Manchester College Administration Building Postcard Collection.

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.

Dr. Anna Mow graduated from Manchester Collage in 1918.  A Church of the Brethren icon, Anna speaks on "Spiritual Vitality and the American Family."

Materials from Bill Eberly's files that describe his educational history, the development of Manchester's Environmental Science and public school educational programs, the history of Koinonia, syllabi, student notes (confidential), research data on Indiana and other lakes, Cordier biographical material, Indiana history, and Manchester College quips.

Adam Ebey Collection: Collection of grade reports, Sunday School certificates, and other material documenting Adam Ebey's time at Mount Morris and Manchester Colleges.

The Bible belonging to Professor A. R. Eikenberry's mother with a New Testament publishing date of 1831.

Faculty Meeting Minutes starting in 1895, beginning with notes taken by Professor A. B. Ulrey, Secretary. Minutes continue through 20 April 1899. 

On page 70 of this notebook...following a big gap... Faculty Meeting Minutes resume, starting on 13 February 1918 and continuing through 2 December 1919.

Financial records of the college, college classes, college student groups and organizations.

Annuity Funds.

Alice King Ebey: Handwritten record of income and expenses for the college including student/faculty/staff accounts.  Alice King is included, see: July 7, to December 12, 1898, Alice King 7/16/1898).

Clubs, societies and organizations: Account books for various clubs and organizations.  Aurora, College Quartet, Lincoln Adelphia Treasurer's Book, Philalethea Cash Books, Phronia Lethea, Physics (Sigma Pi Sigma), Rhetoria - Mathea or Mathea Rhetoria Society, Science Club, Service Fellowship, Sociology Club, Tau Kappa Alpha Journal of Finances, Y.M.C.A. records for 1930 - 1931, and Women's Glee Club receipt books. Deputation Work at Manchester College 1945 - 1946: Receipts, expenditures and reports by Bill Eberly.

The first full-time General Secretary of the General Sunday School Board in the Church of the Brethren, Ezra Flory, minister, elder, and educator, was the father of MC alumnus, Paul Flory. Ezra Flory received his Master of Arts degree from Manchester College in 1918.

1918 Commencement Invitation and envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M. Miller, Columbiana, Ohio, with 1 cent stamp. 

Collection of newspapers and magazines from 1918 through 1974.  The first article is titled, "Kaiser Abdicates Throne; Surrender Is At Hand, Say German Socialists."  The last article is headlined, "Nixon's transcription of Watergate Tapes, The next question: Will House be satisfied?"

Carl Holl photograph collection. *Some pictures deaccessioned and given to Carolyn Holl Leffel, sister of Carl W. Holl, Jr.

The book, "Memories of...Manchester," by Otho Winger, former President of Manchester College, pgs.39-40. The accession page offers excerpts of President Winger's experiences on campus caring for students during the flu epidemic circa 1918. :

See Also: Oak Leaves, December 1918 p.7, 8, 9, 10-12, 13; January 1919 p.6, 7, 8, 9, 11-12; February 1919 p.7, 10; March 1919 p.10; April 1919 p.8, 10; May 1919 p.2-4; Aurora, 1919 p.6-7, 21, 36,

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.

Financial Records of Manchester College - a larger collection MC2007/137 that includes:

• Annuity Funds, Real Estate, Rents, Ledger: 1931, 1937 - 1943, 1934 - June 30, 1944. Partially restricted.

Financial Records for Mathea Rhetoria Society or Rhetoria - Mathea Society. These records are part of a larger collection MC2007/137.

Rhetoria - Mathea or Mathea Rhetoria Society: 1939 - 1944 (in one book).  1942 - 1943, receipts 1944 (in one composition book).

Much more material than can be described. Please go into the accession page to read Scope and Contents. The collection includes the following but is vastly larger:

Obituaries, information on the Shull children, photograph of son of Moy Gwong,  "Memory Speaks, North Manchester Celebrates Its First 150 Years," program for play written by Dr. Charles Boebel, article from "The Noble County American," Albion, Indiana, Thursday, June 24, 1982, pg. 7 regarding the Potawatomi Chief Simon Pokagon, Last Chief of the Potawatomies, personal information about Edith Alice Miller, letter by Otho about his wife's, Ida's death, and Class of 1926 Information, as saved by Edith Miller.

For more information on Edith Alice Miller see West Manchester Church of the Brethren.

One diploma presented to Elsie Miller after completing the Liberal Arts Course of Study at Manchester College, 1918.

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).

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.

Ida Fields Neff Memorabilia Collection:

• Birth announcement for Mary Joan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Luke Hoff.
• Manchester College Athletic Association membership card for 1919-1920 school year.
• Invitation from Platform Reading Class to faculty and students of the Expression Department of Manchester College to attend readings.
• Two calling cards--one from Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Mote and one from Olive Erickson.
• Wedding program for Trude Mishler and Floyd Irwin, 14 December 1919.
• Envelope addressed to Miss Ida E. Fields, from Pvt. F.E. Dewart, a soldier during World War I, 1919.
• Envelope with Christmas card addressed to Miss Ida E. Fields, from Pvt. F.E. Dewart of the U.S. Army.  Sent during World War I.
• Christmas card from Wormhout, France, 18 December 1918.  Signed "Fordie."
• Valentine's card from N.N.
• Reproductions of photos of J.E. and Nettie Miller.
• Poem called "Whispers of Cheer," written by Ida Fields during her senior year.
• Remnant from corsage.
• Photo from play, "Every Student," showing Lillian Moomaw and Myrna Flory Gemmeo (M.C.1911-12-13).
• Invitation for Junior-Senior Reception, 1920.
• Note of thanks from Mrs. and Mrs. B. F. Wampler.
• Letter from Sadie Stutsman (Wampler)  to Ida Fields, 1918.
• Wedding invitation of Sadie Stutsman Wampler.
• Letter to Ida from a male friend who is entering military service, 1918. (perhaps F. E. Dewart, "Fordie?")

Collection of newspapers including:

• Dixon Evening Leader, 7 November 1918, "HUNS QUIT"...'War Ends At 2 P.M. As Germany Accepts Allied Terms; French Are Wild With Joy"
• Dixon Evening Leader, 11 November 1918, "Huns Bow Completely To The Allied Demands."
• The Indianapolis Times, 12 September 1938, "War or Peace--- Hitler to Decide."
• The Washington Post, 21 January 1953, "Ike Takes Helm in a 'Time of Tempest..'"
• Chicago Daily News, 23 November 1963, "President is Killed...".
• The Christian Science Monitor, 25 November 1963, "U.S. Rallies in Crisis," [assassination of John F. Kennedy and L. B. Johnson sworn in as 36th President of the U.S.].
• The News Journal, North Manchester, Indiana, 25 November 1963, "Country Mourns Slain President."

"Ye Olde Tyme Concert At Ye College Chapel." circa 1917.

• The cast of players and singers includes individuals graduating in 1917, 1918, 1922...so the program probably took place 1917 or earlier.  This humorous event quips:
• In Ye Borough of North Manchester, On Ye 19th Day of November.  Ye Doors Will be Open at Earlie Candle Light.  Ye Synging Will Begin at 7:45 by Ye Tymebeater's watch.
• N. B.  Lester Bowser will attend to ye snuffin' of ye candles.
• N. B.  If at any tyme ye desire to heare ye sweet strains again, ye will clap ye hands and not stampe or scrape ye unseemlie.
• N. B.  Ye syngers will bring ye tune books, and slippery elm for ye voice, less they syng falslie.
• N. B.  A solemn silence should prevade ye assembly; yet peradventure some of ye tunes be funny, a little laughter may be indulged, but ye listeners are not to think they can do better than ye syngers.

Photographs of Manchester College presidents (incomplete collection).

Deeds of property owned or administered by Manchester College and Mount Morris College, including property divided with the Church of the Brethren. Documents of agreement between MC and Calvin Ulrey and Miriam Ulrey. Lots including Railroad Addition North Manchester (Judge John Comstock). Cook family property. Koinonia. Property associated with Eel River Church of the Brethren. Insurance policies (property/equipment/autos).

1895 articles of incorporation and charter (E. S. Young) - also documents following administration change 1900 and also the formation and dissolution of Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company.

One 1913 "Aurora" with pictures from the production of "Queen Esther." One program for "Queen Esther," produced by the Expression Department, 22 May 1918.

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.

Vernon F. Schwalm: Photograph, description of presidency, scrapbooks, correspondence, writings, diplomas, newspaper article regarding Golden Wedding Anniversary.

Two programs of Schwalm's inauguration as President of Manchester College,  dated 8 November 1941.

Part of a larger collection, records for Service Fellowship, a student group, contain financial records for General, Relief and Work Camps, for the years 1939 - 1940 and 1940 - 1941.

Sherrick, Marvin M. ;

• Honorary Degree Diploma of Marvin M. Sherrick.  Signed by Otho Winger, President, and J.L. Cunningham, Secretary. 

Students' records of deaths including articles, e-mails, and memorial services.

Marsa A. Hatten, Michael T. Petry article 16 February 1987.

For information on student deaths during the 1918 flu epidemic see "Memories of Manchester," by Otho Winger, pgs 39 - 40.

See Also:  Aurora, 1946 p.67. Oak Leaves, 4 December 1947 p.1; 21 November 1963 p.1; 26 November 1969 p.8; 11 April 1972, p.1; 11 May 1989, p.1-2; Gospel Messenger, 4 October 1947 p.17,

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

Tau Kappa Alpha: Journal of Finances 1937 - 1947 (one book) and Record of Minutes (May 17, 1937 - April 30, 1947) one book.  This material is part of a larger collection entitled, "Financial Records of Manchester College," MC2007/137.

Collection of photocopied material from newspapers, Manchester College Bulletins, and Board of Trustee minutes regarding events during Schwalm's presidency.

Invitation to the inauguration of President Schwalm, dated 8 November 1941.  Inauguration Program.  Also included:  letters addressed to "Friend" and "Alumnus" outlining events surrounding the inauguration, from The Inauguration Committee (Carl Holl, Carman Blough, and Chas. Morris).

Manchester College "Aurora" yearbooks, "Quartermaster Corp photograph, correspondence, 1965 program for "Advanced Seminary in Human Relations," 1965 program for "Advanced Laboratory and Youth Leaders' Lab," 1918 announcement of  the death of Manchester College alumna, Deane Dunbar Winger.

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.

Material related to Ira and Mabel Moomaw Including program from I. W. Moomaw's memorial service.

Materials relating to Anna Mow.

The file contains an article containing Andy Murray's song about Anna Mow along with the photograph that inspired a line of his lyrics...."a hole in her stocking and a pocketfull of dreams..."

For more material related to Anna Mow see : Gospel Messenger, 19 January 1946 p.7-8; Manchester College Bulletin, July 1976 p.3.