History of the Administration Building.

President's Circle, 2006:

• One page history of Manchester College.
• Two invitations to hear the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, The Honorable J. Dennis Hastert.
• Two invitations to "An Evening on Stage," 13 November 2006 given to "The President's Circle."

1947 photo spread from "The News-Sentinel" that features the Chime Tower, Oakwood Hall, student housing, tennis courts, trailers for married students, the radio station, Manchester College professors, the May Day queen, football players, and the Education/Professional Programs Division.

Office of University Advancement appeals, organizations, and promotional materials 2010-2011 and earlier.

Centennial Campaign Dinner, 16 October 1987 invitation in envelope with reply cards.

A variety of funds and societies and fundraising events, including The Annual Fund 2008 as well as plans for the Science Center and Union renovation material as part of "the Next Step" campaign.  Information for the President's Circle 2008. Stanley J. Gilbert, '66 piano dedication.

Fundraising by decade/campaign - individual campaigns and records.

1    Winger Fund, March of Progress, Focus on the Seventies, Funderburg Fund

2    General Education Fund, Centennial Campaign, The Next Step.

Fundraising Campaign: Manchester Fund, circa 2005, solicitation materials.

Continued Annual Support of the Manchester Fund, circa 2007.

Gym-a-thon 1981.

1. One program of this event.

Photocopies of publications from The March of Progress capital campaign, which started in 1955.

March of Progress materials including

First phase information, with final reports, correspondence.

Second phase information, including final reports by Rufus King and J. Wiley Christie .   

Convocation materials.

• Copies of appeals - Fiscal Year 2010-2011.
• Manchester Ladies Connect.
• History of College - first buildings on campus.
• Schwalm, autographed copy of "My Educational Pilgrimage."
• One of a Kind items.

Programs:

Manchester College President's Club and Otho Winger Society Annual Dinnner, Inauguration Weekend, 21 October 1994 - with a brief description of each president along with humorous quips.

The Otho Winger Society, Annual Breakfast, 24 May 2002, 31 May 2012.

Otho Winger Society - descriptive brochure.

The President's Club - descriptive brochure.

The Manchester Fund and The President's Circle - circa 2005.

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.

Welcome Weaver, Manchester College alumnus, Class of 193.

Welcome Weaver: President's Club program celebrating Welcome Weaver, his family, and Weaver Popcorn.

Correspondence with Marts and Lundy, financial consultants for the March of Progress.

Catherine Alspach Bachelor of Arts Diploma.

Alumni Association Gifts and Fundraising:

Class of 1932 fundraising letters from Kenneth Kintner, see folder "Alumni Class of 1932 Fundraising."

Alumni Association Gifts and Fundraising:

1968 promotional, "The Next Eighty Years,"  from James K. Garber. 

Alumni Association Gifts and Fundraising:

Gifts to College: For the chime titled, "Christian Education."

This collection includes but is not limited to:

• Reunion: Class of 1950
• Reunion: Alumni Days Schedule for Classes of 1934, 1939, 1944, 1949, 1959 and 50 Year Reunion: Class of 1954.
• Staffing Schedule
• Alumni Days 2004, May 27 - 28, 2004.
• Banquets
• List of award recipients from 1960 - 2004.  See Alumni Days Banquet promotional June 2005.

June1895 Agreement between Citizens' Committee of North Manchester and representatives of the German Baptist College which proposes location at this point.

1895 articles of association (charters) filed in the Office of the Secretary of State for "Manchester College" and "The Bible School,"  including role of Trustees and the German Baptist Brethren.

1902 - "Manchester College"- a body politic and corporate, authorized and empowered by the laws of the State of Indiana to proceed to carry out the objects of its organization, signed by Hunt, Secretary of State.

September 1902 Department of State Certificate - Articles of Association.

Secretary of State, Ed Jackson, provides copy of 1902 articles of incorporation in September 1920.

Copy of Articles of Incorporation June 1937 showing history of incorporation by copying information from 1902 document. 

1944 authorization of Schwalm and Ikenberry to execute all instruments pertaining to the business of Manchester College - "Certified Copy of Articles of Incorporation" - Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company, Inc.

Charter - Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company, copy of document filed January 1931 and various revisions.

Correspondence with Secretary's of State.

Dissolution of Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company, Inc. September 1943.

Objects in the collection of former Manchester College Archivist and Professor, Ferne Baldwin.  The collection includes assorted MC historical materials and records.

Program for the Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference [ICAC] 1994 Basketball Championship Tournament to be held at Manchester College, 24-26 February 1994.  Fundraising letter to support Manchester College's NCAA Division III men's basketball team [1995].

Manchester Herald, College Special Vol. 5. No. 19, Wednesday, December 8, 1926. This publication focuses on the College and contains the 1926-1927 basketball schedule along with team photos.  It features plans for the "new' gym, write-ups about faculty and staff and interesting advertisements.

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.

Big Four Tragedy Postcard.

See Also: "Memories of ...Manchester," by Otho Winger, pgs. 179-180.

Material related to Carman G. Blough. According to "A Century of Faith, Learning and Service," Carman taught Accounting at Manchester College from 1915 - 1917.

The original, signed contract for Professor Book's first year of teaching at Manchester (1900-1901), with the original envelope.  An additional short memo from R.C. Hollinger (Secretary of the Executive Committee) is included.

Eldon Burke Collection (Part B):

1.  One "Oak Leaves, March Breezes," 1920.
2.  One class reunion photo circa 1923?
3.  Old Manchester College photos from the early 1920's.  Mostly are unidentified.  Some are campus scenes and photos from a dramatic production.
4.  One "Expression Recital" program, 1921 with a handwritten note from Professor Ken and Mrs. Viona Brown.
5.  Postcard of President Otho Winger captioned, "Commander-in-Chief.

Centennial Slide Show - a historical overview of Manchester College. Note: These slides were digitized. 

One beautifully bound Chinese book with silk cover and gold flecked case presented to Dr. Winger by Hung Nien Cheng, President of Chi-nan University, in 1930. The subject is the funeral/burial procession of General Sun Yat-sen, sometimes referred to as the "father of modern China."  This is thought to be an original first copy.

A book presented to Manchester College by Hung Nien Cheng, President of Chi-nan University, Shanghai, July, 1930.  The subject is the funeral/burial procession of General Sun Yat-sen, sometimes referred to as the "father of modern China." 

Archivist Jeanine Wine's research into the history of the Dr. Sun Yat-sen memorial books and how they came to President Winger and to Manchester College.

A Forum Institute on Christian World Order, 1936.

See Also: Poster for this event MC2009/106.

Poster: Kagawa and Nye Mass Meetings at Manchester College "An Institute on Christian World Order."

Church and Higher Education statements. 

See Also:

Congregational Outreach brochure, MC2008/203,h

Gospel Messenger 8 September 1945 p.7-8; 15 September 1945 p.9-10; 22 September 1945 p.11-12; 12 January 1946 p.11-13; 23 February 1946 p.8-9; 9 March 1946 p.3-4, 25-26; 27 April 1946 p.8; 6 July 1946 p.23; 30 November 1946 p.5-13; 8 November 1947 p.9-10, 11-12; Manchester College Bulletin July 1950 p.1; June 1951 p.1; November 1951 p.2; June 1952 p.4; Oak Leaves 6 October 1960 p.1; Religious Activities.

The file contains copies of the church relations newsletter from years 1966-1988. Also included are newspaper articles, public relations statements, Church of the Brethren district "thank you" reports.

Photographs dating from 1896 forward until circa the 1960's portraying clubs, groups and organizations at Manchester College. Most of the images predate the 1920's.

College Avenue photographs.

Criminal Justice Exposure Project.

Interns-in-Probation Project #3A-DF-890 "Upgrading Correctional Personnel to Increase Effectiveness of Correction and Rehabilitation," dated 21 December 1971.  Grant proposal to Indiana Criminal Justice Planning Agency.

Interns-in-Probation Project #3-34-72-F-1 "Upgrading Correctional Personnel to Increase Effectiveness of Correction and Rehabilitation," dated 31 August 1972.  First Quarterly Report June 1-August 31, 1972.

Development: Rufus King File Folder -  ( RESTRICTED due to the confidential nature of information)

Rufus King: Assorted Development files in the Faculty/Staff Boxes 46-48: King, Rufus - ( RESTRICTED due to the confidential nature of information)

One Bachelor of Arts diploma from Manchester College presented to Robert Sherrick, 1924.

Poster for Earth Day, "Go Plant a Tree!!!, Earthday Celebration 20 years."

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.

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.

"Stories of Days Long Gone in the Acme School, North Manchester, Indiana," by Bertha Miller Neher.

Newspaper article from "The Monitor," 29 November 2005.

See also: Otho Winger experience.

Photographs of faculty, trustees, etc. from their College Advancement, Public Relations files.

Photographs pertaining to "The Oaks" in it's various locations through the decades.  History of the various locations ot "The Oaks."

Estate planning, church giving, annual fund, phonathon.

Grants proposals and other records.

Restricted.

Advancement materials including but not limited to:

• Funderburg Library funding correspondence.
• Hall of Science funding soliciation and dedication ceremonies, 1960.
• 2001 reports on additions and renovations to the Science Center.
• Science Center Campaign - promotional materials, groundbreaking, and dedication ceremony, 2005.
• Norman and Grace Wine Recital Hall Campaign - and dedication events.
• Breaking ground for the Union.
• PERC building project.
• The Next Step Campaign: Science Center, Union, Winger Recital Hall.
• 2010 -  2011 President's Report.
• The Next Step Campaign Notebooks [2000 - 2003]: Science Center, Union, Winger Recital Hall.
• Manchester College wraps up The Next Step! Campaign.
• Manchester's March of Progress.
• Step Up To The Future - The Centennial Campaign for Manchester College.
• Focus on the Seventies [Phase I and II].
• Oak Leaves article 17 March 1960 - Cordier pays Two-Day Visit, UN Executive To Address Community Sunday, Monday.

Office of University Advancement

Publications: from 2013.

Students First! The Campaign for Manchester, News and Updates.

Creating a Legacy, Spring 2013.

Programs: - including the Otho Winger Society, President's Society, and Endowed Scholarship events.

• Centennial Campaign Newsletters.
• Centennial Campaign artist's design.
• "Step Up To The Future" brochures.
• Centennial Campaign organization.
• Centennial Campaign kickorff.
• Goals, policy on gifts.
• Sample of letters.
• Major donors to receive lithograph awards and lithograph presentation labels

Centennial Campaign - "Step Up To The Future" - circa 1988.

Marts & Lundy Fund-Raising Study Report, dated 1984, in preparation for the Centennial Campaign.

"Step Up to the Future" campaign brochure from Centennial Campaign (1989).

Restricted access and reproduction.

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.

Publications from Focus on the Seventies capital campaign. Phase One and Phase Two.

Report on Focus on the Seventies, July 13, 1970 - April 21, 1971, by Bruce G. Freeman, Campaign Director.

Advance Report - Focus on the Seventies: Undated report, sent to "selected friends of Manchester College,"  from the A. Blair Helman Papers.

1963 Newspaper articles related to the "March of Progress."

2006 newspaper article related to "The Next Step! A Campaign to Strengthen Manchester College." 

Fundraising Survey Report--1970:

• A report prepared by Marts & Lundy, Inc. and dated 19 March 1970.

See Also: Manchester College Bulletin, November 1949 p.1, 3; November 1978 p.4; The Manchester Monitor, 22 January 2002 p.8; The News-Journal, 27 March 2001 p.1; 28 August 2002 p.9; Oak Leaves, 12 December 1963 p.2 (Wabash County Day); Photo Box 51.

Nucleus Fund Committee 1994:

1.  Letters

2.  Members of committee

Carl Cawood Papers:  Patricia Kennedy Helman Lounge Donor Correspondence.

Flyer for phonathon benefiting the PERC (circa 1981).

Reach: two spiral bound campaign booklets.

"National Hometown Tour "Materials related to fundraising and advancement.

Library Campaign, part of "Step Up to the Future" Centennial Campaign (Large Box 65).

"Gold Club Quarterly, a newsletter for young alumni."

Campbell & Company campaign materials.

Restricted access and reproduction.

The Next Step!, A Campaign to Strengthen Manchester College, fundraising campaign brochure for Winger Recital Hall.

 A copy of the glossy flyer sent out to selected individuals at the end of 2003 for seat dedications in Wine Recital Hall.

List of seat dedications.

Gladdys Muir Peace House and Garden: Background, fundraising, architectural plans.

Memory and Fellowship Book of Manchester College alumna, Mary S. Blocher Gongwer (BA 1926).  The book records Mary's Manchester College Experience.

Indiana Consortium for International Programs: "Rural Development and Urbanization in Africa:  Two Case Studies, Zimbabwe and Malawi," proposed by David Waas, Dated 18 October 1990.

The Plowshares grant was awarded to Earlham, Goshen, and Manchester Colleges by the Lilly Foundation in 2002.  Its purpose was to strengthen the Peace Studies programs at the three colleges.

Indiana Heritage Research Grant.

Restricted access and reproduction.

Personal and Assorted departmental files from Joy Groninger, Publications and Design.

Moy Gwong was the first international student to receive a degree from Manchester College in 1920.  He went on to be an outstanding Church of the Brethren missionary in China.

Newspaper article about Professor Boebel's play, "Memory Speaks: North Manchester Celebrates its First 150 Years."

One newspaper article from around 1986 that tells of North Manchester's search for a town slogan.

One personal letter that refers to the Church of the Brethren missionaries, the Dr. Hamers, and gives short vignettes about past Manchester College presidents, including Otho Winger and Professor Crouch and what life was like as a student.

Bavender, Christine.  "Manchester Born as a Seminary."  Wabash Plain Dealer.  2 May 1989.

Ferne Baldwin's word-processed notes from The College Standard.

"Manchester College."  Undated, unsigned document describing the history of the College.

"Manchester College Begins 85th Year This September."  Unknown newspaper.  16 August 1973.

"Manchester College Dates Back to 1860 in Roanoke."  Wabash Plain-Dealer & Times Star.  17 May 1941.

Schwalm, V.F.  "Some Periods and Persons in the History of M.C."  Text of speech given by V. F. Schwalm during A. Blair Helman's tenure as president.

Notecards with typewritten notes about College history.

Carl Holl's Diploma from Manchester College (1916) Ohio State University (1923), through which he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree (1923).

Clyde Holsinger Photograph Collection - 1940's, 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. Scrapbook containing photos of choirs and other college scenes during Clyde Holsinger's time as director.  A newspaper article from September 1946 announces Holsinger's hiring at the college. 

Manchester College as experienced by Oca Howard, MC Class of 1932.  Also included are Alumni Association materials.

L. D. Ikenberry surveys land with students, possibly for the frame gym.

L. D. Ikenberry was an architect and responsible for much of the rebuilding and remodeling on the early campus during the presidency of Otho Winger.  In this photo the Bible Building and Bumgerdner Hall had not yet been connected.  It appears that L. D. Ikenberry and most-likely, students, are surveying in preparation to construct another building.  The construction of the gym was planned and announced by Winger to the Board of Trustees on 25 September 1911. 

A collection of material, including student teaching handbooks, compiled by Dr. Karen Doudt for the NCATE visitation team circa year 2000:

1    PLS (Performance Learning Systems) material.

2    Graduate Council Minutes, 1993-1994.

3    Grant proposal submitted to Indiana Campus Compact, 25 January 1999.

4    Metro North Study.

5    Teacher Education Program Policy Handbook, 1998.

6    Student Teaching Handbooks, 1992-1999.

7    Mindpower and Mindquest materials.

8    Education Program Student Handbooks, 1993-1999.

9    Editorials published in the News-Sentinel by Dr. Doudt (1997-1998).

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,

Momentos from Ruth Naomi Smith who attended Manchester from 7 September 1937 thorugh 2 June 1941, examples include.:

Handcrafted Mother & Daughter Banquet invitation.

One 1936 Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Otho Winger with a photo of the Otho Winger family.

"Rules for Freshman Initiation," probably from the Fall of 1937.

Leonard, Mary Elizabeth:

1922 Bachelor of Arts Degree presented to Mary Elizabeth Leonard. 

Lilly Endowment Inc., surveys, reports and grant approval.

THE KE NA PO CO MO CO, EEL RIVER, The Home of Little Turtle

Copyright 1934, by Otho Winger, North Manchester, Indiana

The book has been scanned. Contact the Archivist.

Church Relations - objectives, resources, and implementation.

MU2012/24a: Minutes of the meetings of the Directors of the Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company. The minutes start with 14 February 1931.

The last recorded meeting in this book is 24 September 1938.

MU2012/24b: "Minutes of the Executive Board of Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company," beginning with a report on the first meeting held on 4 April 1935.

Farm Income and Expense for period ending 30 June 1937.

Trailer Court: Rotogravure, The News-Sentinel, 1947.

Trailer Court: Rotogravure, The News-Sentinel, 1947.

Featured in this newspaper spread are:

• the Chime Tower and Oakwood Hall
• Spartan Halls (barracks for men)
• (the new dormitory to house 100 men and costing an estimated $225,000
• Professor O. W. Neher and Professor Edward Kintner conferring in biology building with crayfish chart
• Tennis courts and 30 trailers for married veterans
• Campus radio station featuring Irvin Hoff, student and Dr. Orland lefforge, speech professor officiating as members of TKA, honorary speech fraternity, broadcast. Photographed are Wayne Miller, from North Manchester; Miss Elsie Rossmanith, Rensselaer; Ralph Yaney and Glen Crago, North Manchester
• Coeds, Miss Anna Mae Ehrmin, Mishawaka and Carlton Stoddard, Louisville, Ohio
• 1947 May Queen Mary Kathryn Cooper, Dayton, Ohio with football players John Krieg, Ft. Wayne and Ellis Lehman, Windbor, PA.
• Miss Mary Jane Penrod, Bluffton, IN, learns how to be a school teacher at Thomas Marshall School with Mrs. Esther Mae Ashley, student teacher director, and Miss Lucille Wright, critic teacher, along with a class of schoolchildren.
• Professors A. R. Eikenberry (Psychology), Fred R. Conkling (English) and Dr. C. S. Morris (Physics) in Administration Building with portrait of Otho Winger, President from 1911 - 1941 in background.

Photograph of Manchester College dated "1900" on verso.

Photograph of North Manchester, Indiana Conference Ground where Annual Meeting was held in 1900.

Materials related to Manchester College including the diploma of Bill's father, John Eberly, Class of 1929. 

Historical videos of 1934 Homecoming, 1934 May Day festivities, sports events, and graduation exercises 1939 and 1941.  Camp Mack Day circa that same era.

Articles of historical interest and significance to Manchester College and to the Town of North Manchester.

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.

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).

Missionary Reading Circle Association of North Manchester, Indiana: Minutes 1902 - 1905.

Half page, handwritten descriptions of eight plants.

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).

Photograph of Mount Morris President, J. G. Royer

Photograph:This photograph might be an image of President J. G. Royer, Mt. Morris College.

This large collection of materials ranging from MC2009/7-A  -  MC2009/71-V,j1a,b includes printed and hand-made posters and other memorabilia accumulated throughout the years in the Manchester College Archives. 

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?")

 O. W. Neher served as Acting President at Mount Morris College following the presidency of Professor W. W. Peters and prior to that of C. Ernest Davies. His dates at Mount Morris spanned from 1924-1932.   When a fire forced Mount Morris to close its doors and merge with Manchester College, Neher came to Manchester and taught Biology from 1932-1954.

For additional material regarding O. W. Neher, see: Manchester College Bulletin ,January 1977 p.10.  Faculty File in Vault containing confidential information.  The public segment of this file contains Neher's obituary, memorial service and remarks by President Helman, as well as Neher's sermon "Nature and God."

"Tributes to 'Doc'" was compiled on Dr. Niswander's retirement from the College.  Dr. Niswander was hired by Manchester College in 1950 as the replacement for Dr. Kintner. He spent 30 years as an instructor, retiring in May of 1981.

Plates of President Otho Winger.

Materials designed and/or printed by the Manchester College Office of Printing Services for many College departmets.  See "Scope and Content."

Color postcard of Winger Building.  Labeled on back, "Otho Winger Memorial Building, Erected 1952, Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana." 

For material related to the Winger Memorial Building, see :  Manchester College Bulletin January 1949 p.1; October 1950 p.1; November 1950 p.1; January 1951 p.1; February 1951 p.1; March 1951 p.1; June 1951 p.2; July 1951 p.1; October 1951 p.4; November 1951 p.2; June 1952 p.2; July 1952 p.1; October 1952 p.1; Photo box 125.

"Indians Revere memory of Otho Winger," MC BULLETIN, Vol 73, 1980-81 Calendar year.

Dale Oxender is an alumnus of MC and a prominent scientist. Five boxes containing personal items, certificates/awards, photographs, science equipment and writings, etc.etc.

See also, "The Story of the Natural Sciences at Manchester College," by William R. Eberly.

Photographs of faculty, presidents, trustees, etc. from College Advancement, PR files.

Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. January 1997 through December 1997.

About 61 plants are recorded in this personal notebook kept by Ezra N. Goshorn, thought to be a student at Mt. Morris College, Illinois.  The book spans 17 April 1889 through 29 July 1897.  The preprinted formatted notebook is entitled, “APGAR’S PLANT ANALYSIS: Adapted to Gray’s Botanies," by E. A. and A. C. Apgar.

The Holl-Kintner Hall of Science was constructed during the first phase of the March of Progress fundraising campaign was named in honor of  Professors Holl and Kintner.  These portraits were located in the lobby of Holl-Kintner Hall of Science.

• File Folder MC2009/71-A: A Cappella Choir
• File Folder MC2009/71-AL: Artist Lecture Series
• File Folder MC2009/71-B: Brethren Colleges Abroad
• File Folder MC2009/71-C: Children's Theatre
• File Folder MC2009/71-CB: Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble
• File Folder MC2009/71-CH: Choral Events
• File Folder MC2009/71-CY: Church of the Brethren Youth Conference
• File Folder MC2009/71-D: Dances
• File Folder MC2009/71-E: Events on Campus
• File Folder MC2009/71-MSO: Manchester Civic and Symphony Orchestra
• File Folder MC2009/71-MU: Music Department
• File Folder MC2009/71-PEV: Performances and Events
• File Folder MC2009/71-PMOA: Plays, Musicals, One Acts
• File Folder MC2009/71-SP: Sports, Posters with Football schedules.
• File Folder MC2009/71-V: Various, including Admissions Material, Parents' Weekend, Fundraising, Phonathon, Graphics Department

Posters about campus events and various scholarships.

Parker Marden materials: Memos, reports, faculty/staff news, hate-email, commitment to diversity, thoughts about September 11, campus telephone directory, student activity calendar, alumni hometown tour invitations, and much more.

Photographs of Presidents, Faculty, Trustees, etc. from College Advancement, PR files.

Photographs of presidents, faculty, trustees, etc. from their College Advancement, PR files.

A large collection of materials ranging from MC2009/7-A  -  MC2009/71-V,j1a,b consisting of  printed and hand-made posters and other memorabilia that accumulated throughout the years in the Manchester College Archives. 

Various News Releases and Newspaper Clippings  - 1987 through 1993.

Newspaper spread: Promotional: "Rotogravuer, The News-Sentinel," Saturday, November 8, 1947.

This is a large collection of printed and hand-made posters along with other memorabilia that had accumulated thorugh the years in the Manchester College Archives. 

Articles and general information on quarantines at Manchester College.

See Also: "Memories of...Manchester," by Otho Winger.

Quips and notes of indeterminate authorship found scrawled on the back of old student cards.  Circa 1938.

Dinner and Breakfast menus created for "Manchester College Students" from Pullman Restaurant Car Service via the Nickel Plate Road.

Train and Railroad: See Also, "Memories of...Manchester." by Otho Winger for the story of the Big Four Tragedy, pg. 179.

Recognition Events Program Collection:

MAC Recognition Banquet (1986), President's Recognition Dinner (1975, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986), Secretaries' Luncheon (1977, 1980, 1981), Recognition Celebration for Helmans' 25th Anniversary (1981), Senior Recognition Day (1947), Recognition Event for Emerson Niswander (1980), Laymen's Citation Awards Ceremony (1955), Recognition Banquet for President and Mrs. V.F. Schwalm (1956), Recognition Service for Otho Winger (1936), Recognitions Day (1961), Awards & Senior Recognition Convocation (1969), Awards Day (1959), Recognitions Chapel (1960).

Roanoake Classical Seminary Photographs and brief history including President David N. Howe.

Photograph of Otho Winger and D. N. Howe from "The Kintner Collection."

Photo of girls in the Roanoke Academy gymnasium costume.

Photographs of Roanoke Classical Seminary in Roanoke, Indiana.  The institution was founded by Professor F. S. Reefy in 1860 and construction began in the spring of 1861.  Many of its students later became prominent individuals.  Roanoke was described as the "Athens of Northern Indiana.  Included in a picture of Otho Winger and D. N. Howe from "The Kintner Collection."

Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Ropchan.  Donors of the Sam and Marla Ropchan Fund.

See Also: MC2004/45: Sam and Marla Ropchan Fund Correspondence, one file in Large Box 66.  Also see the "Bulletin of the Peace Studies Institute," 1986, no 2, Front Cover 2).

1920 and 1924 Manchester College materials belonging to Dorothy Rosbrugh.

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.

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'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.

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.

One large black and white portrait of Manchester College President, Vernon F. Schwalm.

Science Center: Proposal, fundraising, dedication.

Material from MC2004/308 related to the Science Center is included with the folders of MC2007/11.

Sherrick, Marvin M. ;

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

L. W. Shultz: Interview transcriptions.

"The Silver Book," is the script for a pageant of pictured pages, the Silver Shadow Series of Manchester Murals, musing Otho Winger, President of Manchester College and the growth of His school during twenty-five years of service from 1911 - 1936. 

Criminal Justice Exposure Project 1973 - 1974 photographs and news clippings.

See Also: Criminal Justice Exposure Project, background and reports (North shelving unit Archives "Office.") and Fundraising Grants, MC2003/297.

"We Are What We've Come From," the family and life of A. M. Stine.  This object has been placed with geaneological materials in alphabetical order in the Archives Office.  This booklet is part of the Edith Miller Collection MC2008/208.

A. M. Stine married Bertha Miller Neher following the death of Bertha's first husband, Levi Neher.  Bertha was a sister-in-law to Manchester College President, Otho Winger.

Bertha Miller's correspondence from tour to Europe and the Holy Lands, 1927.

MC2011/90a: Autobraph book belonging to Mary (Mollie) and Andrew Studebaker.  This book begins 1880 or 1881.

MC2011/90b: Autograph book of Mary Simonton (Mollie) and George Studebaker,  circa 1881.

Two diaries MC2011/90c and MC2011/90d dated 1888 and 1936 belonging to George Studebaker.

Sermons and diaries of George Studebaker.

Schedule of classes - Spring Term 1932-1933; Winter Term 1932-1933.

Bishop William Fraser McDowell on Manchester College campus (1932 flyer).

Numerous play, recital, May Day, and performance programs from1932-1933.

International Relations Clubs Conference at Manchester College (1933) with Vernon Van Dyke, Ursula Hubbard, Sir Herbert Ames, Harry Gideonse, and Professor Quincy Wright.

Memorabilia including a Manchester student handbook (1927), alumni banquet program (1929), and booklet, "Three Thousand Miles Between," by Prof. J. Raymond Schutz.

Digitized slides featuring students, professors, and campus scenes circa 1992 through 1995.

1.  One file containing an original letter from Manchester College students to the Board of Trustees, April 5, 1900.

The student petition to the Board of Trustees was from an early era in Manchester College history when both the academic and administrative credibility were in question. This file contains an original letter from Manchester College students to the Board of Trustees,dated April 5, 1900.

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,

Typhoid epidemic of 1925 articles in Oak Leaves 11 July 1925 p.1; 1 August 1925 p.4; 16 January 1926 p.3. 

See Also: "Memories of...Manchester," by Otho Winger.

A. B. Ulrey: First biology teacher at Manchester College, born near North Manchester, Indiana.

This material contains information regarding Ulrey's work done at the Venice Marine Station along with biographical notes and personal correspondence.

Materials from the Office of the Vice President of Manchester College.

Wilmer Walker's photographs and Manchester College memorabilia and diplomas:Two Year Normal (1926) and Bachelor of Science (1939). Biographical information about Wilmer and Helen Walker.

Materials related to the dedication(October 2017) of the Wilmer and Helen Walker Active Learning Classroom.

See also images on Archives Network - Alumni File

Biographical materials and images of Sadie Stutsman Wampler.

Sadie Stutsman Wampler graduated from Manchester College in 1916.  This is the same year that she began entries in "The Hand O Graphs" book, and kept make entries for years following. This book comes with the instructions: Place your hand, palm downwards, on the paper and trace outline.  There are a couple examples given, and then the individual is on her own to gather outlines of the hands of friends, family and celebrities on the following pages.  It is like an autograph book for hands.  The name of the individual is also recorded along with the date.

"The Silver Book," directed by Sadie Wampler, 1936.

"The Silver Book," is the script for a pageant of pictured pages, the Silver Shadow Series of Manchester Murals, musing Otho Winger, President of Manchester College and  the growth of His school during twenty-five years of service from 1911 - 1936. 

Memorabilia from Mount Morris College and Manchester College. Autograph album of 1910 and 1911. Photograph album with early photograph postcards (circa 1910) of students at Mount Morris College. Some of these cards were sent to Mamie Wine of Cerro Gordo, Illinois. Manchester College Aurora yearbooks with autographs. Picture of Elder D.  L. Miller.

Video of the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Wine Recital Hall.

Memorial to Mrs. Otho Winger, Ida Winger, written by Alice King Ebey.

See more material about Ida in a book written by Otho Winger about his wife, "In Memory of Ida Miller Winger," by Otho Winger.

File with related Otho Winger material including but not limited to vignettes, letters, and Winger's writing about Native Americans as well as his close relationship with the Miami Nation.

Large box filled with Otho Winger materials.

Ida and Otho Winger's letters on route to India from port Said, Egypt, 1928, including a luncheon menu and envelope from the trip. 

One copy of "Letters From Foreign lands," by Otho Winger - PART TWO.

One copy of "Travel Letters," by R. H. Miller, 1954.

Personal and confidential files and materials related to President Otho Winger and Vernon Schwalm are located in the Vault (IIS) in older metal filing cabinet drawers.

Letters and momentos from Otho and Ida's foreign excursion.

Correspondence between Otho Winger and the Manchester College Board of Trustees, especially regarding the retirement of Winger and his brother, J.O. Winger.

Correspondence between Otho Winger and students and administration of McPherson College, 1924-1934.

Objects related to President and Mrs. Otho Winger that were in the collection of their son, Paul Winger.

1936 Christmas Card with Otho Winger family photo and note on verso.

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.

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.

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.

Church of the Brethren Annual Conference booklets ranging from 1901 throu 1926 belonging to Otho Winger, Mrs. Otho Winger and J. L. Cunningham (?) of Flora Church of the Brethren.  MC President Winger's booklets have notes and typed notes and the book from Calgary, Alberta, Canada has interesting postcards, one with an image of a lodge.

Church of the Brethren materials, primarily from the Middle Indiana and South/Central Indiana Districts: 1921 Huntington, IN COB directory - 1920 , 1921, 1922, 1924 programs for the COB Summer Conference and Summer Assembly - 1922 Bulletin for Middle Indiana Church of the Brethren Equity Board - 1922 Minutes of the COB District Meeting  - 1958-1959 Church Extension Project - Lessons in Stewardship Studies - 1954-1955 Brotherhood Fund Giving - 1972, 1973 Memo from Carroll Petry, South Central District of Indiana - 1972, 1973SALT newsletters from the District Witness Commission - Program for the South/Central District Conference, 1972, 1973 - "Together" publication - 1953 - 1966, "Central Region Herald" - 1955-1971 "Guide Lines" - 1922-1958 District News Letters - "Living the Story, 50 Years of Brethren Volunteer Service" -1948 Middle District of Indiana directory - other COB directories from various years and including District Conference Minutes from 2004, 2005, 2006 - 1895 Annual German Baptist Meeting, Decatur, Illinois, an informational booklet from the Wabash Railroad advertising service and accommodations - 1912 Christmas postcard from Sunday School Teacher, Frank Weybright to Viola Neher - Postcard - Bird's eye view of North Manchester- 1940 Postcard of Peabody Memorial Home - photograph of  a COB District Meeting - 1912 program for Special Bible Term - Notes regarding discussion at Annual Meetings during the middle1800's - Letters, Reports, Elders' Meeting programs - "The Eldership: Ordination and Responsibilities - Guidelines for ministerial ordination - 1940-1941 church organizational list - 1969 letter to Brother Harshbarger (Ladoga Church) from the Heeters. Commemorative plates: COB Buffalo, Mexico, Liberty Mills. Pleasant View and Peru COB directories. Centennial Program of the Mexico COB.  Manchester COB Heritage Celebration,1991, honoring Elder R. H. Miller and Sister Emma Miller along with other Manchester COB historical publications and church directories. 1910 and 1923 joint Sunday School programs.  Statistics, research, meeting minutes and discussion matierials related to the merger of the Middle and the Southern Indiana Districts of the Church of the Brethren. A variety of Northern Indiana District materials.

This assortment of Church of the Brethren Materials includes but is not limited to: Southern Indiana legal drafts and documents - Brethren Service Commission statement regarding police action in Korea - Minutes of the Brethren Service Commission - Report of NY Relocation Hostel to the Committee for Resettlement of Japanese-Americans,1944 - Guiding principles and objectives of Brethren Service - Boni (ponee) family history - Mount Morris Church of the Brethren accomplishments and goals - Junior High Church School - "Account of the Society of Dunkards in Pennsylvania," 1786, from Lancaster to Ephrata - History of the Olympia, Virginia Church of the Brethren, Virginia - May 1930, Bulletin of La Verne College - "Echo," January 1960 - "Hier is des echo auf das Echo der Hamburger Gruppe." ICYE Exchange 1958/1959 - John David Bowman - Global Women's Project, "Globalink," Issue No. 21 1994 and No. 25 - Report to Heifer Committee January 1946, Brethren Shipment to Poland - 1944 report on Heifers for Relief Shipment Number 1 to Puerto Rico - Bethany Seminary 1941 graduates - Death of Mary Leedy - Appraisal of the Indiana Home Mission Extension Committee,1964 - Program, 129th District Conference of the Northern Indiana District - "Dedication Memorial and Membership Directory" for the Wenatchee Valley Church of the Brethren, 1929  - Winona's Greatest Convention, Church of the Brethren Conference - George Brubaker's handwritten notes on church practice -  Women in the church - unique and powerful - March 1999 and 1978 News Release citing female participation in a nationwide Gathering of Church of the Brethren Women - Universal Military Training vs the American Way, Kermit Eby's testimony before the House Armed Services Committee,1947 -"The Third Day," 1998, quarterly newsletter by the Office of Brethren Witness Environmental Working Group - "Sourvenir of McPherson College, 1904," photo album.- Information about "Liberty Cemetery," Orange County, Indiana - Listing and dates of Church of the Brethren congregations within Indiana along with districts and mother churches- Old German Baptist Brethren congregations in Canada, and in the United State - script, "The Missionary Awakening of Elm Grove," written by a Class in mission at Bethany Bible School - General Brotherhood Board and Commissions Agenda," 1952,Warren Bowman.

A variety of COB related materials: COB "Agenda" (1978) with articles, Prepare Now for Possible Resumption of the Draft, What Would You Do if Your Loved Ones Were Threatened by Violence?, Keep America Free from Military Regimentation, a Warning to America, by E. Paul Weaver - 1909, program of Joint Sunday School Meeting of Howard, Flora, Upper and Lower Deer Creek School - Statistics and trends within the Regions of the COB (circa 1954) - Report of Women's Work -  G. Lehman letter to 1953 Standing Committee - Minutes of the South Central District Board (1972) - Planning for District Conference 1969 - Information probably for new book on Indiana COB History - History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana with dates of conception, location, moves, and 1991 activity of COB congregations - 1922-1927 Statistical Notebook with reports on Indiana Ministers and evangelists, church locations, congregational membership gains/losses/, ministerial statistics (sisters licensed, men licensed, year)/minister losses -Daniel Miller and descendants - "Brethren Connection to American Communal Groups" - "Divisions In the German Baptist Brethren Church" - "The Dunkard Dozen (1929)" who received advanced education - Report of the Committee on National Service to the World Ministries Commission (1972) - Indiana Church of the Brethren history gathered for writing of new book, including: congregational membership  in South/Central Indiana (1991), history of the Mississinewa Church, biographies of Elder D. P. Shively, Elder Elias Caylor, the death of James Quinter.

Historical and congregational materials related to Loon Creek Church of the Brethren, South Central Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren.

Land records, deeds, financial reports, guest book, treasurer's records, investments, and contracts regarding the West Manchester Church of the Brethren, and possibly "Acme" school, as well as Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Correspondence between M. R. Zigler and Otho Winger primarily related to the mission work of the Church of the Brethren.  Many names are referred to in these letters.  Not all letters are between Winger and Zigler.  There is mention of Winger's illness and operation on his head. The letterheads on these letters change:

• General Ministerial Board of the Church of the Brethren.
• General Mission Board of the Church of the Brethren, 1929.
• Home Missions and Ministry, Church of the Brethren.