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TopicAccession #Description Summary
Advancement: VHS Tape and Other AssortmentMU2013/152, 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.

 
Board of Trustees: Issues Surrounding Winger's RetirementMU2017/99 Minutes of the Board of Trustees and Executive Board of Manchester College, 1929 - 1930's incomplete. History surrounding the final years of Otho Winger's presidency. 
Books: With Significant MemoriesMU2013/88 Special Books - The publications in this collection have a special relationship with Manchester University and with the Church of the Brethren. Books belong to MC presidents, alumni, faculty/staff. Some contain special inscriptions by authors or donors. Some have poetry or articles written by associates of MC. 
Buildings List Buildings List This is a somewhat dated list of building on campus but it shares some pertinent information. 
Centennial: Historical Slides and ImagesMU2014/45 A,B A group of slides and scanned images focusing on the historical figures and events that formed Manchester College and shaped Manchester University. 
Convocation #551: VHS Tape and Digital CopyMU2013/152, #27 A Celebration of FiftyYears of Peace Studies at Manchester College, Convocation #551, presented on 5 October 1998.  This convo followed a presentation made by Dr. Arias, former president of Costa Rica and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, on 2 October 1998. 
Dean's Scholarship MC2009/24 incorporated into MU2012/117 

Various types of scholarship announcements, large formatted checks and names of recipients from Academic Year 1995 - 1996, Dean's Scholarship, newsclippings.  Scholarship Information Assortment. 

 
Manchester College: Photograph AlbumMC2007/39 A photograph album containing photographs of Manchester College faculty and staff as well as pictures from theatrical productions/plays ranging from 1916 through 1965-1966. 
Mount Morris College: Anniversary BookletMU2013/26 A booklet commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Mt. Morris College, Illinois.  Brief history of Rock River Seminary and Mount Morris College. 
Mount Morris College: Neff, Ida Fields, Postcard CollectionMC2003/352  

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.

 
Mount Morris College: Photograph CollectionMC2004/212 

Identified photographs 1912 and 1913.

 
Mount Morris: Historic Memorabilia and RecordsMC2012/51 A varied and extensive collection that includes interesting materials from Mount Morris College. 
Multicultural and International PhotographsMU2014/17 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. 
Neher, O. W.: Photographs Biology Dpt. and Hall of ScienceMC2009/53 

O. W. Neher photographs: Biology Department Photos and Hall of Science Dedicatory Materials.

 
Neher, OscarMU2019/40 The Oscar Neher Mount Morris College and Manchester College Collection 
Neher, Oscar: ArtworkMC2012/45 Hand-drawn artwork by Oscar W. Neher for Mount Morris College annual publication circa 1929. 
Neher, Oscar: Lesson Plans and PapersMC2002/104o 

Oscar Warner Neher taught at Mount Morris College from 1924 until it merged with Manchester College in 1932.  He was the only faculty member that transferred to Manchester College, where he taught biology from 1932 until 1954. Following is a list of folders containing lesson plans and papers for Neher's courses.

 
Organizations: Pledge BookMU2012/33 A handwritten book of pledges starting with the date of September 1920. 
Orpurt, Philip: Biology Department NotebookMU2014/148 Dr. Philip A. Orpurt presents the history of the Biology department at Manchester College (1894 - 2005).  His notebook includes humorous stories about Emerson Niswander, provides photographs of instructors, preserves memorabilia, and documents the construction of the new Science Center in 2005. 
Otho Winger: Native AmericanMC BULLETIN, Vol 73, 1980-81  

"Indians Revere memory of Otho Winger," MC BULLETIN, Vol 73, 1980-81 Calendar year.

 
Peace Studies, Fifty Years: Arias, OscarMU2015/151 wave sound Sponsored by the Ropchan Endowment, fifty years of Peace Studies at Manchester College is celebrated with speaker, Dr. Oscar Arias,  former president of Costa Rica, and Nobel Laureate for his work to effect peace in Central America. 
Photographs: Faculty and StaffMC2010/71 

Slides of Faculty and Staff 1951 - 1963 and beyond into the President Robinson Era.

 
Photographs: Media and Public Relations, January 1998 - May 2000 - Part 2MC2012/36b 

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

 
Presidents: Photograph CollectionMC2003/105 Photographs of the Presidents of Manchester University - oversized collection.  Also included are the photographs of the Chinese Wedding performed by President Winger. 
Scholarships: Names and LocationMU2012/117 Master File 

Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. 

 
Scholarships: Names and LocationMU2012/117 File Folders #3, #4 Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. Information related to the 1980's and 1990's through the 2000's. 
Scholarships: Names and LocationMU2012/117 File Folders #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40 Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. 
Scholarships: Names and LocationMU2012/117 File Folders #41, #42, #43, #44, #45, #46, #47, #48, #49, #50 Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations. 
Schwalm, Vernon: Corresondence Folders 54 - 61 MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 54 - 61 Correspondence between Otho Winger and Vernon Schwalm. Included in this assortment is the controversy over the fate of Mount Morris College, a discussion started years prior to its merger with Manchester College.  Unpublished letters describing Schwalm's reaction to the conditions surrounding the merger of these two institutions. Winger's final years as president and his trials and tribulations. Personal reflections upon colleagues and institutional politics as he leaves the school in the hands of his former student, Schwalm. 
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 21-44MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 21- 44 The materials in these folders were identified, probably by Schwalm, as "confidential files." They contain personal, College, and Church of the Brethren related correspondence.  
Schwalm, Vernon: Correspondence Folders 45-53 MC2006/13: Schwalm's Confidential Files - Folders 45-53 

Schwalm's materials surrounding President Otho Winger and family, including Otho's funeral service and tribute to Oscar Winger. Letters regarding Schwalm's book on Otho Winger. Assorted correspondence with Dan West, Gladdys Muir and others.

 
Thompson, RobertMU2018/89 The Manchester College related photograph collection of Robert Thompson (MC 1934). These photographs give a glimpse at student life between 1930-1934, and an aerial view of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference at Manchester College held during the summer of 1929. 
Vice President: Box 6Vice President's Box: #6 

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

 
Winger, J. Oscar Faculty/Staff Boxes 46-48: Winger, Oscar 

Materials regarding J. Oscar Winger, Manchester College alumnus, including but not limited to:

  • 1947 obituary.

For material relating to J. Oscar Winger, see: Gospel Messenger, 6 September 1947 p.16

 
Winger, Otho: Peace, Temperance, and TobaccoMC2006/13: File Folder Case - Peace and Temperance  

What appear to be President Otho Winger's files on Alcohol and Tobacco which he labeled "Peade and Temperance."  Some of the materials were addressed to Mrs. Oscar Winger, his brother's wife.

 
Winger, Otho: RetirementMU2017/100 Correspondence between Otho Winger and colleagues 1915 - 1941.  These letters explain the tribulations of Winger's last years as president of Manchester College. 
Winger, Otho: State Official LettersMC2006/13: File Folder Case - State Official Letters 

President Winger's correspondence with the State of Indiana as he strives to certify Manchester as a "standard college." This involves heavy financial requirements.These letters also deal with State of Indiana requirements for teaching certifications. The story behind the abandoning of the Academy. Corresondence 1917 - 1928.

 
Winger, President Otho: CollectionMC2010/200 

Manchester College and Church of the Brethren related letters, pamphlets, photographs, Sunday school records, newspaper articles, interesting pieces of local and national history, diaries, wedding invitations, datebooks, publication agreements, resumes of applicants from the Albert Teaching Agency and more.

 

These items in the Church of the Brethren collection may also be helpful:
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TopicRecord #Description Summary
Church of the Brethren: Materials AssortmentBC2018/7 

A variety of COB related materials: COB "Agenda" (1978) with articles, Prepare Now for Possible Resumption of the Draft, What Would You Do if Your Loved Ones Were Threatened by Violence?, Keep America Free from Military Regimentation, a Warning to America, by E. Paul Weaver - 1909, program of Joint Sunday School Meeting of Howard, Flora, Upper and Lower Deer Creek School - Statistics and trends within the Regions of the COB (circa 1954) - Report of Women's Work -  G. Lehman letter to 1953 Standing Committee - Minutes of the South Central District Board (1972) - Planning for District Conference 1969 - Information probably for new book on Indiana COB History - History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana with dates of conception, location, moves, and 1991 activity of COB congregations - 1922-1927 Statistical Notebook with reports on Indiana Ministers and evangelists, church locations, congregational membership gains/losses/, ministerial statistics (sisters licensed, men licensed, year)/minister losses -Daniel Miller and descendants - "Brethren Connection to American Communal Groups" - "Divisions In the German Baptist Brethren Church" - "The Dunkard Dozen (1929)" who received advanced education - Report of the Committee on National Service to the World Ministries Commission (1972) - Indiana Church of the Brethren history gathered for writing of new book, including: congregational membership  in South/Central Indiana (1991), history of the Mississinewa Church, biographies of Elder D. P. Shively, Elder Elias Caylor, the death of James Quinter.

 
South Central District: Collection of MaterialsBC2014/10a-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.

 
 


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