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Steve Alford: Biographical information, family photos, promotional cards, material from the "Community Awards Banquet, 2005," articles, and other material.

Athletic Department Photograph Collection:

Photographs of Baseball, Wrestling, Basketball, Women's Basketball, Soccer, Tennis (men's and women's), Track and Field, Cross Country, Football and Volleyball.

The Spring 1954 All-Sports Banquet was held at the Honeywell Center in Wabash, Indiana. The special speaker was Lou Groza of the Cleveland Browns. Manchester College had received the Basketball Hoosier College Conference Champship trophy.

Photographs of Athletics, Physical Culture and Physical Education spanning 1915 - 1995 [approximate dates].

The file on AthleticTraining is part of the Office of Printing Services Collection, a collection of 44 files located in Large Box 159.

See Also: Education/Professional Programs Division, Accreditation

Athletics images from Oak Leaves or Aurora offices:

• Football.
• Women's soccer.
• Men's Soccer.
• Women's Tennis.
• Women's Basketball.
• Volleyball.
• Baseball - Matt Dyer.

Athletic scores and materials regarding individuals, types of sports and  sports events - multiple years.

Football poster showing schedule, dated 1947.

Football poster showing schedule, dated 1953.

Basketball poster showing schedule, dated 1932-1933.

Baseball - Miscellaneous articles, facts and figures.

Basketball: 

• "History of Basketball at Manchester College," by Richard Smith 3 December 1969.
• Poster: "Manchester College says Thanks!" - Ed Butterbaugh, President and Steve Alford, Head Coach.
• College Basketball Register Project. 
• Basketball Scorebook Season of 1927 - 1928.
• Basket Ball Schedule 1931 - 1932.
• December 1954 Souvenir Program - Hoosier College Conference Champions 1954, Manchester Spartans vs Huntington Forresters.
• Manchester Spartans vs Taylor Trojans, 11 January 1955 Souvenir Basketball Program featuring the Manchester College Band.
• DePaul vs Manchester College program with De Paul Univ. Varsity Schedule 1955 - 1956.
• Manchester College Men's Basketball 1992 - 1993 with Head Coach, Steve Alford, Souvenir Program.
• 1994 - 1995 ICAC Champions, Manchester College Basketball Sourvenir Program.
• Manchester College Spartans vs Illinois Wesleyan University Titans, 20th Anniversary NCAA Basketball Championship, NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Second Round Game, 5 March 1994 program.
• Unidentified basketball photos. 
• Basketball photo (identified) 1939 - 1940.

Student, Dick Harris, is a member of the Manchester College Athletic Hall of Fame. See stats in his file in Alumni Box 187.

See Also: Basketball Large Boxes 22 and 23 and the Basketball teams' (including Dick Harris') trip to Latin America.

General: Basketball (Men's) Records, 1950 - 2000.

Basketball photographs, 1987 through 1995. There are many images in this assortment but many individuals have been identified

Manchester Herald, College Special Vol. 5. No. 19, Wednesday, December 8, 1926. This publication focuses on the College and contains the 1926-1927 basketball schedule along with team photos.  It features plans for the "new' gym, write-ups about faculty and staff and interesting advertisements.

Hoosier College Conference Champion 1954 photo on program for Manchester Spartans vs. Huntington Forresters, December 4, 1954 game. The "Wolfmen" defending their title. Includes player statistics for 1953-54.

1. One program book with vignettes of players and coach.

Pictures of Men's Basketball circa 1995 - 1996 - 1997. Invitation Camp 1995 - 1996 - 1997 and other basketball photographs (undated).

Men's Basketball Photos - Contact sheets and individual portraits, snapshots and trips.  Many identifide students and coaches.  Significant Moments:  Receipt of trophy, 1993-94. Tourney Champs 1993. Team photo 1994-1995. Team photo 1976-1977.

Basketball Photos with team, managers, trainers and Coach Alford.

Spartans Basketball Team Photo that was probably taken between 1930 and 1960.

Hoosier Conference Champs 1953 - 1954 photograph with the identified players and coach.

1976 - 1977 individual and Women's Basketball team photographs.  Many players are identified.

1977-1978 Women's Basketball team and candid court photographs. Many players have been identified. The Coach is Lana Groombridge.

1977 - 1978 Women's Basketball photographs of court shots and individual players, some who have been identified.

1979 - 1980 Women's Basketball team photograph and other photographs, some that have been identified.

Photograph montage of Manchester College Spartans 1985-86 Hoosier Conference for Women Co-Champions

Photo montage of team representing classes of 1986, 1987, 1989. Many players are identified.

Photographs: Women's Basketball 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and possibly other years.

1981 - 1982 Women's Basketball team photograph and photos on the court. Identified images include:

• Kim Velpel
• Pam Shively

1982 - 1983 Women's Basketball photographs:

• Court shots
• Shively

1983 - 1984 Women's Basketball photographs:

• Team photograph
• Court Shots
• Jill Corey #30 (possible picture of Jill in action)

1984 - 1985 Women's Basketball court photographs including:

• Melissa Miller
• Jackie Meinders

1985 - 1986 Women's Basketball team photograph with court photographs: Several are identified.

1986 - 1987 Women's Basketball court shot with photographs that have been identified.

Circa 1993 - 1994 and 1994 - 1995 Women's Basketball photographs, including:

Kellin Underwood, 1993 "Aurora" action shot on court.

1993 - 1994 - 1995 Women's Basketball photograph:

1993 - 1994 Women's Basketball team photograph with Interim President Butterbaugh.

Photo including Grimes, Hamberg, Buckles and Underwood.

1994 - 1995 Women's Basketball team photograph circa 1994 - 1995 with President Parker Marden.

Circa 1993 Women's Basketball photographs of players and coach - some images are identified.

1982 - 1983 Women's Basketball Intramurals photographs.

1991 "Aurora" Women's Basketball team photograph.

1991 "Aurora" photographs.

Photographs: Women's Basketball Team Photographs

• Old Basketball photos and photo reproductions circa the 1920's, 1950's, 1940 coed Athletics.
• Scott McAlpine 1993 series of team photos.
• 1978 -1979 through 1981 - 1982 team photos.
• 1985-1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993 team pictures. 
• Other team photographs from - mystery years?  

"A History of Women's Basketball at Manchester College," by Tricia L. Floyd, July, 1995. 

Basketball:  Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) first ever conference tournament title for MC women's basketball, 25 February 2006, piece of the net.

Women's Basketball:  Unidentified photographs, negatives, contact sheets.

Hall of Fame:  Photographs of Jill Corey, Jan Smaltz, Melissa Miller,

Women's Basketball Photographs that identify players and year. 

Women's Basketball Photographs that have been identified.  Kim Rockey is the coach.

1983 - 1984 Women's Basketball photographs - including team photograph, court shots and Jill Corey #30.

Women's Basketball photographs.  Many individuals are indentified in this collection.  Photographs include Summer Camps 1975 - 1976.

Women's Basketball photographs including 1986 - 1987 as well as other years.  Many players are identified.

General materials:

Records from 1977-1998.  Supplement  contains promotional Souvenir Game Day Program 2000 - 2001 and Manchester College Women's Basketball promotional schedule booklet for 1992 - 1993..

Posters with Basketball schedules for various years. 

See MC2009/71 File Folder MC2009/71-SP:Sports.

Earlier basketball photographs.  Some images are identified.

Oak Leaves or Aurora pictures.

NCAA Championship images.  Steve Alford.  Other miscellaneous basketball pictures from a variety of years.

Newspaper articles and memorabilia about Manchester College's participation in the NCAA 1995 Division III men's basketball tournament coached by Steve Alford to a 31-1 record and the national championship game.

VHS tape and DVD:  Inside - Behind the Scenes with a National Contender - Manchester College Spartans - NCAA Division 3  - 1994 and 1995. Baseline Productions, a Jeff Shafer and Rob Nichols video production.

Material related to Carman G. Blough. According to "A Century of Faith, Learning and Service," Carman taught Accounting at Manchester College from 1915 - 1917.

Biographical information regarding Dwight Byerly ("Pete" Byerly) and the bequest he and his wife, Helen, made to the University's Division III basketball program.

A variety of cards, passes and schedules, for a variety of uses. They include but are not limited to: classes, organizations, and athletic events.

1917 Commencement Invitation, Ira Heeter, Academy.

Photograph Contact Sheet (Scott Mcalpine, photographer) from 1985 - 1989 including classroom and sports scenes and images of faculty and students.  Many individuals have been identified.

A listing of Convocation tapes.  Some of these recordings have been digitized but this list does not reflect this information .  A search will have to be done for each individual recording to see if the presentation is available on CD or DVD.

The file contains biographical information about Manchester College alumnus, Joseph Cunningham.

See also: Joseph Cunningham Photograph Collection, MC2004/725

Also See:  MC2004/3 Joseph Cunningham in the Earl E. Lichtenwalter Photograph Collection

Poster for Earth Day, "Go Plant a Tree!!!, Earthday Celebration 20 years."

Folder MC2009/71-V: Various - Poster for "Beat the Deadline."  Receive information from Manchester College faculty about many topics.

Financial records of the college, college classes, college student groups and organizations.

Annuity Funds.

Alice King Ebey: Handwritten record of income and expenses for the college including student/faculty/staff accounts.  Alice King is included, see: July 7, to December 12, 1898, Alice King 7/16/1898).

Clubs, societies and organizations: Account books for various clubs and organizations.  Aurora, College Quartet, Lincoln Adelphia Treasurer's Book, Philalethea Cash Books, Phronia Lethea, Physics (Sigma Pi Sigma), Rhetoria - Mathea or Mathea Rhetoria Society, Science Club, Service Fellowship, Sociology Club, Tau Kappa Alpha Journal of Finances, Y.M.C.A. records for 1930 - 1931, and Women's Glee Club receipt books. Deputation Work at Manchester College 1945 - 1946: Receipts, expenditures and reports by Bill Eberly.

Independent Study Papers: Physical Education.

 Manchester College Postcard Collection including:

Also included are images of a campfire, Chapel building, men preparing to have a footrace, Adelphia society, women's basketball 1919, Glee Club, women eating in unidentified room, Della Lehman, Elsie Miller, Edith Yaney Shafer, student housing,  Maypole dance, groups of students, and portraits. 

Articles of historical interest and significance to Manchester College and to the Town of North Manchester.

Financial Records of Manchester College - a larger collection MC2007/137 that includes:

• Annuity Funds, Real Estate, Rents, Ledger: 1931, 1937 - 1943, 1934 - June 30, 1944. Partially restricted.

Financial Records for Mathea Rhetoria Society or Rhetoria - Mathea Society. These records are part of a larger collection MC2007/137.

Rhetoria - Mathea or Mathea Rhetoria Society: 1939 - 1944 (in one book).  1942 - 1943, receipts 1944 (in one composition book).

Images of the Manchester College Men’s basketball exhibition game against University of New Mexico, November 2010. The photographer is unknown.  Coach for the University of New Mexico team, Steve Alford, was a famous basketball player and once a coach for Manchester College.  Featured in the pictures is President Jo Young Switzer, Steve Alford and the Manchester College athletic director/baseball coach, Rick Espeset.  The basketball coach for Manchester College, Brad Nadborne, is not pictured.

Photograph of Gary Montel in the Public Relations Wall of Fame Photograph Collection, MC2004/729. 

Robert E. Mohler graduated from Mount Morris College in 1912 with a B.A. degree.  He served Mount Morris as Physical Director, Education during the 1912-1913 school year.  Robert Mohler died in 1980. This is his postcard collection.

This is the postcard collection of Ida Fields Neff who graduated from Manchester College in 1920.  It reflects student life at Manchester College, Indiana and at Mount Morris College, Illinois. Included is an image of West End Mission, North Manchester.

Miriam Stover's Mount Morris College Memorabilia Collection, circa 1913 - 1920.

This large collection of materials ranging from MC2009/7-A  -  MC2009/71-V,j1a,b includes printed and hand-made posters and other memorabilia accumulated throughout the years in the Manchester College Archives. 

Materials designed and/or printed by the Manchester College Office of Printing Services for many College departmets.  See "Scope and Content."

Pep Band:

The year prior to September 1994, students had organized a volunteer pep Band that played at football and basketball games.  The Pep Band was continued in 1994.  Butterbaugh agreed to raise money to furnish the Band with sport shirts and jackets.  This letter requests that recipients contribute $100 each to defray the cost of shirts and jackets. 

1. Pep Band letter from Edgar Butterbaugh, Chair, Board of Trustees and Former Trombone Player. 

A collection of photographs representing residence life, May Day events, A Cappella Choir, religious life, classes and athletics at Manchester College circa 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962.

Photographs from the Museum.

Fenton art glass lamp celebrating the town's sesquicentennial year, May 1985 Bulletin pg. 12.

Commemorative china, 1986-87.

African artifacts, Photographer, Bob Cheeseman, (class of 1992), photo taken 29 September 1989.

 Photo of commemorative glassware, Manchester pennants and miscellaneous college artifacts, including Bawlings Basketball Score Book.  Photographer, Bob Cheeseman.  Photo taken 29 September 1989.

Photo of projector from the Biology Department.  Photographer, Bob Cheeseman.  Photo taken 29 September 1989.

Photographs and contact sheets from the 1980 featuring faculty, staff and students.  Also included are athletics pictures, Camp Mack Day, President Robinson, theater, the radio station, students playing the chime, and many other images.  Many pictures are identified.

Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. January 1998 through December 1998.

Postcard of the 1910-1911 Manchester College Basketball Team.

• File Folder MC2009/71-A: A Cappella Choir
• File Folder MC2009/71-AL: Artist Lecture Series
• File Folder MC2009/71-B: Brethren Colleges Abroad
• File Folder MC2009/71-C: Children's Theatre
• File Folder MC2009/71-CB: Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble
• File Folder MC2009/71-CH: Choral Events
• File Folder MC2009/71-CY: Church of the Brethren Youth Conference
• File Folder MC2009/71-D: Dances
• File Folder MC2009/71-E: Events on Campus
• File Folder MC2009/71-MSO: Manchester Civic and Symphony Orchestra
• File Folder MC2009/71-MU: Music Department
• File Folder MC2009/71-PEV: Performances and Events
• File Folder MC2009/71-PMOA: Plays, Musicals, One Acts
• File Folder MC2009/71-SP: Sports, Posters with Football schedules.
• File Folder MC2009/71-V: Various, including Admissions Material, Parents' Weekend, Fundraising, Phonathon, Graphics Department

A large collection of materials ranging from MC2009/7-A  -  MC2009/71-V,j1a,b consisting of  printed and hand-made posters and other memorabilia that accumulated throughout the years in the Manchester College Archives. 

Many students in this collection of photographs are identified.

Assorted Files from Public Relations - 1962 through1998.

Slides, Transparencies and News Clips From the Office of Public Relations including Manchester College campus and classroom scenes, athletic and other events, faculty, staff, students and images from the North Manchester area.

Negatives and slides taken by photographer, Churck Savage.  These images came to the Archives during the offices moves in the Administration Building in the summer of 2012. A copy of the book, "Placing the Light on the Stand, Manchester College Enters the New Century," featuring the work of photographer, Chuck Savage.

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. 

Posters about various scholarships.

Part of a larger collection, records for Service Fellowship, a student group, contain financial records for General, Relief and Work Camps, for the years 1939 - 1940 and 1940 - 1941.

A definite assortment of pictures: Photographs of Steve Alford as well as members of the Alumni Baseball team and Alumni Volleyball team at Homecoming.  Photographs of football team and coaches, various professors and female basketball players.  Baseball team photographs and soccer, track and field.

Tau Kappa Alpha: Journal of Finances 1937 - 1947 (one book) and Record of Minutes (May 17, 1937 - April 30, 1947) one book.  This material is part of a larger collection entitled, "Financial Records of Manchester College," MC2007/137.

Materials from the Office of the Vice President of Manchester College.

Material relating to Claude Wolf, including news clipping from 1964,  "Claude Wolfe Family Returns from Bolivia," news release from 1966 naming Claude Wolfe Coach of the Year, and Coach Wolf's obituary, 1985. 

See Also: Gospel Messenger, 16 June 1945 p.7, 14; 14 July 1945 p.19; 15 September 1945 p.16; 6 October 1945 p.19; 24 November 1945 p.21; 20 April 1946 p.19; 8 June 1946 p.21; 7 December 1946 p.21; 14 December 1946 p.8-9; 22 March 1947 p.20-21 (photos); 5 April 1947 p.21 (photo); Manchester College Bulletin, June 1951 p.2; March 1976 p.7.

A variety of photographs of Claude Wolf ("Whizzer Wolfe") as a M.C. athlete (Class of 1940) and later as coach and member of the M.C. faculty(1952 - 1976).

A series of recordings done for Homecoming 1943.  They might have been pre-recorded for broadcast by WOWO Ft. Wayne.  They show the effects that WWII had on Manchester College.

• War has taken 3/4th of our boys.
• Intercollegiate football and basketball are part of war casualities.
• College feels deeply the tragic effects of war.
• 165 freshmen enrolled.
• Enrollment of 270 women and 90 men. This unbalance among men and women makes life interesting (that is, for the men).

John Young Photograph Collection of students circa 1939 - 1940, including the "Hash-House Gang."

Possible photographs of Benton Rhoades and Ruby Frantz Rhoades. More research needed.