With an annual Archives Project, we draw your attention to specific concerns of the Unity Archives. To finance these specific tasks, donations are collected annually. In the past, this included for instance repackaging measures, restoration of books and a large-format painting. In addition, further funding projects were launched, which especially serve to preserve the archival holdings. You are welcome to find out more about current and past projects on this page.

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In 2026, the Unity Archives is planning to repackage its collection of stamps and wax seal stamps in accordance with archival standards. This will require a specific number of cardboard boxes and inlays to divide the boxes. The collection of stamps and wax seal stamps, all related to the Moravian Church, currently comprises 205 catalogued stamps and wax seal stamps with more still to be cataloged. These include stamps and wax seal stamps from the Provincial Board, bishops, courts, individuals and various institutions of the Moravian Church.

Further information about the Archives' Project 2026

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In 2025, the Unity Archives would like to safe and restore a unique parish register from the first Herrnhut mission station Friedensthal on the island of St. Croix, now the American Virgin Islands. Parish registers are chronological lists of official church ceremonies. The special aspect of this parish register lies in the names and family relationships recorded, and also geographical origins of the enslaved people who were reached by the Moravian Mission. With the restoration of this parish register, the Unity Archives would like to preserve the information recorded and thus also make a contribution to the reappraisal of Moravian missionary history.

Further information about the Archives' Project 2025