Manchester College Archives MC2003/352

Manchester College Archives and Brethren Historical Collection

Manchester College Collection

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Title: Ida Fields Neff Postcard Collection

Number: MC2003/352

Size/Location: 16 postcards/Photograph Boxes 151-Postcards

Citation: Ida Fields Neff Postcard Collection, MC2003/352, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana

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Provenance: Ida Fields Neff

Date of Accession: unknown

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Biographical Note:

Ida Fields Neff graduated from Manchester College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1920.

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Scope and Content Note:

All items are standard-sized postcards, although some have been cut.

Number	Description	Identification
1	Woman in white jacket and dark skirt, standing in front of car and waving.	Unused.
2	Young woman with dark hair wearing white dress, posing in front of brick building.	Unused.
3	Man in suit, bow tie, and hat, standing on sidewalk with buildings and car in background.	Unused.
4	Formal portrait of young woman with dark hair and high-necked garment	Unused. Labeled on back: Trude Mishler married Floyd Irwin of Crestwood, Ohio, Dec. 14, 1919.
5	Four scenes (two churches and two creek views).	Sent to Miss Ida Fields in North Manchester, Indiana from Milford, Indiana, on 20 Sept 1916. Message reads in part, "Dear Ida, Came from North Manchester Sunday evening in 1 hr 55 min. Going some isn't it. I saw Mr. Groves yesterday. He said he would have a case for me Saturday...Hope you have some heat by this time. Noble" Labeled on front: Views in Milford, Ind.
6	Group of male basketball players and their coach, holding basketball marked '14.	Sent to Mr. R. Mahler in McPherson, Kansas. Card is cut, so message is unreadable.
7	Four men in suits, posed at a table.	Unused. Labeled on back: Chas. Gibbel, Wilbur Brubaker.
8	Group of 16 women wearing white robes, participating in a play.	Unused. Labeled on front: The Princess--"Sweet and Low." Labeled on back: "I maybe misstep over a wrinkle in the rug and of course made an out of line step."
9	Group of men and women wearing royal attire, participating in a play.	Unused. Labeled on front: The Princess--Tableau. Labeled on back: "Bertha said it was best play she had heard given here. End of the best scene--The Tableau."
10	Group of men and women participating in a play.	Unused. Labeled on front: The Princess--Geological Exposition. Labeled on back: Play "The Princess" playing my guitar. I had an accident with this picture. Ha!
11	Formal portrait of family with three children.	Unused. Labeled on front: I.R. Hendrickson Family.
12	Group of men and women posed behind a picnic blanket.	Unused. Labeled on front: Jennie Sellers, ? Brubaker, J.H. Heckman, ? Wilson, ? Shearer, ? Blough, Oscar Neher, Velma Landis, Edith Mohler. Labeled on back: Picnic 1910.
13	Four women posed at a table.	Unused. Labeled on front: Grace Neher, Edna Shearer.
14	Group of two women and four men posed on steps to women's residence hall at Mt. Morris College. Holding pennants with Michigan.	Unused. Labeled on front: M.M.C. 1911. Labeled on back: E. Snavely, Velma Landis, Alma Wise, Oscar Neher, R.E. Mohler, Fred Sorenson. Michigan students 1911-1912.
15	Group of five women and seven men posed on steps to women's residence hall at Mt. Morris College. Holding pennant with Waterloo	Unused. Labeled on back: Harold Smith, Homer Blough, Stewart Hamer, Mr. Repogle, Buelah Hoff, Lulu Fike, Ada Shank.
16	Group of children and adults posed outside building.	Unused. Labeled on back: West End Mission, Fields 2nd from left. From the scrapbook of Ida Fields Neff.

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Description prepared 20 September 2003 and last updated 05 April 2004 by Sara L. Smith