General A Cappella material: 1975-1998:

• Clippings & news releases regarding performances, members; 1986 concert season schedule and information regarding Dr. Patricia J. Cahalan [director, Fall 1986-Spring 1991].

• Information on Black History Month and the AAFRO House and Program records for 1969-1982.
• 1986-87 Budget for AAFRO Program.

Materials from the Office of Academic Affairs transferred to the Archives July 2009.

Contents include but are not limited to; Dean's Annual Reports 1930 - 1989 (incomplete), Athletic Training Program, church scholarships, college entrance exams, diploma releases, grade complaints, grade distributions, graduates by majors, grad school recommendations, Indiana Department of Teacher Education and Certification, Miller Analogies Test, National Dean's List, non-returning and non-traditional students, Union Administrative Committee Materials (1967), Academic Facilities Committee information, jukebox policy, guidelines for use of PERC (c. 1982), Reports of Dean of Academic Affairs (1980's incomplete), enrollment management 1987, etc.

1924 Faculty Athletic Association.

1930-1931 Dean Holl's Report to the Faculty.

Academic Statistics Fall Term 1947.

1987- 1993 - Number applying for graduation, graduating with honors, lowest GPA.

Faculty Governance Task Force (1971, 1990-1991), Faculty Executive Committee Minutes (1978-1984, 1984 -1999 incomplete).

Interdisciplinary Studies Committee and Honors Studies (1990-1991).

Enrollment Management Committee (1990).  Subcommittee on Academic/Registration/Advising, Provisional Admissions (1987).

Examination Program (1960), Studies on Improvement of Tests, Senior Independent Study Program.

Steering Committee and Self-Study Steering Committee Minutes and plans (1967-1989).

Faculty Development Committee and Department Chairs, Department Heads, Meetings (1982 - 1998).

Faculty Development - Faculty Workshop programs 1965 - 2002. 1990 Mission Statement.   1991 Minutes of Professional Studies Meeting.

Discussion of Faculty/Staff Club Room and Faculty/Staff Lounge (1980 - 1985).

Faculty banquets and "Welcoming Dinners." The honoring of retirees.

Executive Committee Minutes - Military Recruitment on Campus, Inter-Disciplinary Programs (Peace Studies and Environmental Studies), Faculty Workshops, Discussion Day, Admissions Standards, Educational Frontiers Committee Members, Ethical Research Principles, Faculty Committee Assignments, Religious Life Committee,  Accreditation - Self-Study, Faculty Social Programs Committee, Dismissal Procedures for Non-Tenured and Tenured Faculty Members , Skills Development Center, Christian Higher Education, Mission Statement,

Faculty suggestions, "how to improve the experience of minority students on campus," Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference and HBCC Financial Aid Policy, Standards for Honors Graduates , Human Diversity, Harassment, Faculty Governance, Faculty Standing Committees at MC, Collaborative Learning, School Breaks, Representatives for the Dean of Academic Affairs, Bylaws for Conduct of Faculty Elections, Discussion Day Schedule, Revisions to Faculty Manual, Department Chair Appointment, Retirement Banquet, International Meal, Admissions Classifications, History of Curriculum Review, 1984 task force on Program Reduction, Improved Status of Library Faculty [October 10, 1993], NCAA definition of "good academic standing," and "satisfactory progress of students" [1993], Computer Services, Human Diversity Policy by Affirmative Action Committee, Commuter Assignments 1993-1994 by Faculty Member, Policy for the Promotion and Protection of Human Diversity (1993), Responsibilities of Computer Users, Teacher Education Committees, use of Library in Curriculum, Academic Breaks, Length of Academic Year.

Two Year Curriculum and Instructional Improvement Study circa 1958 - Study on Curricular Integration.

Goals For An Effective Curriculum At Manchester College, July 2000.

Two Year Degree Program, Fall 1974.

Helman's introduction, description and final results of the 1960's Self-Study, and related reports, statistics and minutes.  "The New Curriculum at Manchester College, Report of the Self-Study) Status as of June 20, 1968)."

Development of Divisional Core Curricula in Humanities, Social Sciences and Science, etc., Proposed Non-Divisional Core Curriculum Focused on helping each student discover "Who He Is,"  A Statement of Purpose for Manchester College, Memo to Faculty Regarding Self-Study, Proposed Teaching Load Evaluation.

Grading and Low Scholarship.

Faculty Development Committee - 1974-1997 (incomplete) - includingTenure, Salary, Benefits, Faculty Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teaching, Guidelines for Recognition of Faculty for 25 Years of Service, Sabbatical Requests, Support for Faculty Research Fulltime Status, Revisions to Faculty Manual, Formation of System for Evaluation of Staff and Administration (1992), Annual Reports to the Faculty, Program Adjustment, Student Evaluations of Faculty, Forward Planning Committee, Rank for Librarians.

Committees and Standing Committees of the Faculty 1960 - 1973 (incomplete). Also 2000 - 2001.

Faculty Minutes, February, 1954.

Committee on Instruction 1963 - 1964.

Curriculum Revisions 1961, 1969, and 1977.

1974 materials including but not limited to: - Standards for the Accreditation of Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Social Work - Recommendations from the Natural Science Division to the Academic Committee - Humanities Faculty Core Evaluation - Questionnaire  "The following courses and programs help me discover who I am and what I can become." - Senior Colloquium -  Proposals for Curriculum Modification.

Academic Program 1988-1989, report of Graduate Student Enrollment - Academic Program developments (1986-1987)

Statistical Evaluation of contributions by each department (1982 - 1982).

1987-1991materials including but not limited to the following committees: Teacher Education (TEC), Academic Policies , Athletic Committee, Minority Concerns, Human Diversity, Student Life, Human Relations, Facilities Policy, Educational Innovation, Koinonia,College Planning , Management Information, Graduate and Continuing Education.

Budget (1967-1968), budget comparisons, salary scale, faculty benefits, teaching load, Co-Curricular Enrichment Committee,1986 President's memo, "An Attempt to Overthrow the Limitations of Manchester College."

Task Force for Program Adjustment(1981-1984).

MC2009/97a: Science Center construction reports, minutes, design, finance, etc. Winger Hall Renovation. MSKTD

MC2009/97b: Social Work Accreditation, Institutional Research, APC Minutes, Library renovation 1999.

MC2009/97c: Files of former faculty and staff.

MC2009/97d: Files of Former faculty and staff and VIA information. Master of Arts in Contemporary Leadership. Dean's List of Honor Students 1995-2006. Kauffman Awards 1997-2003. Dean's Student Scholarship Symposium.

• Academic Policies Committee Minutes, Fall 2002 - Spring 2004.
• Teacher Education Committee Minutes, Fall 1999 - Spring 2001.
• Department of Education Minutes, Fall 1999 - Spring 2002 and Fall 2002 - Spring 2004.
• Institutional Report in preparation for NCATE/IPSB visit November 2004 and Exhibits for NCATE/IPSB Visit, November 2004.
• Field Biology, Biol 110, Koinonia Environmental and Retreat Center and Programs.
• Analysis of MC's Teacher Education Goals using Student Teaching Evaluations, 2003 - 2004.
• Teacher Education Ad-Hoc NCATE Minutes.
• Teacher Education Department of Education Minutes from 1993 forward.
• Teacher Education Schools Available for Field Experiences.
• Education Budget, Budget Planning and Budget Reports.
• Board of Examiners Report, NCATE, Accreditation Visit to Manchester College, November 2004.
• Teacher Education Program Policy Handbook.
• Military Order of the Purple Heart Award, January, 1984.
• Indiana Board of Examiners, September, 1989.
• Teacher Education Handbook - 1971.

Materials for accreditation 1992.

Accreditation Materials, 1992 including:

• Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds–Manchester College Project
• Proposed Campus Plan
• Student Housing Evaluation
• Energy Use Statistics

Administration Building:  Pre-1921 Campus Views Postcard Collection

Photographs:  Special Events photograph collection

1.  Folder labeled "miscellaneous assortment."

• CASE at Manchester College, newspaper article and special merit award, 1982 Mindpower Campaign.  CASE stands for Coucil for Advancement and Support of Education.
• Fine Arts Week calendar, undated, including Peking Acrobats, Alpha Psi Omega One-Act Play Festival, Faculty Art Show with paintings by James R. C. Adams.
• January Term Opportunities at the Indiana Medical History Museum, Old Pathology Building. This was formerly given the accession number of MC 2003/113 #85 but paperwork was not completed.
• Manchester Activities Council banquet for MAC Officers and new members, 1991, including yearly calendar of events.
• The Charles and Cleda Zunkel Peacemaker Fund Presents, Rev. Dr. C. Wayne Zunkel, Manchester College alumnus, 1992. This poster was formerly given the accession number of MC2003/113 #114 but paperwork was not completed.
• Party with the O.O.P.S. Groundhogs, 1994.This poster was formerly given the accession number of 2003/114 #22 but paperwork was not completed.

2.  Folder labeled, "Senior Sendoff," 1993 containing poster. Formerly MC2003/113 #42 but paperwork was not completed.

3.  Folder labeled, "Centennial Auction," 1990 containing poster.   Formerly MC2003/113 #32 but paperwork was not completed.

4.  Folder labeled, "Manchester College Publicity," with posters.

• "Let each become all that he was created capable of being," by Thomas Carlyle.
• Folder with Manchester College map.
• Poster, "A Journey at Manchester College, Where we believe in preparation for a lifetime."

Advancement promotional materials, CD of the Groundbreaking and Dedication of the the Norman and Grace Wine Recital Hall, along with one old "key" that was found on campus.

Three "Stagebills, May 2001" from Carnegie Hall featuring the Manchester College A Cappella Choir.

Manchester College A Cappella Choir and Chamber Singers Concert Tour May 2001 CD .

Manchester College Concert Tour May 2001, CD and CD Master Copy.

"Celebrating the Vision, Manchester College," DVD.

 "Celebrating the Vision, Manchester College," Commercial 1 - Adds Up, Commercial 2, - Not Stuffy DVD.

Items from Advancement: 2005 MC Alumni Days and Homecoming images, copy of the 1922 Chime Dedication program, materials related to the dedication of "Wilbur's," 2013 (including the McFadden Family Tree), materials related to the Science Center dedication, invitation to the Physical Education and Recreation Center (PERC) dedication, 2007 College Union dedication program and related materials, 2006 program for the groundbreaking of the remodeling of the College Union with printed images from that event, invitation list, groundbreaking program, "Legacy" mailings: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Fiscal Year President's Report and Honor Roll," 2014 and 2015 issues of "Manchester Magazine," President's Circle Donor Wall plaque ordering information, alumni Memorial Service programs, 2017 and 2018.

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.

American Chemical Society records.

The file on AthleticTraining is part of the Office of Printing Services Collection, a collection of 44 files located in Large Box 159.

See Also: Education/Professional Programs Division, Accreditation

Ronald Aungst:

• Four photos of Dr. Ronald Aungst.
• Brief biography by Jeri Kornegay.

Distribution Lists 1955 - 1990.

Science related excerpts from Auroras.

Aurora Photograph Collection 2001.  Many photographs are identified, including but not limited to:

• Campus Ministry Board, photograph #84.
• NRHH #83.
• Manchester College Reconcilliation Services #81.
• Photographs of international students #14, #16.
• Amnesty International #13.
• Homecoming.

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

The booklet is called “Beaker Breakers’ Bi-Weekly” and was put out during the National Science Foundation Summer Chemistry Program at Manchester College.  It has was appears to be getting-to-know-you games and funny/interesting quips about participants.  This booklet is undated. 

Material related to Dwight Beery, Physics.

1986 Newspaper article about Beery's physics problems (and solutions) that are being included in a three-volume college physics textbook published by Engineering Press.

A photograph of Biology Class circa 1894 at Manchester College.

Biology Club (Phi Sigma) and Honor Society (Alpha Chi):

• constitutions, by-laws, and some correspondence.

Posters:

• 1985 Black History Month calendar.
• 1980 "Together We Can Make It:  Tell It, Black History Week," featuring Dr. Roger Pulliam, Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Mr. Halisi Shauri, Director, Project Upward Bound, Northwestern University, Dr. A. D. Pickney, President, Indiana State Chapter of the NAACP.
• 1990 Black History Month calendar (MC2009/71-E,d4)
• 1992 Black History Month calendar (MC2009/71-E,d,3).
• 1993 Black History Month calendar (MC2009/71-E,d,2).

See MC2009/71 File Folder MC2009/71-E: Events on Campus.

The Aurora Photograph Collection 2001, MC20024/408, has an image of the Black Student Union.  It is located on pg. 65 of the 2001 Aurora and is image #69 in the CD/photo collection.

Blue Stocking: This newsletter contains articles, poetry, essays, and artwork regarding women's issues.

Student, D. Owen Cottrell received a B.A. from Manchester College in 1903.  This is his notebook on Botany Lectures for Winter Term 1898 - 1999 and Spring Term 1899, with notes beginning 7 December 1898. Nicely illustrated.

Brethren Colleges Abroad materials from the files of Manchester College professor, Allen Deeter.  Personal awards and diplomas and commendations. CONFIDENTIAL - materials deal with student and employee information.

"Report of the Proceedings of the Brethren World Assembly," July 1992.

NOT YET FULLY DESCRIBED OR ACCESSIONED.

Renovation and Construction Newspaper Articles:

Razing of Emma Neher residence, Gardner Hall, former biology building, removal of old barracks and maintenance shops.

Manchester broadcasts courses  by airborne television.  More facilities for foreign languages and psychology with new labs.

$100,000 maintenance center (Neher Maintenance Center) to be built.

1992 razing of  Ikenberry Hall.

Articles regarding completed Helman Hall project with the Helmans being honored at dedication.

Science Center cost and groundbreaking event.

Welcome and Adah Weaver give million dollar gift for New Science Building to President Ed Butterbaugh.

MC breaks ground on Recital Hall (2004).

Union half-way toward renovation goal (May 2004 article).

Correspondence related to the naming of Holl-Kintner Hall of Science, V. F. Schwalm Hall, and Goshorn Chemistry Building.

Materials [2012] from University Advancement; images of buildings and memorabilia from events. 

Invitations to the dedication of the Academic Center on 13 October 2012 with copies of the Academic Center Donor Plaque Listing, 13 October 2012.

Memorabilia from the "Jingle Bell Tea," 5 December 2012 - history of the Chime on verso.

General Information about campus buildings, dedications, histories, renovations, names.

Additional information about buildings might also be found in 1 File/Large box 158 - Campaigns.

Information about many campus buildings, dedications,  histories, renovations, and names.

General Information about campus buildings, dedications,  histories, renovations and names.

Architectural Plans for buildings, gardens, rooms and equipment on the Manchester College campus. List of trees and shrubs that Professor Philip Orpurt thought acceptible for the landscaping of Cordier Auditorium.

For more "tree" related material see also: Manchester College Bulletin April 1978 p.8-9.

CASE at Manchester College, newspaper article and special merit award, 1982 Mindpower Campaign.  CASE stands for Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Institutional Research: CSCA studies, including but not limited to the following.  See the accession page for a complete listing:

• Annual Report 1967-1968.
• Nobel Conference, Jan. 1974.
• Records, 1964 - 1969 and 1970 - 1972.
• Central States Assembly on the United States and Eastern Europe, October 23-26, 1969.
• CSCA Handbook, 1969.
• Peace Studies Program research.
• "Pollution and its Control: Report of a Conference," March 5-6, 1971.
• Materials from the chemistry section of CSCA.
• Research on the American College Testing program (ACT).
• Director of Research 1968.
• Director of Research 1969-70.
• Director of Research 1971-72.
• Student Attitude Study Report, 1970.

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." 

Programs for the play "In His Steps."

Materials probably intended for the new history book, "Planting the Faith in a New Land: the History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana: "The Brethren in Huntington County, Indiana 1945 -1970," by L. W. Shultz - Notation of prominent individuals from Indiana with roots within the Church of the Brethren -  List of Indiana Churches - Cover-page, "...Sketch of The Brethren of Northern Indiana" - "A Brief Sketch of The Brethren, Generally Known as 'Dunkards' of Northern Indiana," by Opperman, 1897, and additional correspondence regarding the new COB historical publication. 

"Supportive Congregations Network," a network of Mennonite, General Conference Mennonite and Church of the Brethren congregations which welcome gay, lesbian and bisexual members, and related publications.

South Central Indiana District Senior Citizen Program, a working paper.

1993 Statistical Report for the Church of the Brethren with data for  individual congregations.

Hearings Before the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization, a Statement by M. Guy West, Church of the Brethren, 29 November 1955.

Copy of "The Ministerial Bulletin," published by the General Ministerial Board of the Church of the Brethren, June 1927.

"Congregational Organization and Polity," with signature of Edith Mae Hill.

 Leaflet from 1894 - Sunday School Meeting at the Brethren Church, Cerro Gordo, Illinois,1894.

See Also:  

Gospel Messenger 6 January 1945 p.17; 20 January 1945 p.4; 27 January 1945 p.17, 18;  10 February 1945 p.9, 13; 17 February 1945 p.3-7; 14 April 1945 p.2, 3; 21 April 1945 p.9; 28 April 1945 p.9; 26 May 1945 p.2; 24 November 1945 p.25; 13 December 1947 p.6.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ad Hoc Committees – Early 1980’s, from Helman Years into Robinson Era.

Faculty Committee, 1986-1987 through 1990-1991.

Committees and Public Relations.

Photograph of the Communications Building circa 1926 and brief history of the structure.

Conscientious Objection: Draft Counselor's Kit

Contemporary Problems in Biology, A Symposium by Alumni of Manchester College, 1980, featuring: Likens, Oxender, Henney, Yoder, Gorden and Eberly.

• Folder containing programs/registration forms and a Manchester College Bulletin.
  

Convocation 81B, "Experiencing Diversity of Values and Involvements," 15 September 1980.

18 February 1982 recording and video of Maya Angelou speaking at Manchester College and photograph with President A. Blair and Patricia Helman.

Olympian, John Thomas, speaks on the topic of  "Olympic Harmony," or what makes an olympic champion? The date of the address is 6 February 1984.

Photographs of Convocation and Public Programs sponsored by Manchester College (identified by speaker/performer and/or year).

Photographs of Convocation and Public Programs sponsored by Manchester College (identified by speaker/performer and/or year).

A listing of Convocation cassette tapes and recordings.  Some of these recordings have been digitized but this list does not reflect this information . 

A photograph collection of convocation participants and events.  Most individuals in the pictures have been identified.

Clippings include but are not limited to:

1923? Dr. Charles Morris and O. W. Neher plan student trips to Chicago.

1953 - "Liberat Arts School puts Emphasis On Religion."

1960 - Independent and Honors Study Programs - Public Programs series offering more programs - Driver Training - Nutrition - Russian History.

1961 - Summer terms - College to utilize Airborne TV  - Income Tax course.

1963 -  Summer offeres courses in 8 areas - Home Economics Workshop - Saturday classes begin 26 January 1963.

1963 - "Education New Area Industry."

1973 - "College to Offer Two-year Degree Program in 1974."

1975 - Two New Teaching Licenses offered.

1976 - College offers a variety of summer workshops and courses - Modern Dance - Reading Workshop.

1973 - 1978 circa) - teacher education students experience the-instrument families.

1976 - Bicentennial art course.

1992 - Greg Shoup teaches seminar to design weather curriculums for teachers.

1992 - Summer video workshop.

1992 -Summer Joggercise.

1994 - New Modern Language Department.

1996 - Conflict Resolution seminar.

2000 - Social Work and Teacher Education program re-accredited.

2003 - Heritage Program at Koinonia  - MC celebrates its 115 year.

(undated ) Maximum 7 year accreditation of Teacher Education Program received  -

Also See:  MC2004/3 Joseph Cunningham in the Earl E. Lichtenwalter Photograph Collection

Curriculum review: Leonard Williams Collection

Also see:  Academic Affairs: Manchester College Bulletin October 1977 p.3-4.

1976 "Halloween Dance featuring The Three Traces."

1978 A.A.F.R.O. Club Presents, "Essence in Twilight," Semi-Formal.

circa 1985 Manchester College AAFRO Club and East Hall present "Take Your Sweetheart to Vegas."

1991 Presidential Ball, "The Future is Ours."

April 1993 Presidential Ball, "New Beginnings."

1992 Formal, "Sailing with the Night."

No year on poster: "Winter Wonderful's Semi Formal Dance, Featuring: Catch."

Diploma from Bethany Biblical Seminary -  India correspondence - Ken Brown/Al Deeter 1969 correspondence - "I'll never make the mistake gain of putting institutional hopes above people who can love, fear, laugh, and share, " (Ken Brown) -  materials and lectures related to January Term 1996 in India and the course, "THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA" - additional course materials: Confucian and Buddhist Worlds, Hindu and Muslim Worlds, Islam and it's Impact on Today's World, Introduction to the Old Testament  (Faith of Israel), Introduction to the New Testament, Religions and War, Christian Ethics, Religious Classics, World Religions (Universidad Veracruzana), Religion and Politics in the USA, (Universidad Veracruzana), History and Thought of Christianity I, History and Thought of Christianity II, Contemporary Christian Thought, Peace and the Non-Western World, Religious Classics, Conflict Resolution - Religions and War, SIMULATION: 'The Final Settlement,' World's Living Religions, Introduction to Philosophy, Peace Studies curriculum, Special January Term Peace Studies Courses.

Department of Religion and Philosophy - COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS and STUDY GUIDES

Deeter articles: "India Report,"1995, on fulfilling study goals in India - "Teach-In" at Manchester College following 9/11 - "Muslims in the Middle East Conflict" - "Religion in America"- "Role of Religion in the Asian Work Ethic" - "Here I Stand Theologically, as of January 10, 1968" - "US and Next Door Neighbors," (Indiana Youth Camp, 1967) - "The University and Social Change," delivered at USIS Madras -  "The Necessity to Get Out of Vietnam and Re-Order Our National Priorities" - "Membership in the Body of Christ as Interpreted by Classical Pietism" - "The Anti-Cultic Tradition in Israel and the New Testament." 1970 letter to those interested in Non-Violent Social Change.

Correspondence, 1958 -1978 including but not limited to: Gladdys Muir's retirement, Peace Studies News-Letters from Gladdys Muir with handwritten notes, Memo from MC Treasurer regarding Gladdys Muir's library and retirement matters, the effect that a resignation would have on the Peace Studies program, Deeter's doctoral thesis, Conflict Resolution proposal, discussions with Professor William Schuhle, Ken Brown, Grady Snyder, Donald E. Miller, Dale Aukerman, and Linda Rehfeldt.

Materials related to: Council for Intercultural Studies and Programs, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Environmental Studies at Manchester, Brethren Volunteer Service, India 1973, 1978, India Delegation, 1975-1976, On Earth Peace, Testimony to Senate Subcommittee on Education - United States Peace Academy, On Earth Peace Academy, 1975-1976, World Without War Council, 1976. Deeter syllabi, papers, and Brethren Heritage materials.

Schedule, expenses and correspondence regarding Discussion Day 1993.

Program for Discussion Days March 1995, "Violence in America."

Program for Discussion Days, March 1997, "Politics and Morality."

Diversity: Assortment of international student materials including:

• Copies of international student records 1920's - 1940's. (Restricted)
• Newspaper clippings
• International Association

Developing international relations, 1959 newspaper article. 

Diversity: information on Committee for Minority Concerns, Diversity Committee, College Vision, racism on campus, sex discrimination, non-traditional students, multicultural affairs, October 1969 incident, and hate e-mail incident.

Diversity: Oak Leaves, 13 Nov. 1998 issue, "Mel White to Speak to Upcoming Convo." 

Report from the Sub-Committee on Non-Traditional Concerns, 23 March 1988.

Non-Traditional = "The student who after a period of time returns to the educational setting."

Diversity: E-mail incident and response from Office of Academic Affairs, 1998. 

Assessment:  "Diversity at Manchester College, Results of the Campus-wide Diversity Assessment Conducted by the Manchester College Human Diversity Committee and Cox & Associates Consulting," Assessment Conducted: Spring 1999.

Diversity: Newspaper article showing Manchester College professors' reactions to Oklahoma City bombing.  Correspondence from Parker Marden, President, regarding the College's response to the terrorist attack of 11 September, 2001.  Also newspaper articles and flyer advertising the service of remembrance.

Diversity Photograph Collection.

Recording of a conference that took place at Indiana University.  Presentation titles are:

• Cultural Pluralism and Ethnic Studies, a Latino's Perspective.
• Teaching Undergraduate Afro-American Studies.

Another presentation focuses on teaching culture in a multi-cultural society, such as the U.S. 

Booklet entitled, "International Student's Host Family Program, Sponsored by The Office of Multicultural Affairs, Dr. Peter Gitau, Director, Katrina Bruce, Assistant Director.

Materials reflecting the past of the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the intercultural Center.  They show the circumstances in which the AAFRO House was created and its evolution into the intercultural Center and developing Office of Multicultural Affairs.

A brochure describing The Multicultural Affairs Program that was designed to offer American ethnic minority and international students an enriched social, cultural and educational experience.

Newspaper clippings:  Russian film (1963) - "International Week focus on Africa" (1993) - Bosnian students tell of homeland at Manchester College"  (1993) - MC hosts international trade conference (1995) - Diversity Conference with focus on fighting hate crimes and bias (2003).

Dolby, Mattie Cunningham. She and her brother, Joseph, were the first African-American students at Manchester College. One of the first female ministers in the Church of the Brethren.

See also:

•  Alumni Card for Mattie Cunningham Dolby MC2004/689.
•  See granting of petition to drop "Christian Evidences" in Faculty Minutes 1900, MC2009/100a.

• "The Brethren Encyclopedia."

See Also: The Brethren Encyclopedia and Manchester College Alumni.

Artifacts and books from Donald and Olive Kessler's work in Liberia.

Professor J. E. Dotterer's bound volume of class lecture notes (circa 1926 to 1930).

Dr. William Eberly:

• Material regarding Bill Eberly, Natural Sciences, Biology.
• "History of the Phosphate Detergent Ban in Indiana," William R. Eberly, Manchester College.  
• "Environmental Education, The Big Picture," Dr. WIlliam Eberly, Manchester College, June 1991.
• List of Professor William Eberly's publications.
• Obituary for Dr. Eberly, MC Class of 1948.

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.

Economics Department Syllabi Collection (1999 - 2003).

Education and Professional Programs Division: Assortment

• Phi Delta Kappa permanent charter status certificate, November 10, 1984.
• 1907 Certificate of Proficiency to Lulu Waggoner.
• Manchester College SEA Plaque of Appreciation.
• Partners In Learning History Policy Manual as well as background, permission letters and forms.
• TEP Model History.
• State Teacher Education Approval Letters 1947 - 1969.
• NCATE Accreditation Reports.

Environmental Action Group Records.

See Also: Oak Leaves 25 April 1991, p.1.

CD #1 Much blank and irregular space before recording begins. The valuable amount of material on this recording is questionable. Sometimes students are clowning around. If listened to closely, this appears to be a recording of a class.  The Archivist did not have time to listen to it all the way through.

CD#2 Continues with a student that is part of a panel of presentors that and is very hard to understand. There is also discussion.

CD#3 A latin individual talks about ethnic studies programs.  This recording is very distinct but is only a partial recording of the entire presentation.  The presenter is also a teacher from a small institution in Chicago. 

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.

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

Copies of E-mail announcements regarding changes in Faculty and Staff for 2013.

Faculty/Staff Lists 1959-1969, incomplete.

Russell Bollinger: Photograph with Kintner, Hartsough and Beahm.  H. L. Hartsough served as pastor of Manchester Church of the Brethren.

For more information on H. L. Hartsough see See: Gospel Messenger, 7 April 1945 p.12; 5 May 1945 p.12; 19 May 1945 p.20; 2 June 1945 p.12; 1 September 1945 p.12; 6 April 1946 p.7-9; 16 November 1946 p.5-6, 10-11; 8 November 1947 p.5-6.

During the Church Leaders Conference, October 1980, Dr. Warren Groff, President of Bethany Theological Seminary, speaks on family under the lordship of Christ. Dr.Virginia Mollenkott speaks on "Sexuality and the Formation of Family," October 1980. She deals with the Biblical basis for male and female equality within the covenant community. 

The June Felton Photograph Collection includes portraits of young people as well as:

• Geology Class.  May 1900.
• C.E. Rader.  Dino, Indiana.  Fulton/Kosciusko Co.
• Howard Huddleston.  July 1903. Carrol Co.
• Ivan L. Erbaugh.  Dayton, Ohio.  Rural Route #4.

Paul Flory: Article from the "Messenger," February, 1975 regarding the Nobel Prize. 

See Also:  Manchester College Bulletin, June 1950 p.1; January 1975 cover, p.2-5; April 1975 p.1; July 1975 p.4; October 1975 p.8; January 1976 p.10; October 1976 p.7; April 1977 p.4.

Various articles and biographical pieces of information about Paul Flory. Copy of Flory's Nobel Lecture, 11 December 1974.

For Library, see also:  Accreditation; Manchester College Bulletin, March 1976 p.10; July 1976 p.7; July 1977 p.11; October 1977 p.12; January 1978 p.6; Manchester Herald, 15 December 1925 p.7; Oak Leaves, 7 March 1925 p.2; 27 June 1925 p.1; 30 January 1926 p.2; 18 September 1926 p.1; 16 October 1926 p.1; 18 December 1926 p.1; 21 November 1963 p.1; 29 October 1964 p.1; 21 January 1965 p.1, 2; 18 March 1965 p.4; 1 April 1965 p.2; 11/8/67 p.6 (photos); 10/68 p.1; 2/28/68 p.2; 4/3/68 p.1; 4/17/68 p.5; Winged Scroll.

Gene Likens display case file collection.  Biographical material, Helman letter, and photographs given to the College by Dr. Likens, 2005.

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.

Poem regarding male/female gender roles written by a student, 1978.

Sexuality, Human :"Men Who Cross-Dress..." flyer.

North Central Accreditation Materials, 1992 - 24 files.

About 52 plants are recorded in this personal notebook kept by Anna Gockley, thought to be a student at Mt. Morris College, Illinois in 1987.  The book is dated May 9, 1887 and spans spans May 9, 1887  through April 24, 1890.  The preprinted formatted notebook is entitled, “APGAR’S PLANT ANALYSIS: Adapted to Gray’s Botanies," by E. A. and A. C. Apgar. Although preformatted, the individual fills in the blanks.  Ms. Gockley included localities where specimens were found, such as:

Timber near Spring Creek,

Timber near Frenchtown, Iowa,

New Cemetery, Mt. Morris, Illinois,

College Campus, Mt. Morris, Illinois.

See Also: Botany Notebook of Mt. Morris College student, Cottrell, D. Owen, MC2011/114, and that of Mt. Morris College student, E. N. Goshorn, MC2011/125

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.

Comedian and Civil Rights leader, Dick Gregory, spoke on the Manchester College campus during "Forum '69: An Experience in Soul," March 30 - April 1, 1969.  This is a copy of his presentation.

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.

Materials related to Moy Gwong, Manchester Class of 1920.

1999 - 2000 Hawthorne Program

The Lilly Endowment funded Hawthorne Program was designed to help prepare African American and Hispanic students (grades 6-8) for college or other educational opportunities beyond high school.

Scrapbook from 1999-2000.

Negatives.

3 VHS videocassettes.

24 camcorder videocassettes.

"Testimony before The Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Education," dated 20 September 1984.

"Reaction to Update of Indiana Plan at Governor's Conference for University Trustees," dated 9 January 1986.

East Hall and Schwalm Hall: Correspondence regarding legal issues, including changing the charter and building East Hall and Schwalm Hall.

Flyer containing information and photographs from the groundbreaking  ceremony for the new Science Center (2003).  Invitation and program.

Science Hall dedication materials.

History, Political Science and Social Science materials including but not limited to: bibliographies, descriptions and/or reports for the Social Sciences Core, the Humanities Core Program, Senior Colloquium (1968), January Interim Term, and the Natural Sciences Core Program (1967). Humorous plaque illustrating "The Golden Age" of Waas, Bishop, Buzzard, Caldwell, Bittinger, Calihan and Johansen.

Carl Waldo Holl Papers:  Official documents, including marriage license, wills, living trust, and deeds.

Some material may be confidential.

Information about Paul Flory, James Shaffer, and Roy Plunkett.

Correspondence regarding S. Holl.  Some material may be confidential.

On 12 June 1958, Carl Waldo Holl received a College Chemistry Teacher Award from the Manufacturing Chemists' Association (MCA). 

Photographs showing Carl W. Holl and the other five winners with Mr. Ernest Hart (chairman of the board of MCA) and General John E. Hull (president of MCA).  The second shows Carl W. Holl receiving his award from Mr. Ernest Hart.

Carl Waldo Holl: Correspondence.  Some material may be confidential.

Carl Waldo Holl: Mortgage information.

Some material may be confidential.

Carl Waldo Holl: North Manchester High School consolidation.

• Manchester High School Dedication program, dated 4 December 1960.
• Text of speech given by C. W. Holl, dated 1961.

Carl Holl photograph collection. *Some pictures deaccessioned and given to Carolyn Holl Leffel, sister of Carl W. Holl, Jr.

Dr. Carl Waldo Holl Scholarship Fund Resolution, 1948

1.  One resolution, 1948, signed by Roy J. Plunkett, Harry R. Weimer and Don Martin.

2.  One bulletin following Dr. Holl's death revising the name of the scholarship to "the Carl Waldo Holl Memorial Scholarship Fund."

Carl Waldo Holl Papers: Teaching Contracts.

Some materials may be confidential.

Twenty-fifth Anniversary Materials

• Program & menu
• Manchester College Bulletin from May 1948, with photo and description of celebration.
• "Introduction of Carl Waldo Holl Respectfully Submitted at the Carl Waldo Holl Silver Anniversary Luncheon."  Text of speech by Don Martin.
• Telegrams and letters of congratulations.
• Letter regarding the Carl Waldo Holl Scholarship Fund.
• Photograph of Carl Waldo Holl with the anniversary celebration attendees.  Shot in front of Administration Building.  Not labeled.

Holl-Kintner Hall of Science: Newspaper clippings about dedication and conference entitled, "Science and Tomorrow."

Photographs: Home Management / Home Economics.

Faculty rolls from 1920-21 and 1947-1948.

13 April 1987 Faculty Emeriti Policies. 

Health Insurance, 19 June 2000 memo from Parker G. Marden, President.

Paychecks; 2001 Reminder, bi-weekly pay policy. 

Student Summer Employment Memo, 30 April 1979. 

Structural Charts (1996) showing positions in Institutional Administration, Advancement, Financial Affairs, and Student Development.  

Performance Evaluation Grid by Bill Robinson (undated).  

Human Resources records.

• Affirmative action, student employment, staff handbooks, A. Blair Helman Papers - Human Resources Material MC2002/2d.

Student employee handbook.

Manchester College Union Employees' Brochure, Centralized Student Employment Policies and Procedures 1978-1981.

Temporary employees materials;

• Correspondence and contracts for temporary employees.

Materials describing events honoring the 50th Year Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s visit to the Manchester campus.

Programs and materials created for the groundbreaking ceremony and dedication of the Jean Childs Young Intercultural Center. 

International Fair records including programs, articles, and memos.  International Fashion Show newspaper clippings.

1. Manchester International Fair, the Global Village, April 21, 2002.  Poster made by the Manchester College Graphics department.

International Week Posters. File Folder MC2009/71-E, object number MC2009/71-E,n.

International Week records.

This CD and audio-tape are probably from "An Experience in Soul," a "March 30 - April 1 event held on Manchester College Campus in 1969.

Invitation for The Junior Class of Manchester College reception in honor of the Class of 1956.

Newspaper clipping reporting the Junior/Senior reception and banquet, 14 May 1959.

See Also: Junior/Senior Banquet/Reception and Dance, see also: Oak Leaves, 16 April 1964 p.1; 6 May 1965 p.1.

Myrtis Becker Justiniano 's (MC Class of 1954) collection of Manchester College memorabilia, including May Day 1953.

Liberian art collection.

Books related to Manchester College alumnus, Donald E. Kessler's, (Class of 1946), work in Liberia.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: DVD, "Tribute to a King."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his last speech on a college campus here at Manchester College.  This DVD examines the effects that it had on others.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Memorial service, 1968.

Dr. Elgin Kintner, honored. Photocopy of article by Tom Sherlin in "The Daily Times" November 27, 2006.  "Blount Memorial names lab after Dr. Elgin Kintner."

See Also: Faculty/Staff Kintner, Edward; Manchester College Bulletin July 1976 p.5-6.

Dr. Elgin P. Kintner, M.D., the son of Dr. Edward Kinter, graduated from Manchester College in 1939.  This book of "Physiology Experiments" was completed with a laboratory partner during Elgin's first year of medicine at Indiana University. 

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

Textbook with the handwritten name of Edward Kintner on the cover.  The title of the book is "Guide To The Study Of The Anatomy Of The Shark, Nexturus, And The Cat," by Samuel Eddy, Clarence P. Oliver, John P. Turner, Second Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sones, Inc., London: Chapman &  Hall, Limited.

For more information on Edward Kintner see, "The Story of the Natural Sciences at Manchester College," by WIlliam R. Eberly.

Articles about Koinonia:

Taxidermist, Luke Hunt prepares mounts for scientific and educational purposes.

Students at Manchester College work with the U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service to study waterfowl populations in reconstructed wetlands in Kosciusko County.

Koinonia is recipient of the Kosciusko County Environmental Enhancement Award (1993).

Material related to David Kreps, Natural Sciences, Biology Department.

See also: Manchester College Bulletin October 1976 p.7; October 1978 p.2.

Photograph of David Kreps: MC2004/729, Public Relations Wall of Fame Photograph Collection.

Portrait of Mattie Nicholas Lear (Mrs. John Lear), Church of the Brethren female minister, and instructor at Mount Morris College from 1879 - 1881. A typewritten history is included.

Newspaper clippings, news releases, articles and other materials related to Dr. Gene E. Likens, Manchester College alumnus, graduating in 1957 with a degree in zoology.  He is known for being the first scientist in North America to discover acid rain.

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.

Manchester Activities Council (MAC) poster: MAC banquet for Officers and new members, 1991 with yearly calendar of events. This poster is part of the larger collection MC2010/53.

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.

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

Financial records of the College from July 7, to December 12, 1898: Handwritten record of income and expenses. Alice King 7-16-1898, A. B. Ulrey 7-19-1898, Ladies Home, Brickwork, Plastering, Stamps, Gasoline, etc., part of the larger collection MC2007/13, Financial Records of Manchester College.

2006 student photographs.

Student Wall of Fame Pictures, 2005-2006.

Graduation images circa 2004/2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Newspaper article featuring Chudzynski and Brenda Carver.

MC Visual Identity Guide.

Mathematics Field Day news releases.

Unsorted international student records.

Posters:

• "Spartan Pride," Homecoming, October 14, 1995.
•  Manchester Symphony Orchestra, 16 May 1993, featuring Young Artist Competition Winners.
• Manchester Symphony Orchestra, 6 November 1994, Jodie DeSalvo, Piano Soloist.
• Manchester Symphony Orchestra, 13 March 1994, featuring Julie Eckert, Soprano Soloist. 3. 
• Manchester Symphony Orchestra, 12 May 1996, "High School Young Artist Competition Winners."
• Manchester College Theatre presents, "The Miser, 1668," by Moliere, October 1994.
•  Manchester College Theatre presents, "Mehitabel," May 1993.
• Heifer Project International Living Gift Market, Sponsored by North Manchester Area Churches.
• "The Voice KCMO of the Prairie," by John Olive, May 1994, Cordier Auditorium.
• Public Program: "The Mikado," 10 April 1994.
• Manchester College Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon for members of Class of 1995.

Recording of the Charles Morris memorial service.

See Also: "The Story of the Natural Sciences at Manchester College," by Williaim R. Eberly.

Mount Morris College Alumni: Florence King, First Woman Patent Attorney.

• Biography of Florence King, 1891 Graduate of Mount Morris College.

Richard Edwards and John Harvey Parr, who were teachers of Jane Addams in Cedarville, Illinois - later taught at the Rock River Seminary.  Rock River Seminary closed in 1878 and reopened as Mount Morris College.

One flyer from 1880 advertising Mt. Morris College to interested Brethren.

Mu Pi Sigma Physics Society News Releases.

Minutes of the Natural Science Division, 5 November 1997.

Biology Department Syllabi Collection 1999 - 2003.

Centennial Science Symposium, 1990, " Global Change, Human Impact."

1. One folder with flyer, programs and brochures.

Chemistry Symposium 1975 speaker correspondence, resume and presentation files.  One 1899 Oregon H.S. commencement program.

1. One folder containing a brochure for the 1975 Chemistry Symposium that featured: Dr. Paul J. Flory, Dr. Roy J. Plunkett, Dr. Allan R. Shultz,  and Dr. Rex B. Gosnell.

Photographs from Chemistry Symposium 1975.

Computer Science Department Syllabi Collection [1999-2003].

Environmental Science Education Lesson Plans Collection with reports for a project entitled:  "Development of an Environmental Science Education Model for Grades K-12."  Some of these plans involve Koinonia.

Identified slides of former faculty in the Natural Sciences Division, circa 1960- 1975.

Photo of Paul Flory and A. Blair Helman at the Chemistry Symposium 1975. 

Time Chart V: Physical Chemistry of Polymers, found in the publication, "Polymer Pioneers, A Publication of the Center for History of Chemistry."

Interdepartmental (Natural Sciences) Syllabi Collection [1999-2003].

Mathematics Department Syllabi Collection [1999 -2003].

Natural Science Division Minutes:

• File #1: Minutes 1990-1995.
• File #2: Minutes 1996-1999.

Physics Department Syllabi Collection:

• 1999 - 2000
• 2001 - 2002
• 2002 - 2003

The first known radio communication from the Manchester College campus was through an unlicensed amateur [HAM]radio station privately operated by the Singer brothers in 1927.  Their endeavor was entirely different from and unrelated to the first Manchester College radio station [WMIB] built by Dwight Farringer in 1945.  Francis Barr provides objects from the Singer brothers' interest and gives physical information about the construction of WMIB.

• Financial records, minutes from 1925-1941.
• Letter from H. B. Hass, Department Head of Chemistry, Purdue University to Dr. Carl W. Holl.
• Letter from Aurora Secretary to Wilson Lutz, President of the Science Club regarding Aurora fees.

Science Core Course materials.

Science 1 Manual, 1971 Fall Term, Manchester College. 

Biology 109, Principles of BIology II Laboratory Manual, Manchester College, Spring, 1995. 

MC2001/143e:  Teaching Outline, Coure 1 (First Term)

MC2009/143a:  Science II, Manual, 1971 Spring Term, Manchester College.  Authors are J. Beard, D. Farringer, R. Foreman, D. Kreps, P. Ray and H. Weimer.

MC2009/143d: Science II Manual, 1972 Spring Term, Manchester College

MC2009/143b:  Science I, Manual, 1973 Fall Term, Manchester College. Faculty are D. Farringer, R. Kilgore, D. Kreps, D. McCauley, J. White, J. Streator.

MC2009/143c:  "Plant Science, A Study Guide With An Audio Tutorial Approach," Second Edition, 1967, by S. Postlethwait, H. Telinde and D. Husband, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.

Science Symposium 20 April 1990.   SVHS tapes copied to DVD-R in 2010, see Media Cabinet, IIS.

Dr. Dale Oxender, "Impact of Biotechnology on Man's Environment." [dubbing master]

Dr. Gene Likens, "State of the World's Ecosystem-Environmental Prospects for the 1990's." [SVHS original]

Dr. Gene Likens, "State of the World's Ecosystem-Environmental Prospects for the 1990's." [dubbing master]

Dr. David Miller, "Management of Low-Level Radiocactive Wastes." [SVHS original] (SLIDES)

Dr. David Miller, "Management of Low-Level Radiocactive Wastes." [dubbing master] (SLIDES)

Dr. Roger Dilling, "Global Warming-Physics of Phantasm? An Environmental Mandate for 'Mission to Planet Earth.'"  [SVHS dubbing Master]

Dr. Richard Ringeisen, "Mathematical Sciences..." and Dr. Roger Dilling, "Global Warming..." [SVHS original SLIDES]

See Media Cabinet, IIS.

See Also: American Chemical Society; The News-Journal 27, February 2002 p.10.

Photo Boxes 59 & 60.

O. W. Neher photographs: Biology Department Photos and Hall of Science Dedicatory Materials.

Oscar Warner Neher taught at Mount Morris College from 1924 until it merged with Manchester College in 1932.  He was the only faculty member that transferred to Manchester College, where he taught biology from 1932 until 1954. Following is a list of folders containing lesson plans and papers for Neher's courses.

One newsletter, October - November 1998 that highlights the unveiling of a portrait of Andrew Cordier by artist, Noelle Knight, through the W. Earl Beyer Fund, as well as other articles of interest.

See Also:  Accreditation; The Manchester Monitor, 16 July 2002.

Self-Survey Report Submitted to North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for the Decennial Review of Accreditation of the Undergraduate Degree Program.

NCA Accreditation Reports. Materials from 1961, 1972, and 1983.

North Central Association Basic Institutional Data Forms, a 22 page document, dated June 1971.

"Report of a Visit to Manchester College, April 19-21, 1993"

"Report of a Visit to Manchester College, April 18-20, 1983"

"Report of a Visit to Manchester College, November 14-16, 1972"

Self-Study Report Submitted to North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for The Decennial Comprehensive Evaluation of Accreditation dated February 1983.

Contact sheets and students photographs, 1995.  People in sombreros. Golf pictures

Photo of office and other equipment circa the 1960's or 70's ?

1.  One photo with students using an oscilloscope or oscoloscope (circa the 1960's?).

2.  One photo of office equipment (circa the 1960's or 70's?).

3.  One photo by Lloyd Hoff dated 20 April 1967 of the inside of a piece of equipment.

4.  Two photos by Lloyd Hoff showing the interior of the language labs with cubicles and headphones (probably shot during the 1960's).

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

Photograph of the donors, "Professor of Mathematics," Isaac and Etta H. Oppenheim.

Philip Orpurt: Natural Sciences, Biology, Department Head. Professor Orpurt is also an alumnus of Manchester College.

Philip Orpurt MC College "Letter Collection," MC2004/521, two cloth letters received for Cross Country and Music. See, Orpurt, in Large Faculty/Staff boxes 46-48.

For additional material relating to Philip Orpurt, see:  Manchester College Bulletin, April 1978 p.8-9.

Reprints of Dr. Orpurt's MS thesis and PhD Thesis, and other publications. Information on campus trees.

"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.

Representatives from different faiths give their tradition's perspectives on peace in an event sponsored by the Manchester College Peace Studies Program and the Manchester Church of the Brethren.

These news releases primarily feature guest artists performing on campus, some through the College Union Board and the  Artist-Lecture Series. Examples of the performers are; The Dale Warland Singers of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., rock concert by "Featherstitch," the Goldovsky Grand Opera Theater, the Arbors, Leonard Rose (cellist), The Lettermen, Duke Ellington, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Si Zentner (trombonist), Eugene Holmes (baritone), The Four Saints, the new York Brass Quintet, the Concert Choir of Columbus Senior High School.

2.  An assortment of newspaper articles regarding performers appearing at Manchester College    (1960's - 1990's).

Newspaper articles include:  Rosa Page Welch (classical sacred musical singer), The Sounds of Hope.

3.  Six Programs:  Fort Wayne Philharmonic, 1983, Wilma Jensen, Organist, 1988, Brian L. Best Presents A Musical Tribute to Walt Disney, 1980, "Journey Into Blackness," featuring VOICES, Inc., Black Musical Theater, The Ethnic Dance Theatre, 1990, Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, An Evening of Eighteenth-Century Entertainment.

Materials related to Manchester University's College of Pharmacy.

Visitor's register from the Manchester University College of Pharmacy, Natural and Health Sciences. The book records visitors from 25 July 2012 through the Homecoming Open House on 14 October 2012.

A wide range of photographs of buildings, students, faculty and staff from the 1960's and 1970's.  See the complete listing by linking to the accession page.

A packet of materials was dropped at the Front Desk of the Library by an unidentified individual during the month of July 2011.  The contents contained photographs from Manchester College and one paper fan from a local funeral home.  The Archivist believes this assortment was received from former Archivist, Ferne Baldwin. Two of the photographs were of the "Flying Club?" and were accessioned as MC2011/190.  A listing of the remaining objects follows:

1.  One fan from George N. Bender & Son Funderal Directors, North Manchester, Indiana.  The picture on the fan is that of a young mother holding a sleeping baby in her arms and is titled, "Loves Gift Divine." This fan will be filed in the Local History Box of the Archives by its accession number MC2011/192fan.

2.  Eight Photographs:

Two photographs of the gymnasium layout for a program held in June 1967.  At first glance, until looking at the date, it appears as if this could be for baccalaureate and commencement exercises.

One photograph of Student Alumni Service Award recipients, Cynthia Bull (MC Class of 1990) and Matthew Smucker (MC Class of 1990) as well as Alumni Service Award reciptients Robin Lahman, Florence Freed (MC Class of 1928) and Helen Taylor (MC Class of 1973).

Two color snapshots of the footfield field with chairs, platform and band.  This is possibly for graduation exercises.

One black and white photograph of aerial view of campus with Petersime Chapel, Funderburg Library, the Gymnasium/Auditorium, Holl-Kintner Hall of Science and the Winger building before it was the Wine-Winger building.

8" x 10" black and white photograph of students, possibly from the 1970's. 

Black and white 8" x 10" publicity photograph of Paul Polivnick, Associate Conductor, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

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

Group and individual photographs of international students. Included in this collection is:

• Pawn Chanthalangsy, Manchester College Class of 1976.
• Group photograph, undated.
• Group photograph circa the 1950's of students around a desk pointing to a poster advertising the "United Nations Banquet."

Assortment of photographs of campus buildings, the construction of Holl-Kintner, the old observatory, May Day, Ikenberry Hall, students and professors, including Allen Deeter, Niswander and Glade.

Also included are photographs of Football 1960 - 1976 and Martial Arts.

Students in class and on campus, 1974 and earlier: 1974 photo of Yvonne Frey, Dave Ball, Margie Schaeffer.  Phil Amadon, Donna Hubscher, Nancy Hood, Patricia Dickens.

Photographs of pottery and painting art class.

Assorted Photographs of Buildings, College Campus, Tennis Courts,  Ceremonies, Students

Baccalaureate and Commencement Aurora Photograph Collection, 2001. Box 191 contains student, faculty, and staff portraits that appeared in the 2001 edition of the Aurora.  Each photograph is labeled with the subject's name. Box 193 contains 6 CD-ROMs and photographs.

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.

About 150 plants are recorded in this personal notebook kept by W. Lewis Ikenberry, thought to be a student at Mt. Morris College, Illinois.  The book spans 21 April 1888 through 30 May 1893.  The preprinted formatted notebook is entitled, “APGAR’S PLANT ANALYSIS: Adapted to Gray’s Botanies," by E. A. and A. C. Apgar. Although preformatted, the individual fills in the blanks.  W. Lewis Ikenberry, from Waterlook Iowa, filled this book out in detail, including localities where specimens were found, such as:

College campus, Mt. Morris, Ilinois, May 9, 1988.

Pine Creek 3 mi. W. Mt. Morris, May 16, 1888.

Rock River below Oregon,Illinois,June 2, 1888

Cedar River, opp J. Murphy, Waterloo, Iowa, July 4, 1892

Cascade Glenn, Ann Arbor, Michigan,May 30,  1893.

 About 150  plants are described and recorded. 

Plunkett, Roy, Manchester College alumnus, Class of 1932.  Biographical material related to this prominent scientist and inventor of Teflon.

A detailed description of the Roy Plunkett collection - Box #1: 1938 - 1988.

Roy Plunkett Collection, containing but not limited to: Interview materials, articles, general info., address and photograph albums, photographs, awards, stoles.  Memorabilia including temperature and humidity indicator. Speech given at Manchester College.  Obituary from "Parade" magazine.  Personal correspondence.  Teflon demonstration pieces, such as utilization in the repair of the knee joint and medical prototypes.

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.

See Powderpuff Football, photo #51, in Aurora Photograph Collection 2001.  This picture is part of a larger collection accessioned as MC2004/408.

Dr. Nathan Wright, African-American leader, educator, and activist presents, "What Black Educators Are Saying."

Major Report for "Focus on the 70's" Campaign. Materials related to the Church of the Brethren Education Query 1987-1989 with the intent of strengthening the relationship between church and education. Brethren Colleges Abroad Materials 1988 -1992.  Church of the Brethren Committee on Higher Education materials for the years 1985 -1992.

Materials belonging to President Helman, President Robinson, and Vice President Fahs.

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education materials (NCATE) for reaccreditation: 1970 - 1982, 1972 - 1973, 1982 - 1983, 1972 - 1973 through 1976.

Council on Social Work Education: 1973 - 1979, 1979 - 1984, 1986 - 1987 through 1992. Evaluation of Social Work program for reaccreditation through site visit reports.

Facilities planning studies and preparations for specifications of Science Center and building updates. Building and programmatic needs by department.

Discussion related to historic preservation of fountain and buildings on College Avenue.

Residence Hall Planning Committee  surveying improvement options, circa 1990 - 1993.

Space Inventory 1972 as part of Indiana Higher Education Facilities Study.

Proposed Campus Plan with guidelines for long range physical development.

1991 Student Housing Evaluation.

1990 Physical Plant Study.

Structural and regulative report of major Campus buildings.

1958 Plan of Campus Development.

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.

President's Box #3: Departments and Divisions.

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

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

Articles related to Manchester University(2015) include but are not limited to:

Abigail Fuller (minimum wage), Phil Wright (emergency doctor back on the front line), Gerad Good (men's basketball head coach), Benson Onyeji (Iran agreement), Tiana Maclin and Aja Michael (millennials honored), Heather Schilling (call on teachers), Leonard Williams, Thelma Rohrer and Tim Ogden (new deans), social work program earns perfect reaccreditation score, volunteers clean Eel River,college sexual-assault rules, Adam Hohman (online education), MU exemplifies career pathway programs, Nicole Sauder (Teacher of the Week), Lisa Updike Starks (Young Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award), Chris Garber (illness and obituary),  President Dave McFadden (seek out and learn from those who are different, Wanda Will Button), Pharmacogenomics Master's Degree, MU one of "Best in Midwest,'" Brad Pyrah (married same-sex couples and tax season), student newspaper wins statewide awards, students selected (Inaugural Fellows for a new Greater Fort Wayne Inc.), Holly Beer ("Vote 'yes' for Fremont Community Schools"), MU degree first of kind (genetic-based drugs wave of future), antidiscrimination policy at MU(sexual orientation and gender identity), Dwight Farringer (interest in science shouldn't be discouraged), Ahmed Abdelmageed (adding pharmacists to health care team), Tim McElwee - Melanie Harmon (VP for Academic Resources, Names Advancement Leader), Mark Huntington (Associate Dean for Natural and Health Sciences), Jack Gochenaur (Nonprofit CFO of the Year), death of Rowan Daggett, Emma Nellans (working with an autistic child), death of Bill Scott, Maggie Wimberly (Wabash Habitat for Humanity), MU honors Bob Keller and Dee Keller, Athletic Hall of Fame inductees [(Donna (Shively )Moudy, Heather (Harshman) Turk, Todd Saylor, Todd Saunders, Joe Phillips, Andy McClain] ,Holiday Community Events, Robert Pettit (Disneyland), Tiana Maclin (recognized for community involvement), Whitney Caudill (member of  Embassy Theatre board and board member of YMCA Northeast Indiana.), pharmacy students (link between DNA and medical results), K-3 students experience MU during "Walk Into My Future" event, 2015, "Manchester U. Launches First-of-Its-Kind Degree," Brian Henriksen poison ivy), colleges and universities collaborate to align with business work-force needs," campus lockdown following threats, Graduation 2015 Set for May 17,"MU Men's Tennis .500 for Weekend," "MU Baseball Team Geared up for Conference Tourney," Neil Wollman (Democrats need to unite to defeat Pence), MU's program expands academic offerings, "Small schools sidestep Sweet Briar's struggles," Debra Futa (director of the St. Joseph County Public Library), Deanna Beckner (Faith in Action Award from  Office of Religious Life), honoring Rachel Polando (in photo with student, Emma Scheumann), Jim Brumbaugh-Smith, and Katharine Ings, promotions of Tim McElwee, Melanie Harmon and Raylene Respond, Christer Watson (GOP quashes climate change research), Judd Case (Chess Camp), String Camp (Robert Lynn,  Elizabeth Smith, Scott Humphries), Robotics (Robin Mitchell).

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. 

A. Blair Helman Papers referring to racial tension at Manchester College. Petersime incident of 1969.

A broad collection dealing with campus ministry and religious activities.

Description of Spartan Coin and first three recipients.

Letter of rejection to Lola Sanger for graduate study at an institution because Lola was a woman and the graduate school wrote: "in past experience where we found only one or two women uncomfortable in a class dominated by men....no women admitted."

Three scholarships offered by Manchester College and a sheet regarding Scholarship Day:

• Draft of President Vernon F. Schwalm's autobiography.
• "The Development of the Sciences at Manchester College, a historical statement given at the dedication of the Hall of Science, 1960.
• Retirement plan and life insurance.
• Remarks made by A. Blair Helman at Schwalm's memorial service.
• MC Bulletin honoring Schwalm and giving his history.
• Obituaries.
• Correspondence between Schwalm and President Helman.
• Student Death in Library - correspondence between Schwalm and Helman.

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).

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.

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.

Science Center: Proposal, fundraising, dedication.

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

Gene Likens as a participant in the Science Symposium, 20 April 1990. 

• Dr. Gene Likens, "State of the World's Ecosystem-Environmental Prospects for the 1990's." [SVHS original]
• Dr. Gene Likens, "State of the World's Ecosystem-Environmental Prospects for the 1990's." [dubbing master]

59b: Nuclear Discussion Workshop, Seelman Weaver #1, 27 March 1979, representing the opinion of the National Council of Churches Study on nuclear energy and other alternative energies.

L. W. Shultz: Piney Woods School.

As Director of Camp Alexander Mack in Milford, Indiana, L.W. Shultz sponsored the tours of the Cotton Blossom Singers of The Piney Woods Country Life School, located in Piney Woods, Mississippi.  He also spoke at Piney Woods on several occasions. 

Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Society Collection.  Sigma Pi SIgma is an Honors Society for Physics.

Newspaper articles about Sigma Pi Sigma.

This is a true assortment of slides including but absolutely not limited to:

Campus and building shots, recruitment and publicity photos, construction, students and January term trips 1996, theater, radio station, Homecoming 1994, High School Band Day, children's gymnastics, Planned Giving presentation, fountain, Mexico Indiana Old Folks Home, Historic black and white shots including football, track, fountain, student with globe.

Listing of Social Science Materials:

Readings: Appalachia As A Sub-Culture," Social Science Core.

Department Meetings 1996, 1997 - agendas, enrollments, learning goals for the sociology major, the learning portfolio.

Press Releases, News Clippings, Papers.

For Clubs, societies and organizations: Southern Belles Home Demonstration Club, see MC2009/162d.

Social Work Accreditation materials from the Office of Academic Affairs. This is part of a larger collection accessioned as MC2009/97a,b,c,d.

 MC2009/97b:

• Social Work Accreditation
• Institutional Research
• APC Minutes 1977-1988
• APC Minutes 1988-1993
• APC Minutes 1993-1998
• Library Renovation 1999

Special Events Photograph Collection.

Special Events Photograph Collection, circa 1992 - 1993.

Special Events Photograph Collection, circa 1992 - 1993, including Ingrid Rogers playing guitar for the German Club.

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

Drama Scrap Book and class notes of Manchester College alumna, Effie Stinebaugh,depicting; charm, expression, actresses and actors, loves old sweet song, costumes, kiddie joys, youthful pleasures, settings, scenes, humor clippings.  A date is not included but clippings include, "Why I Have Not Bobbed Mine," by Mary Pickford (an article about hair) and "The Real Life Story of Charlie Chaplin."

Also included are "Mathematics," class notes, and

"Principles of Secondary Education."

Material regarding Jim Streator, instructor in the area of Natural Sciences, Chemistry.

Student Affairs: AAFRO Club and House 1970-71 through 1972-73 (including student lists, 1969 Experience in Soul, incidents of October 1969, lunch-counter sit-ins), Crisis Center, Dancing, String Festival, WBKE Radio Station (formerly WMIB), Association of Women Students (AWS).

Student Experience: Central States Colleges Association Records.

Student Personnel Services Committee Collection:

File 1 contains information on committee appointments, community court, subcommittee on international student life, housing.

File 2 contains information on orientation, visitation policy, subcommittee on women's affairs.

Student Handbooks: "Everything a Non-Traditional and/or Commuter Student Wants to Know About Manchester College (But Doesn't Know Where To Go To Ask) 1994-1995.

Dean Beery Photograph Collection, including  photographs of Manchester College theater, Homecoming, May Day 1932. Many of these pictures are from the 1930's.

Scientist and Manchester College alumnus. Scientific writings and patents.

Kagawa: The photograph that appears on page 116 of the book, "A Century of Faith, Learning and Service, Manchester College. " In 1936 the College hosted a major conference called "An Institute on Christian World Order," featuring Japanese peace activist Toyohiko Kagawa.

A biographical sketch by James E. Kiefer about Toyohiko Kagawa can be found on the internet. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/143.html

MC2011/235 a: Information about the building of Tall Oaks.

MC2011/235b/c: Copies of correspondence between A. Blair Helman and Dr. Jo Young Switzer as well as material related to Helman, President Emeritus,Parker Marden and President Jo Young Switzer. 

Rev. Kiyoshi was a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima and worked with victims of the bomb.  He raised funds for the Hiroshima Maidens project in which women, severly burned by the bomb, received constructive surgery. He also raised funds for a peace center in Hiroshima. His message was delivered on 11 October 1982.

Information about George Tannreuther who was the first college graduate of Manchester College in 1900.  Tannreuther became professor of Zoology at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Dr. George Washington Tannruether, Manchester College alumnus, Class of 1900.  Scientist.

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.

Four articles written by A. B. Ulrey on the topics of Eugenics, the embryology of Paragordius (Gordius) Varius (Leidy), the South American Characinidae, and starfishes of southern California.

Biographical materials and pictures related to Manchester University's first science instructor (1894), A. B. Ulrey.

United Sexualities:  A group focusing on providing support to members of the GLBT community working to educate and promote dialogue amidst the Manchester community concerning issues of sexual minorities (for example, provides "safe zone" training).

Friends for Sexual Awareness:  A student-initiated group working to educate people about the different risks involved in unhealthy sexual lifestyles and the options surrounding safe sex.  It provides confidential information and support to people who are struggling with sex-related concerns.

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

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

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

Harry Weimer family collection including family reunion and class reunion photos of Mrs. Harry Weimer.

Photographs of Dr. Harry Weimer, Dr. Carl Holl and students and faculty of Manchester College (1938 - 2005).

Robert Weimer: Kappa Mu Epsilon certificate and photo of first Kappa Mu Epsilon group, 1950 (photo includes MC alumnus, Robert Weimer).

Materials also related to Manchester College alumnus, Dr. Harry Weimer.

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.

Women's Residence Organization and Association of Women Students collection of materials.

See Also:  Oak Leaves, 30 April 1964 p.2; 7 May 1964 p.1; 14 May 1964 p.1; 8 October 1964 p.1; 19 November 1964 p.3; 10 December 1964 p.1; 14 January 1965 p.4; 25 February 1965 p.2; 18 March 1965 p.3

Dr. Wu Ningkun and wife, Li Yikai, shake hands with Evan Kinsley.

Wu, Ningkun.  Manchester College alumnus, Class of 1949. 

Box # 2  from the President's Office, Archives Vault.

International Week Convocation speaker, 31 October 1994, Dr. Ningkun Wu.  1948 Manchester Alumnus, author, profesor.

Yasukawa, Mary K. Fujii Yasukawa, MC alumna, Class of 1946.

• "Home Without a Fence," by Mary Fujii, first place winner in the National Oratorical Contest for college women.

Excerpts from "There's a New World Coming,"  Andrew Young. Reprint of October 1977 "Messenger" article describing Church of the Brethren influences on the life of Andrew Young and his call to action.

See Also: Manchester College Bulletin, October 1978 p.1.

Materials relating to MC alumna, Jean Childs Young and her husband Andrew Young.

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.

BYPD in the Church of the Brethren, including Indiana districts, and Annual Conference.

Kermit Eby: Writings and biographical information.  Link to Record #  to see listing.

"Gemeinschaft - Gesellschaft, Perspectives on the Human Adventure," by Earl S. Johnson, the first address in the Kermit Eby Memorial Lectureship. This copy of Johnson's address also contains biographical material about Kermit Eby.

Biographical Article: "Kermit Eby: Pragmatic Idealist," by Philip G. Altbach.

Correspondence regarding tornados of 1965, also referred to as the Palm Sunday Disaster.  The Kokomo, Indiana, Church of the Brethren building was completely destroyed, and in other parts of Indiana four Church of the Brethren people were killed and four injured.

For additional material related to "inclement weather," see also: Aurora 1996 ed. p.40;  Manchester College Bulletin July 1975 p.3; March 1977 p.3; April 1977 p.3; March 1978 p.1; April 1978 p.5; Oak Leaves 6 May 1965 p.2; Photo Box 135. 

Articles about and by Joe Van Dyke.