STH: Missions & Missiology

Records of the Moravian Mission among the Indians of North America.

These records are from the Archives of the Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  The Moravians came to America in 1735 to preach the Gospel to the indigenous people.  Unlike many other missions to the Indians of the Americas, the Moravians lived and traveled with the Indian nations they were attached to throughout their mission (even as the nations were moved to other parts of the United States and Canada).  The work of the Moravians lasted until 1900, with most of their work being focused on the Delawares, Mahicans and Cherokees.  The archive consist of letters, diaries, trial reports, reports and diaries from the field, diagrams, lists of names, catalogs, conference minutes and miscellaneous records (i.e. land titles, notes, financial records). (40 reels)

These items are available in microfilm format, or rolls of film with micro images of the pages on each film.

Microfilm rolls may not leave the library, and need a microfilm reader to use. 

Please contact the Reference Librarians at sthref@bu.edu to request any rolls of microfilm and make an appointment to use the microfilm readers. Make sure to include the title of the publication as well as the years/volumes/rolls of the title that you are interested in.