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Full listing > Accession MC2008/10Accession # | MC2008/10 | Topic | Advancement: Weaver, Welcome, | Keywords | Alumni, Trustee, Honorary Degree, Fundraising, President's Club, | Title | President's Club Program; Weaver Popcorn, Popcorn Facts and Recognition of Welcome Weaver (MC 1937), 30 October 1993 | Subtitle | Weaver, Welcome | Location | Large Box 181 | Citation | President's Club Program; Weaver Popcorn, Popcorn Facts and Recognition of Welcome Weaver (MC 1937), 30 October 1993, MC2008/10, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | Provenance | Unknown. In Archives since 2006. | Scope and Content | 1. One program of the President's Club "tour" of Weaver Popcorn with special recognition of Welcome Weaver and his family. | Date of Accession | Unknown | Bio History Note | The program includes a history of Weaver Popcorn that was started by I. E. Weaver, a Brethren minister, who started growing popcorn "to supplement his minister's salary and to fulfill his love for selling." Welcome Weaver, Manchester College alumnus (Class of 1937)worked with his father to pick and distribute the corn. Welcome was an active member in the Methodist Church and served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Manchester College. In 1988 he received an honorary degree from Manchester. | Date of Accession: | 19 February 2008 |
| Archivist Note | Description prepared 19 February 2008 by Jeanine M. Wine, updated 04 February 2009 by Jeanine M. Wine, updated 10 September 2010 by Jeanine M. Wine and last updated 2 January 2013 by Jeanine M. Wine. |
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