Adelaide Lisetta Fries (November 12, 1871- November 29, 1949) was the foremost scholar of the history and genealogy of the Moravians in the southern United States. She made important contributions to the field as an archivist, translator, author, and editor. She translated the Moravian diaries from Wachovia to English, and published the compilation as Records of the Moravians in North Carolina in 1922.