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Accession #MC2011/10
TopicManchester College: Promotional Audio and Conferring of 1972 Honorary Degrees and Graduation
KeywordsAdmissions, Honorary Degree Recipients, Heifer Project, Public Relations, Choir, Publicity,
Title"What is Manchester College?" Picture Presentation: Audio Portion
LocationMedia Cabinet, IIS
Citation"What is Manchester College?" Picture Presentation: Audio Portion, MC2011/10, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceArchives stacks
Scope and Content

One CD made from tape.  The original tape is unplayable on Archives equipment and the original tape was unidentified by the individual doing the digitization, so the original is in the Archives, but was identified as "Mystery Tape, Track 1."

 

Date of Accession13 January 2011
Bio History Note

PART ONE - MC PROMOTIONAL

"Thinking free and saying what you think."

"Give and take, dialogue and debate."

"Mutual respect if not always agreement."

"Ultimate questions with no easy answers

"Knowledge and self knowledge."

"The discovery of ideas and ideals that lead to significant living."

"Action and interaction."

"Social consciousness and a conscience."

"A growing place and time for becoming all that you can become."

"Not a multiversity, one doesn't get lost in a crowd..."

Choir singing "By the Kenapocomoco."

PART TWO OF RECORDING, 1972 GRADUATION

James Farmer, Civil Rights Activist,  with Dean Howard Book presentating. James Farmer was Race relations secretary with Fellowship of Reconciliation.  He was also involved in the labor movement. Author, "Freedom When," Random House, 1966. Recommendation for the Honorary Degree "Honor of Humanities."  Conferring of degree by President Helman. 1972

Thurl Metzger receipt of honorary degree. Thurl was actively involved in Heifer Project The degree was granted in 1972.

Robert Miller Stauffer: Conferring of degree, Doctor of Laws. Manager of North Manchester Foundry.

 

Archivist Note

Transfer from tape to CD in 2010 by Stan Pittman.

Description prepared 13 January 2011 by Jeanine M. Wine.

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