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Full listing > Accession MC2009/37| Accession # | MC2009/37 | | Topic | Pottenger, James Lee, | | Keywords | Alumnus, Alumni, Alumna, Missionary, | | Title | Betty Refior Collection | | Location | Unit 8, IS, Memory Shelves | | Citation | Betty Refior Collection , MC2009/37, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | Betty Refior | | Scope and Content | . One photograph of James Pottenger. 2. Two Oak Leaves. 3. News clipping about Ora Pottenger. 4. One "mock" newspaper. 5. One drawing. 6. One schedule/program of the Annual Debate Banquet on May 18, 1936 along with ribbon . 7. An assortment of personal letters. 8. Letter from insurance executive in Chicago citing the importance of public speaking inside the insurance field.
| | Date of Accession | 11 February 2009 | | Bio History Note | Betty Pottenger Phelps Refior graduated from Manchester College in 1943. Her brother, James Pottenger, graduated from Manchester in 1939. James was deeply involved with the debate team. This collection primarily consists of letters that he wrote to his family in Warsaw, Indiana, as well as interesting paper artifacts from his time at Manchester College. One newspaper clipping is about Ora Pottenger, who might be a sister.
A photograph of James is included with the notation:
James Lee Pottenger, 1917 - 1950. He died in the Belgian Congo where he was putting up buildings for the Methodist Mission Board. | | Archivist Note | Description prepared 19 March by Jeanine M. Wine. |
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