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TopicAccession #Description Summary
Athletic Department, Groombridge Clipping's BookMC2008/147 Lana Groombridge's clippings book covering the history of the Health and Physical Education program at Manchester College from 1993 through 2006. 
Burke, Eldon: PhotographMC2007/42 Eldon Burke Collection (Part A), photograph of himself and colleagues, 1922 Commencement Exercises. 
Church Relations: Manchester CollegeMU2015/33 Church Relations Materials affirming the relationship between Manchester College and the Church of the Brethren, including but not limited to: Brethren Business Network, statistics regarding congregational and district support,  Trustee information, A Cappella and Concert Band Tours, grants through Lilly Endowment, Inc., TEV programs,  Church-College Conversations, youth conferences, and programs offering continuing education and support for church workers and pastors. 
Convocation #139: Dramatic ReadingMU2014/94 wave sound 

A dramatic reading of "The Gospel According to St. John," is presented during Convocation 18 November 1982.

 
Convocation #144: AAFRO CLUB, Reader's Theatre, 1983Convocation Tape #144: AAFRO Club, Reader's Theatre A recording of the 14 February 1983 Reader's Theatre Presentation by the AAFRO Club. 
Convocation #144: AAFRO Program Reader's TheatreMU2018/101 AAFRO Program, Reader's Theater, 14 February 1983. Dramatic acts and readings illustrating literary contributions of African Americans and the talents of students on campus. 
Convocation #209: AAFRO CLUBConvocation #209: AAFRO CLUB, Reader's Theater, 1986 AAFRO Club, Reader's Theater, 1986. 
Convocation List 1968 - 2008: RecordingsConvocation List of Recordings 

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

 
Convocation: Photograph CollectionMC2004/123 

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

 
Donald E. and Olive Kessler Collection: Liberian MaterialsMC2008/196 

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

 
Hiroshima: World Friendship Center, Leona Row Eller CollectionMC2011/195 

Extensive collection of photographs, publications and memorabilia from the collection of Leona Row Eller from her participation in the World Friendship Center,  Hiroshima, Japan.

 
Kessler, Donald and Olive: Liberian Artifacts and BooksMC2008/196 

Liberian art collection.

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


 

 

 

See also: Kessler file in Museum Box - Archives Office
King, Dr. Martin Luther: Speech Transcription MU2012/41 Transcription of the speech, The Future of Integration, delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Manchester College 1 February 1968. Revision to former speech booklets. 
Lassa Fever: John Hamer, MD CollectionMU2016/2 

Collection of articles, publications, letters, videos, and photographs dealing with Dr. Hamer's time in Nigeria, especially his connection with the discovery of the Lassa Fever Virus.

 
Manchester College: Eberly, WIlliam Collection: Manchester CollegeMC2011/221 

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

 
Miller, Robert Henry: Minister, Church of the BrethrenMC2009/87 

Elder Robert Henry Miller, minister in the Church of the Brethren had a son, Manchester College Professor Robert Henry Miller, a minister as well.  The accession page gives information about both father and son. MC2009/87 is the manuscript of an unpublished book by Professor R. H. Miller, "Comments on the Gospel of John."

Miller, Robert Henry (1825-1892) obituary in the Gospel Messenger.

 
Morel Mushrooms: PhotographMC2010/95 Photograph of three Morel mushrooms on top of a "Reader's Digest" magazine. 
Multicultural and International PhotographsMU2014/17 A variety of photographs documenting multicultural activities including the International Dinner, International Bazaar, College Vision Day, AAFRO House events, the Black Student Union, the Manchester College International Association, Hispanos Unidos, Brethren Colleges Abroad, special speakers, along with a wealth of  identified pictures of student participants. 
National Organizations: Carnegie through North CentralMU2020/14 National organizations affiliated with Manchester College. 
Oxender, DaleMC2006/5  

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.

 
Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media, MU2012/124 

Visual media from Public Relations that came from the Administration Building during the office moves of 2012. Many pictures of students, events, and faculty/staff circa the mid to late 1990's.  Pictures from other years offer campus scenes, Fall 2003 Service Day at North Mandchester Historical Society, Fun Fest and more.

 
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 21-44MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 21- 44 The materials in these folders were identified, probably by Schwalm, as "confidential files." They contain personal, College, and Church of the Brethren related correspondence.  
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence with Andrew CordierMC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files 

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.

 
Shultz L. W.: Piney Woods School MC2001/12a  

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. 

 
Students 1926: Lyceum Course CommitteeMU2014/156 Photograph of the Lyceum Course Committee for the 1925-1926 school year: Dallas Dickey, Paul Garrett, and Kermit Eby. 
Underground Publications: Walrus MC2002/162 

Walrus - statement of purpose.

 
Vice President: Box 4Vice President's Box: #4 Materials from the Office of the Vice President of Manchester College. 
Wampler, SadieFaculty/Staff Boxes 46-48: Wampler, Sadie Stutsman 

Biographical materials and images of Sadie Stutsman Wampler.


 
Winger, OthoMC2002/104u 

Large box filled with Otho Winger materials.

 
Winger, President Otho: CollectionMC2010/200 

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.

 

These items in the Church of the Brethren collection may also be helpful:
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TopicRecord #Description Summary
Flora Church of the Brethren, Flora, Indiana and Living Faith (Church of the Brethren), CollectionBC2010/7 

Bibles, memorabilia, plaques from the "Flora Church of the Brethren," Flora Indiana and the "Living Faith" Church of the Brethren.

  • "The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out Of The Original Greek; And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised,"  New York: American Bible Society, Instituted In The Year MDCCCXVI, 1868 [Sm. Plica, Octavo.]
  • A gorgeously illustrated bible,  "The First Pulpit Bible used at the Flora Church of the Brethren." "[Authorized Version.] The Complete Text Pictorial Family Bible Containing The Old And New Testaments, Together With The Apocrypha, The Psalms In Metre, and A Concordance.
  • Plaques of recognition from Bethany Hospital, Chicago.
  • One white flag with a blue rectangle and red cross.
  • One American flag.
  • Linens. Not clear whether linens are from "Flora" or from "Living Faith."  Archivist believe they are from "Flora."
  • A large bible.  The way the objects were organized it appears that this bible might be from the "Living Faith" Church of the Brethren, since the other bible was identified as being from "Flora."    This bible is also beautifully engraved with illustrations.
 
Wine, Archibald and Kathren Jett Wine: Family HistoryBC2017/16 A history of the Archibald A. Wine and Kathren M. Jett Wine family by Jacob Calvin Wine, Jr. 
 


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