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Accession #MC2004/384
TopicManchester College Postcard Collection
KeywordsBaccalaureate, Commencement, Organizations, Clubs, Mission, Drama, Theater, ,
TitleManchester College Postcard Collection
Size66 postcards in protective sleeves
LocationPhoto Boxes 151
CitationManchester College Postcard Collection, MC2004/384, 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.
Scope and Content

 DescriptionIdentification
1Crowd of people standing in front of Chapel building, pre-1921.Labeled on back:  The Buckeye Sprouts, North Manchester, Ind.
2Group of men and women standing on sidewalk near College Avenue.  One man has camera on tripod.Same as item 1.
3Group of men and women standing around campfire in wooded area.Labeled on back:  Ohio group?
4Group of men and women posed for photograph taken inside unidentified building.  Holding Lima, Ohio and Manchester College pennants.None.
5Group of men and women posed for photograph taken inside unidentified building.  Holding Ohio pennant.Labeled on back:  Ohio group.  Darke Co, OH group (student organization on MC campus).
6Group of men, women, children around campfire in wooded area.Sent to Naomi Miller in Columbiana, Ohio, in 1915.  From Elsie Miller.
7Similar to item 6. Fifth person from left, standing, is Della Lehman.Labeled on back:  Ohio group.
8Similar to item 3.Labeled on back:  Ohio group?
9Group of men and women posed for photograph in front of original library building (now Communications Center).Labeled on front:  Adelphian M.C. '15.
10Group of men and women posed for photograph outside. Holding pennants reading Adelphian.Labeled on back: Adelphian.
11Five men preparing to have a footrace.  One man holding starter's pistol.Labeled on front:  Track Team.  Sent to Wm. A. Ebey in New Madison, Ohio, in 1916.
12Group of women in uniform, posed for photograph with basketball labeled '19.Labeled on back:  Middle row--2nd from left--Ruth Minnich Neher.  1919 Aurora.
13Car with banner attached to back, reading "Manchester College Glee Club."Labeled on back:  At the Garrett home.
14Group of men and women posed for photograph in unidentified room.  Labeled on front:  Glee Clubs 23-4.  Labeled on back:  Cora's Glee Clubs M.C.
15Yard between College Avenue and Administration Building.  Large line of men and women on sidewalk.Labeled on front:  Students leaving chapel.
16Group of men posed for photograph in unidentified room.Labeled on front:  Y.M.C.B. [Young men's Christian Band].
17Group of men and women posed for photograph on steps of original library building (now Communications Center).  Many in plain dress.Labeled on front:  Volunteer Mission Band M.C. '15.
18Group of women and girls in white dresses.  Two men playing piano.Labeled on back:  May Day.  CEB.
19Group of women posed for photograph inside unidentified room.  Many in plain dress.Labeled on back:  Front row:  Pearl White Groff, Esther Beahm, Ida Shumaker, Winnie Cripe; 2nd row: Trude Mishler, Lila Brubaker, Cora Stahley.  4th row:  Anna Beahm Mow, Esther Eisenbise Beahm, Ora Hale Yohn, Edith Weybright Huber.  5th row:  Lola Bechtel Helser, Ida Metzger.  The Buckeye Sprouts, North Manchester, Ind.
20Group of 8 men and women standing near Bumgardner Hall.Labeled on back:  1. Ora Hale 2. Fish 3. Cora Heestand 4. Nellie Wondergem 5. Fannie Smith 6. Harold Jay.  The Buckeye Sprouts, North Manchester, Ind.
21Group of women eating in unidentified room.  4th from left is Edith Yaney Shafer, seventh from left is Della Lehman.None.
22-26Women dressed up as members of wedding party.  Della Lehman and Edith Yaney Shafer are both present.None.
27Women gathered around campfire in front of unidentified building.  Third from left is Elsie Miller, eighth from left is Edith Yaney Shafer.None.
28Portrait of four women.Labeled on front:  Sadie W. [Sadie Wampler], Nora Witmer, Alma Weddle, Miss Davis
29Portrait of womanLabeled on back:  Edna Phillips
30Two men in what may be a residence hall room.Labeled on back:  Dan Bright.  Daniel Webster Bright, father of Don Bright-1952.
31Portrait of a man and woman.Labeled on back:  Mr. and Mrs. Clair Tuttle, married June 4, 1925.
3215 women posed on the steps of Oakwood's porch [?]Labeled on back:  Ikenberry, Shively, Thayer, Gump, Davenport, Smith, Sellers, Metzler, Minnick, Kessler, Troup, Domer, Miller, Early.  1911-1912.
33Group of men and women with picnic items, posed for photograph in wooded area.None.
34Maypole dance.CEB
35Men and women in a kitchen preparing a meal.None.
36Men and women posed on the steps of brick building.  Some dressed in commencement robes, many in plain dress.None.
37Group of men acting in a play.None.
38Group of men and women acting in a play.None.
39Group of women posed for photograph in unidentified room.  Many in plain dress.None.
40Group of women acting in a play.None.
41Group of men and women acting in a play.None.
42Group of men and women acting in a play.None.
43Woman posed for photograph in front of brick building.  Dressed in commencement robe.None.
44Group of women posed for photograph in wooded area.  Holding pennant.None.
45Group of men, women, and children posed for photograph outdoors.None.
46Group of men and women posed for photograph on steps of brick building (might be on Mt. Morris campus).  Holding Waterloo pennant.None.
47Group of women dressed in aprons, posed for photograph behind counter with equipment of some kind (burners?).None.
48Group of men and women posed for photograph on steps of unidentified building. Second row, second from left is Anna Beahm Mow.  Fourth and fifth from left are Florence and V. F. Schwalm.None.
49Four women wearing white dresses, holding music.None.
50Large group of men and women posed for photograph in front of Administration Building.  First row includes many faculty members.  Some people dressed in commencement robes.None.
51Similar to item 47.None.
52Three men posed for photograph in what may be a residence hall room.None.
53Portrait of man.Labeled on back:  Miss Miller [addressed to her]
54Portrait of woman.None.
55Portrait of woman.  Labeled on front:  Rice's Studio, North Manchester.
56Portrait of woman.Labeled on front:  Rice's Studio, North Manchester.
57Portrait of woman.None.
58Portrait of woman.None.
59Portrait of woman.Labeled on front:  Rice's Studio, North Manchester.
60Portrait of woman.None.
61Portrait of woman.None.
62Portrait of woman.  May be Mattie Cunningham Dolby.None.
63Portrait of woman.Labeled on back:  Elsie Miller [addressed to her, not a portrait of her].
64Portrait of woman.None.
65Portrait of woman.Labeled on front:  Rice's Studio, North Manchester, Indiana.
66Portrait of woman.None.

Date of AccessionUnknown
Bio History Note
Anna Beahm Mow graduated in 1918 with a BA.  She died in 1985.
Esther Beahm Hoff graduated in 1921 with a BA.
Lola Bechtel Helser graduated in 1919 with a BA.  She died in 1986.
Daniel Webster Bright was a member of the class of 1917.
Don Emerson Bright graduated with a BS in 1952.
Lila Brubaker graduated in 1920 with a BA.
Esther Eisenbise Beahm graduated in 1918 with a BA.  She died in 1984.
Fannie Frantz Smith graduated in 1926 with a Normal degree.
Ora Hale Yohn graduated in 1919 with a BA.
Cora Heestand Fisher graduated in 1919 with a BA.  She died in 1969.
Ida Metzger graduated in 1919 with a BA.  She died in 1980.
Cora Miller Stahly was a member of the class of 1900.  She died in 1971.
Naomi Miller graduated in 1925 with a BA.
Trude Mishler Irvin graduated in 1919 with a BA.
Ruth Minnich Neher graduated with a BA in 1919.
Alma Weddle Studebaker was a member of the class of 1908.  She died in 1946.
Edith Weybright Huber graduated in 1919 with a BA.  She died in 1986.
Pearl White Groff Yost was a member of the class of 1915.
Nellie Wondergem was a member of the class of 1921.
Archivist Note

Description prepared 4 April 2004, updated 05 April 2004 by Sara L. Smith, and last updated 29 September 2014 by Jeanine M. Wine.

 


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