Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
Alumni Days and Alumni Reunions: Potographs | MC2004/90 | Photographs are from Homecoming and Alumni Days 1993. Many alumni are identified. |
Alumni Days: 2003 Photographs | MU2012/97 | Photographs from Alumni Days, May 2003 with identification of many classes and alumni. |
Alumni Reunions and Graduations: Photographs | MU2013/149 | Photographs from commencement exercises and alumni reunions from 1908 forward. |
Athletic Department: Photographs | Photograph Box 24 | Photographs of Athletics, Physical Culture and Physical Education spanning 1915 - 1995 [approximate dates]. |
Athletics: Photographs | MU2015/28a | Collection of sports photographs, including Wrestling, Baseball, Men's Tennis, Women's Soccer, Cross Country and Track, Men's Soccer, Football, Men's Basketball, Volleyball, pictures from Athletic Hall of Fame events, and other award celebrations. Many pictures are unidentified. Football action images from 1995. |
Baldwin, Ferne: Collection of Archivist Emerita | MU2019/15 | A collection assembled by Archivist Emerita, Ferne Baldwin, including: Photographs, publications, newspaper clippings, athletic department and buildings materials, "Spartan Sports News," obituaries, etc., click on accession number to see detailed description. |
Basketball, Men's: Photographs, 1920-1999 | MU2014/53 | Men's basketball photographs from circa 1920 through 1999. |
Cable, Miriam Weybright: Collection of Manchester College Materials | MU2013/139 | Collection of Miriam Weybright Cable, Manchester College Class of 1939. |
Church of the Brethren Poets from Manchester College, a Publication | MC2010/188 | Newspaper article about "Watermarks," an 80 page paperback published by the Brethren Press, Elgin, Illinois containing the poems of four Manchester College graduates. The poets graduated between 1966 and 1969. Their names are Paul Hoover, Brooks Couser, Robert Allen, Jr., and Terry Pettit. |
Civilian Public Service Interviews | MC2012/33 | Photographs, periodicals, correspondence, audio recordings, video and VHS recordings of Manchester College students who, as conscientious objectors, served in Civilian Public Service projects during WWII. |
Civilian Public Service: Virginia Keller Interviews | MC2008/06 | This collection contains all the paper documents and audio tape of interviews with Manchester Graduates and former Manchester students who served in Civilian Public Service in the late 1940s. |
Class Presentations circa 1968: Audio File | MU2017/14 | Digitized reel-to-reel tape containing oral presentations made by students, circa 1964 - 1968. |
Convocation and Public Programs: Photographs | MU2017/95 | Photographs of Convocation and Public Programs sponsored by Manchester College (identified by speaker/performer and/or year). |
Convocation List 1968 - 2008: Recordings | Convocation List of Recordings | A listing of Convocation cassette tapes and recordings. Some of these recordings have been digitized but this list does not reflect this information . |
Coppock, Nevin L.: Laymen's Citation Award Program | MC2003/51 | Program from 11 March 1955 Laymen's Citation Awards Ceremony. Short biographies are included. |
Culler, Edward and Bertha Hoover Culler: Family History | BC2017/20 | Transcription and interpretation of the Bertha (Hoover) Culler and Edward Culler diaries. Hoover and Culler family history written by their foster son, Jacob C. Wine, Jr. |
Executive Committee Minutes April - June 1900 and Faculty Meetings April 1900 and 1925 | MC2009/100a,b | MC2009/100a: Executive Committee Minutes from April, May June 1900 as well as Faculty Meeting Minutes ( 11 April and 18 April 1900). MC2009/100b: Executive Committee Minutes from 4 March 1901 - 4 June 1901. Letter from Balsbaugh Over the Death of Sister Catherine Forney |
Flory, Paul: Family History Link with Herbert Hoover | MC2010/19 | Paul Flory: Relationship to U.S.President Herbert Hoover. |
Food Service: The Oaks, Photographs | MC2003/368 | Photographs pertaining to "The Oaks" in it's various locations through the decades. History of the various locations ot "The Oaks." |
Football Team, 1950 Spartans: Photograph | MC2011/123 | This football team photograph, 1950, is framed. The entire team is identified on the verso. The picture is published in the 1951 Aurora on page 136. |
Graduation 2007: Baccalaureate and Commencement Video | MU2012/46a,b | MP4 files of Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises held at Manchester College in 2007. |
Hamer Collection | MU2019/70 | Dr. John Hamer, Esther Hamer, and O. Stuart Hamer collection of Manchester College materials. |
Holl, Carl Waldo: Guestbook | MC2004/225 | The guestbook was signed by visitors at the Holl's home between 1939 and 1982. Visitors include the Don Martin family, Paul Flory, Vernon Schwalm, the O.L. Hoover family, the A.W. Cordier family, Irma Dare, A. R. Eikenberry, Harry Weimer, the O.W. Neher family, the Ed Miller family, and many others. |
Holl, Carl Waldo: Memorabilia | MC2004/279 | Carl Waldo Holl: Memorabilia |
Holl, Carl Waldo: Photographs | MC2004/223 | Carl Holl photograph collection. *Some pictures deaccessioned and given to Carolyn Holl Leffel, sister of Carl W. Holl, Jr. |
Home Management | MC2010/94 | Photographs: Home Management / Home Economics. |
Hoover, Jacob and Hisey: Family Bible | MU2015/12 | German Bible printed in 1829 with the Jacob Hoover family register written between the Old and New Testaments. It appears as if Jacob had was briefly married to Elisabeth Ganse (29 January1826) and remarried to Susana Skidler in October of that same year. |
Hoover, Pennie | Faculty Staff Boxes: Hoover, Pennie | Material related to Pennie Hoover. |
Independent Study Papers: Modern Languages | MC2012/74a-p | Independent Study Papers: Modern Languages. |
Independent Study Papers: Religion | MC2012/80a-bb | Independent Study Papers: Religion. |
Kinsel, Paul: Collection | MC2011/229 | Memorabilia belonging to student, Paul Kinsel,. The collection reflects his 1928 - 1929 through 1931 - 1932 college experience. |
Laymen's Citation Award Program | MC2003/51 | Laymen's Citation Award Program: - Those honored in 1955 were: Wilbur Stover Barnhart, Dr. Curtis Buford Bowman, Nevin L. Coppock, Joseph Benjamin Flora, Theo Allen Hoover, Harold Kenneth Loutsenhizer, Thurl Donald Metzger, Dr. Daryl McCoid Parker, F. Willard Powers, Orion J. Stover, Modena Minnich Studebaker, and Daniel West.
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Local History: Obituaries | MC2008/74 | History, Indiana and Local: These appear to be local obituaries from (a)1891 and from (b) 1949 through 1979. Some are members of the Church of the Brethren: |
May Day Celebrations: The 1960's | MU2013/32 E | Photographs of May Day celebrations, May Queens and their Courts, from the 1960's. |
Metzger, Thurl Donald: Brethren People | MC2003/51: Metzger | Thurl Donald Metzger is a Manchester College alumnus and member of Manchester College Class of 1938. He was a recipient of the Laymen's Citation Award, an award given by Manchester College to honor outstanding members of the Church of the Brethren. |
Miller, Ed and Martha: Collection of Programs and Memorabilia | MU2013/86 | Handmade programs and memorabilia for MC clubs and organizations circa the 1950's. Photographs and identification of 1953 May Day Queen, Jean Childs Young and Court. Programs from Home Economics events (1950's). Oak Leaves issue announcing MC's Cherry Princess candidates. 1991 and 1992 issues of the Manchester College "Bulletin." Photos from May Day 1956. Copy of "The Acorn," 25th year edition. |
Mount Morris College: Photographs | MU2015/46 | Photographs from Mount Morris College, Illinois. |
Oak Leaves: Photographs circa1993 | MU2012/112 | Most of these photographs were used in issues of the Oak Leaves from 11 February 1993 through 7 May 1993. There is one folder of negatives and images that did not appear to be correlated with this time-frame and will be arbitrariliy dated - circa 1992-1993. |
Oratorical Contests; Peace Speech Association Award Collection | MC2003/126 | Peace Speech Association Award Collection.
Award certificates for Ted McLaughlin, Jack Bormuth, Patricia Thomas, Suzanne Eiler, Margaret Frederick, Kieth Hoover, Robert Keller (various dates, 1947-1952). |
Paul and Snoberger: Family Bible | MU2013/24 | A bible [1813] that contains letters related to the Paul and Snoberger (Snowberger) families. List of "Paul" family children and their birthdates. |
Photgraph Assortment: Buildings, College Campus, Ceremonies, Students, May Day: Photographs | MC2010/14 | A wide range of photographs of buildings, students, faculty and staff from the 1960's and 1970's. See the complete listing by linking to the accession page. |
Photographs | MU2013/157 | A conglomeration of decade spanning images reflecting student life and faculty/staff experience at Manchester College. |
Photographs: Alumni Awards | Alumni Awards: Photographs | Alumni Honor Awards: Article regarding, and photographs of, 1990 recipients, Graydon F. Snyder, Onita Johnson, Paul Hoover. Article and photographs of 2000 recipients, Duard Conrad (MC 1925), Lonnie Steele (MC 1962), Dr. James Easton (MC 1964), Howard Royer (MC 1952). |
Photographs: Art, Buildings, College Campus, Ceremonies, Students, Football, Sports | MC2006/31 | Assortment of photographs of campus buildings, the construction of Holl-Kintner, the old observatory, May Day, Ikenberry Hall, students and professors, including Allen Deeter, Niswander and Glade. Also included are photographs of Football 1960 - 1976 and Martial Arts. Students in class and on campus, 1974 and earlier: 1974 photo of Yvonne Frey, Dave Ball, Margie Schaeffer. Phil Amadon, Donna Hubscher, Nancy Hood, Patricia Dickens. Photographs of pottery and painting art class. |
Photographs: Assorted | MC2006/31 | Assorted Photographs of Buildings, College Campus, Tennis Courts, Ceremonies, Students |
Photographs: Identified photographs of Faculty / Staff / Student / Friends | MC2010/88 | An assortment of identified photographs of Faculty, Staff, Students and Friends that span many years. See Scope and Content for names. |
Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media | MU2012/122 | Visual media from Public Relations that came from the Administration Building during the office moves of 2012. Reunion pictures of alumni from Class years of 1928 through the early 1990's. Negatives from reunions circa 2000. Photographs from reunions taking place in 2004. |
Scholarships: Names and Location | MU2012/117 Master File | Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. |
Scholarships: Names and Location | MU2012/117 File Folder #5 | Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. Information related to the 1990's. |
Schutz, J. Raymond | MC2011/227, Folders 45 - 83 | A large collection designated as MC2011/227 and divided into 5 folder groupings; [1-16], [17-22], [23-44], [45-83]. Schutz was a professor at Manchester College, as well as a farmer, public speaker, pastor, candidate for Congress (Indiana,1932) and a contendor in the 1936 Governor's race. He was a Kiwanis Club official and Chairman of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana. The collection describes Indiana before and during WWII. Schutz corresponds with soldiers and provides names of North Manchester men killed in combat. Topics of import include; prohibition, economic recovery from the Great Depression, and Hitler's impact on Europe. Schutz was a contemporary of Andrew Cordier who participated in some of Schutz's political involvements. |
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence with Andrew Cordier | MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files | Decades of correspondence between Vernon Schwalm and Andrew Cordier. Cordier gives detailed accounts of behind-the-scenes activity at the United Nations during the Cold War, and the reader can watch the situation in the Congo unfold. Cordier's role in the Cuban missile Crisis is described to Schwalm as are events on the Columbia University campus during a period of student uprising in the the 1960's. Cordier is always in the thick of things and his descriptions of political figures and events are intriguing. |
Slides, An Assortment | MC2010/77 | This is a true assortment of slides including but absolutely not limited to: Campus and building shots, recruitment and publicity photos, construction, students and January term trips 1996, theater, radio station, Homecoming 1994, High School Band Day, children's gymnastics, Planned Giving presentation, fountain, Mexico Indiana Old Folks Home, Historic black and white shots including football, track, fountain, student with globe. |
Summer Conference Schedule 1991 | MC General File: Conference Services, Summer 1991 | A schedule of summer conferences on the Manchestser College campus for the summer of 1991. The memo is from Pennie S. Hoover, Conference Coordinator. Meal prices are included. |
Tau Kappa Alpha: Memorabilia | MU2016/14 | T. K. A. , a speech organization, selected only a very small percentage ofspeech students and select faculty as members.The Archivescollection contains a stencil with the T. K. A. initials and a length of chainon which cards containing the names and initiation dates of members were connected. Names included in description. |
Theatrical Productions: Photographs | MU2014/10 | Photographs of theatrical productions and musicals at Manchester University throughout the years. |
Trains: Photographs | MC2010/139 | Photographs of trains releated to Manchester College and students. 1. "On the elevated (Chicago), Carl, Hoover and I." 2. M.C. Camp Mack Outing October 1946, Photo by Phil Orpurt. 3. Photo of students (?) beside train with ".......(Manch?)ster" and other graffitti written on car. 4. Photo of freight cars and caboose of Pennsylvania Railroad. |
Ulrey, Russel | MC2003/124 | Russel Ulrey memorabilia. |
Ulrich and Hoover: Family Bible | MU2013/74 | John Ulrich and Mary Hoover family bible listing marriage date and births. Also included is a patent right agreement. |
Winger, Otho: Faculty Prospects | MC2006/13: File Folder Case - Faculty and Prospects Letters | President Otho Winger's correspondence regarding faculty prospects primarily for the 1920's. |
Wrestling Records | MU2014/165 Wrestling | Spartan wrestling yearbooks, statistics, records, score-sheets, press releases, and other materials (1987 - 2007). Also grouped with this collection is MC2002/287, MC General File: Wrestling, and records from the athletic filing cabinet. |
Wrestling: Newspaper Articles | Wrestling: Large Box 24c | Newspaper articles about Wrestling at Manchester College. |
Wrestling: Photographs | MU2019/25 | Wrestling photographs circa 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003. |
Young, Menno and Viola: Collection 1898 - 1924 | MU2014/82 | A collection of Manchester College and Church of the Brethren materials belonging to Menno and Viola (Rau) Young, who attended Manchester during 1898-1899. Materials range from 1898 to 1924. |
Topic | Record # | Description Summary |
Church of the Brethren: Indiana and Kentucky Congregations, Photographs | BC2010/40 | Photographs: The collection is thought to contain pictures of Pleasant View Chapel and Milford Indiana Church of the Brethren, Milford, Indiana Bethel Church of the Brethren as well as Flat Creek Mission, Creekville, Kentucky and Mud Lick Chapel of the Flat Creek mission. |
Church of the Brethren: Materials Assortment | BC2018/2 | This assortment of Church of the Brethren Materials includes but is not limited to: Southern Indiana legal drafts and documents - Brethren Service Commission statement regarding police action in Korea - Minutes of the Brethren Service Commission - Report of NY Relocation Hostel to the Committee for Resettlement of Japanese-Americans,1944 - Guiding principles and objectives of Brethren Service - Boni (ponee) family history - Mount Morris Church of the Brethren accomplishments and goals - Junior High Church School - "Account of the Society of Dunkards in Pennsylvania," 1786, from Lancaster to Ephrata - History of the Olympia, Virginia Church of the Brethren, Virginia - May 1930, Bulletin of La Verne College - "Echo," January 1960 - "Hier is des echo auf das Echo der Hamburger Gruppe." ICYE Exchange 1958/1959 - John David Bowman - Global Women's Project, "Globalink," Issue No. 21 1994 and No. 25 - Report to Heifer Committee January 1946, Brethren Shipment to Poland - 1944 report on Heifers for Relief Shipment Number 1 to Puerto Rico - Bethany Seminary 1941 graduates - Death of Mary Leedy - Appraisal of the Indiana Home Mission Extension Committee,1964 - Program, 129th District Conference of the Northern Indiana District - "Dedication Memorial and Membership Directory" for the Wenatchee Valley Church of the Brethren, 1929 - Winona's Greatest Convention, Church of the Brethren Conference - George Brubaker's handwritten notes on church practice - Women in the church - unique and powerful - March 1999 and 1978 News Release citing female participation in a nationwide Gathering of Church of the Brethren Women - Universal Military Training vs the American Way, Kermit Eby's testimony before the House Armed Services Committee,1947 -"The Third Day," 1998, quarterly newsletter by the Office of Brethren Witness Environmental Working Group - "Sourvenir of McPherson College, 1904," photo album.- Information about "Liberty Cemetery," Orange County, Indiana - Listing and dates of Church of the Brethren congregations within Indiana along with districts and mother churches- Old German Baptist Brethren congregations in Canada, and in the United State - script, "The Missionary Awakening of Elm Grove," written by a Class in mission at Bethany Bible School - General Brotherhood Board and Commissions Agenda," 1952,Warren Bowman. |
Church of the Brethren: Materials Assortment | BC2018/3 | A wide assortment of Church of the Brethren related materials, including but not limited to: A narrative play about Church of the Brethren history - photographs of church buildings and members - Photograph of participants in the Church of the Brethren Christian Citizenship Seminar, circa Spring 1974 - Picture of "Brethren Church" - National Youth Conference at Valparaiso University 1971 - Church of the Brethren related images (see finding aid for locations and identifications) - Brochure for "Pastoral Family Assistance Program" - COB history - picture of Bethany Seminary with students (1907-1908) - background material regarding the "History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana." Folder #11 - Notes and materials leading up to the writing of "History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana" - photographs of the Old Order German Baptist Brethren tent conference - brochure describing the Association for the Arts in the Church of the Brethren - program for "The Brethren's Ministerial Meeting for the Southern District of Indiana,"April 1897- program for the "Seventh Summer Assembly of the Church of the Brethren of Middle Indiana" - District News Letter 1 August 1948 - The Indiana Cooperative Board (1964-1966) letters, documents, program - credential for Delegates to the District and General Conference of the Church of the Brethren - Declaration of Principles and Purposes - Constitution and Function of the Delegate Body of Annual Conference. |
Culler, Belinda Powell: Ancestry | BC2017/17 | "The Ancestry of Belinda A. Powell Culler, Mother of Edward Monroe Culler," edited by Jacob C. Wine, Jr. |
Hoover, Paul: Brethren People | Brethren People File: Hoover, Paul | Material regarding Paul Hoover. |
Hoover, W. I. T.: Brethren People | Gospel Messenger, 1945 | William I. T. Hoover was born near Dayton, Ohio. Among other institutions, he studied at Mt. Morris Academy. He taught history and philosophy at Manchester College from 1901 - 1906. |
Ladoga or Indiana Membership Letters | BC2015/4 | Incoming letters of membership from the 1800's. Names of traveling and transferring members are included along with signatures of ministers and officials from outgoing congregations. |
Richmond Church of the Brethren: Records | BC2017/9 | Records of the Richmond, Indiana Church of the Brethren. For a period of time Richmond Church of the Brethren shared a yoked parish with the Four Mile Church of the Brethren, and information about Four Mile is included in these records as well. |
South Central District: Collection of Materials | BC2014/10a-g | An assortment of items found in basement of the South Central Indiana District Office building. Some interesting items include a notebook containing Funerals at the Eel River Church along with obituaries of individuals who died in the area. |
West Manchester Church of the Brethren Collection | BC2014/1 | Land records, deeds, financial reports, guest book, treasurer's records, investments, and contracts regarding the West Manchester Church of the Brethren, and possibly "Acme" school, as well as Pleasant Hill Cemetery. |