Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
Alumni Affairs: Miscellaneous Collection | MU2016/52 | DVDs - (1) "The Friends of Manchester College Golf Outing, Looking Back on 15 Years" (1990 forward). (2) the Manchester experience, preparing graduates to think deeply and critically, with attention to the benefits of the Auburn Golf Outing. Video clips - Student Union (now Jo Young Switzer Center) renovation, time- elapsed photography of construction. Church of the Brethren relations - programs from the Alumni Luncheons at Church of the Brethren Annual Conferences 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006. Alumni Directory (1939) with notes. Alumni Directory 1960. Class of 1951 Senior Recognition Day program. Notecard prints of watercolors campus buildings by Deb Hammond (MC Class of 1992). Programs; Athletic Hall of Fame - luncheon and induction ceremony 2000 - "M" Club induction (undated) - Citation for the 1994-1995 Basketball Team (Athletic Hall of Fame 2000). 1941 - 1991 Golden Anniversary booklet for the Class of 1941. 1999 Alumni Day Banquet program, with Honor Award recipients, and Golden Anniversary of Class of 1949. 2001 and 2002 Alumni Day Banquet program. Manchester College song written by Lucile Klinger and Henrietta Wassman. "Bulletin" focusing on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barry Goldwater visits. |
Baldwin, Ferne: Collection of Archivist Emerita | MU2019/15 | A collection assembled by Archivist Emerita, Ferne Baldwin, including: Photographs, publications, newspaper clippings, athletic department and buildings materials, "Spartan Sports News," obituaries, etc., click on accession number to see detailed description. |
Books: With Significant Memories | MU2013/88 | Special Books - The publications in this collection have a special relationship with Manchester University and with the Church of the Brethren. Books belong to MC presidents, alumni, faculty/staff. Some contain special inscriptions by authors or donors. Some have poetry or articles written by associates of MC. |
Cable, Miriam Weybright: Collection of Manchester College Materials | MU2013/139 | Collection of Miriam Weybright Cable, Manchester College Class of 1939. |
Coe, Mary: Collection | MC2004/386 | The Mary Coe Collection: - Correspondence between A. W. Cordier and R. H. Miller.
- Correspondence regarding Abraham Mizrahi and Mrs. Isaac Oppenheim.
- R.H. Miller's eulogy of Mrs. Isaac Oppenheim.
- Photograph of Manchester College's football team, circa 1946 or 1947.
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College Women's Club | Large Box 31 | Records of Manchester's College Women's Club. |
Diversity: Multicultural Affairs. Historical Folders | MC2012/35 | Historical correspondence from the Department of Multicultural Affairs regarding the speaking engagements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dick Gregory, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Andrew Young at Manchester College. Invitations to Mrs. Coretta Scott King are also included along with her responses. |
Funderburg Family | MC2004/532 | Funderburg Family Materials from the collection of Truman Funderburgh, including but not limited to: Harmon Gray, Funderburg,, Loma Hart, Kenneth Fogle, William Gray Harmon, Hill, Funderburk, Marjorie Nell Lauver/John Funderburg Lauver, Frank Harrowing, "From the Castle," Earl Lloyd, Guy Funderburk, Lazarus Funderburgh, WIlliam Funderberg family, J. C. Funderburgh, Richard Funderburgh, Rosetta Funderburgh, Brown, Boone, Joseph Miller, Jesse Funderburg, Jacob Funderburgh, Alvin Funderburg, Walter Funderberg, Deeton Cottage, Elmer Arnold, Edith Funderburgh, Mrs. George Funderburgh |
Garey, Doris: Collection | MU2017/11 | Memorabilia, mementos from college days at Mount Holyoke, research and class materials, diaries, sewing sampler notebook, written papers and documents, John Bunyan book notes, travel slides and documentary of trip to Great Britain, belonging to Professor Doris Garey, who taught English at Manchester College from 1956-1972. |
Hiroshima: World Friendship Center, Leona Row Eller Collection | MC2011/195 | Extensive collection of photographs, publications and memorabilia from the collection of Leona Row Eller from her participation in the World Friendship Center, Hiroshima, Japan. |
Lear, Mattie: Mt. Morris Faculty and COB Minister | MC2009/98 | Portrait of Mattie Nicholas Lear (Mrs. John Lear), Church of the Brethren female minister, and instructor at Mount Morris College from 1879 - 1881. A typewritten history is included. |
Medallions: Endowed Faculty | MU2014/149 | Medallions worn by Manchester College faculty filling endowed positions. These medallions bear the old college seal prior to the institution becoming a university. |
Miller, Ed and Martha: Collection of Programs and Memorabilia | MU2013/86 | Handmade programs and memorabilia for MC clubs and organizations circa the 1950's. Photographs and identification of 1953 May Day Queen, Jean Childs Young and Court. Programs from Home Economics events (1950's). Oak Leaves issue announcing MC's Cherry Princess candidates. 1991 and 1992 issues of the Manchester College "Bulletin." Photos from May Day 1956. Copy of "The Acorn," 25th year edition. |
Mount Morris College: Mohler, Robert | MC2004/444 | 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. |
Mount Morris College: Photographs | MU2015/46 | Photographs from Mount Morris College, Illinois. |
Mow, Anna: Family Photographs | MU2021/13 | Anna and Baxter Mow family photographs. |
Oppenheim, Etta H. | Photo Box 186, MC2004/386 | Tribute to Etta H. Oppenheim by Professor R. H. Miller. |
Oppenheim, Isaac and Etta H. | MC2009/149 | Photograph of the donors, "Professor of Mathematics," Isaac and Etta H. Oppenheim. |
President's Office | MU2013/103a,b,c | Collection from the Office of Jo Young Switzer, President of Manchester University [CONFIDENTIAL]. |
Public Relations: Newspaper Articles | MU2013/138 | Newspaper articles of significance about Manchester College, faculty, and students, that have been photocopied and laminated for safe-keeping. |
Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media | MU2012/122 | Visual media from Public Relations that came from the Administration Building during the office moves of 2012. Reunion pictures of alumni from Class years of 1928 through the early 1990's. Negatives from reunions circa 2000. Photographs from reunions taking place in 2004. |
Scholarships: Names and Location | MU2012/117 File Folders #41, #42, #43, #44, #45, #46, #47, #48, #49, #50 | Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. |
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 62-104 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 62-104 | Correspondence bidding Schwalm farewell as he leaves Manchester College as Dean and heads west as President of McPherson College in Kansas. Letters of congratulation and support and appreciation regarding his great ability. The return of Schwalm to Manchester College as President and materials related to his inaugural event. Also, The Church of the Brethren celebrates its 250th anniversary, Schwalm gives tribute to Carl Holl, Manchester College experiences challenges during WWII. Correspondence between Schwalm and students in Civilian Public Service and students in the military. Schwalm works with the Board of Trustees, and faces staff and student issues. Schwalm's retirement and gift from the Board of Trustees offering theSchwalms a trip to Europe and Africa. Career following retirement and dedication of Schwalm Hall. Materials surrounding, "My Educational Pilgrimage," by Schwalm and a look into Schwalm's life following his presidency. A small collection on the history of Manchester College. Various writings by Schwalm including but not limited to the drafts, "College Life Since World War II," "Christian Higher Education in the Church of the Brethren at Mid Century," and "The Development of the Sciences at Manchester College." Correspondence with A. Blair Helman. |
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. |
Student, Faculty, Staff and Buildings: Photographs of Mount Morris and Manchester College | MC2004/454-457 | Photographs: Faculty, staff, students and buildings of Mount Morris and Manchester College. |
Theatrical Productions: Photographs | MU2014/10 | Photographs of theatrical productions and musicals at Manchester University throughout the years. |
Thomas, Frances Smith: Memorial Service in Petersime Chapel | MC2007/134a,b | Student of Cordier, friend of Coretta Scott King and Yolanda King, educator, musician, Manchester College alumna, a memorial service is held in Petersime Chapel honoring the life of Frances Smith Thomas, 13 March 1999. |
Young, Andrew: Commencement Address, 2000 | MU2012/28b | Dr. Andrew Young presents the Commencement address, 2000. |