Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
Aurora: Photographs, 1948 | MC2009/62a,b | Aurora 1948 snapshots from pgs. 159 and 163. |
Board of Trustees: List Last Edited 2005 | Trustee List | List of trustees and years of service. Last edited 2005. |
Bowers, Stephen | Brethren People | A short biography of Stephen Bowers, author of "Planting the Faith in a New Land." |
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. |
Colloquium: FYC, First Year | MC2008/19 | VHS tape titled "Learning Through Service FYC: First Year Colloquium," produced Spring 2003 (Benjamin & Bowers). |
Davisson, John H.: Photograph Collection, circa 1930s | MC2004/535 | Two pictures of Manchester College students of the thirties. |
Graduation 2007: Baccalaureate and Commencement Video | MU2012/46a,b | MP4 files of Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises held at Manchester College in 2007. |
Jefferson Twp., Wayne Co., 1864 - 1871 School Record and Deportment Record Book | MC2009/134 | Jefferson Twp., Wayne Co., 1864 - 1871 School Record and Deportment Record Book for Schools Number 4 and 5. |
Local History: Clear-Creek Township High School: Photograph | MC2008/127 | Clear-Creek Township High School, 1901 class photo. |
Myers, Michaele: Collection of Actress from Sydney, Indiana | MU2014/6 | A history of actress, Michaele Myers, as written by Martha Ann Merkle Myers. Also included are plays, photographs, newspaper articles, and posters. |
Property Deeds, Titles, Abstracts and Articles of Incorporation and Charter | MU2016/55 | 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. |
Public Relations: News Releases and News Clippings | MU2016/1 | News releases and news clippings 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003. Not all of these releases have been recorded. More work is needed. |
Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media, | MU2012/128 | Visual media from Public Relations that came from the Administration Building during the office moves of 2012. |
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 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. |
Topic | Record # | Description Summary |
Church of the Brethren: Materials Assortment | BC2018/3 | A wide assortment of Church of the Brethren related materials, including but not limited to: A narrative play about Church of the Brethren history - photographs of church buildings and members - Photograph of participants in the Church of the Brethren Christian Citizenship Seminar, circa Spring 1974 - Picture of "Brethren Church" - National Youth Conference at Valparaiso University 1971 - Church of the Brethren related images (see finding aid for locations and identifications) - Brochure for "Pastoral Family Assistance Program" - COB history - picture of Bethany Seminary with students (1907-1908) - background material regarding the "History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana." Folder #11 - Notes and materials leading up to the writing of "History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana" - photographs of the Old Order German Baptist Brethren tent conference - brochure describing the Association for the Arts in the Church of the Brethren - program for "The Brethren's Ministerial Meeting for the Southern District of Indiana,"April 1897- program for the "Seventh Summer Assembly of the Church of the Brethren of Middle Indiana" - District News Letter 1 August 1948 - The Indiana Cooperative Board (1964-1966) letters, documents, program - credential for Delegates to the District and General Conference of the Church of the Brethren - Declaration of Principles and Purposes - Constitution and Function of the Delegate Body of Annual Conference. |
Progression of Brethren Settlement: Church of the Brethren | BC2008/7 | Map of Brethren migration.
For other Brethren related genealogical material.
See Also:
Don Bowman's research on the Ulrich, Rench, Cripe, Metzger, Shively, Wolf, Bowers, Bowman families. See genealogical book section in Archives, one file folder under Bowman.
Heckman family genealogical information from the Brookville, Ohio Historical Society. See genealogical book section in Archives, one file folder under Heckman. |