Material about the college experience of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Weller when they were students at Manchester College. 

Gladys Dickey's "Manchester College" was first sung at the joint program of the Lincoln and Adelphian literary societies, May 18, 1912. 

"The Alumni Song" was written by Miss Lucile Klinger of Wabash, Indiana in the spring of 1917. 

Willkie, Edward, 1914 graduate of the Academy and 1920 U.S. Olympic Wrestler. 

MC2009/133a: Bible Society Minutes, 31 March 1902 - 24 March 1905.

MC2009/133a: Copies of the Constitution and By-Laws revised 1915.

MC2009/133a Mission Program  - program notes and speakers.

MC2009/133b: Bible Society Minutes, 21 April 1916 - 19 May 1919.

MC2009/133c: Bible Society Minutes, 25 October 1907 - 12 April 1912.

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.

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.

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.

The file contains the lyrics and scores of past and present college songs.

See also: 

Oak Leaves 20 September 1924 p.4; 7 March 1925 p.4; 12 November 1927 p.1.

MC2007/149, "Manchester College" by Gladys Dickey, 1912.

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.

Schedule for Convocation and Fine Arts Series, Summer 1969.

Transcript of Sidney Lens Convocation, 6 April 1967.

Faculty Meeting Minutes 16 September 1919 - 19 May 1925 and other pieces of memorabilia, ideas and resolutions.

Lillian Moomaw Flory: Photographs taken during 1911, 1912, and 1913, including production of "Mary of Bethany," directed by Cora M. Stahly, music teacher.

Photograph of Cora Miller Stahly of Nappanee, Indiana.  Lillian Flory's M. C. music teacher, 1911, 1912, 1913.

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.

Edward Kintner:

• Program from Spring 1940 tour of Manchester Chapel Choir.
• Edward Kintner's diploma from Manchester College, B.A., 1912.
• Edward Kintner's diploma from Manchester College, Doctor of Science, 1938.
• Photograph of college apartments (located on College Ave & Wayne St).

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. 

Manchester College Postcard Collection that includes images of buildings and students from the early 1900's forward.

Student photographs: Postcards

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

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).

• Mount Morris Alumni Card File

 Postcard of David Frantz and two others in their room at Mt. Morris College, Illinois, circa 1912. 

Milly Heisler Collection including a history of Mount Morris College.  Picture of Mount Morris Old Folks Home. Photos of "pigtail day" and "tie day," as well as other interesting images.

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

Robert E. Mohler graduated from Mount Morris College in 1912 with a B.A. degree.  He served Mount Morris as Physical Director, Education during the 1912-1913 school year.  Robert Mohler died in 1980. This is his postcard collection.

A postcard collection belonging to Robert Mohler, 1912 graduate of Mount Morris College. Pictures show Old Sandstone during and after the fire of 1912, and an image of the campus circa 1915-1920.

This is the postcard collection of Ida Fields Neff who graduated from Manchester College in 1920.  It reflects student life at Manchester College, Indiana and at Mount Morris College, Illinois. Included is an image of West End Mission, North Manchester.

Permanent records of Mt. Morris College, arranged alphabetically.

Mount Morris College - miscellaneous permanent records. Academy records.

Fourteen photographs of Mount Morris College.

Identified photographs 1912 and 1913.

Photographs of Mount Morris College circa 1912.  Some were used as postcards and have messages written on the verso. Images of Old Sandstone's exterior and interior after being damaged by fire. Pictures of Old Sandstone being rebuilt and after the building program. 

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

Mt. Morris College, fire of 15 January 1912. 

See: The Gospel Messenger, 27 January 1912.

Mount Morris catalogues and bulletins from 1879 (the first), forward through 1932 (incomplete). Teacher grade books (confidential)1910-1911-1912 forward - incomplete). Time Schedules and Pay Records for Desk Librarians - Daily Desk Service Record.

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.

Original Alumni Fountain Photograph: Crowd of men, women, and children surrounding original Alumni Fountain.  Bumgardner Hall is shown in the background.

See Also: Fountains.

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).

Edith Yaney Shafer Photograph Collection, including photographs of tennis (men's and women's), students, activities, residence life, the famous spoonholder, and buildings on campus.  Photographs of Vernon Schwalm, who would later become President of Manchester College.

Classrooms: Groups of Students/Classes Photograph Collection-Oversized.  Pictures from 1890 through the 1900's. Mount Morris ladies in front of residence. Halloween. Joseph Cunningham.

Kagawa: The photograph that appears on page 116 of the book, "A Century of Faith, Learning and Service, Manchester College. " In 1936 the College hosted a major conference called "An Institute on Christian World Order," featuring Japanese peace activist Toyohiko Kagawa.

A biographical sketch by James E. Kiefer about Toyohiko Kagawa can be found on the internet. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/143.html

President Winger's correspondence with the State of Indiana as he strives to certify Manchester as a "standard college." This involves heavy financial requirements.These letters also deal with State of Indiana requirements for teaching certifications. The story behind the abandoning of the Academy. Corresondence 1917 - 1928.

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.

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.

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.

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