Mrs. Molly Grogan Rawls was presented the Davis Award in 2015 in recognition for all she has done to promote and preserve history through her scholarship and writings and because of her involvement in many other worthwhile causes. Molly is a native of Winston-Salem and attended local public schools. She graduated from the University of…
For more than thirty years, this award recipient has been a behind-the-scenes force of nature in the study, interpretation, publication, and performance of music from the Moravian collections. He has promoted the musical and historical heritage of the Moravians through passionate and well-informed advocacy, brilliant and tireless research, top-quality performances and recordings, and willing and…
A former research and restoration director and a very familiar face across the decades at Old Salem, Mr. Bradford L. Rauschenberg received the 2017 Archie K. Davis which was presented by Mo and Martha Hartley on behalf of the Society. Brad was the 20th recipient of this prestigious award which is presented at each annual…
The 2018 Archie K. Davis Award for History was awarded to Paula Welshimer Locklair. Paula was recognized for her outstanding accomplishments in the field of history. Earlier in 2017, Mrs. Locklair completed 46 years of service at Old Salem Museums and Gardens where since 2005 she was Vice President of Education. She has also authored…
The 2019 Archie K. Davis Award for History was presented to Langdon E. Oppermann. Ms. Oppermann is an architectural historian and planner with the architectural firm of Joseph K. Oppermann, Architect, P.A. The firm specializes in research, restoration, and retrofitting of historic buildings. She conducts intensive-level research on the history and architectural history of buildings and…
Frederick Pfohl Spach was the 2020 recipient of the Archie K. Davis Award. Mr. Spach is a native of Winston-Salem where his family has long been involved in the business, cultural and religious affairs of our city. His roots, however, trace to the Friedberg community. He is a graduate of R.J. Reynolds High School and…
By the end of the eighteenth century there were three pipe organs in Wachovia built by David Tannenberg, an astonishing number in the new nation. In the summer of 1998, the great organ built in 1800 for Home Moravian Church and dismantled in 1913, was exhibited at the Gallery at MESDA (Museum of Early Southern…