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Full listing > Accession MC2006/6| Accession # | MC2006/6 | | Topic | Grandstaff, Paul and Mary: Memory Album 1974 - 1982, | | Keywords | Public Relations, Athletics, | | Title | Grandstaff Memory Album | | Location | Unit 8, IS, Memory Shelves | | Citation | Grandstaff Memory Album, MC2006/6, 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 | Gift of one memory album donated by Paul and Mary Grandstaff. | | Scope and Content | One album with newspaper clippings about the college, students, Tall Oaks, faculty and staff from 1974 - 1982. One obituary written by son, David Grandstaff, for his mother, who died 18 July 2009. One obituary written by son, David Grandstaff, for his father, who died 4 February , 2010. | | Date of Accession | 14 June 2006 | | Bio History Note | Paul and Mary Grandstaff took an interest in the lives of many students at MC, inviting them into their home and serving them food.
President Jo Young Switzer references the hospitality of the Grandstaff's in her 2008 Commencement address. The following excerpt is taken from "The Class of 2008, Graduation speakers urge: Welcome others, welcome change," News Release, Jeri Kornegay, Director of Media and Public Relations.
President Jo Young Switzer urged the graduating class to open their hearts and minds, just as the College community did to them when they arrived on campus four years ago. She recalled Paul and Mary Grandstaff of North Manchester, who invited Manchester College students into their home for Sunday dinner for more than 40 years, the dinner table surrounded at the beginning with a few students, and some evenings with 100 young diners. “What happens to us and to our community when we choose to make welcoming strangers a way of life? It’s been at the heart of Manchester College for 119 years,” said Switzer. | | Archivist Note | Description prepared 14 June 2006 by Jeanine M. Wine, updated 21 September 2006 by Jeanine Wine and last updated 16 February 2010 by Jeanine Wine. |
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