Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
A Cappella Choir: Posters | MC2009/127 | An assortment of older and newer posters related to choral and musical performances. . |
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. |
Basketball, Men's: Photographs, 1920-1999 | MU2014/53 | Men's basketball photographs from circa 1920 through 1999. |
Board of Trustees: List Last Edited 2005 | Trustee List | List of trustees and years of service. Last edited 2005. |
Centennial: Interviews | MU2014/37 | Centennial Interviews: 1987 - 1988 interviews of Manchester College Faculty / Staff / Alumni / Friends. |
Church of the Brethren History: WIlliam Eberly Collection | BC2011/25a-y | 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. |
Civilian Public Service: Virginia Keller Interviews | MC2008/06 | This collection contains all the paper documents and audio tape of interviews with Manchester Graduates and former Manchester students who served in Civilian Public Service in the late 1940s. |
Class Photograph,1922 | MC2010/59 | Commencement Photograph 1922. |
Community Involvement: Newspaper Clippings | MU2017/67 | 1992 - MC women's basketball team forms adopt-a-grandparent program with retirement community. Charles Boebel writes play about Thomas Marshall. Lilly has offers grant to move and restore Marshall's birthplace. 1986 - Prof. Charles Boeble, writes play, "Memory Speaks" highlighting N. Manchester's 150 year old history: 1985 - Shepherd's Center created for older adults. 2003 - Haunted Forest scares up fun. |
Convocation #021: Thomas, Arthur | Convocation #21: Thomas, Arthur, 1976 | Dr. Arthur Thomas speaks on the topic of "Future Shock from a Black Perspective," 4 March 1976. |
Convocation #105: Baird, Arthur, "Bible in Electric Age" | MU2014/76 | Dr. J. Arthur Baird presents Convocation #105, "Bible in this Electric Age," on 21 September 1981. |
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 . |
Dean, Arthur L.: Petersime Chapel | MC2007/84 | Service of Dedication for the Arthur L. Dean Memorial Chancel Candle, Petersime Chapel. |
Diploma: Showalter, Arthur | MC2004/188 | Showalter, Arthur, Liberal Arts Course of Study Diploma, Manchester College, 1928. |
Eberly, William: Office Files | MU2014/107 | 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. |
Education Master's Theses: Elementary Education | MC2012/58, a - iii | Education Master's Theses: Elementary Education. |
Eley, Leonard | MC2003/130 | Leonard Eley, Manchester College alumna, Class of 1924. Memorabilia |
Faculty and Staff" PR Photograph Collection | MC2007/228 A - BG | Photographs of faculty, trustees, etc. from their College Advancement, PR files. |
Faculty and Staff, A-Z: Photographs | MC2003/225 | Large Faculty Photograph Collection including but not limited to: Photograph of Manchester College alumus, Wangdi Sherpa. Photo with Dr. William Eberly. Carl Caldwell and parents during parent's weekend, 1978 - 1979. Richard Nixon headline in newspaper with students and Stan Davis, Speech and Drama. Foodservice. Go to accession page to view listing of this assortment of faculty and staff pictures. |
Faculty Photograph Collection | Two Large Boxes: Photo Shelves | Photographs of faculty. This is a large list of faculty and a large collection of pictures. |
Faculty, Trustee and Early Photographs | MU2014/13 | Photographs of many faculty members from what appears to be the early 1900's as well as the 1950's and 1960's. A few other pictures showing trustees, the MC Chorus' oratorio of 1912, and various student groupings. |
Faculty, Trustees, Etc.: Photographs | MC2007/228 | Photographs of faculty, trustees, etc. from their College Advancement, Public Relations files. |
Faculty/Staff Photographs | Photograph Box 142 | Many faculty and staff photographs from the beginning of the 1900's forward. |
Forensics | MC2001/110 | Detailed description of two Forensics boxes filled with materials. Included are newspaper articles, scrapbook, manuscripts from oratorical contests written by MC students: Fujii, Butler, Thomas, Childs, Dye, Mendenhall, Hoffman...and much, much more. |
Forensics: Awards, 1949-1950 | MC2011/205 | Tau Kappa Alpha Ritual, a booklet published by the National Office, May, 1949. Tay Kappa Alpha order blank, 1949. TKA Chapter postcard addressed to Professor Paul Keller regarding nominations for national officers. Speech Awards for 1949-1950. |
Fundraising by Decade/Campaign: Focus on the Seventies | MU2013/99 | Focus on the Seventies - Campaign Materials July 1970 - 23 January 1975 - CONFIDENTIAL. Focus on the Seventies - Phase II - Campaign Materials 1978 -1982 - CONFIDENTIAL. Focus on the Seventies Transmittal Forms - CONFIDENTIAL. |
Gilbert, Arthur | Faculty/Staff Boxes: Gilbert, Arthur | Material related to Arthur Gilbert, Social Sciences, Economics and Business. |
Goss, Madonna Wine: Video Tribute | MC2008/64 | MC alumna, Madonna Wine Goss ,Video Tribute by Bill Jacobs. |
Graduation 1993 | MC2004/122 | President WIlliam Robinson: Commencement Photograph Collection, 1993. Honorary Degree recipient: Andrew Murray. Honorary Degree recipient: Howard Brembeck. Many faculty/staff, students and alumni are identified in this set of photographs. |
Hartman, Ambassador: Russian Issues | MU2015/141 wave sound | Ambassador Hartman reports on challenges faced by Gorbachov, such as Christianity in Russia, during an assembly on 20 April 1988. |
Hartman, Arthur A. | MC General File: Hartman | 1988 lecture by Dr. Ronald C. Hartman, retired U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union with photo. |
Hoffman, Arthur | Faculty Staff Boxes: Hoffman, Arthur | Material related to Arthur Hoffman. |
International or German Music Group Circa 1953: Photograph | MC2010/144 | Student group with a musical instrument, some women in German costume. One student is Lois Snyder. |
Manchester College and Mount Morris College: Photographs, Postcards, Assorted Materials, History | MC2005/3 | 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. |
Miller, Martha: Arthur Showalter Album | MU2018/35 | A collection of scanned excerpts from Arthur Showalter's photograph album reflecting his Manchester College and Church of the Brethren experience from Fall 1925 through Spring 1928, including a trip to Annual Conference (Summer 1928).
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Mother's Day: Newspaper Articles | MC General File: Mother's Day | Newspaper articles about the Mother's Day programs presented at Manchester College. |
Mount Morris College: Photographs | MU2015/46 | Photographs from Mount Morris College, Illinois. |
Music: Opera Poster | MC2004/181 | "Von Flotow's Opera 'Martha' Presented By Manchester College Under the Direction of Arthur W. Kennedy, [1950]. |
National Organizations: Carnegie through North Central | MU2020/14 | National organizations affiliated with Manchester College. |
Natural Sciences Division: National Science Foundation Summer Program | MC2003/365 | James R. Gaier BS '74 taught in the Natural Sciences Division at Manchester College 1992-2004. This is a collection of his photographs including images from the National Science Foundation Summer Programs. |
Neff, Ida Fields: Memorabilia | MC2003/353 | 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?")
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Petersime, Ray | MU2021/8 | The Ray Petersime collection of conceptual ideas, correspondence, financial contributions, vendor invoices, dedication programs, and photographs, surrounding the visualization and construction of Petersime Chapel. |
Photographs of Conductor, Arthur Fiedler | MC2010/102 | Photographs of Arthur Fiedler on the Manchester College campus when he came to direct the Manchester College String Festival. |
Photographs of Faculty, Trustees, Etc. From College Advancement, PR files | MC2007/228 | Photographs of faculty, presidents, trustees, etc. from College Advancement, PR files. |
Photographs: Media and Public Relations, October 2001 - May 2002 - Part 2 | MC2012/36g - Part 2 | Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. October 2001 - May 2002. |
Presidents, Faculty, Trustees, Etc.: Photographs | MC2007/228 | Photographs of Presidents, Faculty, Trustees, etc. from College Advancement, PR files. |
Presidents, Faculty, Trustees, Staff: Public Relations Photographs | MC2007/228 | Photographs of presidents, faculty, trustees, etc. from their College Advancement, PR files. |
Public Relations: Images and media coverage 1994 - 2006 | MC2008/145a-z2 | Slides, Transparencies and News Clips From the Office of Public Relations including Manchester College campus and classroom scenes, athletic and other events, faculty, staff, students and images from the North Manchester area. |
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. |
Relief and Rehabilitation: Article Collection, C.P.S. Camp 101 | MC2002/50 | Article Collection: "Action of U.S. Congress." Gospel Messenger 92.31 (July 31, 1943): 17. "Education for Service in Relief and Reconstruction Organized…" Gospel Messenger 92.20 (May 15, 1943): 19. "Foreign Relief Training." Gospel Messenger 92.41 (October 9, 1943): 14-15. "Manchester Unit." Second Mile [publication of C.P.S. Camp #48, Marienville, PA]. July 1943. "Plans for Manchester Relief Corps." Gospel Messenger 92.32 (August 7, 1943): 21. |
Relief and Rehabilitation: C.P.S. Camp 101, Registrar's Records | MC2002/295 | Matriculation cards for all students enrolled in Manchester's 10-week relief training program. Student information included: name, marital status, rooming location, parent's name, home address, courses, grades. |
Relief and Rehabilitation: C.P.S. Unit 101 | MC2002/236 | C.P.S. Unit 101
"Possible Criteria for Selecting Personnel for Relief and Reconstruction Training"
"A Handbook on Relief and Rehabilitation"
"General Background Material, Including Reference Works"
"Relief Administration--A Bibliography"
"Guide for Developing Questions for Project Records"
"Relief Training School--Courses Offered" |
Relief and Rehabilitation: C.P.S. Unit 101, Registrar's Records | MC2004/9 | C.P.S. Unit 101 Registrar's Records along with a brief history and reference material describing the creation of CPS Camp 101 and its sub-camps, of which Manchester College was one. Manchester College's 10-week program was directed locally by Dr. Andrew W. Cordier. The sixty-seventy CPS'ers were chosen by Brethren Service Committee, and the plan was for them to leave the country and begin relief and rehabilitation work immediately after the program's completion. |
Ringenberg, Patricia: Local Authors | MU2019/102 | Patricia Ringenberg's documentation of authors associated with North Manchester, Indiana, their writings, and biographical material. |
Scholarships, Loans, and Grants: Records | MC2006/13 Scholarships | Scholarship, Loan, and Grant Records: Freshman Honor Scholarships, Oppenheim Trust - Chair of Mathematics and Scholarships, W. Arthur Cable Award forensics), Leroy Smith Scholarship, Higher Education Loan Plan of Indiana, Calvin Ulrey Award. |
Schutz, J. Raymond | MC2011/227, Folders 23 - 44 | A large collection designated as MC2011/227 and divided into 5 folder groupings; [1-16], [17-22], [23-44], [45-83]. Schutz was a professor at Manchester College, as well as a farmer, public speaker, pastor, candidate for Congress (Indiana,1932) and a contendor in the 1936 Governor's race. He was a Kiwanis Club official and Chairman of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana. The collection describes Indiana before and during WWII. Schutz corresponds with soldiers and provides names of North Manchester men killed in combat. Topics of import include; prohibition, economic recovery from the Great Depression, and Hitler's impact on Europe. Schutz was a contemporary of Andrew Cordier who participated in some of Schutz's political involvements. |
Schutz, J. Raymond | MC2011/227, Folders 45 - 83 | A large collection designated as MC2011/227 and divided into 5 folder groupings; [1-16], [17-22], [23-44], [45-83]. Schutz was a professor at Manchester College, as well as a farmer, public speaker, pastor, candidate for Congress (Indiana,1932) and a contendor in the 1936 Governor's race. He was a Kiwanis Club official and Chairman of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana. The collection describes Indiana before and during WWII. Schutz corresponds with soldiers and provides names of North Manchester men killed in combat. Topics of import include; prohibition, economic recovery from the Great Depression, and Hitler's impact on Europe. Schutz was a contemporary of Andrew Cordier who participated in some of Schutz's political involvements. |
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 147 - 160 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files – Folders 147 - 160 | Vernon Schwalm's family and personally related materials,including family genealogy, family history, biographical sketch, resume, staement written for honorary degree, "Oak Leaves" article recalling the campus during WWII, letters of appreciation. Family letters and letters from those who are "like family." Early photograph of Vernon and Florence Studebaker Schwalm and intimate letters between husband and wife. Personal correspondence regarding hospitalization, insurance and financial matters.Some materials ar confidential and are marked accordingly. Folder 148 - card from Schwalm's mother requesting that he does not move to "the wild west" (probably Kansas). |
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 161 - 169 | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files – Folders 161 - 169 | A vast assortment of correspondence and materials from a variety of sources concerning personal and professionally related topics. Some are related to the Church of the Brethren One letter of interest regards Mr. Max Pinney, Huntington, Indiana, who donated a charcoal drawing of Roanoke Classical Seminary (by the artist, Hansacre, of Chicago) to Manchester College. |
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 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. |
Stinebaugh, Vernon: Arthur Fiedler Collection | MC2012/52 | Correspondence and photographs of famous Boston Pops conductor, Arthur Fiedler, with Professor Vernon Stinebaugh...and how Fiedler came to conduct the Manchester College String Symphony's Mother's Day Concert - 13th Annual String Festival, 1959. |
String Festival: Vernon Stinebaugh Collection | MU2013/132 | Letters, photographs and publications surrounding the highly recognized Manchester College String Festival. Finished score of "Danza" by Vaclav Nelhybel - composed in honor of Vernon Stinebaugh and the String Festival. |
Student Life: Images circa 1983 and 1984 | MU2014/113 | A group of slides titled, "A year in the Life of Manchester College," 1984, digitized in 2014. Many of the images probably from 1983. |
Students in the News | MC2010/115 | Jerome Dines, MC College graduate, working in Beirut, Lebanon, where he works at two jobs. Copy of newspaper article with note to Allen Deeter from Jerome's father, Arthur Dines, (1971? article). "Jeanne's still Jeanne," article about Jeanne Eichenauer, (1994 article). |
Students: Photographs, 1890 - 1900's | MC2003/35 | 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. |
Symphony: Programs and Concerts,1956 - 1972 | MC2008/90 | Manchester Symphony Orchestra, assorted programs including concert featuring guest conductor, Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra and 300 Northern Indiana High School String Musicians along with the Manchester College String Symphony, Mother's Day Concert, 14 March 1959.
Other conductors and musicians include the following:
Mrs. Paul Speicher and Mr. Max Allen, Duo-Pianists, 4 November, 1956.
John Barr, Student of Manchester College, piano soloist, 21 February, 1960.
Jon David Toth, violinist, 26 February, 1961. |
Tau Kappa Alpha: Memorabilia | MU2016/14 | T. K. A. , a speech organization, selected only a very small percentage ofspeech students and select faculty as members.The Archivescollection contains a stencil with the T. K. A. initials and a length of chainon which cards containing the names and initiation dates of members were connected. Names included in description. |
Theatrical Productions: Photographs | MU2014/10 | Photographs of theatrical productions and musicals at Manchester University throughout the years. |
Winger, Otho: Faculty Prospects | MC2006/13: File Folder Case - Faculty and Prospects Letters | President Otho Winger's correspondence regarding faculty prospects primarily for the 1920's. |