Bethlehem Boarding School for Girls Administrative Documents

In 1789, just four years after reorganization of the Bethlehem Boarding School for Girls and the beginning of open enrollment for non-Moravians, Principal Joahann Andreas Hübner wrote “...to make as little Trouble to them your Tutoresses as possible, we have thought fit to lay down a plan by which all our scholars are in future desired to regulate their conduct.” The significance of authoritarian rule in loco parentis and a broader view of evolving Moravian school governance can be found in the Boarding School’s administrative documents.

James Talarico