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Accession #MC2004/7
TopicCollege Avenue: Postcards
KeywordsLocal History, Buildings,
TitleOversized College Avenue Postcard Collection
Size11 postcards
LocationSanctum Photograph File Folder Drawers in order of accession number
CitationOversized College Avenue Postcard Collection, MC2004/7, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceUnknown, except item 6, Bertha Shoemaker; item 10, Ida Fields Neff; item 11, Diana Hegel Rapp.
Scope and Content

All postcards are 11 x 3.5"

NumberDescriptionIdentification
1-6Drawing of campus, from along College Avenue, in four colors.  Unused postcards, but folded down centers.Labeled on front:  Manchester College, North Manchester, Ind.  Item 6 labeled on back:  Belonged to Bertha Shoemaker.  Given to M.C. by Julia Gingerich via Orrel Little '72.
7Same as 1-6, but used.  Very creased down center.Note reads in part:  Dear Glen;-Just received your letter.  Don't feel very well, kind of a head-ache and tired..."Peggy"  Sent from North Manchester, Ind. on 12 June 1930, to Mr. Glen Anspaugh in Edgerton, Ohio.
8Same as 1-6, but used.  Folded down center.Note reads in part:  Dear Mom, Here in No. Manchester new Post Office.  Had chocolate sundae...Love, Dick.  Sent to Mrs. R.E. Cortright in South Bend, Indiana.
9Same as 1-6, but used.  Note reads in part:  Shall send you a [?] at my workshop this summer.  One more week then I go camping in Mich., Wis., & Minn...Sent from Warsaw, Ind. on 22 June 1933, to Miss Georgia Chamberlain in Akron, Ohio.
10-11Black and white photograph with tinting of Ikenberry Hall, Bumgardner Hall, and College Chapel. Unused postcards.Labeled on front:  Copyrighted 1910 by J.E. Crill, North Manchester, Ind. Manchester College, North Mancheter, Ind.  Item 10 labeled on back:  From the scrapbook of Ida Fields Neff '20.  Item 11 labeled on back:  Philip Hegel, daughter Diana Hegel Rapp.

Date of AccessionUnknown
Archivist Note

Provenance: Unknown, except item 6, Bertha Shoemaker; item 10, Ida Fields Neff; item 11, Diana Hegel Rapp.

Date of Accession: Unknown.

Description prepared 2 March 2003 by Sara L. Smith.  Last updated 02 February 2004. Jeanine Wine moved the location 21 August 2017.

 


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