Manchester University Archives -MC2011/227, Folders 1 - 16- The J. Raymond Schutz Collection

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Accession #

MC2011/227, Folders 1 - 16

Topic

Schutz, J. Raymond,

Title

The J. Raymond Schutz Collection

Size

2 Large Boxes and One Large Folder with Photographs

Location

(IIS) Large Boxes 202 and 203

Citation

The J. Raymond Schutz Collection, MC2011/227, Folders 1 - 16, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.

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Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.

Provenance

Nancy McGriff, Granddaughter of J. Raymond Schutz

Scope and Content

MC2011/227			Note: J. Raymond Schutz and his wife had five children.
Schutz, Jacob Raymond Collection			J. R.'s father was from Berne, Switzerland and his mother was from Pandora, Ohio.
			J. Raymond's birthdate: August 3, 1890.

File #1:	Agriculture and Farming
	Certificate of Credit Reference - Midwest Radio Corporation.
	How to Grow Soy Beans for the Most Profit, 1936.
	Yopp Seed Company, 1936.
	Harrah Manufacturing Company, Handy Man Combination Tools, 1936.
		The Handyman Jack and Fence Stretcher.
	J. G. Peppard Seed Co., popcorn, 1936.
	Columbian Hog and Cattle Powder Co., 1936.
	Donaldson Brothers, "Kings of the Popcorn Kings," popcorn prices, 1936.
	Chick, chicken and egg mash feed ingredients and prices.
	1936 Ettlinger Livestock Commission about 65 heifers weighing 700 lbs. and 25 steers.
	1936 Ettlinger Livestock Commission, about heifers getting calvy and when they show calvy.
	1936 Urschel's Department Store, weight of corn.
	1936 Souers Hereford Feeding Cattle loan.
	1944 note due from Wabash County Farm Bureau Co-Operative Asssociation
	1944 letter stating Schutz has disposed of farm interests. No longer send market report.
	1936	Standard Seed Company, New Missouri Beardless Barley
	1936	Cattle loan payment in full.
	Jay Bee Pig Feed ingredients.
	Milk tests:	Pounds cream, pounds butterfat.

Folder #2:	Agriculture - U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service Cooperative Agreement
		for Demonstrational and Experimental Work in Soil and Water Conservation:
			August 1941, agreement by the Area Conservationist and J. Raymond Schutz of North Manchester.
			Farm Organizing Planning Form for 212 acres.			1940
			Program of Conservation Operations and Cropping Plan 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946.
			Woodland Management Plan.

Folder #2b:	Deed of Land	owners:	Schutz, Salena and Raymond
	October 30, 1943	purchasers:	Chamberlain, Geneva and Homer
		Farm of 55 acres, more or less, located just northeast from Manchester College Campus.

Folder #3:	American Christian Benevolent Society, 1943 material.
		Benevolent Death Benefits are a Christian Virtue.
		Benevolent Societies of the Constitutional Government League, 1945.

Folder #4:	Presidency Inviations - Correspondence
		Ashland College	1936
		Otterbein College	1938

Folder #5:	Employment Invitations and other Correspondence
		Bethel College - Mennonite		Sociology and Economics Position, 1928
		Butler University		Meeting
		Bowling Green State University		Presidency
		Westerville church		Pastorate

Folder #6	Schutz biographical brochures.

Folder #7	Speaker's Bureaus	Correspondence

Folder #8	including but not	Platform Personalities
	limited to:	Program Associates	Hodges, Campbell C.
		The Redpath Bureau
		Mid-West Speakers Service
		Educational Speakers Bureau
		The School Assembly Service
		Endicott-Schutz Lecture Service
		Bernice Kapner Speakers Bureau
		Talent - Who's Who on the American Platform
		Same pronunciation with different Spelling - Raymond Scheetz - magician.			Probably kept for reasons of humor and interest.
	Schutz Speech	Schutz Address 18 August 1943 at Hotel Statler, St. Louis
		William Davies Lecture and Entertainment Bureau
		Will J. McEwen
		Schutz Address 18 August 1943 at Hotel Statler, St. Louis

Folder #9	Schutz Personal Carrying Cards
		Sterling Insurance Company Policyowner Card.
		Kiwanis Club of North Manchester, Schutz membership card.
		Union Life Insurance identification card.

Folder #10	The Cattle Thief	unkown author, perhaps b y Schutz
		Poem regarding Eagle Chief of the Cree, Native American Group.
		Poem ending with:
		Go back to your new religion, and find -- if find you can.
		The honest man you have ever made from out a starving man.
		You say your cattle are not ours, your meat is not our meat;
		When you pay for the land you live in, we'll pay for the meat we eat.
		Give back our land and our country, give back our herds of game;
		Give back the furs and the forests that were ours from before you came;
		Give back the peace and the plenty. Then come with your new belief.
		And blame, if you dare, the hunger that drove him to be a thief.

Folder #11	Materials related to the Church of the Brethren. Schutz was NOT a member of the Church of the Brethren.
		1932 and 1943 correspondence
		1943	Ray Zook, Flora, Indiana
		1932	Elgin, Missions and Church Promotion
			Money and the Local Church Program

Folder #12	Cook House Club	Membership invitation, 1924.

Folder #13	Home and Family	Including but not limited to:
	Note:	Genealogists: pay attention to name of Dunbar. It might be significant.
	Handwritten Page	A note probably written by J. R Schutz describing the educational achievements of his five children, Jack, Don, Dick, Harold and Charlotte.
		Three attended at least one term of Manchester College and the older
		sons are married and have children. Names of spouses and grandchildren are also given.
	Between the Schutz	A Newsletter Among the Schutzes Volume 1, No. 1, February 1997 written by Richard Schutz
added by J. Wine	Between the [Sheetz]	An ancestral and family history of J. R. Schutz written by his son, Richard Schutz.			Taken by the archivist, J. Wine, from the internet
added by J. Wine	Brookover article	"J. Raymond Schutz," by Wilbur Brookover, North Manchester Historical Society.			Taken by the archivist, J. Wine, from the internet
	1934	$8.48 Kosciusko County tax receipt received of William A. Bowman.
	1934	$13.10 Chester Township Schutz real estate tax receipt.
	1936	The Bonnewitz Gardens for irises.		Orders and receipts.
		also Aunt Mary's Sweet Corn Seed
	1935	Lee R. Bonnewitz, Peonies, Irises, Oriental Poppies, Van Wert, Ohio
	1936	Clarence Morris, Optometrist.
	Note:	Donald is Raymond's son
	1938	Federal Land Bank of Louisville
	1932	Guaranty Finance Company, Inc.
	1935	Inquiry about son's interest in Animal Husbandry
		coursework at Purdue University.
	Syracuse, Indiana	Handwritten letter to Schutz from Ernest Freeze regarding
		cows, heifers and calves.
	1934	Letter from Almafuerte, Argentina		Yoder
		Brethren Missionary	(not to be confused with Church of the Brethren)
		Romanenghi case
	1935	Handwritten letter from Eleanon Swartz Carlisle (Mrs. Milford) who is
		Raymond Schutz's Aunt Elizabeth's eldest granddaughter.
	1935	Dunbar, Willard Parker		W. P. Dunbar and Family			Irma Dunbar
		Relative of Raymond's?		Political and newsy personal and family letter.
	1935	Hinton Coffee of Ft. Wayne solicitation
	1935	Insurance letter	Mr. Bert	Mr. Priser
			J. F. Rickhart	Mr. Wyatt
			Lincoln National
	1936	John Hancock Life Insurance Company
			Salena Schutz
		Thank you letter from Frank Diller of Dillers Furniture Store, Carey, Ohio and McComb, Ohio.
		Probably 192something	Attitude and the depression and Schutz's message.
		Sometimes the first three digits of the year is printed on stationery and individual must write it in.
	1924	Zendt Brothers, Makers of Men's and Young Men's Clothing, Souderton, Pennsylvania
		We would appreciate it if you could pay us a visit soon and also remember there is
		a suit of clothe awaiting you at this end and possibly a chicken dinner.
		Dunbar Theatre	Wilma and Irma take pleasure in presenting Samuel Dykes in the play
		"So This Is Life." The cast of characters is composed of members of the. Dunbar family
	1936	Stanolex Fuel Oil Contract	Furnace Oil	7.8 cents per gallon
	1936	Winona Lake Institutions	James Heaton
			Warsaw Printing Company			Mr. Grove
			Dr. Biederwolf			Tom Peabody
						Thomas Peabody
						S. J. Peabody
	1936	Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of Winona Lake Institutions
			William Carmichael		Charles Woods
			Walter Werking		C. O. Johnson
			Mrs. William Sunday		O. A. Newlin
			J. Raymond Schutz		Henry Hepburn
			John Sloane		William Biederwolf
			Frank Hutchins		Elmer Funk
			James Heateon
	1936	Brother's illness
		Travelogue on trip to Europe	Vera Sparks
	1936	Schutz ad in News Journal	Seven room modern house and 2 acres of bearing orchard.
			Offer to trade for 6 room cottage on Gunn Lake.
			E. V. Isenbarger		Fred Ebbinhous
			Harry Leffel		L. F. Jackson
			Paul Beam		J. Edson Ulrey
			Church of the Brethren		Isaiah Wright
					Dwight Brown
	Lake City Bank	F.H.A. Loan	1935
	Lake City Bank	Salena Schutz	1935
	1935	Mr. Dewey	Loan Guaranty Corporation, Wabash County
		Mr. Jones of Portland	Mr. Neer
		Elmer Rodgers
	Starr Letter	Fayette County	Republican Party		Raymond Springer
		Monroe Starr	Monrol Starr ?
	1924	U.S. Department of Labor	Immigration Service		Office of Commissioner of Immigration
			Ellis Island
			Pass for Ellis Island.
	1944	Guideposts Associates, Inc.	Subscription
	1944	Pioneer Life Insurance Co.	Reinstatement of policy
	1944	Dr. Damron	Receipt for payment of dental account.
	1944	The Service Life Insurance Co.	Reissue of policy to family members.
	1944	Dalton Moomaw, Civil Engineer		[two letters]
			Spirituality or extra-physical environment.
			Science	Universal Science
			Mark VanDoren		Education
	1944	The Methodist Publishing House		Order
	1944	C. F. Yoder	Airport and the purchase of land owned by Mrs. Y in South Bend.
			County manipulation of land prices topay less for the land than the current value.
			Appeal to governor or assistance from elsewhere?
	1944	Response to Yoder by Schutz.		Beamer and Obenchain, suggested attorneys.
	1944	Yoder letter. Operation and health update.
	1944	Standard Life Insurance Company		Agent's Balance Statement
	circa 1944	Floyd Habein	Findlay Chamber of Commerce			Business Card
	1945	Peru Production Credit Association		Mortgage and note paid in full.
	1944, December	To: Myrtle McLean Bannister	From: Schutz
		I have not been feeling well this fall and winter and the doctor has asked me to curtail present activities.
		Note: Impending warnings for death in March 1945.
	1944	Car insurance.
	1944	Oldsmobile keys.	Front tires composed of war-time rubber.				Tire related issues.
		Paul Abel of Abel Motors Company, Winchester, Indiana
	1936	From: Esta Sprinnkle, Wabash		To: Schutz
		Elmer Rodgers
		Loan Guaranty Corporation	Dissatisfaction of business arrangement and accusation of fraud.
	1936	John Hancock Life Insurance Company		To: Salena Schutz
	1936	John Hancock Life Insurance Company		To: Raymond Schutz
	1932	The Hinson Manufacturing Company		To: Adver-Tire Cover Salesmen
		Re: Servis Jackets		Fr: Aubrey Ransom, Sales Dpt.
		Verso: Handwritten notes that probably were written by Raymond Schutz - but are not signed.
			Notes: Speaking Material
				W. Randolph Hearst owns 350,000 head of beef cattle,
				hearded by Peon Labor. They are located in Tia Juana,
				waiting for duty free entry into U.S. … saved $4.00 /head.
				One should not blame him for his selfishness if he
				could make $1,000,000 at the mercy of the U.S.
				Cattle Raisers. Did you know most Texas Cattle men
				are Republicans. They are not for Garner.
				(By G.S. Ray. Traveler of 36 States as a Salesman,
				and Government Agent [Peru, Indiana]).
			Notes: Politics
				Glenn Griswold was in a Drug Store this evening,
				Wednesday, in a very ill attitude and anger as to the
				way his election was boing. A party asked him if he
				was not going to speak tonight. , etc., etc.
	1936	Warsaw Investment Company
			Cancelled note.	Personal letter.		William Felkner
	Sermon	Memorial service for John Schutz.		by Willis Gelston, Minister
				Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Michigan
	1919	The Young Men's Christian Association College, Chicago, Lake Geneva
	1933	Berne Manufacturing Company, Berne, Indiana
			Where can we get an instructor to come to Berne on a part-time basis?
			Sherwood Eddy's book, "Living Creatively."
			Progressive Brethren Church
			Campfiring at Winona Lake

Folder #14	Materials including but not limited to the following:
		Charlotte Schutz	Home-made card from Charlotte who was" very, very happy
			that she's got such a loving daddy."
	1944	Letter from Schutz to Robert Coyle who is in military service.
			Death of Mr. Drowell.
			Probable reference to First Brethren Church, North Manchester.
			Boys from the church in the service and casualities:			Robert Minear (missing in action)
			At that time a total of 5 gold stars (boys killed)			Eugene Zellers	(killed in action)
	1944	Letter from Schutz to son, Richard.
			Robert Minear killed in Germany.
	1945	The Armed Forces stationery, letter from Arden Bugby.
			Camp Wolters
			excerpt: "The chaplains are doing a splendid service for the men. One thing noticeable is the
			deep respect the men hold for the chaplains. "
	1945	Church of the Brethren Publishing House
		Do you have the book, "God's Means of Grace," by Dr. C. F. Yoder.
		Note: letter from a C. F. Yoder about the airport situation in File Folder #13.
	1945	Letter to Dr. C. F. Yoder.	Correspondence about presidency of Ashland.
	1945	Farm Bureau Directors and Directors of Douglas County Service Company, re: Annual Meeting, 14 February 1945.
		Fred Gladden, Department of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices, Indianapolis
			Request for Schutz to write Governor and put a good word in for Gladden
			who wants to become Chief Examiner of the Board of Accounts.
	1945
			More discussion about Schutz becoming president of Ashland College.
	1945	Mr. and Mrs. Le le Ohmart and Howards.
			Report on Mrs. Ohmart's health.
			The Howard's son, Phillip, wounded in action.				Phillip Howards
	1944	From Bruce Nice	Frankfort, Indiana
			U.S.Machine voters.
			Dr. Cordier going to Washington.				Andrew Cordier
			Dewey campaign.
	1944	Edwin Blowhart ?
		Edwin Borlowhart ?
			Mr. Endicott
	1944	George Welch	World War II and War in the European theater.
		Soldier	Harold Schutz, writing from Guadalcanal.
			Richard Schutz at San Luis Obispo.
			Dr. Cordier accepts position with the State Department in Washington, D.C.
			News about Manchester College.
	1944	R. J. Ohmart	USMC	This letter had been unopened. It was sealed. Opened
		Censor Passed stamp		by the archivist, Jeanine M. Wine November 2011.
		Robert Ohmart	Harold Schutz,surprise visit.
			Bob Maxwell of the See Bees.
	1918	H. M. Summers, Probate Judge
		Putnam County War Board, Ottawa, Ohio
	1924	League of Nations Union Summer School at Keble College
			Admission to lectures card.
	1945	Irene Agnes Schutz	Memorial booklet
		Born May 5, 1914	Died November 12, 1945
			Paul Diller Funeral Home, Bluffton, Ohio.
	1923	Department of Public Instruction
			Letter regarding Schutz's work at Yale University and "We are counting on you
			in Indiana when you are ready to return."
	1924	Edna Wolfe	Pendleton High School
			Kosciusko County Teachers' Institute.
			Extension work.

Folder #15	1945	Girl Scout Calendar
			Handwriting on the cover:	Japan - eyesight
				China - eardrum
				Alaska - fortune
				Philippines - vitamin
				Korea - ?
		1944	December 8 - Dad got new shoes.

Folder #16	Farm related remarks and quips.

Date of Accession

13 December 2011

Bio History Note

The scope of these materials was so broad that an Excel program was used to describe them. The information was too vast to be accepted by the accession page so the description of this collection was divided between several pages designated as MC2011/227[ plusFolder Numbers]. Professor J. Raymond Schutz was a man of many capabilities. He was a professor at Manchester College for almost 20 years, a husband, father and farmer, a highly sought after public speaker, pastor and minister of the First Brethren Church in North Manchester, Indiana, candidate for Congress in 1932 (Indiana) and a contendor in the 1936 race for Governor. Schutz was also an outstanding official in the local, state and International Kiwanis Club and became President, and then Chairman, of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana, leading the company to highly acclaimed economic success. All of this was accomplished before J. R. reached 55 years of age, dying unexpectedly at home [age 54] on 29 March 1945. Included are items from Mrs. Schutz as well. Folder #85 helps set the scene for Schutz's speeches and political ventures and combined with other materials, the researcher can get a feel for Pre WWII Indiana and Indiana involved in war. Letters to soldiers are included as well as the names of young men from North Manchester who were killed in the war. Prohibition, economic recovery from the Great Depression, and the impact of Hitler 's Germany on Europe, were some of the major issues of the day. Schutz was a contemporary with Andrew Cordier who participated in some of Schutz's political involvements.

Archivist Note

The materials were delivered to Funderburg Library 16 November 2011 by Randy McGriff, husband of Nancy McGriff. A description was prepared during the remainder of November and the first two weeks of December by Jeanine M. Wine.

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