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TopicAccession #Description Summary
Admissions: Materials 1989 - 2009MC2012/85 - Contents Part Two 

A wide assortment of Admissions materials circa the 1980's through 2009/2010.

 
Advancement MaterialsMU2018/98 

Items from Advancement: 2005 MC Alumni Days and Homecoming images, copy of the 1922 Chime Dedication program, materials related to the dedication of "Wilbur's," 2013 (including the McFadden Family Tree), materials related to the Science Center dedication, invitation to the Physical Education and Recreation Center (PERC) dedication, 2007 College Union dedication program and related materials, 2006 program for the groundbreaking of the remodeling of the College Union with printed images from that event, invitation list, groundbreaking program, "Legacy" mailings: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Fiscal Year President's Report and Honor Roll," 2014 and 2015 issues of "Manchester Magazine," President's Circle Donor Wall plaque ordering information, alumni Memorial Service programs, 2017 and 2018.

 
Anabaptist and Pietist: GroupsMU2013/15, Folder 7 Information regarding: Plain People, the Amish, Old German Baptist Brethren, Church of the Brethren, Bruderhof Communities, Woodcrest Community, Society of Brothers, Hutterites, Historic Peace Churches (Friends, Mennonites, Church of the Brethren), Civilian Public Service (CPS, a history), Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS), Saur Press, Native American relations, Service programs (American Friends Service Committee, Mennonite Central Committee, Brethren Volunteer Service), the Oneida Colony, Shakers, Anarchists, Mormons, and map of the spread of Anabaptism 
Aurora: Nolt, Melville, Auroras, Various YearsMC2007/23  Aurora, Student, Melville T. Nolt. Personal copies embossed and autographed.  
Aurora: Photographs 2001MC2004/408 

Aurora Photograph Collection 2001.  Many photographs are identified, including but not limited to:

  • Campus Ministry Board, photograph #84.
  • NRHH #83.
  • Manchester College Reconcilliation Services #81.
  • Photographs of international students #14, #16.
  • Amnesty International #13.
  • Homecoming.
 
Aurora: Photographs, 1992MC2004/420 A variety of photographs of students taken for the Aurora of 1992. Many photographs are labeled. 
Basketball, WomensMU2014/165 Women's Basketball 

Women's basketball statistics, newspaper clippings, and souvenir programs [1965 - 2012 various].

 
Brethren Colleges Abroad: Elizabethtown CollectionMU2020/84 a,b, c Correspondence: Student files, financial reports, travel arrangements, housing accommodations, newsletters, addresses, insurance, invoices/receipts, conferences, BCA administrative communication between Church of the Brethren colleges and organizations, communication with other schools, employment within BCA, and more. 
Centennial: Slide Show 1989 MC2010/75 

Centennial Slide Show - a historical overview of Manchester College. Note: These slides were digitized. 

 
Christmas: PostersMC2010/55a-c Posters regarding Holiday luncheons and receptions.  
Church Relations: Manchester CollegeMU2015/33 Church Relations Materials affirming the relationship between Manchester College and the Church of the Brethren, including but not limited to: Brethren Business Network, statistics regarding congregational and district support,  Trustee information, A Cappella and Concert Band Tours, grants through Lilly Endowment, Inc., TEV programs,  Church-College Conversations, youth conferences, and programs offering continuing education and support for church workers and pastors. 
Civilian Public Service: Barnard CollectionMC2006/33 Dale Barnard Collection. 
CommitteesMU2020/48 Committee for the Future:1969-1971 
Some issues:
Black speakers for Spring Convocation.
Philosophy of recruitment (black students and foreign students)..
Atmosphere re: Racial attitudes and human relations on campus.
20 October 1969 - the creation of of a special committee following the events of the night of October 8.

Convocation Committee 1967-1968 through 1968-1969: Discussion surrounding speakers and programs - Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory - convocation schedules.

Convocation Committee: 1969 -1972:. 
Chapel (Convocation) Committee: 1964-1967.
Chapel Committee: 1957-1964 
Chapel Committee: 1956-1957.
Communications Committee: 1956 - 1957.
Curriculum Committee: 1956 -1965.
Food Service: 1960 -1969.
Graduate Study Committee: 1966 - 1972.
Health Committee: 1954 -1965. 
Investment Committee: 1956 -1958.
Library Committee: 1954 - 1963.
Peace Corps Committee: 1964 -1968.
Public Programs Committee: 1956 - 1964.
Personnel Committee: 1956 -1965.
Readmissions Committee:1955-1956.
Recreation Committee: 1955 -1959.
Rural Life Committee: 1952 -1968
Traffic and Parking Committee: 1968.
Space Allocation Committee: 1958 - 1966.
Faculty publication of Materials for student use: 1966.
Expanding Educational Opportunities Committee: 1968 -1970.
Steering Committee: 1959 - 1964.
Social Committee: 1953-1959.
Student Life Committee: 1972-1973.
Student Personnel Services Committee: 1965 -1972.
Student Publications Committee: 1956 - 1964.
Teachers' Committee: 1955-1958. 


 
Conscientious ObjectionMC General File: Conscientious Objection  

This file includes a wide variety of materials related to conscientious objection including tax resistance, draft counseling, correspondence related to Indiana Draft Counseling (1950's and 1970's), and peace related events.

See also: Civilian Public Service; Conscientious Objection Citations in the Gospel Messenger; Compulsory Military service; Convocations Cassettes Collection Tape 513 (21 April 1997); Selective Service System.

 
Conscientious Objection: Draft Counselor's KitMC2007/156 

Conscientious Objection: Draft Counselor's Kit

 
Convocation List 1968 - 2008: RecordingsConvocation 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 . 

 
Deeter, Al: Personal CollectionMU2018/55 Box 1 Personal correspondence, ministerial and CPS documents, papers written while a student at Bethany Biblical Seminary and at Princeton, studies in Anabaptist Theology, Princeton dissertation correspondence, early Environmental Studies grant materials, Christian College Day presentations,  negatives, slides, photographs, and Bridgewater College's diploma granting Allen Deeter the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters Honoris Causa
Deeter, AllenFaculty/Staff Boxes: Deeter, Allen 
  • Material related to Allen Deeter, Religion and Philosophy.
  • Allen Deeter: "What Kind of Pacifist Are You," from the BVS Training Unit, 10 August 1973.
  • Allen Deeter: Thomas Cowley correspondence.

 

 
Deeter, Allen: Personal CollectionMU2018/55 Box 2 

Correspondence, 1958 -1978 including but not limited to: Gladdys Muir's retirement, Peace Studies News-Letters from Gladdys Muir with handwritten notes, Memo from MC Treasurer regarding Gladdys Muir's library and retirement matters, the effect that a resignation would have on the Peace Studies program, Deeter's doctoral thesis, Conflict Resolution proposal, discussions with Professor William Schuhle, Ken Brown, Grady Snyder, Donald E. Miller, Dale Aukerman, and Linda Rehfeldt.

Materials related to: Council for Intercultural Studies and Programs, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Environmental Studies at Manchester, Brethren Volunteer Service, India 1973, 1978, India Delegation, 1975-1976, On Earth Peace, Testimony to Senate Subcommittee on Education - United States Peace Academy, On Earth Peace Academy, 1975-1976, World Without War Council, 1976. Deeter syllabi, papers, and Brethren Heritage materials.


 
Faculty/Staff Photographs: IdentifiedMC2010/89 

Faculty and Staff photographs. Most are identified.

 
Food Service PFM / Chartwell'sMC2002/108a  

Food Service records with brochures, general material and assorted menus.

 
Food Service: Banquet menus MC2002/305 

Food Service: Banquet menus (1977-1983), brochures, Polynesian Party flyer, information sheets.

See Also: The News-Journal, 28 August 2002 p.9;  Oak Leaves,  21 October 1943, p.4; 23 April 1964 p.3; 17 September 1964 p.2; 6 December 1967, p.2; 10 January 1968, p.2; 24 January 1968, p.1; 28 February 1968, p.1, 2; 7 April 1971, p.1; 9 November 1971, p.2; 16 November 1971, p.2; 14 December 1971, p.3; 11 September 1973, p.4; 14 October 1977, p.1; 4 May 1984, p.1.

 
Food Service: PhotographsFood Service Photos 

Pictures of Food Service staff 1960 - 1981.


 
Food Service: The OaksMC2002/108b 

Food Service Records

 
Food Service: The OaksMC2009/120 

Newspaper article: "New Oaks Sets Collegiate Atmosphere."

 
Food Service: The OaksMC2004/621 Carved wooden sign that  formerly hung in the Oaks.  
Food Service: The Oaks, PhotographsMC2003/368 

Photographs pertaining to "The Oaks" in it's various locations through the decades.  History of the various locations ot "The Oaks."

 
Groninger, Joy: Publications and DesignMC2009/14  

Personal and Assorted departmental files from Joy Groninger, Publications and Design.

 
Harold Daveler and Auditorium Lighting Unit: PhotographsMC2009/59 Daveler, Harold, and the remote control lighting unit installed in the Manchester College auditorium. 
Helman, A. Blair Papers: Vietnam War eraMC2004/297 

During the Vietnam War era, Manchester College faced criticism from its own students as well as from outside entities. Correspondence and other material regarding the College's handling of the issues surrounding the Vietnam War.

 
Historical Committee: Northern Indiana District of the Church of the BrethrenBC2016/12 

Files of the Northern Indiana District of the Church of the Brethren Historical Committee, historical resources,  and congregational surveys. Information related to the following congregations:

Arnold's Grove, Auburn, Baugo, Beacon Heights, Cedar Lake, Forest Grove, Goshen, Goshen City, Middlebury, Osceola, New Paris, North Liberty, North Webster, Pine Creek, Plymouth, Rock Run, South Bend City, Syracuse, Union, Wakarusa, Wawaka, and Camp Alexander Mack 65th anniversary celebration.

 
History: Postcard, Dead Man's Hill, Argonne, 1918MC2009/136 History, Indiana and Local: Postcard: Dead Man's Hill, Captured by the 35th, 26 September 1918, Argonne.  
Leachman: Assortment of MaterialsMU2017/80 James Leachman's alternative service and draft counseling materials during the Vietnam War (1970's). Refugee resettlement materials (1970's and 1980's). 
Manchester College Reconciliation Services (MCRS)MC2002/196 

"MCRS is a program designed to help Manchester College students resolve conflicts.  With the help of a small, trained listening panel, composed of students and peers, you can settle a dispute.  The panel assists while you and the other party share all sides of the conflict and work together to create an acceptable resolution.  The resolution is not legally binding, and the entire process is free, voluntary, and confidential."  --from a brochure produced by MCRS .

See Also: Photograph #81 in Aurora Photograph Collection 2001, MC2004/408.

 
McFadden, DanAlumni Large Box 187: McFadden, Dan Material related to Dan McFadden.  
National Institute of Health, Normal Volunteers ProgramMC2011/198 

Materials related to the students who were employed as a "normal" in a control group against individuals who were "less than normal," or having some sort of medical deficiency or problem. The studies took place at the National Institute of Health.

 
Newman Catholic Fellowship: Aurora PhotographMC2004/408: Newman Catholic Fellowship #62 The Newman Catholic Fellowship photograph #62 is part if the larger Aurora Photograph Collection 2001 MC2004/408. 
Newspapers: HistoricalMU2018/65 
Newspapers from 1940's through 1970's.  Topics include: 1945, Japan wants to quit - 1974, Nixon resigns - 1974, President Ford settles in - 1974, Ford Seeks Vice-Presidency - 1974, Evel Knievel parachutes to safety - 1977, Indiana in deadly cold - 1978, "The Blizzard of 78" - 1978, Digging-out from Blizzard - 1978, "Begin Asking Sadat for Talks" - 1974, "President Steps Down" - 1942, "Remember Pearl Harbor" - 1941, Roosevelt orders fire on axis raiders - 1943, "Italy drops from war" - 1944, Invasion slashes into France  1944, Allies into France - 1945, "French Liberate Paris" - 1941 "War Declared on Japan" - 1945, "U.S. Aerial strike destroys Japanese planes and vessels - 1945, Launch into Reich - 1945, Soviets troops 55 Miles east of Greater Berlin -  1945, Truman President after Roosevelt's death - 1945, "Capital Bids Farewell to Roosevelt" - 1945, Truman pledged to war plans - 1945, Germans Surrender to Allies - 1945, "V-E is Declared" - 1945, "Atomic Bomb answers Japanese rejection of Potsdam Ultimatum" - 1945, "Reds Enter Pacific War" - 1945, "White House waits on Japanese surrender - 1974, Ford becomes President.


 
Oaks: PhotographsMU2014/36 

Two photographs of the "Oaks," the college café, circa 1948.

 
Oakwood Hall: Slides and ImagesMU2014/46 Slides and digitized copies of the old Oakwood Hall and the newly constructed Oakwood. One image of The Oaks exterior. 
Office of Printing ServicesMU2015/37 

Materials related to the Office of Printing Services.

 
Office of Printing ServicesMC2004/281 

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

 
PhotographsMU2013/157 A conglomeration of decade spanning images reflecting student life and faculty/staff experience at Manchester College. 
Photographs: Media and Public Relations, January 1997 - May 2000 - Part 1MC2012/36 

Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. January 1997 through December 1997.

 
Photographs: Student, Faculty and Staff MC2004/408  

Baccalaureate and Commencement Aurora Photograph Collection, 2001. Box 191 contains student, faculty, and staff portraits that appeared in the 2001 edition of the Aurora.  Each photograph is labeled with the subject's name. Box 193 contains 6 CD-ROMs and photographs.

 
Plan of Campus Development, A. Blair Helman Papers (MC2002/2)MC2002/2u  

Plan of campus development developed by Metropolitan Planners and MCRS, 1958-1960 in the A. Blair Helman papers.

 
Powderpuff Football: PhotographMC2004/408, no.51 

See Powderpuff Football, photo #51, in Aurora Photograph Collection 2001.  This picture is part of a larger collection accessioned as MC2004/408.

 
President's Box: #1MU2016/20 MC Factbooks, 1988, 1999, 2000, Dashboard Indicators (Fall 2000, 2001), "Toward a Margin for Excellence, Strategic Indicators" (1977), VIA 1996 - 1997 notebook, Helman retirement preparations, Helman portrait preparations, Labor force changes in Indiana, projections for 1996 - 2010, fifty years of Brethren Volunteer Service, BVS volunteers from MC and influence on career, CPS and Brethren Service Committee including Cordier, Shultz, Kinsel, Zigler, Durnbaugh, Eby, West, Indiana Higher Education Facility Study (1967, 1973), Hegis Facilities Data (1970, 1971), ""A Campaign to Strengthen MC," PERC building project, "Reflections on the Theological Exploration of Vocation," study of financial and academic resources at MC (1965). 
Print Shop MC2009/13 

Print Shop: Photo showing individual working in print shop with typesetting equipment and press in the background.

 
Printing OfficeMC2002/231 

Printing Office Correspondence Collection.

 
Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual MediaMU2012/118 Photographs, negatives and other forms of visual media from Public Relations that came from the Administration Building during the office moves of 2012.   
Public Relations: PostersMC2009/71: Entire Collection 

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. 

 
Rummel, MerleMU2018/94 Manchester graduate (1956), Merle Rummel, is an educator, Church of the Brethren minister, and historian.   
Scholarship: P. F. M. PhotographMU2017/8c Photograph of 1984-1985 P. F. M. Scholarship. 
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 105 - 143MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 105 - 143 

A great deal of material including but not limited to: Correspondence surrounding Schwalm's trip to Nigeria, including letters to and from missionaries and interaction with the Foreign Mission Commission of the Church of the Brethren General Brotherhood Board. Issues regarding the Mexico Indiana Old Folks Home and Schwalm's leadership in the creation of Timbercrest.

Many drafts of presentations as well as completed speeches, articles, and sermons by Vernon Schwalm, including an address given in the fall of 1923 at Manchester College, the year the Academy was eliminated. Schwalm gives a brief history of the institution.

Addresses presented by outside speakers on the Manchester College campus.

 
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence with Andrew CordierMC2006/13: 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.

 
Selective Service SystemMC2004/248 

Selective Service System Records.

 
Social Science Core I and II, History and Political ScienceMU2013/153, Folders 1 - 56 with Special Problems and Independent Study Papers A - Y Social Science Core I and II materials (circa1969-1976), History and Political Science, and Special Problems (1961-1983).  
Student Life: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961MU2017/23 

Programs: 1961 Junior-Senior Reception, 1960 "Passport to Romance," Valentine Banquet and Dance, "Touch O' Blarney" featuring symphony, dinner, tea, Dad's Meal in the Oaks, and Mom's Day, 1960 "All-Sports Banquet."

Basketball season record 1969 - 1960."

1959 Tennis, Cross Country, and Football Schedule.

1958 campus calendar.

September 1959 Edition of "Oak Leaves," with article about cheerleaders including "Mary Ann Weck."

 
Student Life: Slides and ScansMU2014/48 
A group of slides depicting the education and life of students at Manchester College from 1975 through 1992.
 
Switzer, President Jo Young: ImagesMU2014/108 

Images of Jo Young Switzer as Manchester student, professor, Vice President and Dean for Academic affairs (1993), and as President (December 2004) assembled as an exhibition in honor of Jo's retirement. Accompanying notebook of audience reflections.

 
Underground Publications: Scoops All?MC2002/322 Scoops All? Newsletter Collection 
Vice President: Box 6Vice President's Box: #6 

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

 
Visual Identity Program: Logos and SealsMC2002/289 As a result of the Visual Identity Program, a new logo was developed for Manchester College and debuted in January 1999.  It was followed in August 1999 by a newly developed MC, which was designed by Gib Foster of Manchester's Office of Printing Services.  
West, Dan: Display VideosMU2016/36 Videos used in the creation of the Dan West Display, Funderburg Library. 
West, Dan: Materials, Gift From Heifer Project InternationalMC2009/130 a,b,c Dan West File with copies of writings, DVD with clips of radio broadcases, pictures and video.  Photographs of Heifer Project in other countries.  These materials were gifts to the Archives from Heifer Project International. 
West, Dan: Memorabilia and LettersMC2010/113 

1.  Letter to Sabra written and signed by Dan West on Church of the Brethren General Brotherhood Board stationery.

2.  Christmas letter from the West Family to Sabra and her family with a handwritten personal note on the verso by Dan West.

3.  Exhibit A: One article by Sabra (Baker) Staley (Unit 11, 1951) entitled "A Sign Along th e Road."  This is a story about how Sabra came to join Brethren Volunteer Service and accepted an assignment in Castener, Puerto Rico, in years 1951-1952.

3.  Exhibit B:  One color copy of Dan West's name and address in the family guestbook, circa 1952.

4.  Letter with vignettes about Dan West and Sabra's family.

5.  The story of the "henna-haired landlady."

 

 

 

 
Worship Materials: When A Man Meets GodMU2017/34 Bob Wagoner and Shirley Williams write the preface for this collection of worship materials titled, "When A Man Meets God." "One day toward the latter part of the spring term at Manchester College, 1951, two persons walked into the office of the Director of Religious Activities, Prof. T. Wayne Rieman, and quietly began ransacking his worship files"........"This collection of worship materials has primarily been gathered from worship services that have been written and organized by students at Manchester College.  Most of it has been done under the direction and inspiration of Tim Rieman, and our debt of gratitude to him is beyond measure." 

These items in the Church of the Brethren collection may also be helpful:
Click on the record's record number to see the full record information.
TopicRecord #Description Summary
Brethren Volunteer ServiceCOB General File: Brethren Volunteer Service 

"Living the Story, 50 Years of Brethren Volunteer Service," 1998."

Program booklet for the Church of the Brethren, 60th Anniversary BVS (Brethren Volunteer Service) Reunion, Falfurrias, Texas, March 2008, Brethren Service Farm. The booklet contains a history of the Falfurrias Brethren Voluntary Service Project with reports compiled by Pearl Whitcher and Anna Patrick.  Booklet Committee: Nelson Yoder & Stanley Bittinger.

  • List of pastors and other church leaders - Falfurrias, Texas.
  • List of Brethren Service Project Volunteers from the first unit in 1948.
  • Falfurrias BVS Volunteers and interested persons mailing list accurate as of May, 2008.
  • Copies of historical photographs.
  • Description of 2008 reunion.

See Also: Oak Leaves 15 September 1960 p.2; 17 September 1964 p.1; 28 January 1965 p.1. 

See also:  Volunteer services.

 
Church of the BrethrenChurch of the Brethren: Additional Information For more information about the Church of the Brethren, see also: Central Region, Civilian Public Service; Compulsory Military Service; Conscientious Objection; Faculty/Staff Garver, Earl; Michigan District, Northeastern Ohio District, Northern Illinois and Wisconsin District, Northern Indiana District, Northwestern Ohio/Northern Ohio District, Peace Periodicals List; Relief and Rehabilitation; South/Central Indiana District, Southern Illinois District, Southern Ohio District; Tax (War); Typhoid Epidemic; Volunteer services; Wartime; individual congregations. 
Church of the Brethren: Indiana Cooperative Board and Congregational RecordsBC2018/23 Box Two Records of the Indiana Cooperative Board composed of Church of the Brethren Districts of Northern, Middle, and Southern Indiana (1952 - 1973 incomplete).  Detailed records and statistics of Middle Indiana Church of the Brethren congregations, 1911- 1945. Materials related to the proposed merger of the COB Middle and Southern Indiana Districts. South Central Indiana congregational historical materials, newsletters, and district conference information. An assortment of other Indiana congregational and district materials related to organizations, meetings, congregations and workshops. L. W. Shultz Otho Winger biography, Letter from Warsaw, Poland, interview with M. R. Zigler, etc.  
Church of the Brethren: Journey in Jesus WayBC2017/27 "Journey in Jesus' Way," original interviews and some footage, by videographer, David Sollenberger, in which members of the Church of the Brethren share their faith on many topics. 
Church of the Brethren: Materials AssortmentBC2018/2 

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 AssortmentBC2018/6 

A variety of materials regarding the Church of the Brethren collected during the ages. "Academy for Church Leadership," Summer Intensive, 1987 - "Volunteer Service in the Local Church," featuring New Windsor BVS class with Dan West - 1987 newsletter from the COB Washington Office featuring Ronald Reagan and the Central American Peace Agreement - 1988 newsletter from the COB Washington Office featuring, "Civil Rights at Critical Juncture" - Minutes of District Meeting of Northern Illinois and Wisconsin, 1902, 1908,1940, 1954, 1955, 1960 - "Jesus Christ - Our Hope," Indiana Brethren Young Adult Retreat, 1976 (Warstler, Carter) - Three year Reading Course for Licensed Ministers - Eldership Ordination1965, Manchester/Liberty Mills COB.

 
Compulsory Military ServiceBC2003/8 

Compulsory Military Service Article Collection, including:

"Atom Bomb May Kill Draft Issue" Chicago Daily News 16 October 1945

"Atom Boosts G.I.'s Value" Chicago Daily News 17 October 1945

 
Compulsory Military Service Materials BC2004/23 

Letter to Harry S. Truman regarding compulsory military service from historic peace churches.

Weaver, E. Paul.  "From UMT to Peace."

Weaver, E. Paul. "Keep America Free from Military Regimentation."

Weaver, E. Paul.  Untitled document.

 
Compulsory Military Service PamphletBC2004/29 Compulsory Military Service: Fellowship of Reconciliation pamphlet 
Compulsory Military Service Postcard CollectionBC2003/3 

L. W. Shultz Compulsory Military Service Postcard Collection:

 

1-4    BW political cartoon protesting compulsory military service.  Circa 1948.  Produced by Brethren Service Commission, General Brotherhood Board.  Unused cards.

5-13    Quote from Hitler's Mein Kampf regarding compulsory military service.  Circa 1948.  Produced by Brethren Service Commission, General Brotherhood Board.  Unused cards.

 
Royer, Donald, DissertationBC2004/1 

Donald Royer dissertation, "The Acculturation Process and the Peace Doctrine of the Church of the Brethren in the Central Region of the United States." 

 
Smith, Todd: Brethren PeopleBrethren People File: Smith, Todd Clipping from August 1978 Messenger, "God Can Be Found At Church Camp," by Todd Smith, a BVSer from the Akron, Indiana, congregation.  
 


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