| Topic | Accession # | Description Summary |
| Admissions: Posters | MC2009/71 | MC2009/71-V,ta: Posters. 1981, "Junior Visitation Day," and (no year) "Juniors in High School, Your Invitation to Manchester College, April 28." |
| Advancement: VHS Tape and Other Assortment | MU2013/152, 1-34 - Formerly ROOctober2012/31 | VHS tapes and cassette tapes documenting significant events on the Manchester College campus, including Step Up to the Future (1987) as part of the Centennial Campaign. Focus on the college's Centennial year. Brochures on the Ministry Training Institute and Training in Ministry. Church of the Brethren pamphlets, some authored by faculty or alumni of Manchester College. |
| Alford, Steve | MC2009/71-SP:Sports | Steve Alford posters. |
| Alumni Affairs: Miscellaneous Collection | MU2016/52 | DVDs - (1) "The Friends of Manchester College Golf Outing, Looking Back on 15 Years" (1990 forward). (2) the Manchester experience, preparing graduates to think deeply and critically, with attention to the benefits of the Auburn Golf Outing. Video clips - Student Union (now Jo Young Switzer Center) renovation, time- elapsed photography of construction. Church of the Brethren relations - programs from the Alumni Luncheons at Church of the Brethren Annual Conferences 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006. Alumni Directory (1939) with notes. Alumni Directory 1960. Class of 1951 Senior Recognition Day program. Notecard prints of watercolors campus buildings by Deb Hammond (MC Class of 1992). Programs; Athletic Hall of Fame - luncheon and induction ceremony 2000 - "M" Club induction (undated) - Citation for the 1994-1995 Basketball Team (Athletic Hall of Fame 2000). 1941 - 1991 Golden Anniversary booklet for the Class of 1941. 1999 Alumni Day Banquet program, with Honor Award recipients, and Golden Anniversary of Class of 1949. 2001 and 2002 Alumni Day Banquet program. Manchester College song written by Lucile Klinger and Henrietta Wassman. "Bulletin" focusing on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barry Goldwater visits. |
| 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. |
| Cable, Miriam Weybright: Collection of Manchester College Materials | MU2013/139 | Collection of Miriam Weybright Cable, Manchester College Class of 1939. |
| Centennial Campaign: President Robinson's Files | MU2020/10 | President Robinson's Centennial Campaign materials. |
| Convocation #191: Deavel, Dr. Gary, "A Birthday Bouquest for Sebastian," 1985 | Convocation #191: Gary Deavel, 1985 | A recital by Dr. Gary Deavel. Not all pieces are by Bach, but the entire recital is in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach. |
| 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 . |
| Cordier, Andrew W.: Memorial Service | MC2011/19 | Memorial service for Dr. Andrew W. Cordier. Participants include President Helman, Rev. David Rogers and Dr. Gary Deavel, organist. |
| Deavel, Gary: Manchester Variations | MC2005/6 | Spiral bound copy of score, "Manchester Variations," by Dr. Gary Deavel. |
| Deavel: Manchester Variations | MC2011/139 | Musical score composed by Dr. Gary Deavel for Robert Jones and the Manchester Symphony Orchestra. |
| Deeter, Al: Personal Collection | MU2018/55 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. |
| Earth Day: Poster | MC2009/71, File Folder MC2009/71-E: Events on Campus | Poster for Earth Day, "Go Plant a Tree!!!, Earthday Celebration 20 years." |
| Eberly, William: Office Files | MU2014/107 | Materials from Bill Eberly's files that describe his educational history, the development of Manchester's Environmental Science and public school educational programs, the history of Koinonia, syllabi, student notes (confidential), research data on Indiana and other lakes, Cordier biographical material, Indiana history, and Manchester College quips. |
| Experts List | MC2009/71: Folder MC2009/71-V: Various | Folder MC2009/71-V: Various - Poster for "Beat the Deadline." Receive information from Manchester College faculty about many topics. |
| Faculty and Staff, A-Z: Photographs | MC2003/225 | Large Faculty Photograph Collection including but not limited to: Photograph of Manchester College alumus, Wangdi Sherpa. Photo with Dr. William Eberly. Carl Caldwell and parents during parent's weekend, 1978 - 1979. Richard Nixon headline in newspaper with students and Stan Davis, Speech and Drama. Foodservice. Go to accession page to view listing of this assortment of faculty and staff pictures. |
| Faculty Photograph Collection | Two Large Boxes: Photo Shelves | Photographs of faculty. This is a large list of faculty and a large collection of pictures. |
| Faculty, Trustee and Early Photographs | MU2014/13 | Photographs of many faculty members from what appears to be the early 1900's as well as the 1950's and 1960's. A few other pictures showing trustees, the MC Chorus' oratorio of 1912, and various student groupings. |
| Faculty/Staff Photographs | Photograph Box 142 | Many faculty and staff photographs from the beginning of the 1900's forward. |
| Forensics | MC2001/110 | Detailed description of two Forensics boxes filled with materials. Included are newspaper articles, scrapbook, manuscripts from oratorical contests written by MC students: Fujii, Butler, Thomas, Childs, Dye, Mendenhall, Hoffman...and much, much more. |
| Forensics and Debate | MC2010/173a,b,c,d | MC2010/173a: The history of Debate at Manchester College by Dr. Larry Underberg. Other materials include Forensices-Debate History lists of members taken from yearbooks 1910 - 1983 MC2010/173b: An article about a triangular inter-collegiate debate between Goshen College, Mr. Morris College and Manchester College, from the "Oak Leaves." (undated) MC2010/173c: Department of Communication Studies and Manchester Forensics Union recognize Gary B. Moughler, Kirby Van Vliet, Daniet M. Nickels, Sarah B. Ladd and Amy Graber, for outstanding performance in Public Address, November 1994. Department of Communication Studies and Manchester Forensics Union recognize Lejla Kucukalic, Sami Bradfield and Jen Patterson for outstanding performance in Public Address, 1995. MC2010/173d: Evaluation forms and guidelines for oral interpretation and debate. |
| Friermood, David: Collection | MU2016/15 | Materials collected by and related to David Friermood. Also, information on campus buildings and presidents. Retirement photographs of Friermood, Pat Weller, and Linda Richards. Videos: Eel River Dam Removal, 2005 Alumni Honors Banquet, 2004 A Cappella Alumni Concert, 2004 Wine Recital Hall Dedication, 2004 Honors Convocation 2004.
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| Helman: Presidental Correspondence, Administrative Finance, Dean's Correspondence | MU2020/6 | Helman correspondence, CONFIDENTIAL Student Affairs materials (1964-1976), newsletters and programs related to the Manchester Ambassadors, a group whose focus is estate planning (1966-1975), CONFIDENTIAL files from the Director of Deferred Giving and Special Gifts (1969-1977), files of the Public Relations, Deferred-Giving Committee. Administrative finance concerns campaign preparedness studies, pay raises, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Equitable Life Assurance Society, and comprehensive business insurance [For a more detailed list, click on accession number, middle column, to link to the finding aid]. Files from the Dean - span the very end of Schwalm’s career as president (Spring 1956), forward. |
| Howe, Francis O. | Faculty Staff Boxes: Howe, Francis O. | Francis was the second son of first College President David Howe and David's first wife, Delilah. Francis (Frank) was an instrumental music teacher at Manchester College 1899-1900. Frank was also the Inventor/founder of the Howe Vacuum Bait Company. |
| Ikenberry Hall Photographs | Photo Box 106, Buildings, Ikenberry Hall | An assortment of photographs of Ikenberry Hall and the gentlemen who resided there. |
| Manchester College Collection: Collected by Ferne Baldwin | MU2013/155 | Dr. William Robinson speaks at Pike Creek COB (1990), Centennial Celebration auction, Dagny Boebel offers Shakespeare course, David Eicher gives recital (1990), "The Glass Menagerie" (1990), “Good Health and Quality Health Care” workshop, IN State graduate degree to Robert Plummer, Mary Bombich and James Clark in "Hamlet," Dr. R. H. Miller officiates at Guthrie funeral service,Du Pont awards two grants (1963), Carol Stubbs in "Hamlet," Ed Johnston in "Fantasticks," Martha Smeltzer in "Hamlet," City schools employ MC graduates (report by Howard Book), MC appreciates community support (1995), "Oak Leaves" theft of papers and return (1975), Lynn Baker, Howard Sollenberger, A. Blair and Pat Helman, art shows, Public Programs, COB events on campus, new phone system, Charolotte Schutz Deavel, Doris Garey books, Deeter (Religion vs. Christian Tradition requirements), grade change policy (1996), Perry Graham/Peace Center, Nuclear Warfare, Men and Women's Soccer newspaper clippings.
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| Multicultural and International Photographs | MU2014/17 | A variety of photographs documenting multicultural activities including the International Dinner, International Bazaar, College Vision Day, AAFRO House events, the Black Student Union, the Manchester College International Association, Hispanos Unidos, Brethren Colleges Abroad, special speakers, along with a wealth of identified pictures of student participants. |
| Music, Drama and Visiting Artistis: Posters | MC2009/71 | 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. |
| Negatives: Images | MU2018/45 | A variety of negatives and scanned images from the MC Publications Department. Pictures appear to illustrate the 1970's. Topics include: 1978 dedication of Cordier Auditorium with Andrew Young, accompanying reception in Tall Oaks, the 1978 alumni reunion, "Bus Stop" (May Day Play 1978), May Day trike and bike races, instrumental and music related photos, faculty/staff pictures, McFadden family pictures, athletic images including; Soccer, Frisbee, football, track and field, tennis. |
| News Releases: August 2000 - August 2001 | ROSeptember2012/25 | News Releases from Manchester College August 2000 - August 2001, along with partial listing from 16 August 2000 - 27 November 2000. This finding aid is in process. Not all of the releases have been recorded. |
| North Manchester: Historical Figures | Newsletter of the North Manchester Historical Society, Inc. | Eleven issues of the Newsletter of the North Manchester Historical Society, Inc., containing historical information about events and figures of North Manchester. Some of these people are connected to Manchester College. |
| Organ: Dedication | MC General File: Organ | Schedule and program for organ dedication recitals - Cordier Auditorium - 1982. |
| Peace Studies: Student European Tour, circa 1950 | MC2008/117a,b | Wilbur Mullen, Muir letter and Vernier letter regarding student tour to Europe during the summer of 1950 or 1951.
1. MC2008/117a - One letter from Dr. Gladdys Muir, 1959.1
2. MC2008/117b -One letter from Philip Vernier of Belgium circa 1950 - 1951.
3. One letter from Wilbur Mullen to Ken Brown. |
| Petersime, Ray | MU2021/8 | The Ray Petersime collection of conceptual ideas, correspondence, financial contributions, vendor invoices, dedication programs, and photographs, surrounding the visualization and construction of Petersime Chapel. |
| Petersime, Ray: Poland and Post WWII Relief | MU2021/9 | Documents related to Ray Petersime's May 1946 trip to Poland where he delivered hatching eggs to a war torn population, and Petersime's subsequent European relief activities (February 1946 to May 1948). |
| Photographs | MU2013/157 | A conglomeration of decade spanning images reflecting student life and faculty/staff experience at Manchester College. |
| Photographs: Faculty and Staff | MC2003/226 | Faculty/Staff Photograph Collection |
| Photographs: Media and Public Relations, January 1997 - May 2000 - Part 1 | MC2012/36 | Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. January 1997 through December 1997. |
| Photographs: Media and Public Relations, January 1998 - May 2000 - Part 2 | MC2012/36b | Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. January 1998 through December 1998. |
| Photographs: Media and Public Relations, June 2000 - December 2000 - Part 6 | MC2012/36f | Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. June 2000 - December 2000. |
| Photographs: Media and Public Relations, October 2001 - May 2002 - Part 2 | MC2012/36g - Part 2 | Photographs, contact sheets and negatives for the purposes of Media and Public Relations. October 2001 - May 2002. |
| Posters and Articles From Manchester College | MC2009/71,A-V | 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
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| Posters: Events and Scholarship | MC2009/71File MC2009/71-V: Various | Posters about campus events and various scholarships. |
| President's Office | MU2013/103a,b,c | Collection from the Office of Jo Young Switzer, President of Manchester University [CONFIDENTIAL]. |
| Previously Accessioned and Unaccessioned Posters and Articles From Manchester College | MC2009/71 Entire Collection | 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. |
| Public Relations: Assorted Files | MC2009/32 | Assorted Files from Public Relations - 1962 through1998. |
| Public Relations: Collection | MU2014/143 MP4 videos and DVDs | Informational files, news clippings, publications, CDs, DVDs and VHS tapes from the Public Relations Office, various years from 2001 - 2013. Topics include but are not limited to: Jim Adams, teaching awards, dedication College of Pharmacy, Switzer to retire and receives leadership honor, Jennifer Shepherd, Andrea Murray, Eel River watershed, Blair and Pat Helman memorial info, Yom HaShoah, Stacey Morgan, Rainn MacPhail, Beth Sweitzer Riley, Jerry Sweeten, LaFountain Mural, A Cappella tour, Science Center dedication, Switzer inauguration, fire, CASE Professor of the Year, |
| Public Relations: Development, Gifts, Church Relations | MU2020/11 | Helman and Robinson files on Public Relations, Development, Planned Giving, Major Gifts, Church Relations, and other topics. Public Relations Annual Reports, and materials on topics including but not limited to: Mindpower, faculty news, donations, Alumni Association news, church relations, Harshbarger's Business Advisory Group, and wills. |
| Public Relations: News Releases and News Clippings | MU2016/1 | News releases and news clippings 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003. Not all of these releases have been recorded. More work is needed. |
| Public Relations: Photographs | MU2012/81 | Photographs, negatives and contact sheets primarily from 2003. |
| Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media | MU2012/118 | 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: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media | MU2012/120 | Photographs, negatives and other forms of visual media from Public Relations. Most pictures are from 1994 and include students,professors, and campus events such as Homecoming, May Day Weekend and Graduation. |
| 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. |
| Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media | MU2012/127 | Visual media from Public Relations that came from the Administration Building during the office moves of 2012. Photographs include pictures of the members of the administration and Board of Trustees. Special members of the faculty are also recognized with a picture. |
| Public Relations: Photographs, Negatives and Visual Media, | MU2012/124 | Visual media from Public Relations that came from the Administration Building during the office moves of 2012. Many pictures of students, events, and faculty/staff circa the mid to late 1990's. Pictures from other years offer campus scenes, Fall 2003 Service Day at North Mandchester Historical Society, Fun Fest and more. |
| Public Relations: Posters | MC2009/71: 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. |
| Reel-To-Reel Tapes | MC2007/229 | Old Ampex reel-to-reel format tapes including the lectures given by professors such as Gary Deavel, Jim Hollis, John Planer, Steven Batzka, Charles Klinger, James R. C. Adams, and others. The college does not have the equipment necessary to listen to some of these recordings.
In 2009 and 2010 Pittman and his staff were able to digitize some of the recordings that were on particular types of tape. |
| Relief and Rehabilitation: C.P.S. Unit 101, Registrar's Records | MC2004/9 | C.P.S. Unit 101 Registrar's Records along with a brief history and reference material describing the creation of CPS Camp 101 and its sub-camps, of which Manchester College was one. Manchester College's 10-week program was directed locally by Dr. Andrew W. Cordier. The sixty-seventy CPS'ers were chosen by Brethren Service Committee, and the plan was for them to leave the country and begin relief and rehabilitation work immediately after the program's completion. |
| Scholarships: Names and Location | MU2012/117 File Folders #51, #52, #53, #54, #55, #56, #57, #58, #59, #60, #61, #62 | Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. |
| 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. |
| Tall Oaks and Parker Marden and President Jo Young Switzer Collection | MC2011/235 a, b,c | MC2011/235 a: Information about the building of Tall Oaks. MC2011/235b/c: Copies of correspondence between A. Blair Helman and Dr. Jo Young Switzer as well as material related to Helman, President Emeritus,Parker Marden and President Jo Young Switzer. |
| Young, John: Biographical Material | MU2012/32 | Biographical material related to Dr. John F. Young, alumnus, Naval Aviator, Associate Superintendent of the Fort Wayne Community Schools, and Chair of the Board of Trustees. |
