Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
Advancement: VHS Tape and Other Assortment | MU2013/152, 1-34 - Formerly ROOctober2012/31 | VHS tapes and cassette tapes documenting significant events on the Manchester College campus, including Step Up to the Future (1987) as part of the Centennial Campaign. Focus on the college's Centennial year. Brochures on the Ministry Training Institute and Training in Ministry. Church of the Brethren pamphlets, some authored by faculty or alumni of Manchester College. |
Board of Trustees: Issues Surrounding Winger's Retirement | MU2017/99 | Minutes of the Board of Trustees and Executive Board of Manchester College, 1929 - 1930's incomplete. History surrounding the final years of Otho Winger's presidency. |
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. |
Buildings List | Buildings List | This is a somewhat dated list of building on campus but it shares some pertinent information. |
Centennial: Historical Slides and Images | MU2014/45 A,B | A group of slides and scanned images focusing on the historical figures and events that formed Manchester College and shaped Manchester University. |
Convocation #551: VHS Tape and Digital Copy | MU2013/152, #27 | A Celebration of FiftyYears of Peace Studies at Manchester College, Convocation #551, presented on 5 October 1998. This convo followed a presentation made by Dr. Arias, former president of Costa Rica and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, on 2 October 1998. |
Dean's Scholarship | MC2009/24 incorporated into MU2012/117 | Various types of scholarship announcements, large formatted checks and names of recipients from Academic Year 1995 - 1996, Dean's Scholarship, newsclippings. Scholarship Information Assortment. |
Manchester College: Photograph Album | MC2007/39 | A photograph album containing photographs of Manchester College faculty and staff as well as pictures from theatrical productions/plays ranging from 1916 through 1965-1966. |
Mount Morris College: Anniversary Booklet | MU2013/26 | A booklet commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Mt. Morris College, Illinois. Brief history of Rock River Seminary and Mount Morris College. |
Mount Morris College: Neff, Ida Fields, Postcard Collection | MC2003/352 | 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. |
Mount Morris College: Photograph Collection | MC2004/212 | Identified photographs 1912 and 1913. |
Mount Morris: Historic Memorabilia and Records | MC2012/51 | A varied and extensive collection that includes interesting materials from Mount Morris College. |
Multicultural and International Photographs | MU2014/17 | A variety of photographs documenting multicultural activities including the International Dinner, International Bazaar, College Vision Day, AAFRO House events, the Black Student Union, the Manchester College International Association, Hispanos Unidos, Brethren Colleges Abroad, special speakers, along with a wealth of identified pictures of student participants. |
Neher, O. W.: Photographs Biology Dpt. and Hall of Science | MC2009/53 | O. W. Neher photographs: Biology Department Photos and Hall of Science Dedicatory Materials. |
Neher, Oscar | MU2019/40 | The Oscar Neher Mount Morris College and Manchester College Collection |
Neher, Oscar: Artwork | MC2012/45 | Hand-drawn artwork by Oscar W. Neher for Mount Morris College annual publication circa 1929. |
Neher, Oscar: Lesson Plans and Papers | MC2002/104o | Oscar Warner Neher taught at Mount Morris College from 1924 until it merged with Manchester College in 1932. He was the only faculty member that transferred to Manchester College, where he taught biology from 1932 until 1954. Following is a list of folders containing lesson plans and papers for Neher's courses. |
Organizations: Pledge Book | MU2012/33 | A handwritten book of pledges starting with the date of September 1920. |
Orpurt, Philip: Biology Department Notebook | MU2014/148 | Dr. Philip A. Orpurt presents the history of the Biology department at Manchester College (1894 - 2005). His notebook includes humorous stories about Emerson Niswander, provides photographs of instructors, preserves memorabilia, and documents the construction of the new Science Center in 2005. |
Otho Winger: Native American | MC BULLETIN, Vol 73, 1980-81 | "Indians Revere memory of Otho Winger," MC BULLETIN, Vol 73, 1980-81 Calendar year. |
Peace Studies, Fifty Years: Arias, Oscar | MU2015/151 wave sound | Sponsored by the Ropchan Endowment, fifty years of Peace Studies at Manchester College is celebrated with speaker, Dr. Oscar Arias, former president of Costa Rica, and Nobel Laureate for his work to effect peace in Central America. |
Photographs: Faculty and Staff | MC2010/71 | Slides of Faculty and Staff 1951 - 1963 and beyond into the President Robinson Era. |
Photographs: Media and Public Relations, January 1998 - May 2000 - Part 2 | MC2012/36b | Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. January 1998 through December 1998. |
Presidents: Photograph Collection | MC2003/105 | Photographs of the Presidents of Manchester University - oversized collection. Also included are the photographs of the Chinese Wedding performed by President Winger. |
Scholarships: Names and Location | MU2012/117 Master File | Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. |
Scholarships: Names and Location | MU2012/117 File Folders #3, #4 | Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. Information related to the 1980's and 1990's through the 2000's. |
Scholarships: Names and Location | MU2012/117 File Folders #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40 | Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. |
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: Corresondence Folders 54 - 61 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 54 - 61 | Correspondence between Otho Winger and Vernon Schwalm. Included in this assortment is the controversy over the fate of Mount Morris College, a discussion started years prior to its merger with Manchester College. Unpublished letters describing Schwalm's reaction to the conditions surrounding the merger of these two institutions. Winger's final years as president and his trials and tribulations. Personal reflections upon colleagues and institutional politics as he leaves the school in the hands of his former student, Schwalm. |
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 Folders 45-53 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 45-53 | Schwalm's materials surrounding President Otho Winger and family, including Otho's funeral service and tribute to Oscar Winger. Letters regarding Schwalm's book on Otho Winger. Assorted correspondence with Dan West, Gladdys Muir and others. |
Thompson, Robert | MU2018/89 | The Manchester College related photograph collection of Robert Thompson (MC 1934). These photographs give a glimpse at student life between 1930-1934, and an aerial view of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference at Manchester College held during the summer of 1929. |
Vice President: Box 6 | Vice President's Box: #6 | Materials from the Office of the Vice President of Manchester College. |
Winger, J. Oscar | Faculty/Staff Boxes 46-48: Winger, Oscar | Materials regarding J. Oscar Winger, Manchester College alumnus, including but not limited to:
For material relating to J. Oscar Winger, see: Gospel Messenger, 6 September 1947 p.16 |
Winger, Otho: Peace, Temperance, and Tobacco | MC2006/13: File Folder Case - Peace and Temperance | What appear to be President Otho Winger's files on Alcohol and Tobacco which he labeled "Peade and Temperance." Some of the materials were addressed to Mrs. Oscar Winger, his brother's wife. |
Winger, Otho: Retirement | MU2017/100 | Correspondence between Otho Winger and colleagues 1915 - 1941. These letters explain the tribulations of Winger's last years as president of Manchester College. |
Winger, Otho: State Official Letters | MC2006/13: File Folder Case - State Official Letters | 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. |
Winger, President Otho: Collection | MC2010/200 | Manchester College and Church of the Brethren related letters, pamphlets, photographs, Sunday school records, newspaper articles, interesting pieces of local and national history, diaries, wedding invitations, datebooks, publication agreements, resumes of applicants from the Albert Teaching Agency and more. |