, Wake Forest University
November 9, 2017
Keeping the Moravian Past for the Future: New Challenges and New Opportunities
J. Eric Elliott, Interim Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province
December 14, 2017
Variations on Morning Star; the beloved song by Francis Florentine Hagen, its origins and variations [no recording made]
Rev. Nola Reed Knouse, Ph.D., Director, Moravian Music Foundation
January 11, 2018
Music from the Nazareth Moravian Church Collection and the Collegium Musicum
Rev. Nola Reed Knouse, Ph.D., Director, Moravian Music Foundation
February 8, 2018
Updating Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees
Richard Starbuck, Series Editor, Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees
March 8, 2018
Singing Lent, A Look at the Hymns of this Season
Rev. Nola Reed Knouse, Ph.D., Director, Moravian Music Foundation
April 12, 2018
Halfway between Oratorio and Opera: Early Moravians Love for Sacred Dramatic Music
Barbara Strauss, Catalog Project Manager, Moravian Music Foundation
May 10, 2018
Archival Resources for Historic Preservation
J. Eric Elliott, Archivist, Moravian Archives, Southern Province