Lagniappe: The Records of a 'Sober, Quiet, and Industrious People': The Archives of the Moravian Church in America, Southern Province, in Winston-Salem

Abstract

The site of the North Carolina Library Association’s 56th Biennial Conference, Winston-Salem, holds many treasures within its city limits. One of those treasures is the Archives of the Moravian Church, Southern Province. The Archives provide a historical record dating back to 1753, documenting the rise of the modern Piedmont from what was the North Carolina frontier. It was in 1753 that the Moravians, a denomination small in numbers but great in importance came to settle this area. The Moravian Records available in these archives offer the “only consecutive historical account” for this part of the State for some of the crucial years in its development.