Statistics: Student enrollment and statistics. Observations for 1945 - 1946.  Report for 1922 - 1947.

History of the Administration Building.

Photographs:  Special Events photograph collection

Manchester College Banner Collection.

Advancement Christmas card, promotional materials, mission and vision statement, posters, Church of the Brethren connection, events, societies, self-study, float plan for a parade, and more.  Read the accession page for a complete listing.

VHS tapes and cassette tapes documenting significant events on the Manchester College campus, including Step Up to the Future (1987) as part of the Centennial Campaign. Focus on the college's Centennial year.  Brochures on the Ministry Training Institute and Training in Ministry.  Church of the Brethren pamphlets, some authored by faculty or alumni of Manchester College.

Welcome Weaver, Manchester College alumnus, Class of 193.

Welcome Weaver: President's Club program celebrating Welcome Weaver, his family, and Weaver Popcorn.

Alexander Mack Genealogical information.

DVDs -  (1) "The Friends of Manchester College Golf Outing, Looking Back on 15 Years" (1990 forward). (2) the Manchester experience, preparing graduates to think deeply and critically, with attention to the benefits of the Auburn Golf Outing.

Video clips - Student Union (now Jo Young Switzer Center) renovation, time- elapsed photography of construction.

Church of the Brethren relations - programs from the Alumni Luncheons at Church of the Brethren  Annual Conferences 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.

Alumni Directory (1939) with notes.

Alumni Directory 1960.

Class of 1951 Senior Recognition Day program.

Notecard prints of watercolors campus buildings by Deb Hammond (MC Class of 1992).

Programs; Athletic Hall of Fame - luncheon and induction ceremony 2000 - "M" Club induction (undated) - Citation for  the 1994-1995 Basketball Team (Athletic Hall of Fame 2000).

1941 - 1991 Golden Anniversary booklet for the Class of 1941.

1999 Alumni Day Banquet program, with Honor Award recipients, and Golden Anniversary of Class of 1949.

2001 and 2002 Alumni Day Banquet program.

Manchester College song written by Lucile Klinger and Henrietta Wassman.

"Bulletin" focusing on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barry Goldwater visits.

Special Events Photograph Collection

VHS and digitized footage of the Manchester College Alumni Tour to Europe in July 1990.

Bill Eberly narrates tour and describes scenes in Schwarzenau, Germany, birthplace of the Church of the Brethren.

June1895 Agreement between Citizens' Committee of North Manchester and representatives of the German Baptist College which proposes location at this point.

1895 articles of association (charters) filed in the Office of the Secretary of State for "Manchester College" and "The Bible School,"  including role of Trustees and the German Baptist Brethren.

1902 - "Manchester College"- a body politic and corporate, authorized and empowered by the laws of the State of Indiana to proceed to carry out the objects of its organization, signed by Hunt, Secretary of State.

September 1902 Department of State Certificate - Articles of Association.

Secretary of State, Ed Jackson, provides copy of 1902 articles of incorporation in September 1920.

Copy of Articles of Incorporation June 1937 showing history of incorporation by copying information from 1902 document. 

1944 authorization of Schwalm and Ikenberry to execute all instruments pertaining to the business of Manchester College - "Certified Copy of Articles of Incorporation" - Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company, Inc.

Charter - Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company, copy of document filed January 1931 and various revisions.

Correspondence with Secretary's of State.

Dissolution of Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company, Inc. September 1943.

B.S.C.M. (Brethren Student Christian Movement):

See:  Religious Activities; Oak Leaves 17 September 1964 p.1; 19 November 1964 p.1; 10 December 1964 p.3

Material related to A. Ferne Baldwin who was a Manchester College Professor of Social Work and Sociology and History from 1969 - 1989, and also served as Sociology Department Head.  

Pictures and memorabilia of Ferne Baldwin.

Objects in the collection of former Manchester College Archivist and Professor, Ferne Baldwin.  The collection includes assorted MC historical materials and records.

Newspaper article about Camp Mack with a large spotlight on Manchester College alumnus, Arden Ball.

Newspaper article about Executive Director, Arden Ball and improvements to the camp. 

Men's Baseball statistics and record books, newspaper articles, press releases, newsletters, and other materials ranging from 1949 - 2014. A scattering of information about Women's Baseball.

One family bible printed in 1773 and 1774 donated to the collection by Howard H. Helman, great great grandson of Marguit (Marguerite?) Bowman. Birth registries are included.

See Intercultural Center; Winger Hall, Ida.

Bethany Seminary feature in Manchester College Bulletin, circa 1921.

Personal information about individuals on the Board of Trustees.

Correspondence and materials relating to the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee including committee materials, Church of the Brethren district ratification forms, membership lists and memos from the presidents to the Board of Trustees 1956 - 2002.

The original, signed contract for Professor Book's first year of teaching at Manchester (1900-1901), with the original envelope.  An additional short memo from R.C. Hollinger (Secretary of the Executive Committee) is included.

Photographs of boy scouts and scouting activities.

Assorted materials about Brethren Colleges Abroad including historical information and compositions.

1998-99 Itineraries for Xalapa, Strasbourg, Nancy, Sapporo, Quito, Marburg, Dalian, Cochin, Cheltenham, Athens.

Admissions booklet "Brethren Colleges Abroad 35 Years of International Studies."

Poster "Study Abroad with BCA"

Application for Academic Year and One-Semester Programs

Sample letters to prospective BCA students from Allen C. Deeter, dated March and September 1996.

Proposal and reports Correspondence.

File 1: 1983-99.

Brethren College Abroad material.

See also:  MC2002/290; also Oak Leaves 27 September 1967, p.2; 11 October 1967; 10 January 1968, p.4; 3 April 1968, p.3; 8 May 1968, p.1; 15 May 1968, p.5.

Brethren Colleges Abroad materials from the files of Manchester College professor, Allen Deeter.  Personal awards and diplomas and commendations. CONFIDENTIAL - materials deal with student and employee information.

"Report of the Proceedings of the Brethren World Assembly," July 1992.

NOT YET FULLY DESCRIBED OR ACCESSIONED.

Holiday cards sent by Brethren Colleges Abroad.

One commemorative booklet, Brethren Colleges Abroad, in Celebration of 30 Years of International Studies.

Newspaper article regarding Dr. Dale Brown-Bieber's participation in a work camp within the country of Nigeria. A brief biography of physician, Brown-Bieber, and historical account of the Church of the Brethren's work within Nigeria, is also included.

Newspaper clippings of Schwalms personal reflections on a transatlantic tour, including a report on the Church of the Brethren mission in Nigeria and Brethren Service Camps in Europe.Tour

BYPD at Manchester College.

List of cabinet members from 1922.

See Also:  BYPD in the Church of the Brethren.

One pamphlet, "Guide to Research in Brethren History," Compiled by Donald Durnbaugh through the Church of the Brethren Historical Committee, 1968. 

It lists resources and sources for studying brethren history and gives the locations of various repositories of brethren collections.

Images include but are not limited to: 1954-1955, 1954-19581954-1955 at Lake Webster, 1955 May Day, 1955-1956 Winger Fine Arts Building, 1955-1956 at Bonnie's Lake, 1955-1956 Brown County photos, 1955-1956 Donita and Ike vows, 1955-1956 Carolyn's "tubbing" at engagement, 1957 May Day, a July 1957 wedding and trip to Virginia, 1957-1958 events.

Also included are photos of "Uncle Turner Kline."

This is not a bible, but a book written in German.  It appears to contain the Buck family record of births, 1818-1937.

Bwala, Dr. Hyedima, BA from Manchester College in 1971.  LLD from Manchester College in 1992.  

Alumni Award recipient.  Included is a photo of Dr. Bwala presenting President Helman with a gift.

History and general information about Camp Mack.

Photographs:  Canoe, lake and water pictures. One old photo possibly circa the 1920's?

Campus Ministry Board Survey conducted to assist the Campus Ministry Board in planning the spring semester campus wide retreat, "Speak your mind: at Manchester?"

A book presented to Manchester College by Hung Nien Cheng, President of Chi-nan University, Shanghai, July, 1930.  The subject is the funeral/burial procession of General Sun Yat-sen, sometimes referred to as the "father of modern China." 

The Christian Herald and Signs of Our Times, 1889 may have been utilized in the early days of Manchester College when  Professor David Howe was President of the institution.  

Church and Higher Education statements. 

See Also:

Congregational Outreach brochure, MC2008/203,h

Gospel Messenger 8 September 1945 p.7-8; 15 September 1945 p.9-10; 22 September 1945 p.11-12; 12 January 1946 p.11-13; 23 February 1946 p.8-9; 9 March 1946 p.3-4, 25-26; 27 April 1946 p.8; 6 July 1946 p.23; 30 November 1946 p.5-13; 8 November 1947 p.9-10, 11-12; Manchester College Bulletin July 1950 p.1; June 1951 p.1; November 1951 p.2; June 1952 p.4; Oak Leaves 6 October 1960 p.1; Religious Activities.

Materials from various events including the program from the "11th Annual Church as Peacemaker Conference, March 8-9, 1992."

One schedule for the China Seminar that was held on campus April 20-21, 1972.

Brochures for Church Leaders' Conference, 1975-1985.

Papers written for Professor Kendall Roger's class on Brethren heritage.  They range in date from 1990 to 1992.  The topics are varied and include but are not limited to: Church of the Brethren history, the legacy of certain individuals,  architecture,  Brethren beliefs and Church of the Brethren programs.

See the accession page for a complete listing of this collection that includes but is not limited to: Indiana church history, Brethren meetings and annual conferences, sunday school materials and publications, images of Schreisheim, Germany (birthplace of Alexander Mack), Church of the Brethren anniversary materials, Brethren Service in Puerto Rico, Nathan Leopold, West Manchester Church of the Brethren early membership list, and congregational transfer of membership letters from the 1800's.

Church of the Brethren Annual Conference Material from the A. Blair Helman Papers:

• "A Statement on the Church and Its Colleges" dated June 1960.
• "Statement on Position and Practices of The Church of the Brethren in Relation to War" dated June 1948.
• Correspondence regarding 1959 annual conference.
• What Is Man?" dated June 1966.

Abortion.

"Human Sexuality from a Christian perspective, Church of the Brethren Annual Conference Statement," circa 1983.

"A Statement on The Church and Its Colleges," Adopted by the COB Annual Conference, 1960.

"A Statement of the Church of the Brethren on War," and "Biblical Basis of a Peace Witness."

"How Shall We do justice? Let U Count the Ways," by Howard Royer.

"Militarism and Education, a Report," by David Frantz.

"The Brethren and the Work Ethic," by Donald E. Miller.

Programs for the play "In His Steps."

Materials probably intended for the new history book, "Planting the Faith in a New Land: the History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana: "The Brethren in Huntington County, Indiana 1945 -1970," by L. W. Shultz - Notation of prominent individuals from Indiana with roots within the Church of the Brethren -  List of Indiana Churches - Cover-page, "...Sketch of The Brethren of Northern Indiana" - "A Brief Sketch of The Brethren, Generally Known as 'Dunkards' of Northern Indiana," by Opperman, 1897, and additional correspondence regarding the new COB historical publication. 

"Supportive Congregations Network," a network of Mennonite, General Conference Mennonite and Church of the Brethren congregations which welcome gay, lesbian and bisexual members, and related publications.

South Central Indiana District Senior Citizen Program, a working paper.

1993 Statistical Report for the Church of the Brethren with data for  individual congregations.

Hearings Before the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization, a Statement by M. Guy West, Church of the Brethren, 29 November 1955.

Copy of "The Ministerial Bulletin," published by the General Ministerial Board of the Church of the Brethren, June 1927.

"Congregational Organization and Polity," with signature of Edith Mae Hill.

 Leaflet from 1894 - Sunday School Meeting at the Brethren Church, Cerro Gordo, Illinois,1894.

Miscellaneous Church of the Brethren Related Pamphlets and Articles on Peace and conscientious objection.

Church of the Brethren Regional Youth Conference Materials.

See Also: MC2009/71-CY: Church of the Brethren Youth Conference for posters of Regional Youth Conference at Manchester College, 1980, 1982, 1985. 

Give Peace A Chance, Regional Youth Conference held at Manchester College April 16 - 18, 1982: poster.

The file contains copies of the church relations newsletter from years 1966-1988. Also included are newspaper articles, public relations statements, Church of the Brethren district "thank you" reports.

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 (CPS) clippings collection.

Correspondence and photos from Delbert Blickenstaff regarding Dr. Virginia Keller's CPS oral history project:

• The B-Complex Experiment

"Proposed Section for Alternative Service," "Brethren Service Committee Meeting Agenda," "General Statement on Civilian Public Service by Brethren Service Committee," News of Brethren Service v.1:1 (September 1945), "Some Facts and Figures on Brethren Service Relief Goods," "Some Facts and Figures on Brethren Service," "Comparative Statement of Receipts and Disbursements of Brethren Service Committee [April 23 1945]," "Minutes of Brethren Service Committee [June 6 1944]," 

Correspondence regarding dance instruction controversy, "Concerns to Be Presented to BSC," correspondence between Earl Garver and Eldon Burke regarding monograph on Puerto Rico, collection of letters to the editor of The Bedford Bulletin and The Bedford Democrat regarding Camp Bedford, "Organization of Camp Bedford Government," "Qualifications for the Assistant Directorship," "Campers at Lyndhurst July 17, 1943"

CPS camp publications. Starvation experiment.

For updates about the starvation experiment review the 1945 issues of the Gospel Messenger.

Garver papers, correspondence. Some material might be confidential.

Civilian Public Service camps, photographs, publications and events, including but not limited to: 

• Pictures from Waldport, Camp #56, in Washington State.
• Holly Inn, Pinehurst, North Carolina. "May 15, 1945 - July 6, 1945, Room 302, "A Typical Pneumonia Guinea Pig Experiment.
• Starvation experiment of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene at the University of Minnesota, Angel Keys, Ph D., Director.
• The Reporter, Vol. V, No. 7, March 1947.
• The Compass, Summer and Fall, 1944.
• Smoke Jumper bi-annual.

For updates about the starvation experiment review the 1945 issues of the Gospel Messenger.

Photographs dating from 1896 forward until circa the 1960's portraying clubs, groups and organizations at Manchester College. Most of the images predate the 1920's.

Material related to Ruth Coblentz, Head Librarian, Manchester College, including:

"A Tribute to a Mentor," by Norma Bruce, MC alumna.

College Woman's Club Records: Minutes, directories (1912 forward),  newspaper articles, alumni interviews, financial materials, arrangements for events.

Bill for postage, rosebud and vase, expenses for cards and postage, 1995, Arrangements for Christmas Tea, 1996.

See also:

• Civilian Public Service Bibliography; Committees-Postwar Planning; Conscientious Objection; Manchester College Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute v.27 (1997); Memorabilia; Relief and Rehabilitation; Wartime
• Karl Kime, Supreme Court transcripts BC2007/7 located in the Brethren People file and videotaped interview MC2008/06.

Conscientious objector poster. Poster entitled "The Conscientious Objector in America."  Shows 6003 CO's and their locations as of March 4, 1943, plus other statistics.  Back side shows locations of CPS camps across the United States.

"Men Starve in Minnesota, Conscientious Objectors Volunteer For Strict Hunger Tests To Study Europe's Food Problem," article in unknown publication with large photographs.  Shown are Samuel Legg, Edward Cowles, James Plaugher and Dr. Ancel Keys [MC2003/333].

For updates about the starvation experiment review the 1945 issues of the Gospel Messenger.

During this 9/29/1980 convocation, Donald F. Durnbaugh receives the degree, Doctor of Humane Letters.  The degree is conferred by President Helman. Dr. Durnbaugh then gives the presentation, "Confessions of a Searcher."

Social Science Festival Speaker and Manchester alumna, Marty Smeltzer West,  talks about, "One Woman's Journey into the Legal Profession," and "Confrontation with Choice."  We as women are faced with many choices, and many different roles that we are asked to play and that we want to play. 

Professor Colburn (Psychology), introduces Ms. West.

"Remembering World War II," was presented on 11 November 2002. Professor Katherine Tinsley gives an overview of "Armistice Day" and "Veterans Day," and intervies three MC alumni about their experiences during WWII; Gene Stone, Onita Johnson, Gilbert Weldy.

Photographs of Convocation and Public Programs sponsored by Manchester College (identified by speaker/performer and/or year).

A listing of Convocation cassette tapes and recordings.  Some of these recordings have been digitized but this list does not reflect this information . 

Dr. Anna Mow graduated from Manchester Collage in 1918.  A Church of the Brethren icon, Anna speaks on "Spiritual Vitality and the American Family."

A photograph collection of convocation participants and events.  Most individuals in the pictures have been identified.

Program from 11 March 1955 Laymen's Citation Awards Ceremony.  Short biographies are included.

The Collection of Louise (Cordier) King, daughter of Andrew Cordier and Louise (Butterbaugh) Cordier. Louise's photographs from "The Seven Year Itch," and personal family momentos, including recording of Andrew Cordier's memorial service in North Manchester, IN.

Research references for Franklin Henry Crumpacker and Anna Newland Crumpacker.

Transcription and interpretation of the Bertha (Hoover) Culler and Edward Culler diaries. Hoover and Culler family history written by their foster son, Jacob C. Wine, Jr.

The file contains biographical information about Manchester College alumnus, Joseph Cunningham.

See also: Joseph Cunningham Photograph Collection, MC2004/725

Student Development – (1983–1987) -Judicial System – Disciplinary Actions - appeals, correspondence, judicial system, pledges of office.

StudentDevelopment – Residence Life (Fall 1969-Spring 1982) – Conduct violations -“Schwalm March” (1982) residence hall issues – publication, “ThoseCollege Days” - hall contracts and procedures.

Student Development – UnionProgram Council Minutes (1982-1983) – including 1984 May Day1986 Breakaway Week.

Student Development – UnionProgram Council – Correspondence, 1974 through 1985-1986.

CONFIDENTIAL - Dean ofStudents –  Materials 1980-1983 –including but not limited to: Annual Report of the Student Development Program, AAFROHouse Activity Program, ideas forcombating racism, Student Activities,Discipline, Residence Life, Campus Ministry Board, Career Planning andPlacement.

Dean ofStudents Materials Fall 1977-Spring1980 – Community Judicial System (Community Court), Faculty Professional Studies programs – studentaltercations – Residence Life Staff, 1978-1979 – Student Health ServicesLicensing – 1978 Annual Report of the Office of the Dean of Students to thePresident – Revised Alternative Living Option - discussion of co-educationalhousing (1973).

CONFIDENTIAL - StudentDevelopment – General File – 1983-1985 – including but not limited to:Annual Report of the Student Development Program from the Dean of StudentDevelopment to the President of Manchester College, 15 March 1985 –responsibilities of the Counselor and Coordinator of Minority Affairs – alcohollaws from the State of Indiana – residence hall survey results – recommendations on guest hours in residence halls – TheLaw  Related to Use of Videotapes andVCRs on Campus (1984) licensing restrictions – Annual Report of the StudentDevelopment Program from the Dean of Student Development to the President ofManchester College.

CONFIDENTIAL - StudentDevelopment – General, 1985-1986 – including but not limited to: The AnnualReport of the Student Development Program form the Dean of Student Development Stan Escott) to the President of Manchester College, 17 March 1986 – letters of sympathy to family members of those who have died.

Student Development – CareerPlanning and Placement, 1975-1986

Student Development –Living-Learning Organization (formerly called Calvin Ulrey Living LearningCenter), 1976 – 1986; Discussion for and against the Calvin Ulrey Living Learning Center – Evaluations – Reports – Recommendations –Executive Council Minutes -

Student Development –Director of Placement, 195 8-1959 through 1974-1975, Job Placement (Class of 1974), 1973 Federal Summer Intern Program College Participations – Special Report: Student Demonstrations and College Placement (1967) – Philosophy of College Placement as adopted in1962 – letters from companies looking for employees.

Assistant to the President,1967-1983 – Salary Outlay and Increases 1983 – Enrollment Projections (Fall 1983) – Admissions statistics (1976-1982) – Trends in Institutional Vitality (1980) – Staff Benefits  – BasicCollege Costs (1976-1977) – servicing equipment in the transformer vaults – Vocational Interest of Freshmen  – Medical Professions – Indiana Colleges andUniversities statistics regarding total costs, tuition, fees, room and board – Church of the Brethren students – Indiana Corporations contributions to MC.

Vice President, 1983-1986–Manchester College faculty with Doctorates, Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees – faculty rank [Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Instructor,Lecturer, Library Faculty] – 1979 study of freshmen [Office of Institutional Research] – new College Seal.

Student Development - psychiatric services.

Various types of scholarship announcements, large formatted checks and names of recipients from Academic Year 1995 - 1996, Dean's Scholarship, newsclippings.  Scholarship Information Assortment. 

• Material related to Allen Deeter, Religion and Philosophy.
• Allen Deeter: "What Kind of Pacifist Are You," from the BVS Training Unit, 10 August 1973.
• Allen Deeter: Thomas Cowley correspondence.

Ethnographic art collected by Allen Deeter, Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Manchester College.

Diploma from Bethany Biblical Seminary -  India correspondence - Ken Brown/Al Deeter 1969 correspondence - "I'll never make the mistake gain of putting institutional hopes above people who can love, fear, laugh, and share, " (Ken Brown) -  materials and lectures related to January Term 1996 in India and the course, "THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA" - additional course materials: Confucian and Buddhist Worlds, Hindu and Muslim Worlds, Islam and it's Impact on Today's World, Introduction to the Old Testament  (Faith of Israel), Introduction to the New Testament, Religions and War, Christian Ethics, Religious Classics, World Religions (Universidad Veracruzana), Religion and Politics in the USA, (Universidad Veracruzana), History and Thought of Christianity I, History and Thought of Christianity II, Contemporary Christian Thought, Peace and the Non-Western World, Religious Classics, Conflict Resolution - Religions and War, SIMULATION: 'The Final Settlement,' World's Living Religions, Introduction to Philosophy, Peace Studies curriculum, Special January Term Peace Studies Courses.

Department of Religion and Philosophy - COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS and STUDY GUIDES

Deeter articles: "India Report,"1995, on fulfilling study goals in India - "Teach-In" at Manchester College following 9/11 - "Muslims in the Middle East Conflict" - "Religion in America"- "Role of Religion in the Asian Work Ethic" - "Here I Stand Theologically, as of January 10, 1968" - "US and Next Door Neighbors," (Indiana Youth Camp, 1967) - "The University and Social Change," delivered at USIS Madras -  "The Necessity to Get Out of Vietnam and Re-Order Our National Priorities" - "Membership in the Body of Christ as Interpreted by Classical Pietism" - "The Anti-Cultic Tradition in Israel and the New Testament." 1970 letter to those interested in Non-Violent Social Change.

Correspondence, 1958 -1978 including but not limited to: Gladdys Muir's retirement, Peace Studies News-Letters from Gladdys Muir with handwritten notes, Memo from MC Treasurer regarding Gladdys Muir's library and retirement matters, the effect that a resignation would have on the Peace Studies program, Deeter's doctoral thesis, Conflict Resolution proposal, discussions with Professor William Schuhle, Ken Brown, Grady Snyder, Donald E. Miller, Dale Aukerman, and Linda Rehfeldt.

Materials related to: Council for Intercultural Studies and Programs, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Environmental Studies at Manchester, Brethren Volunteer Service, India 1973, 1978, India Delegation, 1975-1976, On Earth Peace, Testimony to Senate Subcommittee on Education - United States Peace Academy, On Earth Peace Academy, 1975-1976, World Without War Council, 1976. Deeter syllabi, papers, and Brethren Heritage materials.

Photographs of Manchester College alumna, Yvonne Dilling, from a seminar on Manchester College campus.

Diversity Photograph Collection.

Dolby, Mattie Cunningham. She and her brother, Joseph, were the first African-American students at Manchester College. One of the first female ministers in the Church of the Brethren.

See also:

•  Alumni Card for Mattie Cunningham Dolby MC2004/689.
•  See granting of petition to drop "Christian Evidences" in Faculty Minutes 1900, MC2009/100a.

• "The Brethren Encyclopedia."

See Also: The Brethren Encyclopedia and Manchester College Alumni.

It is not known if this picture was taken at Manchester College or Mt. Morris College, however it was not found wtih the Mt. Morris materials.  Portrait photographs hang on the wall and an archivist might be able to identify these individuals and identify the location.  Each character is in a costume.  It appears as if the following costumes are represented and perhaps the players are the cast of a variety show or vaudeville presentation:

Chinese

Brethren man in collar and hat

White man in black face with top hat holding a child in fur cap on lap

One man reclining in a suit and hat holding a laughing mask

Cowboys

Nun or woman in burka with face exposed

Lady wrapped in a striped flag with a ribbon of stars.

Manchester College position statements and policies on drugs and alcohol.  Drug, Sex and Alcohol Survey (undated).

Poster for Earth Day, "Go Plant a Tree!!!, Earthday Celebration 20 years."

Materials from William Eberly's collection related to Bill's professional career and personal library. Eloise Eberly's College Woman's Club directories. Letter to Eloise from Bill's January Term trip West (circa 1976) and related snapshots. Notebook documenting Bill's participation in the "Citizen Ambassador Program (China)." Programs: Groundbreaking Celebration for the MC Recital Hall (March 2004) - Dedication of the Norman and Grace Wine Recital Hall (October 2004) - Celebrating the Marden Years (2005). 1889 Scholarship granted to Samuel Miller. Charles Lekrone's reflections on President Howe and early North Manchester College, including classrooms in future Ikenberry home. The history of Tall Oaks. "Environmental Education, The Big Picture," by Eberly (1991). Video of the dedication of Koinonia, 21 April 1990.

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.

Adam Ebey Collection: Collection of grade reports, Sunday School certificates, and other material documenting Adam Ebey's time at Mount Morris and Manchester Colleges.

"Stories of Days Long Gone in the Acme School, North Manchester, Indiana," by Bertha Miller Neher.

1973 compilation by Gary Zimmerman:  "Manchester College Graduates as Manchester College Faculty," a study showing the number of Manchester College voting faculty members from each Church of the Brethren college and from other colleges.

Russell Bollinger: Photograph with Kintner, Hartsough and Beahm.  H. L. Hartsough served as pastor of Manchester Church of the Brethren.

For more information on H. L. Hartsough see See: Gospel Messenger, 7 April 1945 p.12; 5 May 1945 p.12; 19 May 1945 p.20; 2 June 1945 p.12; 1 September 1945 p.12; 6 April 1946 p.7-9; 16 November 1946 p.5-6, 10-11; 8 November 1947 p.5-6.

Material regarding Eldon Eugene Fahs. Included is a bulletin for E. Fahs' memorial service.

Photographs - See 3 large Faculty/Staff photograph boxes, IS, Unit #7, in alphabetical order.

During the Church Leaders Conference, October 1980, Dr. Warren Groff, President of Bethany Theological Seminary, speaks on family under the lordship of Christ. Dr.Virginia Mollenkott speaks on "Sexuality and the Formation of Family," October 1980. She deals with the Biblical basis for male and female equality within the covenant community. 

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.

Recipient of the Sargent Shriver Award by the National Peace Corps Association, and an honorary doctorate from Manchester College, Loren Finnell is a member of the Manchester College Class of 1964.

He composed a draft of a autobiography entitled, "Still a County Boy.....After having been around the world a couple of times, The memoirs of Loren Finnell." In this manuscript Loren relates his experience at Manchester College, including a clandestine trip to Washington, D.C. for a "Ban the Bomb" demonstration.

Materials authored by Manchester College Alumnus, Charles Flory.  Including:

The Day of Small Things, Homecoming Address, Church of the Brethren, Nokesville, Virginia, 25 October 1970.

The first full-time General Secretary of the General Sunday School Board in the Church of the Brethren, Ezra Flory, minister, elder, and educator, was the father of MC alumnus, Paul Flory. Ezra Flory received his Master of Arts degree from Manchester College in 1918.

Material related to Robert Frantz, including a personal history describing the influence that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had on the life of Bob Frantz.

Funderburg Family Materials from the collection of Truman Funderburgh, including but not limited to: Harmon Gray, Funderburg,, Loma Hart, Kenneth Fogle, William Gray Harmon, Hill, Funderburk, Marjorie Nell Lauver/John Funderburg Lauver, Frank Harrowing, "From the Castle," Earl Lloyd, Guy Funderburk, Lazarus Funderburgh, WIlliam Funderberg family, J. C. Funderburgh, Richard Funderburgh, Rosetta Funderburgh, Brown, Boone, Joseph Miller, Jesse Funderburg, Jacob Funderburgh, Alvin Funderburg, Walter Funderberg, Deeton Cottage, Elmer Arnold, Edith Funderburgh, Mrs. George Funderburgh

Library News Briefs, Funderburg Library Volume 4, Number 5, March, 1970.  Attached to the briefs is a report showing volumes added to the collection between 1 February 1970 and 2 March 1970.

Another report shows the expansion of volumes from 1 March 1970 to 1 April 1970. Titles of the volumes are also provided.

Photographs of the construction of Funderburg Library (1966)and floor plans, Allen Wilmert and Rob Gratz with Paul Kantbambi of the University of Malawi, May 1988, the 1992 National Library Week Reception, pictures of sculptures, artwork and library equipment, musical instruments, photos of faculty, staff and students....and many more.

Carl Cawood Papers:  Patricia Kennedy Helman Lounge Donor Correspondence.

Digital images of the Gladdys Muir Peace Garden landscape/architectural plans by designer, Daniel Krall ('68), and photo record of the garden's development. Article related to the formation of the garden by Tim McElwee.

President WIlliam Robinson: Commencement Photograph Collection, 1993.

Honorary Degree recipient: Andrew Murray.

Honorary Degree recipient: Howard Brembeck.

Many faculty/staff, students and alumni are identified in this set of photographs.

This photograph of a graduation event is not titled or dated so one can not be sure if it related to Manchester College or not.  It was found with photographs of Manchester College, Mount Morris College and pictures related to the Church of the Brethren.  The image was made by "Rickert Studio, Huntington, Indiana," a town close to Manchester College, so therefore could be Manchester College or a related institution.  Evidence pointing away from Manchester College comes from the lack of individuals dressed in Brethren garb. There might be one man in a Brethren collar at the back table towards the viewer's left. Manchester College Faculty and Staff are not identifable.

Personal and Assorted departmental files from Joy Groninger, Publications and Design.

Moy Gwong was the first international student to receive a degree from Manchester College in 1920.  He went on to be an outstanding Church of the Brethren missionary in China.

Materials related to Moy Gwong, Manchester Class of 1920.

Material related to Paul Halladay, who taught Music at Manchester College from 1928 - 1967.

Halladay's materials for church congregations produced through the Board of Christian Education, Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Illinois..

Newspaper article about Professor Boebel's play, "Memory Speaks: North Manchester Celebrates its First 150 Years."

One newspaper article from around 1986 that tells of North Manchester's search for a town slogan.

One personal letter that refers to the Church of the Brethren missionaries, the Dr. Hamers, and gives short vignettes about past Manchester College presidents, including Otho Winger and Professor Crouch and what life was like as a student.

This informative DVD/CD combination has pictures of individuals throughout the world who have received livestock from Heifer International as well as pictures of volunteers who have contributed to Heifer International.  Also is information about Dan West as well as the Andy Murray songs:

"Cowboy Dan" and "One Person at a Time"

Material related to Jeriann Heiser, MC Admissions counselor.

File 2  Correspondence of similar nature to File 1, from churches.

Messenger article, July 1976 on A. Blair Helman and Patricia Helman.

Curriculum Review: Planning Committee - Curriculum,  Student Welfare, Spiritual Life, Recreation, Physical Education & Athletics, Public Relations, Finance, Faculty Development, Curriculum, Buildings.

Kenneth Brown, Religion and Philosophy: Protests

On 13 May 1969, a mass marriage ceremony and tent-in took place on the Manchester College campus.  The purpose was to initiate a "change in attitude...tak[ing] the form of students assuming freedom and responsibility in determining the direction of their lives."

President Vernon Schwalm's Letter Regarding Tensions in the Church of the Brethren

• Responses to President Schwalm's letter from pastors, district executives, Church of the Brethren College presidents.

During the Vietnam War era, Manchester College faced criticism from its own students as well as from outside entities. Correspondence and other material regarding the College's handling of the issues surrounding the Vietnam War.

Pat Helman narrates a slide presentation delivered at Manchester Church of the Brethren on the topic of understanding God.  Other voices join in.

Church of the Brethren Tours led by L. W. Shultz.

Professor Ken Brown's Sermon Regarding Participation in 1977 Peace Walk and A-Bomb Conference, Japan.

Extensive collection of photographs, publications and memorabilia from the collection of Leona Row Eller from her participation in the World Friendship Center,  Hiroshima, Japan.

Files of the Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren Historical Committee, historical resources,  and congregational surveys. Information related to the following congregations:

Arnold's Grove, Auburn, Baugo, Beacon Heights, Cedar Lake, Forest Grove, Goshen, Goshen City, Middlebury, Osceola, New Paris, North Liberty, North Webster, Pine Creek, Plymouth, Rock Run, South Bend City, Syracuse, Union, Wakarusa, Wawaka, and Camp Alexander Mack 65th anniversary celebration.

History: Church of the Brethren history mural.

See Also: Professor L. W. Shultz gives a narration of the paintings included in the history mural.  See the Digital Media Cabinet.

Bavender, Christine.  "Manchester Born as a Seminary."  Wabash Plain Dealer.  2 May 1989.

Ferne Baldwin's word-processed notes from The College Standard.

"Manchester College."  Undated, unsigned document describing the history of the College.

"Manchester College Begins 85th Year This September."  Unknown newspaper.  16 August 1973.

"Manchester College Dates Back to 1860 in Roanoke."  Wabash Plain-Dealer & Times Star.  17 May 1941.

Schwalm, V.F.  "Some Periods and Persons in the History of M.C."  Text of speech given by V. F. Schwalm during A. Blair Helman's tenure as president.

Notecards with typewritten notes about College history.

"The Immortal J. N.," Jacob Newman Free, was a frequent visitor of Warsaw, Indiana and Kosciusko County. He had long, flowing gray hair and would gather a crowd on a street corner and make an address on various topics.  He never lingered long in one place.  This folder contains his history, image, and several stories.

Material related to Lloyd M. Hoff.

See also:   Lloyd M. Hoff obituary in the Edith Miller Collection as well as MC2004/203, Alumni award in leather folder that was awarded posthumously to Lloyd M. Hoff on 22 May 1976.

Carl Holl photograph collection. *Some pictures deaccessioned and given to Carolyn Holl Leffel, sister of Carl W. Holl, Jr.

Homecoming Photograph Collection

Primarily black and white pictures, photographed by Scott McAlpine at Homecoming 1992 (10/17)

Manchester College as experienced by Oca Howard, MC Class of 1932.  Also included are Alumni Association materials.

Material relating to L. D. Ikenberry.

Material regarding L. D. Ikenberry [Levi Daniel] who between 1900 and 1943,taught mathematics, science, astronomy, pedagogy, geology, and served as treasurer, vice president, and acting president of Manchester College.  Ikenberry Hall was named in his honor.  He died on December 29, 1957.

Interview of Wilbur Dunbar by Ferne Baldwin regarding Wilbur's Grandfather, L. D. Ikenberry.  Personal letter telling stories about his grandfather.

The book, "Memories of...Manchester," by Otho Winger, former President of Manchester College, pgs.39-40. The accession page offers excerpts of President Winger's experiences on campus caring for students during the flu epidemic circa 1918. :

See Also: Oak Leaves, December 1918 p.7, 8, 9, 10-12, 13; January 1919 p.6, 7, 8, 9, 11-12; February 1919 p.7, 10; March 1919 p.10; April 1919 p.8, 10; May 1919 p.2-4; Aurora, 1919 p.6-7, 21, 36,

Material related to Kathy Kamphoefner, a peace activist, and in 1995 was an Assistant Professor of Communications. 

"Faculty Annual Report," Department of Communication Studies, 1997.

"Talking About Peace: Palestinian Narratives about the Current Peace Process in Hebron," Kathy Kamphoefner, 15 October 1997.

Newspaper articles regarding Kamphoeffner's Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron and the resulting Israeli detention.

Auroras and Church of the Brethren material, from the Edward Kintner Collection, including:

Full Report of the Proceedings of the Brethren's Annual Meeting Held at Bellefontaine, Ohio, June 1-3, 1903.  Bulletin from services of dedication of Christianburg [VA] Church of the Brethren (dated 14 December 1958).  Minutes of the First Conference of the Church of the Brethren South/Central District of Indiana (dated 31 July 1971).  Minutes of Joint Board Meetings of the Middle District of Indiana (dated 1920-1922). Church of the Brethren membership records.

Material related to Edward Kintner, Professor, Manchester College.

Textbook with the handwritten name of Edward Kintner on the cover.  The title of the book is "Guide To The Study Of The Anatomy Of The Shark, Nexturus, And The Cat," by Samuel Eddy, Clarence P. Oliver, John P. Turner, Second Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sones, Inc., London: Chapman &  Hall, Limited.

For more information on Edward Kintner see, "The Story of the Natural Sciences at Manchester College," by WIlliam R. Eberly.

Audio recording of Professor Edward Kintner's funeral. 

Material related to Charles Klingler, English Department.

See also: Gospel Messenger 29 March 1947 p.15; 28 June 1947 p.3-4 

L. W. Shultz and the Kurtz organ at the Church of the Brethren General Board in Elgin.

Momentos from Ruth Naomi Smith who attended Manchester from 7 September 1937 thorugh 2 June 1941, examples include.:

Handcrafted Mother & Daughter Banquet invitation.

One 1936 Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Otho Winger with a photo of the Otho Winger family.

"Rules for Freshman Initiation," probably from the Fall of 1937.

Collection of articles, publications, letters, videos, and photographs dealing with Dr. Hamer's time in Nigeria, especially his connection with the discovery of the Lassa Fever Virus.

President Jo describes a mural at Parkview North emergency room in which she was a participating artist. Her work honored the lives of MC alumni, John Hamer and Esther Hamer, who served as medical missionaries in Nigeria.  Dr. Hamer helped discover one of the world's deadliest viruses -- Lassa Fever.

Two other Manchester College alumni were also honored; Dr. Jane Weaver and Daryl Yost.

Laymen's Citation Award Program:

• Those honored in 1955 were:  Wilbur Stover Barnhart, Dr. Curtis Buford Bowman, Nevin L. Coppock, Joseph Benjamin Flora, Theo Allen Hoover, Harold Kenneth Loutsenhizer, Thurl Donald Metzger, Dr. Daryl McCoid Parker, F. Willard Powers, Orion J. Stover, Modena Minnich Studebaker, and Daniel West.

Portrait of Mattie Nicholas Lear (Mrs. John Lear), Church of the Brethren female minister, and instructor at Mount Morris College from 1879 - 1881. A typewritten history is included.

History, Indiana and Local: These appear to be local obituaries from (a)1891 and  from (b) 1949 through 1979.  Some are members of the Church of the Brethren:

A bound book of Executive Committee and Church Board Minutes,1969 - 1975. 

A variety of reports, directories, and financial statements for Manchester Church of the Brethren.

Mt. Morris College Material: Student Body pictures [1907, 1908], approximately 150 postcard and postcard size photos, [1909-1912], other photos [1920's], baccalaureate address [1907], Mt. Morris College Students Guide [1927], and other publications and newspaper clippings. Photographs of the fire's devestation.

Manchester College Material: Postcard, M.C. Mission Band [1917], snapshots of campus and people [1917-1929], Commencement Week Booklet [1925], Manchester College Bulletin, 4 (August, 1911):22, 7, and program, Manchester College A Capella Choir, n.d, Arthur Kennedy, Director, V. F. Schwalm, President. 

Church Relations - objectives, resources, and implementation.

Materials dealing with the relationship between Manchester College and the Church of the Brethren.

See Also:  "Eccho," a Manchester College newsletter targeted toward Church of the Brethren audience.

Manchester College and the Church of the Brethren: Bulletin insert for "Christian College Day."  

Manchester College and the Church of the Brethren: Brethren High School Day. 

See Also: MC2008/203e Manchester College and the Church of the Brethren, Advancement poster: "Manchester College, A College of the Church of the Brethren, Sustaining and Challenging Students on Their Faith Journeys." Part of the larger collection MC2008/203.

MC2008/203h: "MCO, Manchester Congregational Outreach," brochure located in the MC General File: Congregational Outreach.

Manchester College Celebrates Heifer Project International May 20, 1995. Commencement 1995  - photograph of students with heifer and letter to Bill Eberly from President Parker Marden.

Dr. William Robinson speaks at Pike Creek COB (1990), Centennial Celebration auction, Dagny Boebel offers Shakespeare course, David Eicher gives recital (1990), "The Glass Menagerie" (1990), “Good Health and Quality Health Care” workshop, IN State graduate degree to Robert Plummer, Mary Bombich and James Clark in "Hamlet," Dr. R. H. Miller officiates at Guthrie funeral service,Du Pont awards two grants (1963), Carol Stubbs in "Hamlet," Ed Johnston in "Fantasticks," Martha Smeltzer in "Hamlet," City schools employ MC graduates (report by Howard Book), MC appreciates community support (1995), "Oak Leaves" theft of papers and return (1975), Lynn Baker, Howard Sollenberger, A. Blair and Pat Helman, art shows, Public Programs, COB events on campus, new phone system, Charolotte Schutz Deavel, Doris Garey books, Deeter (Religion vs. Christian Tradition requirements), grade change policy (1996), Perry Graham/Peace Center, Nuclear Warfare, Men and Women's Soccer newspaper clippings.

Letter to Timothy K. Jones of Manchester College by Robert S. Zigler, Washington, DC.  The letter starts:

"Here's the stuff re MC and the contribution to a better world."

A list cites Manchester College graduates that have been involved in Relief, Rehabilitation and/or Development.

Materials related to Manchester College including the diploma of Bill's father, John Eberly, Class of 1929. 

Articles of historical interest and significance to Manchester College and to the Town of North Manchester.

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.

Photograph of the old Manchester College Seal.

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).

Thurl Donald Metzger is a Manchester College alumnus and member of Manchester College Class of 1938.   He was a recipient of the Laymen's Citation Award, an award given by Manchester College to honor outstanding members of the Church of the Brethren.

Letters from A. Blair Helman to Reverend Wayne Zunkel, editor of the Brethren Peace Fellowship Newsletter and to Ron Keener of the General Offices of the CoB.  Dated 30 June 1979 and 17 February 1971, respectively.

Materials from 1980, when President Carter reinstated the registration for the draft.

Much more material than can be described. Please go into the accession page to read Scope and Contents. The collection includes the following but is vastly larger:

Obituaries, information on the Shull children, photograph of son of Moy Gwong,  "Memory Speaks, North Manchester Celebrates Its First 150 Years," program for play written by Dr. Charles Boebel, article from "The Noble County American," Albion, Indiana, Thursday, June 24, 1982, pg. 7 regarding the Potawatomi Chief Simon Pokagon, Last Chief of the Potawatomies, personal information about Edith Alice Miller, letter by Otho about his wife's, Ida's death, and Class of 1926 Information, as saved by Edith Miller.

For more information on Edith Alice Miller see West Manchester Church of the Brethren.

A collection of scanned excerpts from Arthur Showalter's  photograph album reflecting his Manchester College and Church of the Brethren experience from Fall 1925 through Spring 1928, including a trip to Annual Conference (Summer 1928).

Material related to R. H. Miller.

For more material related to R. H. Miller, see: Gospel Messenger, 24 February 1945 p.8-9; 3 March 1945 p.4-5; 24 March 1945 p.4-5; 14 April 1945 p.14; 23 June 1945 p.12; 16 February 1946 p.14-15; 29 March 1947 p.5-6; 2 August 1947 p.8-9; Manchester College Bulletin, January 1949 p.1; February 1949 p.2; February 1950 p.2; March 1953 p.2; July 1953 p.2.

Elder Robert Henry Miller, minister in the Church of the Brethren had a son, Manchester College Professor Robert Henry Miller, a minister as well.  The accession page gives information about both father and son. MC2009/87 is the manuscript of an unpublished book by Professor R. H. Miller, "Comments on the Gospel of John."

Miller, Robert Henry (1825-1892) obituary in the Gospel Messenger.

Postcard of the Volunteer Mission Band of Manchester College, 1913 and 1914

The postcard is addressed to Mrs. [T.?] S. Eikenberry, Arcanum, Ohio RR

"Sun. eve, five min till C.W. meeting.  This is a picture of the famous Volunteer Mission Band of M.C.  Basket Ball is becoming popular.  We Freshmen vs Srs 20 - 12 [ ...?...] School work about as usual.  Would be glad to hear from you more. 

[S..?..r]"

Missionary Reading Circle Association of North Manchester, Indiana: Minutes 1902 - 1905.

Half page, handwritten descriptions of eight plants.

Qualifications for a Foreign Missionary and missionary wife - Reorganization Plan of COB Home Mission Work to carry on the work of Church Extension in America and the World. - 1925 Report of the Regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the C. B. I. S. Held at the School 9 1925 along with Recommendations for the Idaho request  - Private School Inspection form - Balance Sheet and Statement For Year Ending 1913, 1916,1919, 1925 for the Brethren Publishing House, and Schedule of Business for Directors meeting of the Brethren Publishing House, 1925 - Newspaper clippings - 1942 clipping recapping President Schwalm's Lion's Club speech -"Odd-Fellowship" and its history and Why Christians cannot belong - Secret Societies - 1922 Brethren Publishing House Financial Report - Buying Brethren Publishing Co. stock to support missionary work - Young People's Commission appeal promoting their own publication -  Manchester College Audit Report for F/Y 1935 - Manchester College and Manchester College Foundation and Holding Co., Inc. audits,1937 -  Preliminary meeting and estimates for Fine Arts Building construction and pledge reports - Official Reports of the General Mission Board 1920-1927 - Helser correspondence - Early Nigerian missionary conflicts - Correspondence 1920 forward, between Charles Bonsack and Otho Winger, including the1937 Japanese capture of the China mission area - Correspondence between the General Brotherhood Board and missionaries in India and China (1913 - 1918) - Copies of  Business/Financial Reports/and Minutes of the Church of the Brethren General Mission Board (1912 -1947).

Material related to Robert Mock, minister to students.

See Also: Photograph of Robert Mock MC2006/31.

Biographical notes about Ira and Mabel Moomaw compiled by Ferne Baldwin, former College Archivist, Rita Schroll, Development Secretary, and others.  Included is a scan of the Emperor of India Gold Medal awarded to I W Moomaw.

See Also:   Mabel Moomaw's memorial service as part of MC2004/358.

• Mount Morris Alumni Card File

Mount Morris College Academic Department Permanent Records - grade cards from 1889-1890,  including cards of Mary (Emmert) Stover and Adam Eby.

Photograph of Mount Morris Faculty, 1886 - 1887.

Lucile Buck Kinsley's Mount Morris College Memorabilia Collection circa 1932.

Mount Morris College Memorabilia: 1906 through 1931.

The Merger of Mount Morris College and Manchester College

Mount Morris: Copy of agreement to merge with Manchester College and other legal documents

Mount Morris College - miscellaneous permanent records. Academy records.

Permanent records of Mt. Morris College, arranged alphabetically.

Fourteen photographs of Mount Morris College.

Register of the Students of Mount Morris College from September 1904 through school year 1920 - 1921.

Miriam Stover's Mount Morris College Memorabilia Collection, circa 1913 - 1920.

Richard Edwards and John Harvey Parr, who were teachers of Jane Addams in Cedarville, Illinois - later taught at the Rock River Seminary.  Rock River Seminary closed in 1878 and reopened as Mount Morris College.

One flyer from 1880 advertising Mt. Morris College to interested Brethren.

Materials related to the Mount Morris Memorial Endowment Fund - held by General Education Board - Church of the Brethren.

Promoting Enduring Peace Collection MC2004/383.

Peace Studies Institute Committee Minutes MC2004/361.

Gladdys Muir Papers: "The Place of Brethren Colleges...Peace Leadership" MC2004/282.

Gladdys Muir Letter Collection MC2003/369.

Peace Studies Institute Records MC2004/161.

"War is Contrary to the Will of God," July 1941.

Gladdys Muir Papers:  "The Place of Brethren Colleges in Preparing Men and Women for Peace Leadership."

This large collection of materials ranging from MC2009/7-A  -  MC2009/71-V,j1a,b includes printed and hand-made posters and other memorabilia accumulated throughout the years in the Manchester College Archives. 

Photographs of Jim Myer and others taken in Petersime Chapel 1987-1988 at what appears to be a seminar or conference. 

Copy of the publication, "Faith, Learning and Service: A Commitment Recalled," with a photograph of President Helman greeting James Myer and Robert Neff during the 1984 Church Leaders' Conference.

Materials related to the students who were employed as a "normal" in a control group against individuals who were "less than normal," or having some sort of medical deficiency or problem. The studies took place at the National Institute of Health.

Signed letter from Minerva Neher, missionary to Shou Yang, Shansi, China, dated 18 August 1936.

 O. W. Neher served as Acting President at Mount Morris College following the presidency of Professor W. W. Peters and prior to that of C. Ernest Davies. His dates at Mount Morris spanned from 1924-1932.   When a fire forced Mount Morris to close its doors and merge with Manchester College, Neher came to Manchester and taught Biology from 1932-1954.

For additional material regarding O. W. Neher, see: Manchester College Bulletin ,January 1977 p.10.  Faculty File in Vault containing confidential information.  The public segment of this file contains Neher's obituary, memorial service and remarks by President Helman, as well as Neher's sermon "Nature and God."

Eleven issues of the Newsletter of the North Manchester Historical Society, Inc., containing historical information about events and figures of North Manchester.  Some of these people are connected to Manchester College.

Office of Institutional Research:  SAT Scores of Incoming Freshmen, Admissions Committee Rules, Reports and Comparisons for the 1970's and 1980's.

Materials designed and/or printed by the Manchester College Office of Printing Services for many College departmets.  See "Scope and Content."

Student lists, schedules and evaluations 1984 - 1987 ending with correspondence from early 1988. 

See also: Deputation Teams.

Dale Oxender is an alumnus of MC and a prominent scientist. Five boxes containing personal items, certificates/awards, photographs, science equipment and writings, etc.etc.

See also, "The Story of the Natural Sciences at Manchester College," by William R. Eberly.

"Pacifist Handbook, Questions and Answers Concerning the Pacifist in Wartime, prepared as a Basis for Study and Discussion," June, 1939.

See Also:  Church of the Brethren; Gospel Messenger, 22 June 1946 p.8; Manchester College Bulletin, January 1952 p.4; July 1952 p.1; Oak Leaves 30 January 1964 p.2; 13 February 1964 p.2;13 May 1965 p.2; Peace; Photo Box 58.

"50 Years, 1998 Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute."

"Releasing the Doves," by Thomas Healy, published on 23 May 2003 by CommonDreams.org. "Peace Studies was first formalized as a course of study in 1948 at Manchester College, a liberal arts college in northern Indiana affiliated with the Church of the Brethren." Information on Ken Brown and Andrew Cordier.

Representatives from different faiths give their tradition's perspectives on peace in an event sponsored by the Manchester College Peace Studies Program and the Manchester Church of the Brethren.

"Report of Special Committee--Recommendations to Brethren Colleges Regarding Brethren Values."  (Committee: Vernon Schwalm, Dan West, P.L. Huffaker).

"Brethren Statement on Peace." Undated and unsigned.

"Basic Brethren Ideas."  Dan West.

"The Guiding Principles and Program Objectives of Brethren Service."  Undated and unsigned.

Wilbur Mullen, Muir letter and Vernier letter regarding student tour to Europe during the summer of 1950 or 1951.

1.  MC2008/117a - One letter from Dr. Gladdys Muir, 1959.1
2.  MC2008/117b -One letter from Philip Vernier of Belgium circa 1950 - 1951.
3.  One letter from Wilbur Mullen to Ken Brown.

A collection of photographs representing residence life, May Day events, A Cappella Choir, religious life, classes and athletics at Manchester College circa 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962.

Images of what appears to be one or two events, possibly with alumni, at Manchester College.  President Helman is sitting next to an individual that might be Church of the Brethren leader, M. R. Zigler?

Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. January 1999 through July 1999.

Snapshots of the Pine Creek Church of the Brethren.

• Antique postcard of the First Brethren Church with a sign, "God is Calling You," above the door.
• Oakwood Hall, Manchester College.
• Panoramic view of Manchester College, showing Gymnasium/Auditorium and Power House (with smokestack), and Science Building with Greenhouse.
• Gymnasium/auditorium, Manchester College.
• Fountain, Manchester College.
• Chime tower, Administration Building, Manchester College.

• File Folder MC2009/71-A: A Cappella Choir
• File Folder MC2009/71-AL: Artist Lecture Series
• File Folder MC2009/71-B: Brethren Colleges Abroad
• File Folder MC2009/71-C: Children's Theatre
• File Folder MC2009/71-CB: Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble
• File Folder MC2009/71-CH: Choral Events
• File Folder MC2009/71-CY: Church of the Brethren Youth Conference
• File Folder MC2009/71-D: Dances
• File Folder MC2009/71-E: Events on Campus
• File Folder MC2009/71-MSO: Manchester Civic and Symphony Orchestra
• File Folder MC2009/71-MU: Music Department
• File Folder MC2009/71-PEV: Performances and Events
• File Folder MC2009/71-PMOA: Plays, Musicals, One Acts
• File Folder MC2009/71-SP: Sports, Posters with Football schedules.
• File Folder MC2009/71-V: Various, including Admissions Material, Parents' Weekend, Fundraising, Phonathon, Graphics Department

Posters about campus events and various scholarships.

Major Report for "Focus on the 70's" Campaign. Materials related to the Church of the Brethren Education Query 1987-1989 with the intent of strengthening the relationship between church and education. Brethren Colleges Abroad Materials 1988 -1992.  Church of the Brethren Committee on Higher Education materials for the years 1985 -1992.

Parker Marden materials: Memos, reports, faculty/staff news, hate-email, commitment to diversity, thoughts about September 11, campus telephone directory, student activity calendar, alumni hometown tour invitations, and much more.

President's Newsletters from 1991 - 1999.

"Brethren Life and Thought," Volume III, Autumn 1958, Number 4 - with articles from Church of the Brethren presidents and faculties.

McFadden files including institutional self-study, strategic planning, admissions, COBCOA, College of Pharmacy, board of trustees, and Church of the Brethren materials.

Primarily Helman but some Robinson material. Topics include: Brethren Colleges Abroad, Church of the Brethren Committee on Higher Education, Church of the Brethren Church Leaders Conference, Church of the Brethren Review and Evaluation Committee, Greenville Brethren's Home: financial concerns and reorganization.

A large collection of materials ranging from MC2009/7-A  -  MC2009/71-V,j1a,b consisting of  printed and hand-made posters and other memorabilia that accumulated throughout the years in the Manchester College Archives. 

Deeds of property owned or administered by Manchester College and Mount Morris College, including property divided with the Church of the Brethren. Documents of agreement between MC and Calvin Ulrey and Miriam Ulrey. Lots including Railroad Addition North Manchester (Judge John Comstock). Cook family property. Koinonia. Property associated with Eel River Church of the Brethren. Insurance policies (property/equipment/autos).

1895 articles of incorporation and charter (E. S. Young) - also documents following administration change 1900 and also the formation and dissolution of Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company.

Protests: Records, memos, programs, statements, articles.

The Church of the Brethren Standing Committee shares with Annual Conference the resolution and action taken by the District of Southern Ohio - "A Resolution on Campus Disorder."

Statement from Stanford University to parents of Stanford undergraduates 19 May 1970.

Draft of Manchester College's policy related to calls for moratoriums on "business as usual," with a bibliography for when and where previous policies can be found.

Memo regarding 13 March 1970 student/non-student violation of College rules and policy in regard to protest.

Articles related to Manchester University(2015) include but are not limited to:

Abigail Fuller (minimum wage), Phil Wright (emergency doctor back on the front line), Gerad Good (men's basketball head coach), Benson Onyeji (Iran agreement), Tiana Maclin and Aja Michael (millennials honored), Heather Schilling (call on teachers), Leonard Williams, Thelma Rohrer and Tim Ogden (new deans), social work program earns perfect reaccreditation score, volunteers clean Eel River,college sexual-assault rules, Adam Hohman (online education), MU exemplifies career pathway programs, Nicole Sauder (Teacher of the Week), Lisa Updike Starks (Young Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award), Chris Garber (illness and obituary),  President Dave McFadden (seek out and learn from those who are different, Wanda Will Button), Pharmacogenomics Master's Degree, MU one of "Best in Midwest,'" Brad Pyrah (married same-sex couples and tax season), student newspaper wins statewide awards, students selected (Inaugural Fellows for a new Greater Fort Wayne Inc.), Holly Beer ("Vote 'yes' for Fremont Community Schools"), MU degree first of kind (genetic-based drugs wave of future), antidiscrimination policy at MU(sexual orientation and gender identity), Dwight Farringer (interest in science shouldn't be discouraged), Ahmed Abdelmageed (adding pharmacists to health care team), Tim McElwee - Melanie Harmon (VP for Academic Resources, Names Advancement Leader), Mark Huntington (Associate Dean for Natural and Health Sciences), Jack Gochenaur (Nonprofit CFO of the Year), death of Rowan Daggett, Emma Nellans (working with an autistic child), death of Bill Scott, Maggie Wimberly (Wabash Habitat for Humanity), MU honors Bob Keller and Dee Keller, Athletic Hall of Fame inductees [(Donna (Shively )Moudy, Heather (Harshman) Turk, Todd Saylor, Todd Saunders, Joe Phillips, Andy McClain] ,Holiday Community Events, Robert Pettit (Disneyland), Tiana Maclin (recognized for community involvement), Whitney Caudill (member of  Embassy Theatre board and board member of YMCA Northeast Indiana.), pharmacy students (link between DNA and medical results), K-3 students experience MU during "Walk Into My Future" event, 2015, "Manchester U. Launches First-of-Its-Kind Degree," Brian Henriksen poison ivy), colleges and universities collaborate to align with business work-force needs," campus lockdown following threats, Graduation 2015 Set for May 17,"MU Men's Tennis .500 for Weekend," "MU Baseball Team Geared up for Conference Tourney," Neil Wollman (Democrats need to unite to defeat Pence), MU's program expands academic offerings, "Small schools sidestep Sweet Briar's struggles," Debra Futa (director of the St. Joseph County Public Library), Deanna Beckner (Faith in Action Award from  Office of Religious Life), honoring Rachel Polando (in photo with student, Emma Scheumann), Jim Brumbaugh-Smith, and Katharine Ings, promotions of Tim McElwee, Melanie Harmon and Raylene Respond, Christer Watson (GOP quashes climate change research), Judd Case (Chess Camp), String Camp (Robert Lynn,  Elizabeth Smith, Scott Humphries), Robotics (Robin Mitchell).

This is a large collection of printed and hand-made posters along with other memorabilia that had accumulated thorugh the years in the Manchester College Archives. 

• Primary Quartely, 1895 - non Brethren.
• Revised Normal Lessons by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, 1893.
• Sunday School lessons, 1893 - non Brethren.
• 1894, Young Folk's Library of Choice Literature, "Enoch Arden," Tennyson.
• 1886, Second Quarter, "The Brethren's Quartely," Brethren Publishing Co.
• 1887, Second Quarter, April, May, June, "The Brethren's Quarterly," Brethren's Publishing Co.

Ungraded reports submitted to Professor Stacey Erickson during January term 2010 for the class, Culture of the Book.  Reports give information about bibles, books and periodicals from the Funderbury Library rare book collection.

Resume, notes on life, personal notebook, class books and notes for teaching, etc. by D. C. Reber.  D.C. Reber taught education and ancient languages at Manchester College from 1917 until 1942.  The collection also includes biographical newspaper articles about his life and interests.

For additional material relating to D. C. Reber, see:  Oak Leaves, 7 April 1960 p.2.

Material related to Professor Forrest Reed.

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.

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.

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"

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.

A broad collection dealing with campus ministry and religious activities.

Possibly the Aid Society Bible with signatures of (President) E. M. Crouch, Sadie Stutsman, L. W. Shultz and many more.

See Also: Annual Bible Institute.

Fieldwork, ministerial association, chapel, deputation team, youth leaders lab, cell groups, Methodist student movement, fellowships, retreats, Student Christian Union.

Religious Emphasis Week:

• "Meet the Master" booklet, dated 10 January 1956.
• Program for 1958 Christian Emphasis Week.

A group of photographs representing Parents' Weekend, Hog Roast Weekend 1993 , the All-American Women's Baseball League 1993,  the Ikenberry Serenade 1991, Student Visitation Day, as well as other events.  Many students and individuals in the pictures are identified.

Material related to T. Wayne Rieman, including:

• 1996 Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute, Manchester College with a dedication to T. Wayne Rieman, 1912 - 1994.

For additional materials related to T. Wayne Rieman, see: Gospel Messenger, 16 June 1945; 20 July1946 p. 22-23; Manchester College Bulletin, December 1949 p.2; October 1953 p.1; July 1978 p.7; The News-Journal 16 November 1994 p.4 (obit).

Various publications written by or pertaining to T. Wayne Rieman.

Roanoake Classical Seminary Photographs and brief history including President David N. Howe.

Photograph of Otho Winger and D. N. Howe from "The Kintner Collection."

Photo of girls in the Roanoke Academy gymnasium costume.

Photographs of Roanoke Classical Seminary in Roanoke, Indiana.  The institution was founded by Professor F. S. Reefy in 1860 and construction began in the spring of 1861.  Many of its students later became prominent individuals.  Roanoke was described as the "Athens of Northern Indiana.  Included in a picture of Otho Winger and D. N. Howe from "The Kintner Collection."

History of Rock River Seminary, Mt. Morris, Illinois.  This institution was started by the Methodists in the 1839.

Rock River Seminary, Mt. Morris, Illinois, was started by the Methodists in the 1839.  This collection is related to that era.

Material related to Ingrid Rogers.

Ronald R. Hill Collection, Class of 1959.  College Memorabilia from 1955 - 1959, including the autograph of Marian Anderson [1955], Arnold Moss, and program for The Messiah, 1958.

Printed family album of John Grove Royer and Elizabeth (Reiff) Royer.  J. G. served as president of Mount Morris College.

John G. Royer taught at Mt. Morris College and also served as  President of the College.  These are newspaper articles related to his death.

Biographical information related to alumnus, Merle Rummel.

Material relating to Esther Rupel, Manchester College alumna, Class of 1947.

"An Investigation of the Origin, Significance, and Demise of the Prescribed Dress Worn by Members of the Church of the Brethren, Esther Fern Rupel, Ph.D, University of Minnesota, 1971.

See also: Esther Rupel in:

• Philanthropy Booklet 2002-2003 (MC2004/356).
• Manchester College Bulletin July 1975 p.4.

Material related to The Rural Life Association that as founded in 1942 with the support of the Quakers, the Mennonites, and the Church of the Brethren.

A Church of the Brethren college that existed in Northern Indiana prior to Manchester College.

Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. 

Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations.

Group photograph including L. W. Schultz and Dan West.

1. One photograph.

A large collection designated as MC2011/227 and divided into 5 folder groupings; [1-16], [17-22], [23-44], [45-83]. Schutz was a professor at Manchester College, as well as a farmer, public speaker, pastor, candidate for Congress (Indiana,1932) and a contendor in the 1936 Governor's race. He was a Kiwanis Club official and Chairman of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana. The collection describes Indiana before and during WWII.  Schutz corresponds with soldiers and provides names of North Manchester men killed in combat. Topics of import include; prohibition, economic recovery from the Great Depression, and Hitler's impact on Europe. Schutz was a contemporary of Andrew Cordier who participated in some of Schutz's political involvements.

A large collection designated as MC2011/227 and divided into 5 folder groupings; [1-16], [17-22], [23-44], [45-83]. Schutz was a professor at Manchester College, as well as a farmer, public speaker, pastor, candidate for Congress (Indiana,1932) and a contendor in the 1936 Governor's race. He was a Kiwanis Club official and Chairman of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana. The collection describes Indiana before and during WWII.  Schutz corresponds with soldiers and provides names of North Manchester men killed in combat. Topics of import include; prohibition, economic recovery from the Great Depression, and Hitler's impact on Europe. Schutz was a contemporary of Andrew Cordier who participated in some of Schutz's political involvements.

A large collection designated as MC2011/227 and divided into 5 folder groupings; [1-16], [17-22], [23-44], [45-83]. Schutz was a professor at Manchester College, as well as a farmer, public speaker, pastor, candidate for Congress (Indiana,1932) and a contendor in the 1936 Governor's race. He was a Kiwanis Club official and Chairman of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana. The collection describes Indiana before and during WWII.  Schutz corresponds with soldiers and provides names of North Manchester men killed in combat. Topics of import include; prohibition, economic recovery from the Great Depression, and Hitler's impact on Europe. Schutz was a contemporary of Andrew Cordier who participated in some of Schutz's political involvements.

A great deal of material including but not limited to: Correspondence surrounding Schwalm's trip to Nigeria, including letters to and from missionaries and interaction with the Foreign Mission Commission of the Church of the Brethren General Brotherhood Board. Issues regarding the Mexico Indiana Old Folks Home and Schwalm's leadership in the creation of Timbercrest.

Many drafts of presentations as well as completed speeches, articles, and sermons by Vernon Schwalm, including an address given in the fall of 1923 at Manchester College, the year the Academy was eliminated. Schwalm gives a brief history of the institution.

Addresses presented by outside speakers on the Manchester College campus.

Schwalm's correspondence dealing with Church of the Brethren related materials, including reminescences of Baugo Church of the Brethren. Materials surrounding the 250th anniversary of the founding of the denomination. Bibliography for the study of church history.  Corespondence with individuals at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Illinois on a variety of topics. Annual Conference program committee notes and other Annual Conference materials. The collection contains a variety of letters, including that of Siegfried Leffler of Germany, giving thanks for a donation towards a peace bell.

Vernon Schwalm's family and personally related materials,including family genealogy, family history, biographical sketch, resume, staement written for honorary degree,  "Oak Leaves" article recalling the campus during WWII, letters of appreciation. Family letters and letters from those who are "like family." Early photograph of Vernon and Florence Studebaker Schwalm and intimate letters between husband and wife. Personal correspondence regarding hospitalization, insurance and financial matters.Some materials ar confidential and are marked accordingly. Folder 148 - card from Schwalm's mother requesting that he does not move to "the wild west" (probably Kansas).

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'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.

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.

The painting, "Schwarzenau," by Dorothy Rarick" hangs in Funderburg Library.

Photos of Dr. William Eberly hanging the painting, "Schwarzenau," by Dorothy Rarick.

Schweisberger Glass Slide Collection.  Black and white and tinted glass slides of Manchester College and the North Manchester Community, c. 1900-1950.

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.

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.

Genealogical information and correspondence (1947-1976) pertaining to L.W. Shultz who worked and taught at Manchester College in various positions (Librarian, Mathematics, Religious Education, Principal of Preparatory Department, Academy, Modern Languages) during the years 1924-1943.  The collection also contains books by L. W. Shultz.  Publications include an autobiography, a history of the Brethren, and a history of Camp Alexander Mack.

See also:  For related material regarding L. W. Shultz, see: Camp Alexander Mack; Guide Lines, v.12:3 (July 1971) p.1; Oak Leaves, 7 March 1925 p.3; 3 October 1963 p.2; Gospel Messenger, 14 April 1945 p.9-10, 16; 15 September 1945 p.12; 24 November 1945 p.20; 23 February 1946 p.20-21; 9 March 1946 p.16; 16 March 1946 p.21; 30 March 1946 p.20 (photo); 6 April 1946 p.18-19; 15 June 1946 p.21; 28 September 1946 p.11; 16 November 1946 p.17; 21 December 1946 p.21; 11 January 1947 p.16; 8 February 1947 p.21 (photo); Manchester College Bulletin, July 1977 p.10; Photo Box 156.

L. W. Shultz: Interview transcriptions.

One notebook with class registers and lectures outlines for various classes.  Student grades are included making this a partially restricted file. Circa 1919 - 1920.

Also included is a personal reading list from 1905 and an Adelphian-Lincoln Program from 22 May 1909 upon which a timeline has been written on the verso.

Student papers written by L.W. Shultz:

"Thanksgiving Essay:  What Have We to be Thankful For," "Inaugural for Bible Society: The End of Christian Faith," "True Worth:  An Oration" [dated 3-7 May 1910], "Ben Hur Story" [dated 5 July 1905],"Valedictory 1907," and "A Prospectus for M.C.:  Reunion of 1916."

Lawrence W. Shultz Postcard Collection.  Some cards are from,  Schwenksville, PA - Niagara Falls, Ontario 1948 - Moscow, Russia, 7 September 1961 - Camp Mack, Milford, Ind., 1925 -   Church of the Brethren, Wenatchee Washington - Cunard White Star, "Mauretania." 

Wedding invitation of Cora Leona Winger and Lawrence Shultz, dated 1915.

This is a true assortment of slides including but absolutely not limited to:

Campus and building shots, recruitment and publicity photos, construction, students and January term trips 1996, theater, radio station, Homecoming 1994, High School Band Day, children's gymnastics, Planned Giving presentation, fountain, Mexico Indiana Old Folks Home, Historic black and white shots including football, track, fountain, student with globe.

Legal documents, financial arrangements, and discussions regarding congregations within the South Central District of the Church of the Brethren.

Copy of letter written by Jacob Rife in 1878 describing the formation of the first Church of the Brethren congregations in the state of Indiana.

Articles of Incorporation for "The Church of the Brethren, Southern District of Indiana, Inc." along with incorporation change to "South/Central District of Indiana, Inc."

Special Events Photograph Collection.

Special Events Photograph Collection, circa 1992 - 1993.

All photos are black and white. Many are identified and most are from the 1990's.

Special Events Photograph Collection, circa 1992 - 1993, including Ingrid Rogers playing guitar for the German Club.

Material related to Cora Miller Stahly (1877-1971) instructor at Manchester College and resident of Nappanee, Indiana.

"We Are What We've Come From," the family and life of A. M. Stine.  This object has been placed with geaneological materials in alphabetical order in the Archives Office.  This booklet is part of the Edith Miller Collection MC2008/208.

A. M. Stine married Bertha Miller Neher following the death of Bertha's first husband, Levi Neher.  Bertha was a sister-in-law to Manchester College President, Otho Winger.

Bertha Miller's correspondence from tour to Europe and the Holy Lands, 1927.

Five letters from Vernon Stinebaugh including:

1. Music department statistics, 1972.

2.  Professor Stinebaugh's days as a student at Manchester College, "A Public Paddling - Thwarted!"

3.  Stinebaugh as Brethren minister's son, "Preacher's Kids Survive Wild Joy Ride."

4.  Celebrity, Percy Grainger, oomposer and pianist, performs on campus, 1953.

5. "Together in Harmony," Vernon and Angela Stinebaugh celebrate 77 years of marriage. 

Additional resources for material related to Wilbur and Mary Stover.

MC2011/90a: Autobraph book belonging to Mary (Mollie) and Andrew Studebaker.  This book begins 1880 or 1881.

MC2011/90b: Autograph book of Mary Simonton (Mollie) and George Studebaker,  circa 1881.

Two diaries MC2011/90c and MC2011/90d dated 1888 and 1936 belonging to George Studebaker.

Sermons and diaries of George Studebaker.

Scrapbook beloning to George Losh Studebaker.

An excerpt from a Church of the Brethren documentary on Ted Studebaker and a recording of an ABC News story by Jim Kincaid.

Video - News feature on the death of pacifist,Ted Studebaker, in Vietnam during the Vietnam War in1971. Ted was a member of the Church of the Brethren and a Manchester College alumnus.

See Also: http://www.cob-net.org/ted/index.htm

http://co.mcc.org/us/co/profiles/studebaker.html

http://www.cob-net.org/ted/abcnews.htm

Student Christian Union Records Notebooks with records from 1943 - 1947 and 1947 - 1949.

Schedule of classes - Spring Term 1932-1933; Winter Term 1932-1933.

Bishop William Fraser McDowell on Manchester College campus (1932 flyer).

Numerous play, recital, May Day, and performance programs from1932-1933.

International Relations Clubs Conference at Manchester College (1933) with Vernon Van Dyke, Ursula Hubbard, Sir Herbert Ames, Harry Gideonse, and Professor Quincy Wright.

1.  One file containing an original letter from Manchester College students to the Board of Trustees, April 5, 1900.

The student petition to the Board of Trustees was from an early era in Manchester College history when both the academic and administrative credibility were in question. This file contains an original letter from Manchester College students to the Board of Trustees,dated April 5, 1900.

Eva Hardman Collection circa 1896/1897.

1. MC2004/677-1:  Sunday school attendance and grade card.

2.  MC2004/677-2:  Report Card for term ending 17 March 1897 in the form of a one cent post card sent to Miss Eva Hardman, Sidney, Ind.

3.  MC2004/677-3:  Matriculation Card.

4.  MC2004/677-4:  Matriculation Card.

5.  MC2004/677-5:  Grade card for Bible Normal Course for the period 17 February 1896.

Records for the distribution by church membership of undergraduate full-time students for: 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980,1981,1983.

Chapel: Sunday School Day in the College Chapel, 18 January 1899, with notes of lecture by Emma Bowman.

Other speakers included:

A, I. Mow, Edna Puterbaugh, E. M. Crouch, Owen Cottrell, Edson J. Ulrey, Mrs. T. T. Myers, Gorman Heeter, J. W. Kitson, J. R. Miller, Mrs. Emma Garver, Mrs. Kate Hollinger, Mrs. W. Wright, I. L. Burkey, Alice King, M. M. Sherrick, S. D. Royer.

Cards, notes and letters of support given to Jo Young Switzer at the time of her inauguration as President of Manchester College, September 2005. Bulletin from the Inaugural Worship Service, 17 September 2005.  Menu from the event of 27 September 2005.

Taize Worship Clipping Collection.

See Also:  The News-Journal, 13 November 2002 p.5B.

MC2011/235 a: Information about the building of Tall Oaks.

MC2011/235b/c: Copies of correspondence between A. Blair Helman and Dr. Jo Young Switzer as well as material related to Helman, President Emeritus,Parker Marden and President Jo Young Switzer. 

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.

A. B. Ulrey: First biology teacher at Manchester College, born near North Manchester, Indiana.

This material contains information regarding Ulrey's work done at the Venice Marine Station along with biographical notes and personal correspondence.

Unidentified black and white photograph of a man in Brethren garb, dark hair and beard.

Unidentified black and white photograph of a cleanshaven man in "worldly" garments - photographed in Rice's Studio, North Manchester. 

Numerous programs, photographs, publications and items of interest about Manchester College received from Wayne Van Der Wheele, alumnus, MC Class of 1949.

Manchester Symphony Orchestera, programs from the 1940's.

One copy of "Manifesto," Vol. 1, No. 14, "Above All Nations is Humanity," April 1947, published monthly by the journalism section of Students for Federal World Government of Manchester College, Editor in chief, Cecil Powell.

Materials from the Office of the Vice President of Manchester College.

Volunteer Services records.

• Minutes, general info, mission statements, Ambassadors, "Manchester Serves..." booklet

See Also: Aurora 1996 ed. p.15; Church of the Brethren; Manchester College Bulletin November 1975 p.2; Missionary Visitor 11.6 (June 1909) p.186-189; 18.3 (March 1916) p.118-119; 21.3 (March 1919); 21.10 (Oct 1919) p.287; Oak Leaves 24 September 1964 p.1; 5 November 1964 p.2; Religious Activities Student Volunteer Band; Photo Box 71.

Dr. Franklin Wallin, President of Earlham College, give an address at the New Call to Peacemaking conference at Manchester College. In the address he talks about the paper and ideas behind the paper produced by the New Call to Peacemaking.

Biographical materials and images of Sadie Stutsman Wampler.

Sadie Stutsman Wampler graduated from Manchester College in 1916.  This is the same year that she began entries in "The Hand O Graphs" book, and kept make entries for years following. This book comes with the instructions: Place your hand, palm downwards, on the paper and trace outline.  There are a couple examples given, and then the individual is on her own to gather outlines of the hands of friends, family and celebrities on the following pages.  It is like an autograph book for hands.  The name of the individual is also recorded along with the date.

Memorabilia from Mount Morris College and Manchester College. Autograph album of 1910 and 1911. Photograph album with early photograph postcards (circa 1910) of students at Mount Morris College. Some of these cards were sent to Mamie Wine of Cerro Gordo, Illinois. Manchester College Aurora yearbooks with autographs. Picture of Elder D.  L. Miller.

Photograph of West End Chapel, (also called West End Mission) at time of dedication.  Short reflection on its history by Prof. Bill Eberly.

An assortment of photographs and memorabilia about Dan West, his family and Heifer Project. These items were given to Janet Schrock, Dan West's daughter, by different individuals, including videographer, David Sollenberger.

Objects are on Long-Term Loan from Heifer Project International.

These include but are not limited to:

• 25 years of Brethren Service Pin (in Dan West exhibit).
• Nametag written on wood in shape of Brethren Service Cup.
• Dan West's pocketknife.
• Dan West's camera and case.
• Dolls from Spain (in Dan West exhibit).
• Manchester College momento 1895, acorn on leather strap.
• Children's shoes from Spain (in Dan West exhibit).

Contact the Archivist for questions about the entire list of objects.

1.  Letter to Sabra written and signed by Dan West on Church of the Brethren General Brotherhood Board stationery.

2.  Christmas letter from the West Family to Sabra and her family with a handwritten personal note on the verso by Dan West.

3.  Exhibit A: One article by Sabra (Baker) Staley (Unit 11, 1951) entitled "A Sign Along th e Road."  This is a story about how Sabra came to join Brethren Volunteer Service and accepted an assignment in Castener, Puerto Rico, in years 1951-1952.

3.  Exhibit B:  One color copy of Dan West's name and address in the family guestbook, circa 1952.

4.  Letter with vignettes about Dan West and Sabra's family.

5.  The story of the "henna-haired landlady."

Manchester College "Aurora" yearbooks, "Quartermaster Corp photograph, correspondence, 1965 program for "Advanced Seminary in Human Relations," 1965 program for "Advanced Laboratory and Youth Leaders' Lab," 1918 announcement of  the death of Manchester College alumna, Deane Dunbar Winger.

Clippings and news releases relating to John Willmert, Manchester College Librarian. 

See also:  J. S. Willmert paper about "Sadie Irene Stutzman Wampler," in the Sadie Stutzman Wampler materials, Faculty/Staff Boxes 46-48.

Walt Wiltschek, Manchester College Campus Pastor. Material includes but is not limited to:

• News Release from December 2009 announcing Wiltscheks appointment at Manchester College.

Memorial to Mrs. Otho Winger, Ida Winger, written by Alice King Ebey.

See more material about Ida in a book written by Otho Winger about his wife, "In Memory of Ida Miller Winger," by Otho Winger.

Large box filled with Otho Winger materials.

File with related Otho Winger material including but not limited to vignettes, letters, and Winger's writing about Native Americans as well as his close relationship with the Miami Nation.

One copy of "Letters From Foreign lands," by Otho Winger - PART TWO.

One copy of "Travel Letters," by R. H. Miller, 1954.

Letters and momentos from Otho and Ida's foreign excursion.

1936 Christmas Card with Otho Winger family photo and note on verso.

What appear to be President Otho Winger's files on Alcohol and Tobacco which he labeled "Peade and Temperance."  Some of the materials were addressed to Mrs. Oscar Winger, his brother's wife.

Manchester College and Church of the Brethren related letters, pamphlets, photographs, Sunday school records, newspaper articles, interesting pieces of local and national history, diaries, wedding invitations, datebooks, publication agreements, resumes of applicants from the Albert Teaching Agency and more.

Material relating to Claude Wolf, including news clipping from 1964,  "Claude Wolfe Family Returns from Bolivia," news release from 1966 naming Claude Wolfe Coach of the Year, and Coach Wolf's obituary, 1985. 

See Also: Gospel Messenger, 16 June 1945 p.7, 14; 14 July 1945 p.19; 15 September 1945 p.16; 6 October 1945 p.19; 24 November 1945 p.21; 20 April 1946 p.19; 8 June 1946 p.21; 7 December 1946 p.21; 14 December 1946 p.8-9; 22 March 1947 p.20-21 (photos); 5 April 1947 p.21 (photo); Manchester College Bulletin, June 1951 p.2; March 1976 p.7.

A variety of photographs of Claude Wolf ("Whizzer Wolfe") as a M.C. athlete (Class of 1940) and later as coach and member of the M.C. faculty(1952 - 1976).

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).

Yearbooks and publications from other Church of the Brethren colleges. 

A copy of a letter written to Harold Yoder by J. Allen Willmert, College Librarian Emeritus, 9 April 1990 listing the books that Harold Yoder donated to Funderburg Library. 

Harold Yoder wrote a special note to accompany his donation of the 1901 Hymnal.  It stated that the 1901 Hymnal was used at the Camp Creek Church of the Brethren where his wife, Ella Yoder (deceased) worshipped as a girl.

Middle Indiana youth confernce programs (1939 and 1949) and a booklet, "What Our 'Y.P.D.' Is Doing." 

Program, Southern District of Indiana Church of the Brethren Youth Conference, "Witnessing for Christ," held at the Muncie Church, September 1945.

Excerpts from "There's a New World Coming,"  Andrew Young. Reprint of October 1977 "Messenger" article describing Church of the Brethren influences on the life of Andrew Young and his call to action.

See Also: Manchester College Bulletin, October 1978 p.1.

E. S. Young taught New Testament history, hermaneutics, theology, sacred history, and Old Testament history.  He also served as Manchester's president 1895-1899.

• Biographical information photo, letters.

See Also: MCGeneral File: Faculty/Staff, Young, E. S. -  has copies of photographs of President E. S. Young, his family and house on 507 Miami Street, North Manchester.  His brother and business partner was S. S. Young.

A collection of Manchester College and Church of the Brethren materials belonging to Menno and Viola (Rau) Young, who attended Manchester during 1898-1899.  Materials range from 1898 to 1924.

Material related to Jean Zimmerman as part of the Manchester College Faculty/Staff.

See Also: Photographs of Jean Zimmerman with her husband, Professor Gary Zimmerman located in Faculty/Staff photos: Gary Zimmerman

Material relating to Cleda Shull Zunkel.

See Also:  Manchester College Bulletin, July 1977 p.10.

What makes this album interesting in the amount of history it records.  There are articles about Church of the Brethren missionaries, the Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren  in Elgin, Illinois, Church of the Brethren ministers and leaders, as well as personal stories about the compiler and folks this individual knows.  It is a shame that the source remains unknown.

Material regarding Myrl Alexander.

Church of the Brethren Annual Conference booklets ranging from 1901 throu 1926 belonging to Otho Winger, Mrs. Otho Winger and J. L. Cunningham (?) of Flora Church of the Brethren.  MC President Winger's booklets have notes and typed notes and the book from Calgary, Alberta, Canada has interesting postcards, one with an image of a lodge.

This reel-to-reel tape entitled, "A Look at the Brethren," was produced by Dean Frantz.  It answers questions about the Church of the Brethren:

What is it,

Who are the Brethren,

What do they look like,

What do they do? 

This appears to be  the audio portion of a slide show or filmstrip that describes the Church of the Brethren.

Information related to Dale H. Aukerman and the publication: "'Living with Dying,'The Carroll Count Tiimes Account of Dale Aukerman's Journey," published by The Association of Brethren Caregivers.

Information related to Sadie Barkdoll.

Desmond Battenberg, "And How Shall the Brethren be Recognized?" pamphlet.

See Also: Gospel Messenger, December 1985, p. 20-22.

Material related to Church of the Brethren minister, I. N. H. Beam (Newton Harvey Beahm).

William M. Beam information.  Abstract of address given at Church of the Brethren Conference, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, "The Message and Ministry of Reconciliation."

See Also: MC2008/79, William M. Beam photograph with Kintner, Hartsough and Bollinger.

"Invocation Hymn," by Ruth Statler (poet) and WIlliam Berry (composer)*.  SIgnature of WiIliam Berry on the lower left corner.

An extensive collection of the Bethel Church of the Brethren.

Information on Mel Blickenstaff.

See Also:  Manchester College Bulletin July 1977 p.5-6.

Photograph: Miss Blickenstaff and colleague in Mahableswa, India, in costumes.  It is not known if Miss Blickenstaff is a tourist, a missionary or if she is the Mary Blickenstaff referred to in the Brethren Encyclopedia.  The Brethren Encyclopedia writes of a Lynn (Mt. Morris Academy) and Mary Blickenstaff (La VerneCollege) as traveling to India in 1921 where Lynn Blickenstaff served as mission treasurer.  In 1935 Lynn became the manager of the Intermission Business Office in Bombay.  Mary assisted in administration, taught and hosted missionaries and visitors.  In 1946 the Church World Service asked Lynn to direct relief work in India    Their son, David Blickenstaff, was a 1937 Manchester College graduate.

Information regarding Howard Bosler (Manchester College Class of 1923)  and Edith Bosler (Manchester College Class of 1929).

Charles Boyer Obituary and article.

Brethren Church Ministries:

The Brethren Church international missionary programs calendar with photos, 2005.

Note: The Brethren Church is not to be confused with the Church of the Brethren.

History: Flat Rock Church of the Brethren, Dunkards in Ashe County, North Carolina.

Genealogical Notes on the Jonathan Miller Family.

"Recorded Official Action of the Flat Rock Church."

Victor Bendsen information. Vic Bendsen was also an alumnus of Manchester College Class of 1942.

Also See: MC2003/6 for a photograph of Vic Bendsen while a student at Manchester College.

Article about Spenser Minnich and Eva  Minnich edited by Anetta C. Mow, from the "Gospel Messenger," 20 August 1949.

The history behind the Brethren Service Cup wtih recollections by Bob Frantz, designer and craftsman of the prototype.

"Living the Story, 50 Years of Brethren Volunteer Service," 1998."

Program booklet for the Church of the Brethren, 60th Anniversary BVS (Brethren Volunteer Service) Reunion, Falfurrias, Texas, March 2008, Brethren Service Farm. The booklet contains a history of the Falfurrias Brethren Voluntary Service Project with reports compiled by Pearl Whitcher and Anna Patrick.  Booklet Committee: Nelson Yoder & Stanley Bittinger.

• List of pastors and other church leaders - Falfurrias, Texas.
• List of Brethren Service Project Volunteers from the first unit in 1948.
• Falfurrias BVS Volunteers and interested persons mailing list accurate as of May, 2008.
• Copies of historical photographs.
• Description of 2008 reunion.

See Also: Oak Leaves 15 September 1960 p.2; 17 September 1964 p.1; 28 January 1965 p.1. 

See also:  Volunteer services.

Two CDs of Alvin Brightbill, Church of the Brethren leader and musician, playing bells and chimes.

A collection of Bruderhof and Bruderhof related publications assembled by Professor David Eiler.

See:  Brethren in Florida and Puerto Rico p.51, 52, 115, 116, 204; Gospel Messenger 6 July 1946 p.16; 13 July 1946 p.20; 21 September 1946 p.11; 11 October 1947 p.9, 14; Missionary Visitor v.25 p.361-363, 365 (photos) Our Missions Abroad p.13, 94, 96, 98; She Hath Done What She Could p.103; Soudan's Second Sunup p.25 (photo)

See Also: Manchester College Faculty/Staff Large Boxes 46 - 48.

Material relating to Karen Gorden Calderon, Manchester College alumna, Class of 1971.

One letter from Rev. R. C. Wenger, Minister, Church of the Brethren at Capitol Avenue and Thirty-Second Street, Indianapolis 8, Indiana , to L. W. Shultz.  Rev. Wenger knows three young men interested in attending livestock on boats bound for Europe, 1977.  Rev. Wenger also inquires if Shultz can make a slide presentation about Shultz's recent trips to Poland?

Narrative and video documentation of the mission and relief work conducted by the Church of the Brethren in the country of China from 1908 through 1951.

BC2011/13a: Primary Year One, Fall Quarter, Course 1, Part 1, October, November, December, Brethren Graded Series, Teacher's Book, by Margaret M. Clems, E. G. Hoff, Editor, Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, 1950, published by the Brethren Publishing house, Elgin, Illinois.

BC2011/13b: Primary Year Two, Fall Quarter, Course II, Part 1, October, November, December, Brethren Graded Series, Teacher's Book, by Nan F. Heflin, E. G. Hoff, Editor, Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, 1951, published by the Brethren Publishing house, Elgin, Illinois.

BC2011/13c: Primary Year Three, Fall Quarter, Couse III, Part I, October, November, December, Brethren Graded Series, Teacher's Book, by Hazel A. Lewis, E. G. Hoff, Editor, Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, 1952, published by the Brethren Publishing house, Elgin, Illinois.

BC2011/13d:Teacher's Book, Junior Year Two, Fall Quarter, Brethren Graded Series, by Doris Clore Demaree, Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, 1953, published by the Brethren Publishing house, Elgin, Illinois.

BC2011/13e: Teacher's Book, Junior Year Three, Fall Quarter, Brethren Graded Series, by Hazel A. Lewis, A. Stauffer Curry, Editor, Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, 1954, published by the Brethren Publishing house, Elgin, Illinois. 

BC2011/14a: My Bible Book, Primary Year One, Fall Quarter, Course 1, Part 1, Oct. Nov. Dec., prepared by Margaret M. Clemens, illustrations by Mathilda Keller, to accompany Brethren Graded Series Course, One; E. G. Hoff, Editor; Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, published by Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, copyright 1950.

BC2011/14b: My Bible Book, Primary Year One, Winter Quarter, Course 1, Part 2, Jan., Feb., March., prepared by Margaret M. Clemens, illustrations by Mathilda Keller, to accompany Brethren Graded Series Course, One; E. G. Hoff, Editor; Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, published by Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, copyright 1950.

See Scope and Content on the BC2011/14a-L Accession Page to review additional volumes of this graded series.

Church of the Brethren Christian Education materials published by the Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, Illinois.

BC2011/15a: Home Reading Book, My Bible Guide, Junior Year Three, Fall, by Hazel A. Lewis, illustrated by James A. Talone, A. Stauffer Curry, Editor; Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, copyright 1954 L. W. Smith.

BC2011/15a: Home Reading Book, My Bible Guide, Junior Year Three, WInter Quarter, by Blanche Hoke, illustrated by john Gretzer, A. Stauffer Curry, Editor; Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, copyright 1954 I. W. Smith.

BC2011/15c: Home Reading Book, My Bible Guide, Junior Year Three, Spring Quarter, by Hazel A. Lewis, illustrated by Kreigh Collins, Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications, copyright 1955 by I. W. Smith.

BC2011/15d: Home Reading Book, My Bible Guide, Junior Year Three, Summer Quarter, by Hazel A. Lewis, illustrated by Sid Quinn, A. Stauffer Curry, Editor Church School Publications, Hazel M. Kennedy, Editor Children's Publications., copyright 1955 L. W. Smith.

In His Hand, Parts 1, 2 and 3, by Graydon F. Snyder, Church of the Brethren Senior High Youth Curriculum, copyright 1964 by General Brotherhood Board, Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Illinois.

Church of the Brethren Senior High Youth Curriculum:

BC2011/17a:  In Christ Jesus, Part 1, The Significance of Jesus as the Christ, by Dale W. Brown; In Christ Jesus, Part 1, copyright 1965 by General Brotherhood Board, Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Illinois.

BC2011/17b: In Christ Jesus, Part 2, The Significance of Jesus as the Christ, by Dale W. Brown; In Christ Jesus, Part 2, copyright 1965 by General Brotherhood Board, Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Illinois.

BC2011/17c: In Christ Jesus, Teacher's Guide, Part 3, Understanding and Accepting Myself, by William J. Gnagey; copyright In Christ Jesus, Teacher's Guide, Part 3, copyright 1966 by General Brotherhood Board, Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Illinois.

BC2011/17d: In Christ Jesus, Teacher's Guide, Part 4, Being Human, for God's Sake, by John H. Brennecke; copyright In Christ Jesus, Part 4,1966 by General Brotherhood Board, Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Illinois.

Church of the Brethren Senior High Youth Curriculum, In His Spirit, Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4, copyright 1966 and 1967 by the General Brotherhood Board, Church of the Brethren, Elgin, Illinois. Authors: Fancher, Shull, Kieffaber and Wagner.

Church of the Brethren materials, primarily from the Middle Indiana and South/Central Indiana Districts: 1921 Huntington, IN COB directory - 1920 , 1921, 1922, 1924 programs for the COB Summer Conference and Summer Assembly - 1922 Bulletin for Middle Indiana Church of the Brethren Equity Board - 1922 Minutes of the COB District Meeting  - 1958-1959 Church Extension Project - Lessons in Stewardship Studies - 1954-1955 Brotherhood Fund Giving - 1972, 1973 Memo from Carroll Petry, South Central District of Indiana - 1972, 1973SALT newsletters from the District Witness Commission - Program for the South/Central District Conference, 1972, 1973 - "Together" publication - 1953 - 1966, "Central Region Herald" - 1955-1971 "Guide Lines" - 1922-1958 District News Letters - "Living the Story, 50 Years of Brethren Volunteer Service" -1948 Middle District of Indiana directory - other COB directories from various years and including District Conference Minutes from 2004, 2005, 2006 - 1895 Annual German Baptist Meeting, Decatur, Illinois, an informational booklet from the Wabash Railroad advertising service and accommodations - 1912 Christmas postcard from Sunday School Teacher, Frank Weybright to Viola Neher - Postcard - Bird's eye view of North Manchester- 1940 Postcard of Peabody Memorial Home - photograph of  a COB District Meeting - 1912 program for Special Bible Term - Notes regarding discussion at Annual Meetings during the middle1800's - Letters, Reports, Elders' Meeting programs - "The Eldership: Ordination and Responsibilities - Guidelines for ministerial ordination - 1940-1941 church organizational list - 1969 letter to Brother Harshbarger (Ladoga Church) from the Heeters. Commemorative plates: COB Buffalo, Mexico, Liberty Mills. Pleasant View and Peru COB directories. Centennial Program of the Mexico COB.  Manchester COB Heritage Celebration,1991, honoring Elder R. H. Miller and Sister Emma Miller along with other Manchester COB historical publications and church directories. 1910 and 1923 joint Sunday School programs.  Statistics, research, meeting minutes and discussion matierials related to the merger of the Middle and the Southern Indiana Districts of the Church of the Brethren. A variety of Northern Indiana District materials.

Historian, pastor, and MC alumnus, Merle Rummel's extensive COB research, including:

Stonelick, Brethren Migration Roads, history of the Four Mile congregation, journals of Nancy Lybrook and Elizabeth Miller, the frontier Brethren of Kentucky, and the Virginia Colony.

"Mid-Nineteenth Century Observances of Selected U.S. Religious Groups, "The Way We Were (Till about 1860) and assorted historical pieces of information."

"The Bible Our Creed," pamphlet by Eld. S. K. Utz.

One booklet, "Kaduna, 1962." 

"Messenger," February 1973, Special Issue, "50 Years in Nigeria."

Minutes for the Council of Board.  It appears as if the Board met in order to make proposals to the delegates of Annual Conference.  A revision of the 1935 - 1936 budget was to be presented.

Anniversary, Three Hundredth Events and Activities.

1. One brochure.

State Historical Marker:  Annual Meeting Historical Marker

In recognition of the significance of Brethren Annual Meetings: 1878, 1888, 1900 along with images from the event.

Photographs of probable attendees at the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, 1962, in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.  Pictures taken at House By The Sea Hotel and on the boardwalk. Individuals include:
Ada Brubaker, North Manchester, Indiana: Edith Slifer, Blanche Folgate, Fern Blocher, Iona Wise, Ethel Cripe, Reba Steck, Grace Noss, Eleanor Harrington, Dorothy McGill, Mrs. Delbert Buss, Nellie Evans, Nora Cripe, Mary Wood,

Publications printed by The Brethren Press, Elgin, Illinois, describing various beliefs held by the Church of the Brethren.

Many pamphlets and flyers produced by the BRF, the Brethren Revival Fellowship along with a description of their concerns.

Brochure: "Brethren Revival Fellowship: What It Is And What It Does," 1987.

Brochure: 1976 brochure, "What is the Brethren Revival Fellowship?" BRF WITNESS Vol. 11 No. 3 1976.

Flyer:  "Calling Prospective Bible Students (high school age and adults) to attend Brethren Bible Institute, sponsored by the Brethren Revival Fellowship, Summer 1974 (July 29 through August 23) on the Campus of Elizabethtown College"

Christian Education.

Correspondence between Galen Lehman and Ruth Anne Hoff, of Creekville, Kentucky and Rev. Ira C. Meyer of Creekville, Kentucky.

For photographs of the project at Flat Creek see BC2010/40

See Also: Gospel Messenger, 1956.

One letter from the Greek Orthodox Church in Greece, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, to Church of the Brethren leader, M. R. Zigler, European Director, Brethren Service, describing the hardships of the people of Greece following two wars, a bloody post-liberation  and continuous and continuing guerilla warfare. 

M. R. Zigler's response to a visit to the Archbishop in "Report on Greece," composed November 24, 1949, and given to the Church of the Brethren.

One paper announcing the organization of the Historical Fellowship of the Central Region, Church of the Brethren

Photographs: The collection is thought to contain pictures of Pleasant View Chapel and Milford Indiana Church of the Brethren, Milford, Indiana Bethel Church of the Brethren as well as Flat Creek Mission, Creekville, Kentucky and Mud Lick Chapel of the Flat Creek mission.

Minutes, booklets and directories beloning to the Indiana Districts of the Church of the Brethren.

Materials related to Manchester Church of the Brethren.

This assortment of Church of the Brethren Materials includes but is not limited to: Southern Indiana legal drafts and documents - Brethren Service Commission statement regarding police action in Korea - Minutes of the Brethren Service Commission - Report of NY Relocation Hostel to the Committee for Resettlement of Japanese-Americans,1944 - Guiding principles and objectives of Brethren Service - Boni (ponee) family history - Mount Morris Church of the Brethren accomplishments and goals - Junior High Church School - "Account of the Society of Dunkards in Pennsylvania," 1786, from Lancaster to Ephrata - History of the Olympia, Virginia Church of the Brethren, Virginia - May 1930, Bulletin of La Verne College - "Echo," January 1960 - "Hier is des echo auf das Echo der Hamburger Gruppe." ICYE Exchange 1958/1959 - John David Bowman - Global Women's Project, "Globalink," Issue No. 21 1994 and No. 25 - Report to Heifer Committee January 1946, Brethren Shipment to Poland - 1944 report on Heifers for Relief Shipment Number 1 to Puerto Rico - Bethany Seminary 1941 graduates - Death of Mary Leedy - Appraisal of the Indiana Home Mission Extension Committee,1964 - Program, 129th District Conference of the Northern Indiana District - "Dedication Memorial and Membership Directory" for the Wenatchee Valley Church of the Brethren, 1929  - Winona's Greatest Convention, Church of the Brethren Conference - George Brubaker's handwritten notes on church practice -  Women in the church - unique and powerful - March 1999 and 1978 News Release citing female participation in a nationwide Gathering of Church of the Brethren Women - Universal Military Training vs the American Way, Kermit Eby's testimony before the House Armed Services Committee,1947 -"The Third Day," 1998, quarterly newsletter by the Office of Brethren Witness Environmental Working Group - "Sourvenir of McPherson College, 1904," photo album.- Information about "Liberty Cemetery," Orange County, Indiana - Listing and dates of Church of the Brethren congregations within Indiana along with districts and mother churches- Old German Baptist Brethren congregations in Canada, and in the United State - script, "The Missionary Awakening of Elm Grove," written by a Class in mission at Bethany Bible School - General Brotherhood Board and Commissions Agenda," 1952,Warren Bowman.

A wide assortment of Church of the Brethren related materials, including but not limited to: A narrative play about Church of the Brethren history - photographs of church buildings and members - Photograph of participants in the Church of the Brethren Christian Citizenship Seminar, circa Spring 1974 - Picture of  "Brethren Church" - National Youth Conference at Valparaiso University 1971 - Church of the Brethren related images (see finding aid for locations and identifications) - Brochure for "Pastoral Family Assistance Program" - COB history - picture of Bethany Seminary with students (1907-1908) - background material regarding the "History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana."

Folder #11 - Notes and materials leading up to the writing of  "History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana" - photographs of the Old Order German Baptist Brethren tent conference - brochure describing the Association for the Arts in the Church of the Brethren - program for  "The Brethren's Ministerial Meeting for the Southern District of Indiana,"April 1897- program for the "Seventh Summer Assembly of the Church of the Brethren of Middle Indiana"  - District News Letter 1 August 1948 - The Indiana Cooperative Board (1964-1966) letters, documents, program - credential for Delegates to the District and General Conference of the Church of the Brethren - Declaration of Principles and Purposes - Constitution and Function of the Delegate Body of Annual Conference.

A variety of materials regarding the Church of the Brethren collected during the ages. "Academy for Church Leadership," Summer Intensive, 1987 - "Volunteer Service in the Local Church," featuring New Windsor BVS class with Dan West - 1987 newsletter from the COB Washington Office featuring Ronald Reagan and the Central American Peace Agreement - 1988 newsletter from the COB Washington Office featuring, "Civil Rights at Critical Juncture" - Minutes of District Meeting of Northern Illinois and Wisconsin, 1902, 1908,1940, 1954, 1955, 1960 - "Jesus Christ - Our Hope," Indiana Brethren Young Adult Retreat, 1976 (Warstler, Carter) - Three year Reading Course for Licensed Ministers - Eldership Ordination1965, Manchester/Liberty Mills COB.

A variety of COB related materials: COB "Agenda" (1978) with articles, Prepare Now for Possible Resumption of the Draft, What Would You Do if Your Loved Ones Were Threatened by Violence?, Keep America Free from Military Regimentation, a Warning to America, by E. Paul Weaver - 1909, program of Joint Sunday School Meeting of Howard, Flora, Upper and Lower Deer Creek School - Statistics and trends within the Regions of the COB (circa 1954) - Report of Women's Work -  G. Lehman letter to 1953 Standing Committee - Minutes of the South Central District Board (1972) - Planning for District Conference 1969 - Information probably for new book on Indiana COB History - History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana with dates of conception, location, moves, and 1991 activity of COB congregations - 1922-1927 Statistical Notebook with reports on Indiana Ministers and evangelists, church locations, congregational membership gains/losses/, ministerial statistics (sisters licensed, men licensed, year)/minister losses -Daniel Miller and descendants - "Brethren Connection to American Communal Groups" - "Divisions In the German Baptist Brethren Church" - "The Dunkard Dozen (1929)" who received advanced education - Report of the Committee on National Service to the World Ministries Commission (1972) - Indiana Church of the Brethren history gathered for writing of new book, including: congregational membership  in South/Central Indiana (1991), history of the Mississinewa Church, biographies of Elder D. P. Shively, Elder Elias Caylor, the death of James Quinter.

Minutes of the 21 October 1972 joint meeting of the Michigan and Northern Indiana District Board Executive Committees, Church of the Brethren. 

Minutes of the 31 March 1973 joint meeting of the Michigan and Northern Indiana District Board Executive Committees, Church of the Brethren. 

Michigan Brethren in Ministry, Michigan District Church of the Brethren, Newsletter, October - November 1988.

Michigan Brethren in Ministry, Michigan District Church of the Brethren, Newsletter, December 1988 - January 1989.

• General A-Z
• Congregations A-Z

Northern Illinois and Wisconsin District of the Church of the Brethren Records.

• General A-Z
• Congregations A-Z

Mural History of the Church of the Brethren, the story behind the illustrative murals at Camp Alexander Mack, Indiana.

See Also: Camp Alexander Mack.

Statements, tracts, leaflets, brochures, booklets, Sunday School materials, published by the General Brotherhood Board, Elgin, IL and by other Church of the Brethren related committees, organizations, churches and individuals that explain beliefs and principles of the Church of the Brethren.

An assortment of materials belonging to the Southern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren.  Included are Financial Reports for the Mexico Welfare Home, 1952 - 1954 and Southern District Treasurer expense vouchers and bills for expenses.

• simplicity
• salvation
• Jesus
• baptism
• creeds

Church of the Brethren Volunteer Service Materials.

Church of the Brethren statements on war.

BYPD in the Church of the Brethren, including Indiana districts, and Annual Conference.

Civil disobedience:

• Annual Conference 1969. "Obedience to God and Civil Disobedience."
• Brethren Service Commission.  "Taxes for War Purposes."
• General Brotherhood Board.  "Taxes for War Purposes."
• War Tax Resistence. ""War Tax Resistence."

"Manchester College, 1997 Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute," issue dedicated to Civilian Public Service - After 50 Years.   Interviews with men and their responses to war as well as memories and reflections regarding Civilian Public Service: 

John Ebersole, J. Roy Valencourt, Gilbert R. Weldy, Larry Gara, Lester J. Glick, Melvin Holt, Paul Keller, Harry K. Zeller, Wilbur Dunbar.

BCPS Bulletin.  Bulletin published bi-weekly for the men of Civilian Public Service by the Church of the Brethren, Brethren Service Committee, Elgin, Illinois.

Articles in the Brethren People File related to Gilbert Weldy, Manchester College alumnus, 1949, and CPS Smoke-Jumper:

• Member Profile, Gilbert Weldy, "The National Smokejumper Association, Smokejumper," Quarterly Magazine, October, 2003.
• "Some of My Life's Memories," by Gilbert R. Weldy, Written in 1998, Bloomington, Indiana.

See Also:  Convocations Cassettes Collection Tape 513 (21 April 1997); Manchester College Bulletin November 1976 p.3

Material related to Mac Coffman.

Compulsory Military Service Article Collection, including:

"Atom Bomb May Kill Draft Issue" Chicago Daily News 16 October 1945

"Atom Boosts G.I.'s Value" Chicago Daily News 17 October 1945

Letter to Harry S. Truman regarding compulsory military service from historic peace churches.

Weaver, E. Paul.  "From UMT to Peace."

Weaver, E. Paul. "Keep America Free from Military Regimentation."

Weaver, E. Paul.  Untitled document.

L. W. Shultz Compulsory Military Service Postcard Collection:

1-4    BW political cartoon protesting compulsory military service.  Circa 1948.  Produced by Brethren Service Commission, General Brotherhood Board.  Unused cards.

5-13    Quote from Hitler's Mein Kampf regarding compulsory military service.  Circa 1948.  Produced by Brethren Service Commission, General Brotherhood Board.  Unused cards.

Supreme Court transcripts, Carl Kime materials.

MC graduate and Church of the Brethren Minister, Carl Kime was conscientious objector. See his videotaped interview MC2008/06.

Brethren Conscientious Objectors Information:

Material relating to Manchester College alumna, Yvonne Dilling.

John Doran information.

Material related to Wilbur Dunbar.

See Also: Gospel Messenger 6 January 1945 p.7; 23 March 1946 p.13.

Interview by Ferne Baldwin regarding Wilbur's Grandfather, L. D. Ikenberry. Personal letter telling stories about his grandfather. Manchester College General File: Faculty/Staff, Ikenberry, L. D.

Photo of Donald F. Durnbaugh. in his office at Bethany Theological Seminary, Oak Brook, IL. 

Material related to Donald Durnbaugh including a collection of articles written by Donald F. Durnbaugh. 

See Also:

Gospel Messenger, 9 December 1950 p.18-19. 

Manchester College Bulletin, July 1978 p.8.

John H. Eberly information.

See Also: Manchester College Bulletin, July 1952 p.1.

Kermit Eby: Writings and biographical information.  Link to Record #  to see listing.

"Gemeinschaft - Gesellschaft, Perspectives on the Human Adventure," by Earl S. Johnson, the first address in the Kermit Eby Memorial Lectureship. This copy of Johnson's address also contains biographical material about Kermit Eby.

Biographical Article: "Kermit Eby: Pragmatic Idealist," by Philip G. Altbach.

Kermit Eby was a Brethren minister who also served as Director of Education and Research for the National CIO.  He was also Professor of Social Science at The University of Chicago.

Brochure entitled, "The Alternative Revolution," reprinting Eby's article from "Fellowship," the monthly magazine of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. The signature on the front is probably that of Gladdys Muir's. 

"History of the Eel River Church of the Brethren," compiled in 1988 by Wanda Montel, Mary Montel, Helen Leckrone and Male Freed. See Also BC2014/10a-g - "Funerals at Eel River Church, October 24, 1897 - February 28, 1937."

Indiana:  The Brethren in Indiana.  This file includes a special diagram of the first Eel River congregation organized in 1838 and the churches that branched from that original organization. Other pages show churches listed by counties.

Obituary for Grace Eikenberry, nee Vigles, daughter of John and Clarinda Vigles born near New Berlin, Sangamon County, IL,  29 October 1884.

Obituary for Mary Clingenpeel Eikenberry, daughter of John and Mary Moss Clingenpeel, born near Mexico, Indiana, 9 October 1849.

Materials relating to Ivan and Mary Eikenberry.

See Also: Gospel Messenger, 10 March 1945 p.11 (photos)

Material relating to Ernestine Hoff Emrick.

See Also MC2010/5: Emerick and Hoff material.

Emrick, Ernestine Hoff.  Manchester College Alumna

• Wedding photo of Lottie and Ernest Hoff and the way their dining table looked at their wedding.
• Christmas postcard wtih E. G.  Hoff holding grandson, Gregory Lee, circa 1946.  On card verso is a family lineage:
  • Ernest Hoff b.
    • Lottie Neher Hoff b.
      • Grandson, Gregory b
        • son of:
          • Minister Emrick, Leland B.S. 39 [Manchester College Alumnus]
          • Ernestine (Hoff) Emrick B.S. 40  [Manchester College Alumna]

• Clippings showing:

  Dr. WIlbur McFadden and Family, Vernard Eller, Glenn Rohrer, Dan West, Ora Huston, Edward K. Ziegler (1960), Jesse Ziegler, Burton Metzler, Lorell Weiss, Ira Moomaw (1962), Chalmer Faw, James B. Bowman (missionary), Mary Schaeffer, Ernest and Olivia Ikenberry, Merlin Shull, Martha Cocanower, Martha Rupel, Wilma Stern, Anna Warstler, etc.

  1961 Annual Conference Worship leaders, Dale W. Brown, Clarence Sink, Wilfren Staufer, Hubert Newcomer, Thomas Davis and other 1961 Conference speakers.

Information regarding Chalmer E. Faw.

See Also: Gospel Messenger, 3 March 1945 p.8; 7 April 1945 p.11; 14 July 1945 p.16; 10 November 1945 p.5-6; 19 January 1946 p.8-9; 26 January 1946 p.19; 6 April 1946 p.20-21.

Flat Fock Church of the Brethren photograph.

Photo of Michael Wine grave marker from the Elgin Kintner Flat Rock Church Photograph Collection.

Grave marker for Barbara, cousin of Michael Wine, born 1791 and died 1873.

Bibles, memorabilia, plaques from the "Flora Church of the Brethren," Flora Indiana and the "Living Faith" Church of the Brethren.

• "The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out Of The Original Greek; And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised,"  New York: American Bible Society, Instituted In The Year MDCCCXVI, 1868 [Sm. Plica, Octavo.]
• A gorgeously illustrated bible,  "The First Pulpit Bible used at the Flora Church of the Brethren." "[Authorized Version.] The Complete Text Pictorial Family Bible Containing The Old And New Testaments, Together With The Apocrypha, The Psalms In Metre, and A Concordance.
• Plaques of recognition from Bethany Hospital, Chicago.
• One white flag with a blue rectangle and red cross.
• One American flag.
• Linens. Not clear whether linens are from "Flora" or from "Living Faith."  Archivist believe they are from "Flora."
• A large bible.  The way the objects were organized it appears that this bible might be from the "Living Faith" Church of the Brethren, since the other bible was identified as being from "Flora."    This bible is also beautifully engraved with illustrations.

The Virginia Colony or The Four Mile Church Part 1.

Some families that are mentioned:  Miller, Kingery, Lybrook, Moss, Toney, Witter, Hart, Eikenberry, Brower, Landis, Ritter, Huston, Rinehart, Rife, Ridenour, Shideler, Fosher, and Fiant.

See Also: The Brethren Encyclopedia and, History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana.

Material related to Dean Frantz.

See Also:  Gospel Messenger, 26 May 1945 p.10; 22 December 1945 p.7; 5 July 1947 p.11-12.

Israel and Mary Horning Gilbert: Letter detailing North Manchester's connection to the Gilbert family and family group sheets for the Israel and Mary Horning Gilbert family.  

Material related to Bob Gross.

Black Swamp Church of the Brethren, Paul Halladay Musical Presentation at Northwestern Ohio District Conference.

• CD of Paul Halladay at the Black Swamp Church of the Brethren.
• CD of a partial church service at the Black Swamp Church of the Brethren.

Seagoing Cowboys:

1.  Issue #6 of "Catoctin History,"  Fall/Winter 2005.

2.  January 10, 2006 issue of "The Mennonite."

3.  "The Impossible Dream, How the Heifer Project Came to Be," Reiff Miller.

"Ride 'Em Seagoing Cowboy!," "A 1940s Brethren/UNRRA Partnership Touched Countless Lives," by Reiff Miller.

Materials related to Manchester College alumni, A. D. Helser and Lola Bechtel, missionaries to Africa. 

See also:  The Brethren Encyclopedia.

A. D. and Lola Bechtel Helser were Manchester College graduates and members of the Church of the Brethren.  They were pioneer Brethren missionaries to Nigeria with Mr. and Mrs. Stover Kulp.

See Also: The Brethren Encyclopedia.

Milton H. Heinicke's History of Ephrata, Supplement to Booklet Seven, published by The Historical Society of The Cocalico Valley, Arranged for Publication by Ralph M. Hartranft, February 1974.

This booklet contains genealogical material related to the memberes of Johann Conrad Beissel's sect of Seventh Day Baptists.

Material regarding Paul Hoover.

William I. T. Hoover was born near Dayton, Ohio.  Among other institutions, he studied at Mt. Morris Academy.  He taught history and philosophy at Manchester College from 1901 - 1906.

In Good Faith newsletter collection. 

Volume 4 (1948) [incomplete].

Material regarding Grace John.

Material related to Howard Keim.

The Krebiehl Bible is a German bible that might have been printed in Holland circa 1600.  The bible is from the Rossville Church of the Brethren, Indiana.  Family history is traced from 1762.

"The Three Choices..of Youth," by D. W. Kurtz..

"Ideals of the Church of the Brethren," by D. W. Kurtz.

German Baptist and Church of the Brethren transfer of membership letters 1800's and 1900's for the Ladoga, Indiana area. Lists of congregational authorities, sending church and receiving church locations, and member names.

Primary source material for Ladoga area Brethren: Raccoon Creek, Cool Spring, Bethel, Mount Pleasant, Little Walnut, Bethany, Ladoga, including but not limited to: Congregational minutes, histories, sermon notes, financial records, and transfer of membership letters (19th and 20th century) including Brethren from Four Mile (Indian Creek).

Ladoga - Bethel church records. Ladoga was part of the Southern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren that was eventually combined with the Central Indiana District. The merger is now called the South-Central Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren.

Incoming letters of membership from the 1800's.  Names of traveling and transferring members are included along with signatures of ministers and officials from outgoing congregations. 

Laura Wine was the head of obstetrics at the Lassa Mission Hospital in Nigeria. She was one of the first to die of what was to be called Lassa Fever, an unknown and deadly disease that erupted in Nigeria, Africa in 1969.

Material related to James Lehman.  As an author with roots in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and  as a member of the Chuch of the Brerthren, Jim's books often deal with historical and cultural issues of the Brethren. His titles include but are not limited to the following:

The Old Brethren.

The Old Brethren; People of Wisdom and Simplicity Speak to Our Time.

Living the Story: 50 Years of Brethren Volunteer Service.

Thank God for New Churchs: Church Planting - Source for New Life.

Beyond Anything Foreseen: A Study of the History of Higher Education in the Church of the Brethren.

Information about Marsha Link.

Flora Church of the Brethren Collection - Records.

Historical and congregational materials related to Loon Creek Church of the Brethren, South Central Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren.

A hymnal used by the Lower Deer Creek Church of the Brethren.

Information regarding Ercell and Isabel Lynn.

Ercell Lynn, see also:  Manchester College Bulletin, March 1950 p.2. 

See: Schweisberger Glass Slide Collection  MC2005/4 showing the Walnut Street, later known as, Manchester Church of the Brethren [#14].

Manchester College Bulletin, November 1951 p.4.  See also:  Photo Box 185

Manchester College and the Church of the Brethren: "A Study of the History of Higher Education in the Church of the Brethren." 

Bulletins and sermons from the Marion Church of the Brethren, South Central Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren.

Material related to Ralph McFadden, MC Class of 1955.

Material regarding Ralph McFadden can also be found in the Manchester College Bulletin, January 1976 p.7; July 1978 p.15.

Pictures, postcards and photographic reproductions of  Indiana Church of the Brethren meeting houses, and some noteworthy individuals within the denomination.

Mexico Welfare Home, located in Mexico, Indiana, would evolve intoTimbercrest Retirement Community, North Manchester, Indiana.

1. One ledger book with itemized income and expense reports and Inventory of Lots.

2. Two copies of financial report:

Balance Sheet, 30 June 1952

Statement of Income and Expenses for the period July 1, 1951 to June 30, 1952

Schedule of endowment fund investments and notes receivable, 30 June 1952.

3. One packet:"Articles of Voluntary Dissolution of Domestic Not for Profit Corporation by Art of the Corporation."

4. One packet:"State of Indiana Laws Concerning Corporations Not For Profit, March 1950 Edition."

Michigan District of the Church of the Brethren Records:

• General A-Z
• Congregations A-Z

One notebook - Minutes of the Middle District of Indiana begining April 1878 - and supplemental materials.

Middlebury Church of the Brethren is located in the Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren.  This collection includes church history, records of business meetings, pictorial directories, the booklet,  "Peace Education in Churches," by Dan West and Others, and other materials.

Material regarding Peggy Reiff Miller.

Peggy Reiff Miller has done extensive research on "Seagoing Cowboys."  See documentary video in the Dan West Exhibit, Funderburg Library, Manchester College or check out the video from Funderburg Library.

For related material about Peggy Reiff Miller see:  Manchester College Bulletin, November 1976 p.3; Messenger, March 2003 p.22-25.

Material related to Rex Miller.

Africa, hand-written notes on the start-up of missions in the country. 

Material related to Ira and Mabel Moomaw Including program from I. W. Moomaw's memorial service.

This Sourvenir Booklet contains a dedicatory program, a commemorative and anniversary service of the Church of the Brethren in Mount Morris, Illinois, that took place on Sunday, 18 March 1923. It holds pictures of members, lists of elders, pastors, ministers, a membership directory as well as historical sketches.

Materials relating to Anna Mow.

The file contains an article containing Andy Murray's song about Anna Mow along with the photograph that inspired a line of his lyrics...."a hole in her stocking and a pocketfull of dreams..."

For more material related to Anna Mow see : Gospel Messenger, 19 January 1946 p.7-8; Manchester College Bulletin, July 1976 p.3.

Flora Church of the Brethren and the Mulllendore family, Carroll County, Indiana.  Highlights from research on existing church directories and from pastor’s records.  

Photo 1980 - 82 of Andrew Murray singing and playing guitar.

Paul Halladay's collection of the Church of the Brethren newsletter, "The Ministry of Music."

Books by and belonging to Peter Nead, 1796 - 1877. 

BC2010/51a: "Theological Writings on Various Subjects (1850),"  by Peter Nead.

BC2010/51b: Book of writings about Peace, given by Russell R. Lambert, Dayton, Ohio, 1944, the great grandson of Peter Nead.  Written in the book is "This Book is the Property of Peter Nead."

BC2010/51c:  "Peter Nead's Book" written on interior along with another inscription, "Given by Russell R. Lambert, R.I. Dayton, Ohio. On the very back page are the words, "Peter Nead's Book of Universalism."  The book title is, "Notes on the Parables of the New Testament, by  Hosea Ballou, Pastor of the Universalist Church and Society in Portsmouth, N.H.....,"1812."

Material related to Stan Noffsinger, Manchester College alumnus, and General Secretary of the Church of the Brethren.

1994 - 1995 District Directory and District Conference Minutes, Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren.

District Conference packets for the 1994, 1995, and 1996 Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren.

Records, photographs and memorabilia from the Wakarusa Church of the Brethren and the Michigan City Church of the Brethren.

Records, photographs and memorabilia from the Bethel Church of the Brethren.

Bethel Church of the Brethren: Women's Fellowship Records 1970 - 1983, photos 1984, Mother and Daughter Banquet 1990, 1985 and 1988 newspaper clippings.

Records, photographs and memorabilia from the South Bend City (also known as the South Bend Second) Church of the Brethren.

Family photo of Marcos and Suely Inhauser.

Backup material and correspondence regarding Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren notes and loans circa 1968 - 1969.

Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren records.  Records include general files and topics, such as Women's Work, as well as information on individual congregations.

Membership records for the South Bend City, or South Bend Second, Church of the Brethren.

An assortment of materials dealing with the North Indiana District Office of the Church of the Brethren, including:

• Congregations and their status.
• Criminal Justice Christmas cards for inmates.
• Identification of types of funds.
• Insurance policies.
• Ministers and Spouses Association.
• Nurture and Witness Commission.
• Personnel Responsibilities.
• Quality survey.
• Pulpit Supply list.
• Project Equality.
• Blueprints for parsonage, Northern Indiana District.
• Years of District Statistical Reports involving congregational information.
• Brethren Service Officers and Camp representatives.

"The Church of the Brethren and PEACE," by Charles C. Cripe with an introduction by Dan West, published by the Northern Indiana Board of Christian Education. 

Records and memorabilia from Northern Indiana District Churches of the Brethren that have been closed: Wakarusa, Michigan City, Bethel, South Bend Second (City).

Photograph of Marcos and Suely Inhauser, Church of the Brethren missionaries in Brazil.

Women's Fellowship materials of the Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren.

One bible [1874] used at Ogan's Creek Church of the Brethren.

On record book of church minutes [30 September 1873 to 22 February 1889].

Questionnaires and information sheets.

"The Pilgrim," August, 1985, Vol. 32, No. 8.

See Also: "Old Brethren" in The Brethren Encyclopedia.

BC2011/9a: Manual of Brotherhood Organization and Polity, Church of the Brethren, Revised 1962, Church of teh Brethren General Offices, Elgin, Illinois. Rufus King writtin on the cover. Handwritten note on yellow paper inside from Mrs. Tom Wetzel, North Manchester, Indiana regarding statement of church donations.

BC2011/9b Manual of Brotherhood Organization and Polity, Church of the Brethren, revised 1965, Church of the Brethren General Offices, Elgin, Illinois.  R. King handwritten on book cover.

Information and resources about Orphan Trains from the Illinois State Genealogical Society.

Information relating to outdoor ministries.

One program from the Peace Oratorical Contest, 14 June 1930.  The program includes speakers and the the titles of their presentations. It appears as if all of the Church of the Brethren institutions had a representative at the contest, except for LaVerne College.

Material related to Carroll Petry, Manchester College alumnus, Class of 1953.

For additional materials on Carroll M. Petry, 1953 Manchester College alumnus, see: Guide Lines, v.1:1 (January 1960) p.1, 2.

Material related to Ronald Petry, 1956 Manchester College alumnus.

For additional materials on Ronald Petry,1956 Manchester College alumnus, see:  Manchester College Bulletin, February 1976 p.3.

Map of Brethren migration.

For other Brethren related genealogical material.

See Also:

Don Bowman's research on the Ulrich, Rench, Cripe, Metzger, Shively, Wolf, Bowers, Bowman families. See genealogical book section in Archives, one file folder under Bowman.

Heckman family genealogical information from the Brookville, Ohio Historical Society.  See genealogical book section in Archives, one file folder under Heckman.

For material about James Quinter see The Brethren Encyclopedia and the Gospel Messenger, 23 June 1945 p.13.

Material related to Chris Raschka.

South/Central Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren Records.

• General A-F
• General H-Z, Congregations A-M
• Congregations N-Z, Treasurer Records
• Treasurer Records