The Moravian Historical Society in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1857. Its mission is to preserve, interpret, and celebrate the rich culture of the Moravians. It is the third oldest historical society in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Moravian Historical Society is housed in the 1740-1743 Whitefield House on the Ephrata Tract in downtown Nazareth. The Moravian Historical Society is affiliated with the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the repository for records of the Moravian Church in North America, Northern Province.[1]
The Moravian Historical Society collects objects relating to Moravian history in North America, provides research assistance, publishes, and offers lectures, programs, events, and activities for all ages and levels of interest.[1][2]
Site
The Moravian Historical Society owns three acres of land in Nazareth, PA, called the Ephrata Tract. It was on this site that the First House of Nazareth once stood. It operates out of two buildings on the Tract: the 1740-1743 Whitefield House and the 1740 Gray Cottage, the oldest extant Moravian structure in North America.
Ephrata Tract
In 1740, a Moravian group from Savannah, Georgia was hired by landowner and BritishclericGeorge Whitefield to build a school for orphaned slaves. Whitefield wanted to build his school on a 5000-acre area he called Nazareth, which he had purchased from William Allen that same year. Tensions arising from theological disputes between Whitefield and the Moravians led the Moravians to purchase and begin to establish Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, leaving Whitefield's school building unfinished. When Whitefield later went bankrupt, the Moravians purchased the 5000 acres, which included the Gray Cottage, First House, and the bottom portion of the Whitefield House. This area became known as the Ephrata Tract. The town of Nazareth was laid out in 1771 several blocks to the west. The First House was demolished in 1864, but the Whitefield House and Gray Cottage still stand. The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1980.[3][4]
The marker for the Moravian Historical Society
Whitefield House
Construction on the Whitefield House started in 1740 and completed in 1743. It was originally used to house 32 married couples arriving from England. Through the years, the Whitefield House operated as a place of worship, girls’ boarding school, nursery, the Moravian Theological Seminary, and apartments for furloughed missionaries. Today, the Whitefield House houses the Museum of the Moravian Historical Society as well as administrative offices, and a gift shop. The museum runs a series of permanent and changing exhibitions about the history and culture of the Moravians and their contributions to history.[5]
Gray Cottage
The Gray Cottage was constructed in October 1740 by the Moravians as protection from the harsh winter weather ahead. It is an oak log structure, and was originally called the “Old Block House” from the German word Block, meaning “log.” From 1743 to 1745, the building was used as a boys’ school. It has also been used as a girls’ school, a home for widows, a nursery, and a private residence. It is the oldest Moravian building still standing in North America.[5]
First House
The marker designating the First House of Nazareth
Constructed in June 1740, the First House sheltered Moravians during the construction of the Whitefield House. It was approximately 30’ wide by 20’ deep, and stood two and one half stories tall. It was demolished in 1864, but the foundation was discovered by archaeologists in September 2014 in the area between the Whitefield House and the Gray Cottage. Several artifacts including redware pottery and a brass horse bell were also discovered. A small stone marker stands on this site.[6]
Monuments
The Moravian Historical Society has placed several markers at locations of American Moravian historical significance:
The First House of Nazareth marker: A small stone marker on the Ephrata Tract indicating the location of Nazareth's First House, which was demolished in 1864.[6]
Wechquetank in Monroe County (near Gilbert), PA: Dedicated on May 31, 1907, at the former site of the Delaware village of Wechquetank, which means willow tree in the Delaware language. The site was a Moravian mission from 1750 to 1756 and 1760–1763.[8]
The Rose Inn in Northampton County (Upper Nazareth), PA: Built in 1752 by the Moravians; it was used as housing for refugees from 1755 to 1756. It formally closed in 1772, and was demolished in 1858. A stone marker sits on the original site near a barn made partially from wood of the original inn.[9]
Shekomeko in Dutchess County (near Pine Plains), NY: Dedicated to the Mahican Native American village of Shekomeko, the first Native Christian congregation in America. Moravian missionaries worked there from 1740 to 1746, until new legislation expelled them from the area. The original monument was dedicated at the site of missionary Gottlieb Buettner's grave at Shekomeko on October 5, 1859, and rededicated as its current, more accessible site on June 22, 1926.[10]
Gnadenhuetten in Borough of Lehighton, Carbon County, PA: Dedicated to the mission at the village of Gnadenhuetten. The village was destroyed in a massacre during the French and Indian War on Nov. 24, 1755.[9]
Dansbury Mission in Monroe County (Stroudsburg), PA: Dedicated on June 25, 1931, to the Moravian mission that began in 1747, and was destroyed during the French and Indian War in 1755.
Friedenshuetten in Bradford County (near Wyalusing), PA: Dedicated on June 15, 1871, at the former Native American mission village of Wyalusing, 1763–1772.[11]
Gnadensee (Indian Lake) in Litchfield County (near Sharon), CT: Dedicated on October 6, 1859, at Wechquanach near Shekomeko overlooking the Gnadensee. Missionary David Bruce's body was carried over the Gnadensee to Wechquanach in 1749.[10]
Collections
The Whitefield House Museum's collection contains over 10,000 Moravian objects, which are featured in permanent and changing exhibits. Highlights from the collections include:
23 oil paintings by John Valentine Haidt (1700-1780), the first artist in Colonial America to portray chiefly religious topics,
A 1776 pipe organ made by David Tannenberg, the most important organ-builder of his time,
The Antes violin: the earliest-known violin made in the American Colonies,
The 2014 Civil War history exhibit inside the Moravian Historical Society Museum.Rare first editions of books written by John Amos Comenius, the "Father of Modern Education."[1]
The museum also contains a large collection of Moravian mission artifacts from six continents, as well as various textiles, household goods, and Native American artifacts.
The entire collection is available to researchers by appointment.
The museum operates from 1-4pm, seven days a week except for major holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.[1]
Publications
The Moravian Historical Society publishes various guides and periodicals, including:
Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society-a publication that ran in volumes from 1868 to 2000.
Journal of Moravian History-a biannual publication and expanded version of Transactions, created in 2006 in collaboration with the Moravian Archives and now published by Pennsylvania State University Press. It features scholarly articles, translations of Moravian source material, and book reviews.
Abundant Heritage Newsletter of the Moravian Historical Society-a biannual newsletter featuring events and programs run by the Moravian Historical Society.
Moravian Walking Tour and Guidebook of the Lehigh Valley-a guidebook highlighting the Moravian sites in Nazareth, Bethlehem, Emmaus, Allentown, Easton, and Christian's Spring.[1]
Nazareth (Images of America)-a photobook depicting the history of Nazareth from settlement to present
Events
The Moravian Historical Society offers a variety of events for all ages and interest levels. Historic Nazareth Walking Tours meet at the Whitefield House every second Saturday at 4 p.m., and feature a tour guide in historic Moravian dress. The museum's Free Summer Sundays offer families a free museum tour as well as historic youth crafts and games. Monthly lecture and music programs allows visitors to explore Moravian and local history through lectures, music, screenings, and various family activities.
For children, the Moravian Historical Society holds an annual Hands-On History summer camp. The week-long camp allows campers to be immersed in history as they engaged in nature, archaeology, and art-based activities inspired by objects from our world-renowned collection. The Moravian Historical Society also holds an annual Arts & Crafts Festival featuring more than 100 craft vendors as well as food and free kids’ activities.
The Moravian Historical Society hosts the annual Share the Heritage Auction and Dinner to raise funds that support for its mission and its many activities and events.[1]
Annual Meeting, Lecture, and Reception
Since 1858, the Moravian Historical Society has hosted an annual meeting, lecture, and reception to present the state of the society and to give a lecture on an aspect of Moravian history. Each year features a keynote speaker, as follows:
Date
Speaker
Lecture Name
2022
Laurence Libin
John Clemm, David Tannenberg, and the Moravians’ Role in Establishing Keyboard Manufacture in America
2021
Scott Paul Gordon
Made in Christian's Spring: A Story of the American Revolution
2020
Jenna M. Gibbs
Conversion and Conflict: Christian Ignatius Latrobe Visits South Africa, 1807 - 1816
2019
Jeffrey Gemmell
Moravian Music of a Particular Time and Place: The Lititz Anthems of Johannes Herbst
2018
Craig D. Atwood
The Creation of the Modern Moravian Unity in 1957
2017
Natasha Lightfoot
The Complexities of Moravian Archives of the 19th Century West Indies: Gender and the Limits of Freedom in Post-Slavery Antigua
2016
Paul Peucker
A Family of Love: Another Look at the General Economy and the Beginnings of Bethlehem
2015
Otto Dreydoppel
Nazareth in 1857: From Moravian Community to Pennsylvania Borough
2014
Katherine M. Faull
Visualizing History: The (Hidden) Work of Moravian Women Missionaries in Colonial Pennsylvania
2013
Jeffrey Long
The Ephrata Tract: History of the Home of the Moravian Historical Society
2012
Scott Paul Gordon
Glad Passivity: Mary Penry of Lititz and the Making of Moravian Women
2011
Riddick Weber
’European Eyesing’ 18th Century North American Moravians: Problems with Applying European Understandings to North American Experience
2010
Katherine Carte Engel
Moravians in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
2009
Rachel Wheeler
Mohicans and Missionaries in the Eighteenth-Century Northeast
2008
David Freeman
A Monumental History: Historic Sites Commemorated by the Moravian Historical Society
2007
Susan Dreydoppel
Looking Backward, Moving Forward: 150 Years of the Moravian Historical Society
2006
Nola Reed Knouse
Moravian Music: Introduction, Theme, and Variations
2005
Mark A. Turdo
Shaking the Faith: The Gnadenhütten Attack, 1755 and 2005
2004
Elizabeth A. Sommer
Fashion Passion: The Rhetoric of Dress in 18th Century Moravian Communities
2003
C. Daniel Crews
The Writing of With Courage for the Future: The History of the History
2002
David A. Schattschneider
A 250-Year-Old Mystery: The Disappearance of J.C. Erhardt in Labrador
2001
Larry Leon Hamlin
Popa C.W. Brown and the Black Moravians (play performed)
2000
Craig D. Atwood
Understanding Zinzendorf's Blood and Wounds Theology
1999
Katherine M. Faull
Relating Sisters’ Lives: Moravian Women's Writings from 18th Century America
1998
Jon F. Sensbach
Race and the early Moravian Church: A comparative perspective
1997
Paul Peucker
Heerendijk - Link in The Moravian Network: Moravian Colonists Destined for Pennsylvania.
1996
Daniel B. Thorp
New Wine in Old Bottles: Cultural Persistence Among Non-White Converts to The Moravian Church.
1995
Aaron Fogleman
Moravian Immigration and Settlement in British North America, 1734–1775.
1994
Roger Martin
John Ockershausen's Ockbrook Diary: The First Three Years of a Derbyshire Moravian Community 1750–1753.
1993
Samuel R. Zeiser
Moravians And Lutherans: Getting Beyond the Zinzendorf-Muhlenberg Impasse.
1992
Beverly Prior Smaby
Forming The Single Sisters’ Choir in Bethlehem.
1991
C. Daniel Crews
Through the Labyrinth: A Prelude to the Comenius Anniversary of 1992.
1990
Vernon Nelson
Peter Boehler's Reminiscences of the Beginnings of Nazareth and Bethlehem.
1989
Albert H. Frank
Spiritual Life in Schönbrunn Village.
1988
Lawrence Hartzell
Joshua, Jr.: Moravian Indian Musician.
1987
Mervin Weidner
The Twentieth Century Frontiers of Moravian Church Expansion: The Moravian Church in America, (Northern Province) 1936 - 1986.
1986
Edwin A. Sawyer
The Waldensian Influence on The Moravian Church.
1985
James Henkelman
The Development of The Alaska Moravian Church 1885 - 1985.
1984
Murray L. Wagner
Petr Chelčický: A Free Church Separatist.
1983
Earl R. Shay
Martin Hauser: the Old Pioneer of the New Purchase
1982
David A. Schattschneider
Moravians in the Midwest—1850 To 1900: A New Appreciation
1981
Helmut Lehman
Moravians in New England in 18th Century
1980
Werner G. Marx
The Moravians in Honduras, The First Fifty Years
1979
James D. Nelson
Wesley and the Moravians
1978
Richard D. Claypool, Robert E. Steelman
Moravian Musical Life as Reflected in the Music Collections in the Moravian Archives
1977
Albert H. Frank
Georg Neisser, an Early Moravian Historian
1976
John R. Weinlick
The Moravians and the Revolution: An Overview
1975
Donald J. Lineback
Heinrich Miller, An Exceptional Moravian
1974
W. Ross Yates
The Period of Questioning, 1850-1876
1973
Henry L. Williams
A Changing Church, the Moravian Church Seen Through Its Periodicals
1972
John F. Morman
Ohio, the End of an Era
1971
David A. Schattschneider
The Mission Philosophy of Zinzendorf and Spangenberg
1971
Kenneth G. Hamilton
After 200 Years in Labrador
1970
Jaroslav Pelikan
Comenius in Ecumenical Perspective
1969
Walser H. Allen
Bicentennial History of the Widow's Society of Bethlehem
1968
Winfred Kohls (read by John R. Weinlick)
Sarepta, Moravian Settlement in Russia
1967
Mrs. Thomas J. Butterfield
History of education in Bethlehem, PA
1966
Kenneth G. Hamilton
Salem in Wachovia and the Genius of the Moravians as Colonizers
1965
Vernon Nelson
Samuel Isles, First Moravian Missionary on Antiqua
1964
Richmond E. Myers
Moravians and the Civil War
1963
Allan W. Schattschneider
A History of the Moravian Church at New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
1962
Clarence E. Clewell
Two Hundred Years of History of the Moravian Church at Schoeneck
1961
Henry L. Williams
Our Moravian Hymnal and How We Got It
1960
Edwin W. Kortz
The Liturgical Development of the American Moravian Church
1960
John Fliegel
The Influence of Zinzendorf on the Present-Day Moravian Church
1959
Samuel V. Gapp
Philip H. Gapp, Home Missionary
1958
Edwin A. Sawyer
Religious Enthusiasm in the Early Bethlehem and Nazareth Settlements
1957
Heinz Motel
The Relation of the Old and Renewed Moravian Church to the Reformation
1956
Ann Hark
A Moravian Colonial Incident
1955
John H. Weinlick
The Moravian Diaspora
1954
Vernon W. Couillard
Glimpses of the Life, Spiritual Experiences, Work and Beliefs of John Cennick, Methodist - Moravian (1718 - 1755)
1953
John H. Weinlick
The Moravian Diaspora
1952
Kenneth G. Hamilton
The Office of the Bishop in the Renewed Moravian Church
1951
Herbert H. Beck
William Henry, Patriot, Master Gunsmith, Progenitor of the Steamboat
1950
Mabel Haller
Facets of Early Moravian Education
1949
A. O. Danneberger
The Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, Central America - Its political, economic, and religious conditions
1948
(No speaker)
1947
Richmond E Myers
Moravian Mission Work on the Susquehanna
1946
Henry A. Kuehl
The Beginnings and Development of the Moravian Settlement of Emmaus, Pennsylvania
1945
Garth A. Howland
An Architectural History of the Moravian Church of Bethlehem, Penna
1944
John R. MacNicol
Fairfield and New Fairfield, Kent County Ontario; Restoration Program
1943
Garth A. Howland
The Early Appearances of the Moravian Buildings on Church Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1942
Paul T. Warner
History of the First Moravian Church, Philadelphia, Penna., 1742*1942
1941
John Joseph Stoudt
Count Zinzendorf and the Pennsylvania Congregation of God in the Spirit
1940
Amos A. Ettinger
Nazareth, An American Theocracy
1939
Kenneth G. Hamilton
Bishop John Ettwein and Missionary Activity among the Northern American Indians
1938
Hans T. David
Musical Life in the Pennsylvania Settlements of the Moravians
1937
David Sanders Clark
The Moravian Mission of Pilgerruh
1936
Albert G. Rau
The Autobiography of John Christopher Pyrlaeus
1935
Herbert H. Beck
Town Regulations of Lititz in 1759
1934
Adelaide Fries
Early Hymns and Customs
1933
Albert G. Rau
Some Further Notes on Early Moravian Music in North America
1932
R. R. Hillman
Old Dansbury
1931
Albert G. Rau
Christian Frederick Post and Colonial Politics, 1755-1763
1930
J. Taylor Hamilton
Moravian Undertakings at Oley, PA
1929
J. Taylor Hamilton
The Contacts of the Moravians with the Iroquois League
1928
H. J. Steele
Penn Heir Case
1927
Bishop Hamilton
Facts Leading up to August 13, 1727
1926
Henry F. Marx
The Moravians in Northampton County
1926
W. H. Vogler (read by G. F. Bahnson)
The Old Mulberry Tree
1925
John Baer
Settlement of the Walloons on Manhattan Island in 1624
1925
Paul E. Beck
David Tanneberger
1924
J. Taylor Hamilton
Recognition of the Moravian Church as an Ancient Protestant Episcopal Church by Act of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1749
1923
Adelaide Fries
The Life and Work of Anna Nitschmann
1922
J. E. Weinland
The Story of the Gospel by the Beautiful Spring
1921
J. Max Hark
The Beginnings of Moravian Work in Lancaster, PA
1921
Robert Rau (read by Albert G. Rau)
The Physicians of Early Bethlehem
1921
Robert Rau (read by Eugene. A. Rau)
The Pharmacists of Early Bethlehem
1921
W. H. Vogler
Museum Values
1920
Clara A. Beck
An Honest Effort to Save Pennsylvania from the Moravians
1920
H. B. Marx
The Winning of a Bride by King Srong-Bsan-Sgam-Po
1920
T. M. Rights
Into the Indian Territory in 1870
1919
Adelaide Fries
To Answer the Call: the Voyage of Rev. Lewis David deSchweinitz and His Bride to the United States
1919
J. Taylor Hamilton
John Antes, a Pioneer American Missionary of the Eighteenth Century in Egypt
1918
Albert G. Rau
Music of the Moravian Church
1918
J. Upton Myers
The Social Evolution of Old Bethlehem
1917
J. Upton Myers
The Growth of the Social Order in Bethlehem
1916
R. E. Shields
The Hope Female Seminary
1915
W. E. Doster
Glimpses of Old Bethlehem
1914
A. D Thaeler
Bohemia and the Brethren in Bohemia
1914
Albert L. Oerter
Closing of the Single Brethren's Economy at Christian Spring in 1796
1913
Abraham R. Beck
Diary of Catherine Fritsch, Resident in Lititz Sisters’ House
1913
Albert L. Oerter
A Quiet Corner During the Revolution, 1775-1783
1913
Harry E. Stocker
The Moravian Mission Among the Indians on the White River in Indiana
1912
M. W. Leibert
A Sketch of the Origin and the Early History of the Moravian Church in New York
1911
H. A. Jacobson
Reminisces of Sixty Years Ago
1911
H. A. Jacobson
The Nazareth Market House and Engine House
1910
Edward T. Kluge
Lewis Ferdinand Lambert
1910
H. A. Jacobson
The Walking Purchase
1910
H. H. Hacker
A Few Notes on the Early Moravian Schools in Pennsylvania, and on the First Boarding School in Nazareth Hall
1909
Albert G. Rau
Some Notes Concerning Trades and Industries in Bethlehem
1909
Paul de Schweinitz
The Evangelical Union of the Bohemian and Moravian Brethren in Texas
1908
Edward T. Kluge
An Excursion to Bethlehem and Nazareth in 1799
1908
Joseph A. Rice
A Sketch of the Newspapers of Bethlehem, with a Brief Account of the Printing Offices and Book Binderies
1907
Albert G. Rau
Historical Sketch of the Whitefield House
1907
Henry A. Jacobson
History of the Moravian Historical Society from 1857 to 1907
1906
Abraham R. Beck
Some Random Extracts from the Diaries and Minutes of the Committee of Temporal Affairs of the Lititz Moravian Congregation
1906
Albert G. Rau
Fire Protection and Fire Departments in Bethlehem
1906
J. W. Jordan
Franklin's Moravian Friend (James Hutton)
1905
Edward T. Kluge
Extracts from Ledger A of the Philadelphia Congregation, 1785 - 1833
1905
Isaac Huntting
The Last of the Pequots
1905
Robert Rau
Shecomeco
1904
Edward T. Kluge
Nazareth Hall: the Laying of the Cornerstone, May 3, 1755, and Various Items Connected with the Erection of the Building, Together with Reminiscences of an Old Hall Boy of 1835 and Later
1904
Robert Rau
Chronicles of the Moravian Congregation at Donegal, PA
1903
Edward T. Kluge
The Graveyard at Nazareth and some of the Most Noted Persons Interred There
1903
H. A. Jacobson
Brief Sketch of the Indian Settlement at Nain
1902
Edward T. Kluge
The Moravian Graveyards at Nazareth
1902
Edward T. Kluge
When and Under What Circumstances the Moravian Historical Society was Called into Existence
1902
Henry T. Clauder
The Early Missions of the Moravian Church Among the Cherokee Indians in Northern Georgia
1901
Albert G. Rau
Humorous Reminiscences of Bethlehem and Nazareth
1901
C. A. Haehnle
Account of the March of Napoleon's Army through Ebersdorf, Germany, October 6 to 14, 1806
1901
Edward T. Kluge
Something About Trombones and Trombonists
1900
Eugene Leibert
Wechquetank
1900
John M. Levering
A Century Ago
1900
Robert Rau
A Brief Chapter on Ancestor Worship
1899
Eugene Leibert
Some Occurrences in the Official Circle at Herrnhut in 1760
1898
Eugene Leibert
Extracts from the Diary of the Moravian Church at Lititz, PA, Relating to the Revolutionary War
1898
J. M. Levering
The Beginning and the End of the Single Brethren's House at Bethlehem, PA
1898
J. Taylor Hamilton
The Continuity of the Unitas Fratrum
1897
Eugene Leibert
The Surprise and Massacre at Frederic Hoeth's Plantation, in 1755, and the Subsequent Fortunes of His Daughter Mariana
1897
J. M. Levering (read by J. Taylor Hamilton)
Notes on the Family of William Parsons, the Father of Easton, Together With Some Related Matter
1897
John W. Jordan (read by M. W. Leibert)
Harvesting under Difficulties on the Barony of Nazareth in 1746
1897
W. H. Jordan (read by Paul de Schweinitz)
Reminiscences of the Old First Moravian Church of Philadelphia and Some of its Members
1896
Eugene Leibert
Three Moravian Weddings
1896
J. M. Levering
Our Name
1896
Robert Rau
Some Notes on the Erection of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem
1895
Henry A. Jacobson
Journey of Brother Schnall from Nazareth, PA to Fairfield Canada, in the year 1801
1895
J. M. Levering
Some Notes on the first Missionary Society in America - the Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, founded August 19, and fully organized November 28th, 1745
1895
J. Taylor Hamilton
Sketch of the Moravian Church in Camden Valley, New York
1894
J. Taylor Hamilton
Autobiography of Bernhard Adam Grube
1894
John W. Jordan
Extracts from the Diary of the Lancaster Congregation
1893
Eugene Leibert
The Sesqui-centennial of the Whitefield House
1893
James Henry
Our History an Inheritance
1892
Helen Bell
Sermon by the Bishop Lodi, delivered before the Sentence of John Hus was Carried out
1892
J. Taylor Hamilton
The Work of Moravian Evangelists among the Swedes in New Jersey during the Eighteenth Century
1892
William Henry Rice
Four Hundred Miles Overland for a Bride
1891
Henry A. Jacobson
Christmas at Bethlehem
1891
James Henry
The Malin Library
1891
John W. Jordan
An Old Letter of 1766
1890
Henry A. Jacobson
Flight and Dispersion of the Missionaries from Fairfield, Canada
1890
Robert de Schweinitz
Another Fragment from the Diary of Rev. Lewis David de Schweinitz During his Voyage to America in 1812
1889
Henry A. Jacobson
Attempts to Establish a Mission Among the Chippeway Indians in Canada, from 1800 to 1807 (by Christian Henry Denke and John Schnall)
1889
James Henry
Eminent Moravian Women of the Olden Time
1889
John W. Jordan
Lewis Weiss
1889
Robert de Schweinitz
Extract from the Diary of Rev. Lewis David de Schweinitz, Describing a Voyage from Holland to America during the Thrilling Times of the War of 1812
1888
Henry A. Jacobson
Diary of the Journey of Christian Froehlich and the Negro Andrew among the Negroes of New Jersey, New York, Long Island, and Brunswick in November and December, 1748
1888
James Henry
Music at Nazareth
1888
John W. Jordan
Biographical Sketch of Edward Evans
1887
Abraham S. Schropp
James Burnside, Planter, Evangelist, and Politician
1887
Edward T. Kluge
Nazareth Hall and its Steeple
1887
James Henry
The Children of the Nursery
1886
James Henry
The First Moravian Cemetery at Nazareth
1886
John W. Jordan
Historical Sketch of the Moravian Settlement at Broad Bay, Maine
1886
Robert Rau
Frederica Miskau, the Recluse of Gnadenhütten on the Mahoning
1885
John W. Jordan
A History of the Vessels Engaged in Transporting Colonists for the Moravian Settlements Between 1742 and 1767
1884
James Henry
Memoir of Bishop Christian Gottlieb Hueffel
1884
John W. Jordan
The Life of Mary Allen
1883
Henry A. Jacobson
The Brethren's House at Nazareth
1883
John W. Jordan
The Lehigh Ferry at Bethlehem
1882
Henry A. Jacobson
Sketch of the History of the Moravian Historical Society during the Past Twenty-Five Years
1882
James Henry
General Retrospect of the Moravian Historical Society's Transactions since its Organization
1882
John W. Jordan
Biographical Sketch of John Henry Miller, Printer and Member of the Brethren's Church at Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War
1881
Henry A. Jacobson
Narrative of the General Synod of 1789
1881
J. Max Hark
Arrest and Trial of our Missionaries Among the Indians of New England in June 1743, as Narrated by John Christopher Pyrlaeus
1881
James Henry
Some Additions to the History of the Rose Tavern and the Neighboring Settlements
1880
J. Max Hark
Historical Sketch of the Mission and Indian Village at Meniolagomeka
1880
James Henry
Impressions Made on Distinguished Visitors at Nazareth during its Early Days
1880
John W. Jordan
Moravian Washhouses
1879
Henry A. Jacobson
Translation of the Diary of a Company of Brethren Journeying from St. Petersburg to Sarepta, Russia, in January, 1790
1879
James Henry
Government of the Moravian Village during the Exclusive System
1878
Henry A. Jacobson
Diary of the Brethren Cammerhof and Gottlieb Petzold on their Journey to Wechquadnach and Pachgatgoch, from February 28 to March 11, 1749, A. A. Reinke - Selections from Shewkirk's Diary at New York during the Revolutionary Times
1878
J. Max Hark
Extracts from the Minutes of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, Bethlehem, 1795
1878
James Henry
The Historical Element in Moravian Writings
1877
Henry A. Jacobson
Notes on the Condition of Nazareth, Christian's Spring and Friedensthal during the Revolution
1877
Henry A. Jacobson
Brief Abstract of the Minutes of the Moravian Historical Society since its Organization Twenty Years Ago
1877
James Henry
Reminiscences of Revolutionary Times, with Reference to the Settlements of Bethlehem and Nazareth
1877
John W. Jordan
Historical Sketch of the Use of Trombones in the American Congregations during the last Century
1876
Henry A. Jacobson
Christian Henry Rauch's Journey to the Mohawk Indians
1876
Henry A. Jacobson
Poem Composed by Bro. Gregor for his daughter on the Occasion of her Birthday
1876
James Henry
Extracts of Letters of Bishop Cammerhof Relating to Early Times at Nazareth
1876
John W. Jordan
Historical Fragments Relating to the Church at Lebanon, or Hebron
1876
William Henry Rice
The Zauchtenthal Ivy. Record of the Planting of the Ivy at the Northwestern Gable of the Whitefield House
1875
Henry A. Jacobson
The Sisters’ House at Nazareth, Second Paper
1875
James Henry
The Sisters’ House at Nazareth, First Paper
1875
John W. Jordan
The Secession of Three Members and their Families from the Church in Philadelphia
1874
Henry A. Jacobson
Report of a Visitation by Charles Gotthold Reichel to Wyoming and Several Other Places in Luzerne County, in 1791
1874
James Henry
Account of the Organization of Nazareth Hall in 1785
1874
William C. Reichel
The Life of David Nitschmann, Wagonwright, Known as the Founder of Bethlehem
1873
Henry A. Jacobson
Extracts from Heckewelder's Diary of a Visit to Petquotting in 1789
1873
James Henry
The Visit of the Chiefs of the Six Nations to Nazareth in 1792
1872
James Henry
Moravian Manuscript Literature
1871
William C. Reichel
Disjecta Membra, Being a Fragmentary History of the Ephrata House
1870
(No speaker)
1869
Edmund de Schweinitz
Protestation of Reformed and Lutheran Churches of Philadelphia Against the Moravians, 1742
1869
Eugene Leibert
Extracts from the Diary of Bethlehem, 1742
1868
James Henry
Life in a Moravian Village in the Olden Time (Nazareth Being the Type)
1868
John C. Brickenstein
Extracts from the Diary of Bethlehem
1868
Louis R. Huebener
Extracts from the Diary of the Lititz Brethren's House
1867
James Henry
History of Christian's Spring
1866
(No speaker)
1865
James Henry
Moravian Sermons
1865
John C. Brickenstein
The Old Graveyard at Nazareth
1864
Edmund de Schweinitz
David Zeisberger (Second Paper)
1864
John C. Brickenstein
The Second Sea Congregation
1863
Charles F. Kluge
History of Hope, NJ
1863
Edmund de Schweinitz
David Zeisberger (First Paper)
1863
John C. Brickenstein
The First Sea Congregation
1862
John C. Brickenstein
Additional Extracts from the Diary of Nazareth, 1746
1861
James Henry
Moravian Vespers
1861
John C. Brickenstein
Extracts from the Diary of Nazareth, 1745 and 1746