Index Moravian Mission ~ Indiens d'Amérique du Nord ~ Fliegel~1970

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Up for sale is an enormous volume, Index to the Records of the Moravian Mission Among the Indians of North America. Compiled by Reverend Carl John Fliegel. An unbelievable resource.

Published by Research Publications, Inc. New Haven 1970. Contains volumes 1 and 2 in one giant book. Folio of over 1400 pages. Remains in very good condition. Tight square binding. Clean unmarked pages.

In general, it was the custom of the Moravians – especially during the early period – to keep voluminous records, and the records of the Indian mission are no exception, totaling perhaps 50,000 pages. The missionaries carefully recorded the activities at each place in diaries, letters, church registers and catalogs, and other types of writings. In the diary they wrote a day-by-day account of happenings, by no means limited to religious matters. They made frequent references to the hunt, to Indian wars, to food, to health, to the weather, to travelers passing through, to journeys, to pastoral counseling situations, i.e., to a wide spectrum of human activity. Copies or abstracts of these diaries were circulated around the white congregations for information and edification. The letters sent to headquarters in Bethlehem were more likely to be private, often dealing with personal matters and problems. The registers and catalogs were the means to keep track of the member -–when they were born, baptized, confirmed, married, buried, etc. In this case the names of all the Indian converts are known, along with sometimes very detailed information about them.

The majority of the records are written in German script, but a great deal of English also appears. German was the language used in most of the Moravian churches in America at the time, but even in the early years there were some Moravians who spoke or wrote English. Thus there are some English originals and many contemporary translations into English included among these materials. Furthermore, most of the correspondence with government officials is written in English. For the researcher’s convenience, several extensive translations into English, made in recent years, have been included in the colleciton;8 still other translations are readily available in print.

The use of these records through the years constitutes a history in itself. The earliest use was for the Moravian Church’s own informational and record-keeping system. In addition, some of the documents, such as the Delaware Hymnal, were printed for the use of the mission while it still existed. The Moravian Church has retained its interest in the Indian mission; many articles concerning the Indians have appeared in church publications up to this day. Many of the translations and books about the mission have been done by Moravian historians.

One of the first non-Moravian scholars to take an interest in the mission was Peter S. Du Ponceau of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, who corresponded with Heckewelder.9 Since then, many scholars in a wide range of disciplines – history, literature, theology, art, geography, geology, climatology, anthropology, archeology, sociology, linguistics, genealogy, etc. – have used these materials. Many articles and books have been published.10 It is interesting to note that one of Lawrence Henry Gipson’s early works was as editor for a translation of the White River, Indiana, mission records.11

Much of the emphasis for the study of the Moravian records has come from state and local historians, particularly in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Canada. Ohio is a good example of the inter-relationship between these records and the historical sensitivity of the state. In 1908 the centennial of David Zeisberger’s death was observed with church services, speeches, poems, and a visit to Zeisberger’s grave at Goshen, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Articles were published in the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. In 1923 the state of Ohio began to purchase the farm land constituting the site of Schoenbrunn (established in 1772), with the intent of reconstructing the Moravian Indian village. Although the buildings had long since disappeared, the exact locations for the foundations – including Zeisberger’s fireplace – were discovered with the aid of a map found in the Archives in Bethlehem. Much additional information was found in the Moravian records to assist in the reconstruction. The reconstructed village is located in Schoenbrunn Memorial Park, New Philadelphia, Ohio.12

Arrangement of the Records

The present basis arrangement of these materials is the work of the late Reverend Carl John Fliegel (1886-1961), Research Assistant at the Archives of the Moravian Church from 1952 to his death. A native of Germany, Fliegel literally read every word on about 25,000 pages of these manuscripts, looking for information about the elusive Walam Olum, or "Red Score."13 At the same time he prepared a gigantic card index consisting of an estimated 30,000 cards with 135,000 entries. Some researchers find all the information they need in Fliegel’s index and do not even have to consult the records. For others, it is a comprehensive finding aid which eliminates extensive scanning.

Fliegel arranged the materials in several large categories. His first category, devoted to the various mission stations, is arranged in rough chronological order. The earlier stations were in the East, the later stations in the West. His next category, called Personalia, consists of letters and documents written by missionaries and others. The arrangement here is alphabetically by author. The next category, Generalia, contains a great variety of documents, many of them of great importance. The last category, Indian Languages, contains the linguistic materials. Fliegel numbered each box and each folder within the box; normally he identified each item within the folder. Fliegel’s general system of arrangement has been followed for materials located in recent years, but no additions have been made to his card index.

  • Year Printed: 1970

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