Manchester College Archives and Brethren Historical Collection
Manchester College Collection
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Title: Oversized College Avenue Postcard Collection
Number: MC2004/7
Size/Location: 11 postcards/Photograph Large boxes 150—Buildings/Campus
Citation: Oversized College Avenue Postcard Collection, MC2004/7, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana.
Access and Reproduction/Copyright: Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
Provenance: unknown, except item 6, Bertha Shoemaker; item 10, Ida Fields Neff; item 11, Diana Hegel Rapp.
Date of Accession: unknown
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Scope and Content Note:
All postcards are 11 x 3.5"
| Number | Description | Identification |
| 1-6 | Drawing of campus, from along College Avenue, in four colors. Unused postcards, but folded down centers. | Labeled on front: Manchester College, North Manchester, Ind. Item 6 labeled on back: Belonged to Bertha Shoemaker. Given to M.C. by Julia Gingerich via Orrel Little '72. |
| 7 | Same as 1-6, but used. Very creased down center. | Note reads in part: Dear Glen;-Just received your letter. Don't feel very well, kind of a head-ache and tired..."Peggy" Sent from North Manchester, Ind. on 12 June 1930, to Mr. Glen Anspaugh in Edgerton, Ohio. |
| 8 | Same as 1-6, but used. Folded down center. | Note reads in part: Dear Mom, Here in No. Manchester new Post Office. Had chocolate sundae...Love, Dick. Sent to Mrs. R.E. Cortright in South Bend, Indiana. |
| 9 | Same as 1-6, but used. | Note reads in part: Shall send you a [?] at my workshop this summer. One more week then I go camping in Mich., Wis., & Minn...Sent from Warsaw, Ind. on 22 June 1933, to Miss Georgia Chamberlain in Akron, Ohio. |
| 10-11 | Black and white photograph with tinting of Ikenberry Hall, Bumgardner Hall, and College Chapel. Unused postcards. | Labeled on front: Copyrighted 1910 by J.E. Crill, North Manchester, Ind. Manchester College, North Mancheter, Ind. Item 10 labeled on back: From the scrapbook of Ida Fields Neff '20. Item 11 labeled on back: Philip Hegel, daughter Diana Hegel Rapp. |
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Description prepared 2 March 2003 by Sara L. Smith. Last updated 02 February 2004.