Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
Books: Collections | MU2019/22 | Books from employees and friends of the College whom we have respected and loved: Tannreuther, Nettie Senger, Ruth Swihart, Charles Morris, Lewis Teeter and Nancy Bowman, Daniel Teeter, Anna Ikenberry,and an assortment from the E. N. Goshorn memorial collection.. |
Bookstore Financial Records | MC2007/137 | Bookstore account ledgers from 1935-1937, 1937 - 1938, 1943 - 1944, 1947 - 1948. See MC2007/137. |
Bookstore/Campus Store | MC2002/27 | Bookstore/Campus Store: The file contains fliers, memos, and booklists. See also: Oak Leaves 27 October 1960 p.2; 10 November 1960 p.1 |
Centennial: Slide Show 1989 | MC2010/75 | Centennial Slide Show - a historical overview of Manchester College. Note: These slides were digitized. |
Child and Sweatshop Labor | MC General File: Labor | Letter of concern about college bookstore purchases, by President Marden. |
Civilian Public Service Interviews | MC2012/33 | Photographs, periodicals, correspondence, audio recordings, video and VHS recordings of Manchester College students who, as conscientious objectors, served in Civilian Public Service projects during WWII. |
Civilian Public Service: Barnard Collection | MC2006/33 | Dale Barnard Collection. |
Clubs: The Y Getting to Know You Question Booklet, The Green Quiz | MC2010/29 | "Y" getting-to-know-you question and answer booklet, circa 1940 - 1947 |
College Woman's Club | Large Box 32 | Memorabilia, minutes, and records of Manchester's College Woman's Club. |
Conscientious Objection: Student information. | MC2002/296 | Card for each student serving in the military or in civilian public service during World War II. Information includes name, rank, address (while in service), class or graduation year, discharge date, killed in action date where applicable. |
East Hall: Memorabilia | MU2019/91 | Items found behind a desk and bulletin board during the 2019 Summer renovation of East Hall. |
Eberly, William: Office Files | MU2014/107 | Materials from Bill Eberly's files that describe his educational history, the development of Manchester's Environmental Science and public school educational programs, the history of Koinonia, syllabi, student notes (confidential), research data on Indiana and other lakes, Cordier biographical material, Indiana history, and Manchester College quips. |
Eisenbise, Esther: Auroras | MU2020/49 | 1917 and 1920 Aurora yearbooks belonging to alumna, Esther Eisenbise. |
Faculty and Staff, A-Z: Photographs | MC2003/225 | Large Faculty Photograph Collection including but not limited to: Photograph of Manchester College alumus, Wangdi Sherpa. Photo with Dr. William Eberly. Carl Caldwell and parents during parent's weekend, 1978 - 1979. Richard Nixon headline in newspaper with students and Stan Davis, Speech and Drama. Foodservice. Go to accession page to view listing of this assortment of faculty and staff pictures. |
Faculty Photograph Collection | Two Large Boxes: Photo Shelves | Photographs of faculty. This is a large list of faculty and a large collection of pictures. |
Financial Records of Manchester College | MC2007/137 | Financial records of the college, college classes, college student groups and organizations. Annuity Funds. Alice King Ebey: Handwritten record of income and expenses for the college including student/faculty/staff accounts. Alice King is included, see: July 7, to December 12, 1898, Alice King 7/16/1898). Clubs, societies and organizations: Account books for various clubs and organizations. Aurora, College Quartet, Lincoln Adelphia Treasurer's Book, Philalethea Cash Books, Phronia Lethea, Physics (Sigma Pi Sigma), Rhetoria - Mathea or Mathea Rhetoria Society, Science Club, Service Fellowship, Sociology Club, Tau Kappa Alpha Journal of Finances, Y.M.C.A. records for 1930 - 1931, and Women's Glee Club receipt books. Deputation Work at Manchester College 1945 - 1946: Receipts, expenditures and reports by Bill Eberly. |
Financial Records of Manchester College: Tuition and Student Receipts | MC2007/137: Student Accounts, Financial | Ledgers and receipts of tuition, typewriter and piano fees, lab fees, room and board fees to students from 1893 through at least 1942. This information is part of a much larger collection MC2007/137. |
Labor: Child and Sweatshop | MC General File: Labor, Child and Sweatshop | Letter of concern about College bookstore purchases, by President Parker Marden. |
Manchester College Postcard Collection | MC2004/722 | Student photographs: Postcards 1 | Administration Building on snowy day. Card sent on 16 July 1928 to Mr. Wm. Bender in Albion Ind. | 2 | Administration Building with American flag at entrance. Verso: text describing the new Administration Building, dedicated on 7 January 1921. | 3 | Administration Building. | 4 | Photograph of lightposts at end of sidewalk to front entrance of Administration Building. | 5 | Interior of bookstore when it was located in the basement of the Administration Building. | 6-7 | Photograph of Oakwood Hall with several women on porch. Labeled, Ladies' Home showing New Addition. | 8 | Photograph of Oakwood Hall's entrance with about twenty women on the porch. Sent to Naomi Miller in Columbiana, Ohio from Elsie (Miller?). | 9 | Photograph of group of women gathered on Oakwood Hall's porch, in about 1912 or 1913. | 10 | Photograph of construction of original gymnasium in1911. | 11 | Photograph of students posed in front of Ikenberry Hall. Some are wearing commencement garb. | 12 | Photograph of Ikenberry Hall. Labeled on front: Young Men's Hall. North Manchester, Ind. Sent on 17 May 1910 to Miss Mildred Cassel from North Manchester. | |
Manchester College: Property and Rentals | MC2007/137: Annuity Funds, Real Estate, Rents, Ledger | Financial Records of Manchester College - a larger collection MC2007/137 that includes:
- Annuity Funds, Real Estate, Rents, Ledger: 1931, 1937 - 1943, 1934 - June 30, 1944. Partially restricted.
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Mathea Rhetoria Society or Rhetoria - Mathea Society: Records | MC2007/137: Mathea Rhetoria Society or Rhetoria - Mathea Society | Financial Records for Mathea Rhetoria Society or Rhetoria - Mathea Society. These records are part of a larger collection MC2007/137. Rhetoria - Mathea or Mathea Rhetoria Society: 1939 - 1944 (in one book). 1942 - 1943, receipts 1944 (in one composition book). |
Peace: Articles | MU2018/26 | Articles regarding the topic of "peace," along with the announcement of Dr. Gladdys Muir's addition to the history department. Included are issues of "Our Young People" from the 1940's with MC related authors Dan West and Paul Keller. Articles regarding the acceptance of men returning from both civilian an military services (1944) and Japanese internment camps (1943). |
Photgraph Assortment: Buildings, College Campus, Ceremonies, Students, May Day: Photographs | MC2010/14 | A wide range of photographs of buildings, students, faculty and staff from the 1960's and 1970's. See the complete listing by linking to the accession page. |
Photographs: 1976-1977 Academic Year | MU2019/11 | Scanned images created from negatives processed from July 1976 through December 1976. Pictures from the Alumni trip to Great Britain during the summer of 1976. |
Photographs: Art, Buildings, College Campus, Ceremonies, Students, Football, Sports | MC2006/31 | Assortment of photographs of campus buildings, the construction of Holl-Kintner, the old observatory, May Day, Ikenberry Hall, students and professors, including Allen Deeter, Niswander and Glade. Also included are photographs of Football 1960 - 1976 and Martial Arts. Students in class and on campus, 1974 and earlier: 1974 photo of Yvonne Frey, Dave Ball, Margie Schaeffer. Phil Amadon, Donna Hubscher, Nancy Hood, Patricia Dickens. Photographs of pottery and painting art class. |
Photographs: Assorted | MC2006/31 | Assorted Photographs of Buildings, College Campus, Tennis Courts, Ceremonies, Students |
Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media | MU2012/119 | Photographs, negatives and other forms of visual media from Public Relations that came from the Administration Building during the office moves of 2012. These pictures are mainly from 1993. |
Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media, | MU2012/123 | Visual media from Public Relations that came from the Administration Building during the office moves of 2012. Pictures include Philanthropy Convocations and awards, graduation photos from different years, Homecoming images, faculty and student pictures, PERC and athletics photographs, music images, and campus scenes. |
Public Relations: Wall of Fame Photographs | MU2012/83 | Faculty/Staff and Student contact sheets, negatives and photographs taken for the Wall of Fame. Biographies of some individuals are attached to the picture's verso. Dates include 2003-2004, 2005 |
Relief and Rehabilitation: Article Collection, C.P.S. Camp 101 | MC2002/50 | Article Collection: "Action of U.S. Congress." Gospel Messenger 92.31 (July 31, 1943): 17. "Education for Service in Relief and Reconstruction Organized…" Gospel Messenger 92.20 (May 15, 1943): 19. "Foreign Relief Training." Gospel Messenger 92.41 (October 9, 1943): 14-15. "Manchester Unit." Second Mile [publication of C.P.S. Camp #48, Marienville, PA]. July 1943. "Plans for Manchester Relief Corps." Gospel Messenger 92.32 (August 7, 1943): 21. |
Relief and Rehabilitation: C.P.S. Camp 101, Registrar's Records | MC2002/295 | Matriculation cards for all students enrolled in Manchester's 10-week relief training program. Student information included: name, marital status, rooming location, parent's name, home address, courses, grades. |
Relief and Rehabilitation: C.P.S. Unit 101 | MC2002/236 | C.P.S. Unit 101
"Possible Criteria for Selecting Personnel for Relief and Reconstruction Training"
"A Handbook on Relief and Rehabilitation"
"General Background Material, Including Reference Works"
"Relief Administration--A Bibliography"
"Guide for Developing Questions for Project Records"
"Relief Training School--Courses Offered" |
Relief and Rehabilitation: C.P.S. Unit 101, Registrar's Records | MC2004/9 | C.P.S. Unit 101 Registrar's Records along with a brief history and reference material describing the creation of CPS Camp 101 and its sub-camps, of which Manchester College was one. Manchester College's 10-week program was directed locally by Dr. Andrew W. Cordier. The sixty-seventy CPS'ers were chosen by Brethren Service Committee, and the plan was for them to leave the country and begin relief and rehabilitation work immediately after the program's completion. |
Relief and Rehabilitation: Garver Papers, C.P.S. Camp 101 | MC2004/73 | "Statement of Policy for C.P.S. Camp 101 Research Unit." |
Sanger, Lola: Interview, 1988 | MC General File: Transcripts | Transcript of Lola Sanger Tape, 20 September 1988 interviewed by Ferne Baldwin. |
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 1 - 20 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 1-20 | The materials in these folders were identified, probably by Schwalm, as "confidential files." They contain personal, College, and Church of the Brethren related correspondence. |
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 161 - 169 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files – Folders 161 - 169 | A vast assortment of correspondence and materials from a variety of sources concerning personal and professionally related topics. Some are related to the Church of the Brethren One letter of interest regards Mr. Max Pinney, Huntington, Indiana, who donated a charcoal drawing of Roanoke Classical Seminary (by the artist, Hansacre, of Chicago) to Manchester College. |
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 45-53 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 45-53 | Schwalm's materials surrounding President Otho Winger and family, including Otho's funeral service and tribute to Oscar Winger. Letters regarding Schwalm's book on Otho Winger. Assorted correspondence with Dan West, Gladdys Muir and others. |
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 62-104 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 62-104 | Correspondence bidding Schwalm farewell as he leaves Manchester College as Dean and heads west as President of McPherson College in Kansas. Letters of congratulation and support and appreciation regarding his great ability. The return of Schwalm to Manchester College as President and materials related to his inaugural event. Also, The Church of the Brethren celebrates its 250th anniversary, Schwalm gives tribute to Carl Holl, Manchester College experiences challenges during WWII. Correspondence between Schwalm and students in Civilian Public Service and students in the military. Schwalm works with the Board of Trustees, and faces staff and student issues. Schwalm's retirement and gift from the Board of Trustees offering theSchwalms a trip to Europe and Africa. Career following retirement and dedication of Schwalm Hall. Materials surrounding, "My Educational Pilgrimage," by Schwalm and a look into Schwalm's life following his presidency. A small collection on the history of Manchester College. Various writings by Schwalm including but not limited to the drafts, "College Life Since World War II," "Christian Higher Education in the Church of the Brethren at Mid Century," and "The Development of the Sciences at Manchester College." Correspondence with A. Blair Helman. |
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence with Andrew Cordier | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files | Decades of correspondence between Vernon Schwalm and Andrew Cordier. Cordier gives detailed accounts of behind-the-scenes activity at the United Nations during the Cold War, and the reader can watch the situation in the Congo unfold. Cordier's role in the Cuban missile Crisis is described to Schwalm as are events on the Columbia University campus during a period of student uprising in the the 1960's. Cordier is always in the thick of things and his descriptions of political figures and events are intriguing. |
Service Fellowship | MC2007/137: Service Fellowship (General Fund, Relief, Work Camps | Part of a larger collection, records for Service Fellowship, a student group, contain financial records for General, Relief and Work Camps, for the years 1939 - 1940 and 1940 - 1941. |
Stafford, William: Collection | MC2005/13: William Stafford Collection | William Stafford (1914-1993), US Poet Laureate 1970, received Relief and Rehabilitation* training in Civilian Public Service Camp 101 at Manchester College 1943, was member of MC English faculty 1955-56, and visited the college many other times. See letter in collection for further information. |
Tau Kappa Alpha: Finances | MC2007/137: Tau Kappa Alpha | Tau Kappa Alpha: Journal of Finances 1937 - 1947 (one book) and Record of Minutes (May 17, 1937 - April 30, 1947) one book. This material is part of a larger collection entitled, "Financial Records of Manchester College," MC2007/137. |