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Accession #MC General File: Faculty/Staff, Winger, Large Collection
TopicWinger, Otho,
KeywordsPresident, Faculty/Staff, Minister, Church of the Brethren, Native American,
TitleOtho Winger Materials
SubtitlePresident
LocationMC General File: Faculty/Staff, Winger
CitationOtho Winger Materials, MC General File: Faculty/Staff, Winger, Large Collection , Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceDonation of Coppock letter by Phil Joseph. Presented to President Jo April 2014.
Scope and Content

File with related Otho Winger material including but not limited to:

  • "First College president Was Friend to Area Indians" 16 June, 1980.
  • "The Address of Moderator Otho Winger, Conference Church of the Brethren, La Verne, California, 1928."
  • New Release, "Otho Winger and the Miami Indians."
  • "Otho Winger: He Lived 'With the Throttle Wide Open,'"  by Timothy K. Jones, Messenger October 1989.
  • Winger Christmas letter, 1932.
  • "Miami Nation Reveres Winger's Memory," article from MC BULLETIN regarding the high esteem that the Miami Nation holds for President Otho Winger.
  • See also: Map and description designed and drawn by Otho Winger and Ada Louise Duckwall of the Frances Slocum Trail (MC2007/161). 
  • Research and information regarding the publication of Winger's book on the Frances Slocum Trail. Moved from Winger files in Vault by J. Wine 2011.
  • Winger, "Manchester College Bulletin," final "President's Report to the Trustees, 1940," given to the College by Ed Miller, 7 July 2008.
  • Winger letter regarding card playing on campus.
  • Winger correspondence and beliefs. 
  • Copy of letter from Winger to Jacob Coppock (date unclear, perhaps 1933?) in which Winger refers to his presidency as a "sentence."

For additional material regarding Otho Winger, see: Buildings--Winger Hall, Ida; Buildings--Winger Memorial Building; Gospel Messenger, 6 January 1945 p.11; 20 January 1945 p.9; 23 June 1945 p.5; 16 March 1946 p.16; 24 August 1946 p.8; 9 November 1946 p.10-12; 19 July 1947 p.11 Manchester College Bulletin, November 1950 p.1-2; January 1951 p.1; May 1952 p.4; Missionary Visitor, 21.3 (March 1919) p.79-80; Oak Leaves, 5.1 (Oct 1917) p.11; 7 February 1925 p.1; 16 January 1926 p.1; 19 September 1963 p.4; 10 October 1963 p.2.

See also: Map and description designed and drawn by Otho Winger and Ada Louise Duckwall of the Frances Slocum Trail (MC2007/161). 

Date of AccessionUnknown
Bio History NotePhil Joseph is an alumnus and trustee of Manchester College (now University). He enjoyed Winger's reference to his presidential appointment as a "sentence."
Archivist NoteDescription prepared by Jeanine M. Wine.
 


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