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| Manchester University Archives and Brethren Historical Collection |
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Full Listing > Search results for "Reflections:"Click on the accession's accession number to see the full accession's information.| 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? |
| Arnold's Grove: Big Meeting 1882 | BC2018/21 | EDITORIAL: Comments at the Arnold's Grove Revisited Prayer Meeting, May 19, 1991. This article reflects upon Annual Conference 1882, when members of the German Baptist Brethren congregations gathered at Arnold's Grove. The Berlin Committee reported on charges against Elder Henry Holsinger, who had written an article comparing the Annual Conference Standing Committee to a non-Brethren set of institutions, e.g. secret lodges and societies. More tension mounted over reforms such as salaried ministers, dress codes, missions, higher education, the Sunday School movement, and evangelistic meetings. |
| Brethren Service Camps | MC2007/38 | Newspaper clippings of Schwalms personal reflections on a transatlantic tour, including a report on the Church of the Brethren mission in Nigeria and Brethren Service Camps in Europe.Tour |
| Buildings List | Buildings List | This is a somewhat dated list of building on campus but it shares some pertinent information. |
| Cable, Miriam Weybright: Collection of Manchester College Materials | MU2013/139 | Collection of Miriam Weybright Cable, Manchester College Class of 1939. |
| Campus Pastor, James Chinworth, ed: "I have this one question..." | MU2019/93 | Rev. James Chinworth edited this book containing reflections of Manchester College folks that were collected September, 1998 - December, 2006. |
| Centennial: Interviews | MU2014/37 | Centennial Interviews: 1987 - 1988 interviews of Manchester College Faculty / Staff / Alumni / Friends. |
| Church Relations: Manchester College | MU2015/33 Church Relations | Materials affirming the relationship between Manchester College and the Church of the Brethren, including but not limited to: Brethren Business Network, statistics regarding congregational and district support, Trustee information, A Cappella and Concert Band Tours, grants through Lilly Endowment, Inc., TEV programs, Church-College Conversations, youth conferences, and programs offering continuing education and support for church workers and pastors. |
| College Woman's Club: "An Evening With the First Ladies" | MC2011/69 | College Woman's Club: "An Evening With the First Ladies," 14 April 1976. The past presidents of the College Woman's Club give their reflections. |
| Convocation #027: Cotton, Elizabeth | MC2011/20, Convocation Tape #27 | Elizabeth Cotton C, composer of "Freight Train," and one of the country's top Folk Blues guitarists, presents a convocation titled, "Spirituals/Folksongs/Blues," at Manchester College on 4 October 1976. |
| Convocation #057: Chenault, Myron, "Close Encounters of the Educational Kind," 1979 | Convocation #57, Chenault, Myron, 1979 | Myron Chenault gives the presentation, "Close Encounters of the Educational Kind," on 12 February 1979. |
| Convocation #071: Strasman, Gavriel, "The Middle East Situation: Current Reflections," 1980 | Convocation #71: Strasman, Gavriel, 1980 | Gavriel Strasman speaks on "The Middle East Situation: Current Reflections," on 18 February 1980. |
| Convocation #579: A Century Past | MU2015/112 | Manchester College Faculty present Convoction #579 on 1 November 1999, "Reflections on a Century Past." |
| 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. |
| Deeter, Allen: Personal Collection | MU2018/55 Box 2 | Correspondence, 1958 -1978 including but not limited to: Gladdys Muir's retirement, Peace Studies News-Letters from Gladdys Muir with handwritten notes, Memo from MC Treasurer regarding Gladdys Muir's library and retirement matters, the effect that a resignation would have on the Peace Studies program, Deeter's doctoral thesis, Conflict Resolution proposal, discussions with Professor William Schuhle, Ken Brown, Grady Snyder, Donald E. Miller, Dale Aukerman, and Linda Rehfeldt. Materials related to: Council for Intercultural Studies and Programs, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Environmental Studies at Manchester, Brethren Volunteer Service, India 1973, 1978, India Delegation, 1975-1976, On Earth Peace, Testimony to Senate Subcommittee on Education - United States Peace Academy, On Earth Peace Academy, 1975-1976, World Without War Council, 1976. Deeter syllabi, papers, and Brethren Heritage materials.
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| Eberly, William: Personal Library and Professional Material | MU2018/66 | Materials from William Eberly's collection related to Bill's professional career and personal library. Eloise Eberly's College Woman's Club directories. Letter to Eloise from Bill's January Term trip West (circa 1976) and related snapshots. Notebook documenting Bill's participation in the "Citizen Ambassador Program (China)." Programs: Groundbreaking Celebration for the MC Recital Hall (March 2004) - Dedication of the Norman and Grace Wine Recital Hall (October 2004) - Celebrating the Marden Years (2005). 1889 Scholarship granted to Samuel Miller. Charles Lekrone's reflections on President Howe and early North Manchester College, including classrooms in future Ikenberry home. The history of Tall Oaks. "Environmental Education, The Big Picture," by Eberly (1991). Video of the dedication of Koinonia, 21 April 1990. |
| Education for Conflict Resolution: Anniversary | MU2013/85 | Booklet celebrating the 25th anniversary of "Education for Conflict Resolution," 1988 - 2013. |
| Flory, Paul J.: Reflections by an Eminent Chemist | MU2017/20 | Interview with Manchester College alumnus, Paul Flory, who received the 1974 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. |
| Friermood, David: Collection | MU2016/15 | Materials collected by and related to David Friermood. Also, information on campus buildings and presidents. Retirement photographs of Friermood, Pat Weller, and Linda Richards. Videos: Eel River Dam Removal, 2005 Alumni Honors Banquet, 2004 A Cappella Alumni Concert, 2004 Wine Recital Hall Dedication, 2004 Honors Convocation 2004.
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| Gilbert, Art: Collection | MU2018/44 | The personal collection of Art Gilbert, 1953 alumnus and accounting professor at Manchester College, including materials related to Bethel Church of the Brethren, Milford, Indiana. |
| Graduation 2007: Baccalaureate and Commencement Video | MU2012/46a,b | MP4 files of Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises held at Manchester College in 2007. |
| Helman: Presidental Correspondence, Administrative Finance, Dean's Correspondence | MU2020/6 | Helman correspondence, CONFIDENTIAL Student Affairs materials (1964-1976), newsletters and programs related to the Manchester Ambassadors, a group whose focus is estate planning (1966-1975), CONFIDENTIAL files from the Director of Deferred Giving and Special Gifts (1969-1977), files of the Public Relations, Deferred-Giving Committee. Administrative finance concerns campaign preparedness studies, pay raises, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Equitable Life Assurance Society, and comprehensive business insurance [For a more detailed list, click on accession number, middle column, to link to the finding aid]. Files from the Dean - span the very end of Schwalm’s career as president (Spring 1956), forward. |
| Johnson, Dorothy Winnifred: | MU2017/19 | Former MC professor, Dorothy Johnson, is interviewed by Victoria Eastman regarding Dorothy's membership in the Delta, Kappa, Gamma, Alpha, Zeta Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma International Society for Key Women Educators. |
| Plunkett, Roy: Collection 1988, 1989 | MC2001/3 Box 2 | A detailed description of the Roy Plunkett collection - Box #2: 1988 - including 50 years of "Teflon" and the Du Pont Plunkett awards (1988, 1989 and beyond). |
| Plunkett, Roy: Collection 1988-1994 and Biographical Material | MC2001/3 Box 3 | A detailed description of the Roy Plunkett collection - Box #3: 1988 - 1994 - including biographical material, relationships with Manchester College and Ohio State, as well as personal associations with organizations. There is a report and description of the oral project conducted by "The Center for the History of Chemistry." Also included are copies of "Polymers and People," by Eric Elliott, and "Polymer Pioneers," by Peter Morris. |
| President's Box: #1 | MU2016/20 | MC Factbooks, 1988, 1999, 2000, Dashboard Indicators (Fall 2000, 2001), "Toward a Margin for Excellence, Strategic Indicators" (1977), VIA 1996 - 1997 notebook, Helman retirement preparations, Helman portrait preparations, Labor force changes in Indiana, projections for 1996 - 2010, fifty years of Brethren Volunteer Service, BVS volunteers from MC and influence on career, CPS and Brethren Service Committee including Cordier, Shultz, Kinsel, Zigler, Durnbaugh, Eby, West, Indiana Higher Education Facility Study (1967, 1973), Hegis Facilities Data (1970, 1971), ""A Campaign to Strengthen MC," PERC building project, "Reflections on the Theological Exploration of Vocation," study of financial and academic resources at MC (1965). |
| President's Office | MU2013/103a,b,c | Collection from the Office of Jo Young Switzer, President of Manchester University [CONFIDENTIAL]. |
| President's Office: Files | MU2014/120 | Materials related to the search for Manchester's 14th president. |
| President's Office: Jo Young Switzer Notebooks | MU2014/126 | President Jo Young Switzer's collection of presentations, correspondence and memorabilia documenting her tenure as Dean and President of Manchester University [1993 - 2014]. |
| Rupel, Esther and Annabel: Collection | MU2019/60 | MU and WWII related materials from the personal collections of Esther and Annabel Rupel, including but definitely not limited to: 1987 AIDS Convocation program in memory of Amelia Sloan, MC Reconciliation Service,1991 Student Development Seminary Series schedule, Manchester College's Volunteer Corps, 1992-1993 list of new faculty at MC, 1977 Jo Young Switzer letters to Accounting Majors, Business Majors, and Finance Majors ,Fall 1997 First year Colloquium Classes, program for the unveiling of the Dan West Heifer International Permanent Exhibit, article on Dr. WIlliam Link and the plasma scalpel |
| Scholarships: Endowed | MC2008/100 | "Celebrating Generations of Giving, Student Reflections on the Manchester College Endowed Scholarships." |
| 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 1 - 20 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 1-20 | 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 105 - 143 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 105 - 143 | A great deal of material including but not limited to: Correspondence surrounding Schwalm's trip to Nigeria, including letters to and from missionaries and interaction with the Foreign Mission Commission of the Church of the Brethren General Brotherhood Board. Issues regarding the Mexico Indiana Old Folks Home and Schwalm's leadership in the creation of Timbercrest. Many drafts of presentations as well as completed speeches, articles, and sermons by Vernon Schwalm, including an address given in the fall of 1923 at Manchester College, the year the Academy was eliminated. Schwalm gives a brief history of the institution. Addresses presented by outside speakers on the Manchester College campus. |
| Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 144a - 146 | 144a-146 | Schwalm's correspondence dealing with Church of the Brethren related materials, including reminescences of Baugo Church of the Brethren. Materials surrounding the 250th anniversary of the founding of the denomination. Bibliography for the study of church history. Corespondence with individuals at the Church of the Brethren General Offices in Elgin, Illinois on a variety of topics. Annual Conference program committee notes and other Annual Conference materials. The collection contains a variety of letters, including that of Siegfried Leffler of Germany, giving thanks for a donation towards a peace bell. |
| 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. |
| Switzer, Jo Young: Inauguration Media, Correspondence, Reflections | MC2004/732 | Media releases, personal reflections on presidency.. |
| Switzer, President Jo Young: Images | MU2014/108 | Images of Jo Young Switzer as Manchester student, professor, Vice President and Dean for Academic affairs (1993), and as President (December 2004) assembled as an exhibition in honor of Jo's retirement. Accompanying notebook of audience reflections. |
| Tall Oaks and Parker Marden and President Jo Young Switzer Collection | MC2011/235 a, b,c | MC2011/235 a: Information about the building of Tall Oaks. MC2011/235b/c: Copies of correspondence between A. Blair Helman and Dr. Jo Young Switzer as well as material related to Helman, President Emeritus,Parker Marden and President Jo Young Switzer. |
| Van Dyke, Joe | MU2018/29 | Photographs, programs, memorabilia and personal writing that reflects the life and Manchester College experience of Jo Van Dyke, MC Class of 1935. A biography of the Life of Joe Van Dyke written by his son and daughter, Chris Van Dyke and Kathryn Kolb. |
| Vice President: Box 6 | Vice President's Box: #6 | Materials from the Office of the Vice President of Manchester College. |
| Why I Teach | MC2011/213 | A collection of short faculty speeches on the topic of why they chose to teach at Manchester College. The presentations are dated from 1993 forwards through 2003. |
| Young, John A.: Memoirs | MC2008/209 | Young, John: The memoirs of John A. Young, BA 1947. Also included are experiences of his wife, Phoebe Timmons Young. Trailer Court Housing found in: "Memoirs of John A. Young," Volume - IV, June 1946 - September 1950. Original poem about Leicester Brown, MC Class of 1936. |
These items in the Church of the Brethren collection may also be helpful:Click on the record's record number to see the full record information.| Topic | Record # | Description Summary | | Civilian Public Service | COB General File: Civilian Public Service | "Manchester College, 1997 Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute," issue dedicated to Civilian Public Service - After 50 Years. Interviews with men and their responses to war as well as memories and reflections regarding Civilian Public Service:
John Ebersole, J. Roy Valencourt, Gilbert R. Weldy, Larry Gara, Lester J. Glick, Melvin Holt, Paul Keller, Harry K. Zeller, Wilbur Dunbar. |
| Eby, Kermit: Minister, Church of the Brethren | BC2004/17 | Kermit Eby: Writings and biographical information. Link to Record # to see listing. "Gemeinschaft - Gesellschaft, Perspectives on the Human Adventure," by Earl S. Johnson, the first address in the Kermit Eby Memorial Lectureship. This copy of Johnson's address also contains biographical material about Kermit Eby. Biographical Article: "Kermit Eby: Pragmatic Idealist," by Philip G. Altbach. |
| Mission Twelve Handbook | BC2007/22: Mission Twelve | One Mission Twelve handbook. Mission Twelve was created to be a vital depth experience in Christian community. It was developed in 1962 by the Christian Education Commission of the General Brotherhood Board of the Church of the Brethren. |
| Northern Indiana District: Women's Fellowship | BC2017/22 | Women's Fellowship materials of the Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren. |
| South Central Indiana District: Congregational Files | BC2016/16 | Files of the South Central Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren, including congregational correspondence with the District Minister and church histories: Anderson, Arcadia, Arcadia/Windfall Yoked Fellowship, Beech Grove, Bachelor Run, Christ Our Shepherd, Clear Creek, Eel River, Hickory Grove, Howard, Huntington City, Kokomo, Lafayette, Liberty Mills, Locust Grove, Logansport, Loon Creek, Lower Deer Creek, Manchester, Marion, Muncie, Nettle Creek, Northview, Peru, Pipe Creek and Guernsey, Pittsburg, Richmond and Richmond/Four Mile Yoked Parish, Rossville, Salamonie, South Whitley, Sweetser, Wabash, West Eel River. District Minister position description. Minutes of the Mission-Ministerial Board of the Middle District of Indiana Church of the Brethren (1939). |
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