{"id":20172,"date":"2022-10-06T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=20172"},"modified":"2022-10-06T23:29:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T23:29:04","slug":"celebrating-the-bhla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2022\/celebrating-the-bhla\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Brethren Historical Library and Archives during National Archives Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>By Jen Houser<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October is National Archives Awareness Month! Archives everywhere are a wonderful tool that anyone can utilize to learn more about any topic they are interested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brethren Historical Library and Archives (BHLA) started in 1936 as the J.H. Moore Memorial Library. Over the past decades, the BHLA has evolved into the official repository for the denomination\u2019s records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BHLA holds more than 4,000 books, more than 35,000 photographs, and countless linear feet of documents and files that capture our denomination\u2019s vast history. With aid from the Brethren Heritage Center and various Brethren college and university archives, the BHLA can be an excellent resource in aiding in any historical research or questions that you may have about the Church of the Brethren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on how to contact us or to learn more, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bhla\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/bhla\">www.brethren.org\/bhla<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8212; Jen Houser is director of the Brethren Historical Library and Archives, located at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Ill.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/BHLA-photobyCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-350px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/BHLA-photobyCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-350px.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/BHLA-photobyCherylBrumbaugh-Cayford-350px-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption><em>A glimpse of the Brethren Historical Library and Archives at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Ill. Photo by Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background has-small-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#d5dde6\"><em><strong>Please pray\u2026<\/strong> For the ministry of the Brethren Historical Library and Archives, and the work of its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/BHLA-1700s-publications-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/BHLA-1700s-publications-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/BHLA-1700s-publications-600px-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/BHLA-1700s-publications-600px-560x332.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><em>One of the German-language Bibles from some of the oldest parts of the collection at the Brethren Historical Library and Archives. Photo courtesy of the BHLA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/new-interim-leadership-positions\/\">Madalyn Metzger and Rhonda Pittman Gingrich to serve in new interim positions with the Church of the Brethren<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-church-of-the-brethren-communion-meets\/\">Global Church of the Brethren Communion meets in Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/grant-of-500000-to-church-supports-bdm\/\">Grant of $500,000 to the Church of the Brethren will support Brethren Disaster Ministries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-at-work-in-the-dr\/\">Discovering joys, challenges, and God at work with the churches in the Dominican Republic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/global-mission-executive-visits-burundi\/\">Global Mission executive visits Church of the Brethren in Burundi, meets with church leaders from Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October is National Archives Awareness Month! 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