| Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
| Hensler, Irma: Diploma, Two Year Normal, 1927 | MC2004/187 | Irma Hensler, 1927: Diploma completing Two Year Normal Course of Study. |
| Manchester College 1953: Religion | MC2010/182 | "Manchester College, Liberal Arts School Puts Emphasis On Religion," Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, 18 January 1953. A history of Manchester College and the aims and objectives of the institution as seen in 1953. |
| Oak Leaves, 7 March 1925 | MC2011/110 | One Oak Leaves from Manchester College 7 March 1925 with many interesting articles. |
| Schwalm: Messiah, Aurora, Schwalm Inauguration | MC2008/76 | 1. MC2008/76 a: One "Oak Leaves" including article regarding the 1941 production of Handel's Messiah. 2. MC2008/76 b: One 1920 Aurora. 3. MC2008/76 c: One "Manchester Bulletin, Inauguration Number," Vol. 32, No. 201, November 1941, with the headline, "Dr. Schwalm Installed as President." |
| Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Committee Materials, Conscientious Objection | MC2002/2m | A. Blair Helman Papers (MC2002/2) Correspondence, certificate for registration of a claim to copyright (for seventy-fifth anniversary book), minutes of historical committee meetings, copy of Manchester's wartime policy (shared by President Schwalm in early days of WWII), schedule of events for anniversary celebration Conscientious Objection: World War II statement. |
| Shafer, Edith Yaney Photograph Collection | MC2003/47 | Edith Yaney Shafer Photograph Collection, including photographs of tennis (men's and women's), students, activities, residence life, the famous spoonholder, and buildings on campus. Photographs of Vernon Schwalm, who would later become President of Manchester College. |
| World War Two - Record Collection | MC2011/132 | A series of recordings done for Homecoming 1943. They might have been pre-recorded for broadcast by WOWO Ft. Wayne. They show the effects that WWII had on Manchester College. - War has taken 3/4th of our boys.
- Intercollegiate football and basketball are part of war casualities.
- College feels deeply the tragic effects of war.
- 165 freshmen enrolled.
- Enrollment of 270 women and 90 men. This unbalance among men and women makes life interesting (that is, for the men).
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