Accession # | MC2010/180 |
Topic | Physical Plant 1981: Fleet of Vehicles |
Keywords | Physical Plant, |
Title | Newspaper Article: "College Maintains Fleet of 16 Vehicles," 1981 |
Size | 1 File |
Location | MC General File: Physical Plant |
Citation | Newspaper Article: "College Maintains Fleet of 16 Vehicles," 1981, MC2010/180, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. |
Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. |
Provenance | Unknown, in Archives prior to April 2006 |
Scope and Content | Newspaper article from unknown paper dated 9 November 1981 about the existence and maintenance of Manchester College's fleet of vehicles. |
Date of Accession | 12 November 2010 |
Bio History Note | In 1981 the College maintained a fleet of 16 vehicles: five vans, four Chevettes, one Granada, two Fairmonts, two pick-ups, a dump truck and a flat-bed truck. The vehicles were all Chevrolets or Fords. Physical Plant workers also used four three-seat golf carts to travel around campus. The carts ran on rechargeable batteries and cost 50 cents per day to operate. |
Archivist Note | Description prepared 12 November 2010 by Jeanine M. Wine. |