#  The Halle Archives and the Pietist Diaspora 

 



## **November 15-16, 1997**

**Saturday, November 15**

Session I

Professor Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University

Introduction

Dr. Thomas J. Müller, Head Archivist of the Francke Foundations

"What Is Going On in the Halle Archives? Their Historical Background, Current Work, and Tips on Approaching the Sources"

Session II

Professor Marianne Wokeck, Indiana University/Purdue University

"Potential and Challenges of the Archives of the Franckesche Stiftungen for Social Historians"

Professor Aaron Fogleman, University of South Alabama

"Halle and the German Great Awakening in British North America, 1734-1755"

**Sunday, November 16**

Session III

Dr. Renate Wilson, The Johns Hopkins University

"Philanthropy, Foreign Mission, and the Pharmaceutical Trade: The Francke Foundations as a Source of Medical and Economic History"

Professor A. Gregg Roeber, Pennsylvania State University

"Unknown Diasporas? The Challenges of the Halle Archives"