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Accession #BC2003/5
TopicChurch of the Brethren: Postcards
KeywordsShultz, Church of the the Brethren History,
TitleMural History of the Church of the Brethren Postcard Collection
Size12 cards
LocationPhotograph Collection-Postcards
CitationMural History of the Church of the Brethren Postcard Collection, BC2003/5, 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

Postcards are unused.  Each is a photograph of one panel of the 12-panel series.  

1    Panel One, 1708-1729, The Church of the Brethren Begins in Germany.

2    Panel Two, 1719-1723, The Church of the Brethren Begins in America.

3    Panel Three, 1723-1728, The Church Becomes Missionary.

4    Panel Four, 1729-1774, From the Coming of Mack to the Saurs.

5    Panel Five, 1774-1810, Persecution and the Westward Movement.

6    Panel Six, 1811-1850, From George Wolfe to John Kline.

7    Panel Seven, 1851-1876, The Awakening of the Church.

8    Panel Eight, 1877-1894, A World Outlook - Evangelism and Missions.

9    Panel Nine, 1895-1908, Colleges, Publications, Seminary, China.

10    Panel Ten, 1909-1923, Church Boards, World War I, Africa.

11    Panel Eleven, 1924-1948, Youth Movement, World War II, Brethren Service.

12    Panel Twelve, 1948-2008, The Church of the Brethren in an Atomic Age.

Date of AccessionUnknown
Bio History Note

Note from back of postcard....

The 12 panels comprising the Mural History of the Church of the Brethren were painted during the period 1944-1949 by Medford D. Neher.  each panel is 5 1/2 feet high and 15 feet long.  The giant painting is housed in the Quinter-Miller Auditorium at Camp Mack, Milford, Indiana.

Archivist Note

Description prepared 26 June 2003 last updated 15 April 2007 by Sara L. Smith and updated 11 December by Jeanine M. Wine.

 


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