Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
College Museum Collection | MC2003/102 | Materials from the old Manchester College Museum. Topics include: Artist/Lecture Series, Graduate Program, Homecoming, A. Blair Helman, May Day, MC Open House, January Term, MC Parent information, Mount Morris College, faculty and student recitals, the "Messiah," music programs, museum related information. |
Community Appreciation Day | Small Box 43, May Day file | Community Appreciation Day. |
Justiniano Collection: Memorabilia 1950-1954 | MC2007/34 | Myrtis Becker Justiniano 's (MC Class of 1954) collection of Manchester College memorabilia, including May Day 1953. |
Manchester College: Historical Movies | MC2009/147a,b,c,d | Historical videos of 1934 Homecoming, 1934 May Day festivities, sports events, and graduation exercises 1939 and 1941. Camp Mack Day circa that same era.
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May Day Photographs from the Justiniano Collection | MC2009/131a,b,c,d,e,f | May Day 1953 photographs from Myrtis Becker Justiniano (MC Class of 1954) including pictures of May Day Queen, Jean Childs Young and her Court. |
Model of Tabernacle, 1899, May Day Dancers: Postcards | MC2010/96 | One postcard showing a construction of the tabernacle, from Bible Class at Manchester College, 1899. Two postcards of differing qualities showing a group of women, probably dressed for ta May Day celebration, circa early 1900s. |
Oak Leaves: Special Issues | MC2009/96a,b,c,d | Special issues of the Oak Leaves. 1. MC2009/96a: 7 March 1925 edition featuring editor and student Harry Lynn Sheller on pg. 2. 2. MC2009/96b: 11 March 1925 edition featuring the heating plant and speaker Dr. Ira Landrith. 3. MC2009/96c: 8 January 1948 edition featuring "(Carl) Sandburg Here Tonight." 4. MC2009/96d: 26 March 1953 edition featuring "Jean Childs To Reign As May Queen." |
Public Relations: Posters | MC2009/71: Entire Collection | 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. |
Slides, An Assortment | MC2010/77 | 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. |
Social Justice: Race Relations | MU2013/4 | In response to the racially charged sit-down demonstrations of Spring 1960, the Peace Fellowship group at Manchester College entered the May Day parade with 22 sign-carrying students under the banner "Stand Up for the Sit Downs." |
Special Events Photograph Collection, circa 1992 - 1993 | MC2004/133 | Special Events Photograph Collection, circa 1992 - 1993. |
Students: Photographs, 1890 - 1900's | MC2003/35 | Classrooms: Groups of Students/Classes Photograph Collection-Oversized. Pictures from 1890 through the 1900's. Mount Morris ladies in front of residence. Halloween. Joseph Cunningham. |
Students: Photographs, 1932 | MC2003/357 | Dean Beery Photograph Collection, including photographs of Manchester College theater, Homecoming, May Day 1932. Many of these pictures are from the 1930's. |
Young, Jean Childs: Materials and Photographs | MC2007/35 | Materials and photographs related to Jean Childs Young: 1953 May Day Queen, Manchester College alumna, 1954, wife of Andrew Young (married June 1954), and Manchester College honorary doctorate recipient. |