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Accession #MU2014/52
TopicCordier, Andrew and Butterbaugh, Dorothy: Collection of Louise King, Part 2,
TitleAndrew Cordier and Dorothy Cordier Collection
SubtitleCollection of Louise King
LocationLocated with other parts of the Louise Cordier King Collection in box marked with accession numbers including that of MU2014/52, Sanctum, Unit #6. Box labeled MU2014/12 and MU2014/52
CitationAndrew Cordier and Dorothy Cordier Collection, MU2014/52, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceLouise Cordier King, daughter of Andrew and Dorothy Cordier
Scope and Content

MU2014/52, Folder A

Photocopy of PhoebeAnn Butterbaugh article.

Handwritten lineage of Dorothy Butterbaugh Cordier’smother’s side of the family.

 

MU2014/52, Folder B

Property settlement letter from O. C. Frantz 23 April1945 to Mrs. A. W. Cordier. This is probably in regards to the sale of theCordier home in North Manchester.

Great Neck, New York, property sale agreement signed byAndrew Cordier, 26 April 1947.

 

MU2014/52, Folder C

Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association receipts to EsliButterbaugh for purchase of family lots, including lot 40, original plat.

North Manchester German Baptist Cemetery receipt dated 1886to E. G. Butterbaugh for lot #40.

 

MU2014/52, Folder D

Andrew Cordier’s deed for lot in Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester, 30 September 1972.

 

MU2014/52, Folder E

Photograph of Esli Butterbaugh, his wife, Laura EllenShively. The woman identified as “Grandma” is probably Phoebe Ann Butterbaugh.

The marriage license of Eslie Butterbaugh and Laura Ellen(Shively) Butterbaugh.

The obituary of Laura E. (Shively) Butterbaugh, Mrs. Esli Butterbaugh along with letter to Mrs.A. W. Cordier from Bender Funeral Home, North Manchester.

 

MU2014/52, Folder F – Photographs of DorothyButterbaugh, also known as Mrs. Dorothy Cordier

Pictures were taken at various times in Dorothy’s life:

Dorothy’s infant photograph.

Dorothy with mother, Laura Butterbaugh (Laura EllenShively Butterbaugh).

Mary Shively and Dorothy Butterbaugh.

Dorothy as a young child with cat, doll, chair andcarriage.

Dorothy as a young woman and as a student at ManchesterCollege (in Home Economics uniform). 

Portrait of Dorothy’s parents, Esli Butterbaugh and LauraEllen (Shively) Butterbaugh.

Portrait of Dorothy as a young woman.

Charles Butterbaugh as a baby with Dorothy ButterbaughCordier.

 

 

 

 

 

MU2014/52, Folder G- Photographs

Postcard of a group of children identified as “KingsMessengers.”

Probably children of Manchester College faculty and staffat a college Christmas function. This could also be Walnut Street Church of theBrethren children at a Christmas event.

Pictures of exterior and interior of Walnut Street Churchof the Brethren.

Wedding of Effie B. to Homer Weddle at the home of EsliButterbaugh in North Manchester, 1910.

“King’s Messengers” -The little girl – 2nd rowcenter (viewer’s right of teacher) looks like it could be Dorothy Butterbaugh.

Picture of Andrew Cordier is a group identified as“Sherwood Eddy Group in Rome 1930, at Vatican, Mdsle Dompre, Guide.”

 

MU2014/52, Folder H – Photographs of Andrew W.Cordier’s Family, from Hartville, Ohio

The Ida and Wellington Cordier Family photographs - withfather (Wellington), Ralph, Ida, Andrew, Ruth and Emory.

Picture with Ralph, Ruth, Emory and Andrew Cordier.

Two pictures of Wellington Cordier and wife, Ida MaeCordier, probably on the occasion of their wedding anniversary.

A picture with a note (from Dorothy Cordier) “Taken atBrenners on our honeymoon 1924.” – Ruth Cordier, Andrew Cordier, (_?_), DorothyCordier, Wellington Cordier, (_?_), and Emory Cordier.  Seated is Ralph Cordier and Esta (Brenner)Cordier.

Snapshot of the Minnie and Emory Cordier’s – Berdella,Hubert and Mildred.  Easter 1960.

Wellington and Ida Mae Cordier and family.  Is Louise and Wellington shown in thispicture - front row children?

Picture of the Cordier Home near Hartville, Ohio.

Ralph and Esta Cordier with unidentified individual (23May 1971).

Manchester College alumni picture taken 22 May 1971 –perhaps of Ralph and Esta Cordier (compare with other picture).

Wellington Cordier taken Thanksgiving 1959.

Emory Cordier and Andrew Cordier (brothers).

Mary Cordier and Sherwood Cordier, 1996.

Ruth Cordier – great aunt to (?).

Ralph Cordier with brother, Andrew Cordier, atInternational Education Conference United Nations Headquarters, Saturday 2April 1960.

Biography of Wellington Cordier, 21 June 1961 “The Sun,”newspaper, North Canton, Ohio.

 

MU2014/52, Folder I

Pictures from 23 May 1971 at the home of President A.Blair and Pat Helman.  Included areDorothy Cordier and Andrew Cordier along with friends.  Pictured is Max Allen standing betweenCordier and A. Blair Helman.  Mrs.Cordier wears a corsage. Group photograph including president emeritus Schwalm(seated, first man on viewer’s right). The event is identified as a Cordierwedding anniversary celebration.

Copy of Cordier Marriage Record – Record No. 14, Page 322– 22 May 1924.

Cordier wedding photographs – 2 different arrangements ofindividuals- including Ralph Cordier, Andrew and Dorothy, and Esta Cordier,wedding on 23 May 1924. It appears as if the Cordier’s celebrated on May 23because there is an invitation list for the 1971 event. Members of the originalwedding party are listed in red.

Andrew and Dorothy Cordier as young people, perhapsdating or early in their marriage.

Probably Andrew? and Dorothy ?at Winona Lake, Church ofthe Brethren Annual Conference, 1919. Maybe Dorothy is first on viewer’s leftand Andrew is second to the viewer’s right?

Dorothy Cordier, 24 August 1924 (following wedding).

Dorothy in wedding dress.

Dorothy with brother, Charles Butterbaugh, about 1919.

 

MU2014/52, Folder J

Camp Mack photograph – probably of MC Class reunion 25May 1963.  Dorothy Cordier is probablythe second woman seated on viewer’s right, holding purse and gloves.

Manchester College Faculty at Camp Mack, 29 September1936.  Dorothy and Andrew Cordierstanding with Lowell and Louise sitting on the ground (viewer’s right). L. W.Shultz and wife is also in picture.

 

MU2014/52, Folder K

Elfie and Homer Weddle’s children – John, Mary Ellen,Philip.

Probably Laura Butterbaugh.

Laura Butterbaugh and John Weddle.

Esli and Laura Butterbaugh with grandchildren, LowellCordier and Louise Cordier.

1937 picture of Laura Ellen Butterbaugh and John Shively.

Eslie and Laura Butterbaugh in the garden of 708 N. WayneStreet, North Manchester, Indiana.

Photographs of Elsi G. Butterbaugh and Laura Ellen(Shively) Butterbaugh as young adults or teenagers.

Family pictures including Andrew and Dorothy Cordier,Laura and Esli Butterbaugh, and Homer and Effie Weddle, taken at 708 NorthWayne Street, North Manchester.

Dorothy’s Cousin – with Dorothy as children - Mary(Shively?) Yoder and Dorothy Butterbaugh

Dorothy’s Cousins – adults – Mabel, Mary Yoder, Maud,Effie Weddle, Dorothy Cordier.

Possibly Mabel with Dorothy Cordier.

Mary Shively Yoder, Christmas 1956.

8 July 1962 at Andrew’s.

Picture taken at R. H. Miller’s home in April 1970.  Mary Yoder and (?) and Dorothy Cordier.

 

MU2014/52, Folder L – Dorothy Cordier and AndrewCordier - Personal Family Photographs

Travels – Pictures of Andrew and Dorothy at variousinternational settings.  Some taken May1962.

Note – we haveanother reference to 1962 trip taken by Dorothy and Andrew Cordier.

Andrew Cordier with Hazel Peters.

Mt. Blanc.

At Geneva apartment. (is Louise the child in thephotograph?)

Eiffel Tower.

Cordier’s apartment in Geneva with Dorothy on the porch?

Dorothy Cordier at Great Neck, New York. Dorothy andAndrew at Great Neck, New York.

Picture of Dorothy Cordier, later in life.

15 May 1966, Dorothy and Andrew at home.

“At home” in Glen Cove, L.I. We lived there for 9 months before moving to Great Neck – 35 rooms on18 acres! Post war housing shortage made finding a home difficult….Half the UNstayed with us.

Other photographs of Dorothy and Andrew at differentstages of their lives.

Andrew, Louise and Dorothy Cordier.

 

MU2014/52, Folder M – Louise Cordier – (Louise King) –and family pictures

Louise with her “best friend” – Grandma LauraButterbaugh.

Louise as a baby, with Lowell (brother), and mother(Dorothy Cordier).

Louise with Andrew at Manchester College.

Louise as a baby with brother, Lowell, and father (AndrewCordier). Taken at 11 Home Avenue.

Louise with father, Andrew Cordier, with College boilertower in background.

Louise as flower girl at Betty Lou’s wedding. Betty Louand Louise.

 

Louise as a baby with mother, Dorothy Cordier.

Louise on swing. Louise cooling off in tub of water(bathing beauty) taken at 708 N Wayne

Other bathing beauty photographs.

Louise in outfit from Holland.  She writes that Andrew Cordier (her father) brought this outfit back for me after one ofhis many overseas trips.  TheButterbaughs were from Holland so this was special.  The wooden clogs did not please me.

Louise and Lowell with family dog, Tibby.

Louise and father, Andrew Cordier, at gathering on lawn.

Louise at Warsaw Station – going to Canton, Ohio, alone.

Louise participating in May Day parade – seated in car.

Louise one of May Day Queen attendants

Louise babysitting – she writes – I love this picture!  It was thefirst time I was given “authority” over another human being so there I am “incharge” of this darling little girl and I’m not quite 6 years old.  Ah sweet maturity – August 1938.

Mary Ellen Weddle and Louise. Louise standing near houseat 708 N. Wayne.

Louise and Lowell as teenagers.

Andrew, Dorothy, Lowell and Louise sitting on sofa.

Louise and Lowell at black-tie event.

Louise as a toddler.

Louise as a small child in smocked dress.

Portraits of Lowell and Louise as children– one containsLowell with microscope and Louise with doll. Newspaper picture uses one of theimages.

Portrait of Lowell and Louise as older children.

 

MU2014/52, N – Lowell Cordier and family

Joan and Lowell Cordier – children Gene and Kathy.

Kathy, Joan and Gene Cordier in Great Neck livingroom.  Daniel Garber painting over themantel.

Lowell, Kathy, Gene and Joan sitting on sofa.

Andrew Cordier with Grandson, Gene.

Dorothy Cordier – grandma.

Lowell on swing set with Gene.

Gene Cordier at Great Neck.

Gene and Kathy at Kathy’s eighth birthday.

Gene and Kathy at Great Neck.

1954 Christmas card with pictures of Joan, Gene andLowell Cordier.

Lowell remarried. His second wife’s name was Mary. They had a daughter, Lani.  Lisawas Mary Cordier’s daughter from another marriage. Lisa and Lani Cordier

Four generations of Cordier men – Wellington, Andrew,Lowell, Gene.

Lowell and Andrew Cordier.

Lowell as a boy. Lowell as a young child. Lowell as an adult.

 

MU2014/52, O – Andrew Cordier photographs

Andrew as a student at Greentown or Hartville HighSchool. Andrew at Hartville High School.

Andrew on old Farm in Ohio, reclining on grass, and withhis Studebaker.

Andrew as a young adult. Photograph Andrew and Schnitzer.

Cordier as a student at Manchester College. 

Cordier as professor at Manchester College.

Cordier and Doreen Geary in his office at the UnitedNations.  Also images with Trygve Lie andMilanic.

Cordier in Gaza.

Picture of Cordier identified as Dean (ColumbiaUniversity).

Photograph of Cordier being interviewed for Channel 7.

Cordier on the bleachers.

Older photographs, perhaps as Dean or President ofColumbia University?

Younger portrait – perhaps as a faculty person atManchester College?

Other portraits and snapshots.

Picture of Dorothy and Dorothy and Andrew.

Cordier on a boat – getting some sun.

Cordier by the water – napping.

Cordier in black tie – a snapshot sent to Louise Kingfrom June Weir, Vice President and Fashion Editor of Women’s Wear Daily – imagetaken the night of the Bergdorf Goodman reception for the King and Queen ofSikkim. “He looks so marvelous.”

 

 

 

 

MU2014/52, P

P-1:  AndrewW. Cordier’s Curriculum Vitae,composed January 1975.

February 1977 article from Columbia Library columns – “OurGrowing Collections” describing the bequest from the late Dr. Andrew W. Cordierto receive his professional and personal papers, numbering some 1215,000 itemsof correspondence, manuscripts, documents and memorabilia.

P-2:  NewYork Times article 28 August 1987 describing Cordier’s role in the CubanMissile Crisis – Dean Rusk’s story.

P-3:  Copiesof “Secretariat News,” 29 September 1961 (Cordier’s tribute and the U.N.tribute to Dag Hammarskjold and those killed with him in the Congo), 16 March1962 (cutting the cake at farewell party at United Nations), 16 March 1976(back page – “Andrew Cordier Memorial Fund.”

Itinerary and photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Cordier’s trip,April and May of 1962.

Letter from William J. vanden Huevel to Ms. Louise Kingacknowledging the receipt of historic items given to UNA-Use to be used fordisplay and to educate other in the purposes and achievements of the UnitedNations. Accompanying images, including English silver made for Tiffany andCo., Birmingham, 1960, the front with presentation inscription.

P-4:  Programfor investiture of Andrew Cordier as fifteenth president of ColumbiaUniversity, New York City, 19 December 1969. Accompanying invitations to othercelebratory events.

Program for the dedication of the international AffairsBuilding of Columbia University, 22 October 1971.

P-5:  Newspaperarticle, “McGill Follows Cordier.”

P-6:  Newspaperarticles announcing the death of Andrew Cordier, who dies at 74 years of age.

Speeches

P-7 and 8 – Speeches and Tributes to Cordier,including but not limited to the following: 

Telegrams and messages upon the death of Cordier sent toLouise King and Lowell Cordier.

Letters – return of the insignia of the Royal Order ofthe North Star.

Copies of telegrams sent to Cordier’s family from KurtWaldheim and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Memorial statements from Columbia University, PresidentHelman at Manchester College, the United Nations, the Manchester College Boardof Trustees, and others. Material regarding Cordier’s internment at NorthManchester.

P-9 – Programs and Announcements:  1978 dedication of Cordier Auditorium atManchester College and celebratory events – President Helman’s letter –dedication of Neher Maintenance Center.

1976 – Andrew Wellington Cordier Fellows of the School ofInternational Affairs.

1975 – Memorial Service held at St. Paul’s Chapel,Columbia University in the City of New York. Preparatory materials andnewspaper article describing the event.

1975 – Near EastFoundation News – mention of Cordier’s death.

P-10- Memorials to Cordier:

Letter from John Wheeler to Louise King, 28 January 1976enclosing a Memorial to Andrew Cordier which took place at the meeting of theColumbia University Senate 19 September 1975 – remarks by President WilliamMcGill, Senator William Theodore deBary, Senator John Medina III, SenatorMichael Sovern,

Press Release, 17 July 1975, United States Mission to theUnited Nations, transcript of press conference held by Daniel Moynihan, U. S.Representative to the U.N., at the U.N. Headquarters, after presenting hiscredentials to the Secretary General of the United Nations.  “…. (Andrew Cordier) was I would not say apersonal friend but certainly a man I knew well and knew for a very long time.  He was a great political scientist, one ofthe few who have not diminished the reputation of the profession when theytried to practice what they preached. And whatever he achieved at the United Nations, he put to the bestpossible use at Columbia University.  Hekept that place together in the most awful difficulties, and we shall misshim…..Those of you who saw the obituary in the New York Times, might recallthat when he retired in 1962, it was alleged that the Soviet Union was of theopinion that this American was running the United Nations single handed.  Well we have changed all that, as youknow.  But it is a tribute to AndrewCordier that anyone could imagine such a situation.”

 

MU2014/52, Q – Newspaper articles

The New York Times,24 August 1968, “Kirk Retiring at Columbia; Cordier Named.” (2 copies).

The New York Times,22 August 1969, “Full Titlefor Dr. Cordier.”

The ColumbiaChronicle, September 1969, Vol. 3, No. 6, “Dr. Cordier Becomes 15thPresident.”

The New York Times, Obituaries, 22 November 1977,“Grayson Kirk, 94, President of Columbia During the 1968 Student Protests, IsDead,” [quote: Andrew Cordier, hissuccessor as acting president, said he would stress ‘the human values andparticipatory possibilities of university life.’].

The New York Times,21 August 1969, “Columbia Drafts Cordier As Its Regular President.”

The New York Times,27 April 1972, “Cordier Directs Strike Opposition.” “Columbia Classes HeldUnder Unusual Conditions.”

Date of Accession29 April 2014
Bio History Note

History:

Phoebe Ann Harter Butterbaugh was probably theGrandmother of Dorothy Butterbaugh Cordier and the Great-Grandmother of LouiseCordier King.  See also, “The WalnutStreet Messenger,” for a more complete history of Phoebe Ann Butterbaugh(perhaps the first white child born in North Manchester).

 

Elizabeth Blickenstaff died at age 44 years leaving 6children.

Elizabeth’s daughter, Laura Ellen (Blickenstaff) Shively,cared for Elizabeth during her last illness. Laura Shively was 19 years old when Elizabeth died. 

Laura Ellen Shively was 90 years old when she died.  Her daughter was Dorothy Butterbaugh Cordier.

Dorothy Butterbaugh married Andrew W. Cordier and theirchildren were Lowell Cordier and Louise Cordier King.

Archivist NoteDescription prepared 29 April 2014 by Jeanine M. Wine.
 


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