| Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
| Alumni Relations: Class Reunion Files | MU2016/11 | Class reunion files from the Classes of 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1953. Dormitory housing records for Schwalm Hall (Fall 1977 - Spring 1989) and Garver Hall (Fall 1977- Spring 1989) and Schwalm renovation and restructuring plan 18 April 2000. Schwalm reunion list of 1977 alumni? |
| Alumni: Memories, Class of 1948 | MC2012/89 | College memories and personal updates from members of the Manchester Class of 1948 that were submitted in preparation for their 25th year reunion in 1973. |
| Basketball, Women's: Photographs | File Folder #19 | Women's Basketball photographs. Many individuals are indentified in this collection. Photographs include Summer Camps 1975 - 1976. |
| Civilian Public Service Interviews | MC2012/33 | Photographs, periodicals, correspondence, audio recordings, video and VHS recordings of Manchester College students who, as conscientious objectors, served in Civilian Public Service projects during WWII. |
| Civilian Public Service Oral History Release Forms | MC General File: Civilian Public Service | Release Forms and correspondence regarding Dr. Virginia Keller's CPS oral history project:
- Francis Barr
- Robert Rohwer
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| Civilian Public Service: Photographs and Publications in the Francis Barr Collection | MC2011/233 | 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. |
| Convocation #143: McFadden, Dr. Wilbur, "The Last Epidemic" | Convocation #143: McFadden, Wilbur | The tape is labeled so that the listener expects to hear a presentation by Dr. Wilbur McFadden, 7 February 1983, "The Last Epidemic." However, there are several presenters and Dr. McFadden is not identified (but he might be if someone listens to the entire recording). A presenter gives a physical description of what happens during nuclear war. He uses San Francisco as an example and projects what would happen if the city suffered a nuclear strike. |
| Convocation List 1968 - 2008: Recordings | Convocation List of Recordings | A listing of Convocation cassette tapes and recordings. Some of these recordings have been digitized but this list does not reflect this information . |
| Deeter, Al: Personal Collection | MU2018/55 Box 1 | Personal correspondence, ministerial and CPS documents, papers written while a student at Bethany Biblical Seminary and at Princeton, studies in Anabaptist Theology, Princeton dissertation correspondence, early Environmental Studies grant materials, Christian College Day presentations, negatives, slides, photographs, and Bridgewater College's diploma granting Allen Deeter the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa. |
| Executive Committee Minutes April - June 1900 and Faculty Meetings April 1900 and 1925 | MC2009/100a,b | MC2009/100a: Executive Committee Minutes from April, May June 1900 as well as Faculty Meeting Minutes ( 11 April and 18 April 1900). MC2009/100b: Executive Committee Minutes from 4 March 1901 - 4 June 1901. Letter from Balsbaugh Over the Death of Sister Catherine Forney |
| Howe, F. J. | Howe, F. J. - old newspaper article | F. J. Howe of the Commercial Department. Resigned during the Kriebel incident. See old newspaper article in the Howe/Kriebel files about the story. |
| Howe, Francis O. | Faculty Staff Boxes: Howe, Francis O. | Francis was the second son of first College President David Howe and David's first wife, Delilah. Francis (Frank) was an instrumental music teacher at Manchester College 1899-1900. Frank was also the Inventor/founder of the Howe Vacuum Bait Company. |
| Independent Study Papers: Biology | MC2012/68a-jj | Independent Study Papers: Biology. |
| Jefferson Twp., Wayne Co., 1864 - 1871 School Record and Deportment Record Book | MC2009/134 | Jefferson Twp., Wayne Co., 1864 - 1871 School Record and Deportment Record Book for Schools Number 4 and 5. |
| Kauffman, Bruce S. | MC2007/18 | Writings of S. Bruce Kauffman, and Kauffman Award Recipients 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000.
1. Documents from one three ringed notebook that include Bruce's writings.
2. Materials include a list of those receiving Kauffman Awards from; 1997 - 1998, 1998 - 1999, 1999 - 2000.
3. Application form and description of the Bruce Kauffman Award.
For Kauffman Award Memorandum and description, See: Alumni Large Box 187, then Kauffman.
See Also: MC 811.52 Au23zk. |
| Manchester College: Historical Movies | MC2009/147a,b,c,d | Historical videos of 1934 Homecoming, 1934 May Day festivities, sports events, and graduation exercises 1939 and 1941. Camp Mack Day circa that same era.
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| Natural Sciences Division: Radio Station Collection from Barr, Francis H. | MC2004/538 | The first known radio communication from the Manchester College campus was through an unlicensed amateur [HAM]radio station privately operated by the Singer brothers in 1927. Their endeavor was entirely different from and unrelated to the first Manchester College radio station [WMIB] built by Dwight Farringer in 1945. Francis Barr provides objects from the Singer brothers' interest and gives physical information about the construction of WMIB. |
| News Releases: August 2000 - August 2001 | ROSeptember2012/25 | News Releases from Manchester College August 2000 - August 2001, along with partial listing from 16 August 2000 - 27 November 2000. This finding aid is in process. Not all of the releases have been recorded. |
| Photograph: American Chemical Society, 1964 | MC2010/99 | One photograph of students and faculty who were members of the American Chemical Society, 1963-1964. |
| Photographs: Identified photographs of Faculty / Staff / Student / Friends | MC2010/88 | An assortment of identified photographs of Faculty, Staff, Students and Friends that span many years. See Scope and Content for names. |
| Plunkett, Roy: Collection 1938 - 1988 | MC2001/3 Box 1 | A detailed description of the Roy Plunkett collection - Box #1: 1938 - 1988. |
| President's Office: Presidential Correspondence N - Z | MU2012/103 Box 2 | Presidential Correspondence N - Z. |
| Public Relations: News Releases and News Clippings | MU2016/1 | News releases and news clippings 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003. Not all of these releases have been recorded. More work is needed. |
| Schutz, J. Raymond | MC2011/227, Folders 45 - 83 | 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. |
| Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 21-44 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 21- 44 | The materials in these folders were identified, probably by Schwalm, as "confidential files." They contain personal, College, and Church of the Brethren related correspondence. |
| Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence with Andrew Cordier | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files | Decades of correspondence between Vernon Schwalm and Andrew Cordier. Cordier gives detailed accounts of behind-the-scenes activity at the United Nations during the Cold War, and the reader can watch the situation in the Congo unfold. Cordier's role in the Cuban missile Crisis is described to Schwalm as are events on the Columbia University campus during a period of student uprising in the the 1960's. Cordier is always in the thick of things and his descriptions of political figures and events are intriguing. |
| Shultz, L. W.: Photograph Collection | MC2001/12h | L.W. Shultz Papers: Photograph Collection including tours conducted by L. W. Shultz, Piney Woods, pictures of Cora and L. W. Shultz, and many more of European and Middle Eastern tours. |
| Steffan, Francis | Faculty/Staff Boxes 46-48: Steffan, Francis | Material related to Francis Steffan. |
| Students: Dorm Life and Campus Scenes, 1933-1949 | MU2013/150 | Photographs showing student life and campus scenes at Manchester College, 1933-1949. |
| Wine, Norman: Collection | MU2014/42 | Materials related to Norman B. Wine - biography and related artifacts, diplomas, Auroras, Manchester College Bulletins reflecting his time with the Board of Trustees, congregational anniversary items for the Southern Ohio District of the Church of the Brethren. |
| Winger, Otho: Faculty Prospects | MC2006/13: File Folder Case - Faculty and Prospects Letters | President Otho Winger's correspondence regarding faculty prospects primarily for the 1920's. |
