MC2011/235 a- located in Large Box 26b

1.  Booklet about Tall Oaks, a history from March, 1970 - March, 1995. "A Short History of Tall Oaks Celebrating 25 Years of Tradition as President's Residence at Manchester College," by Patricia Kennedy Helman.

2.  Memo from David Yeatter, Treasurer and Business Manager to President A. Blair Helman dated 23 March 1970.  An up to date financial report on the building and furnishing of Tall Oaks.

3.  Memo from President Helman to David Yeatter dated 31 January 1969 talking about a check received from John D. Rockefeller 3rd as a gift to the President's Residence.

4.  Photographs of architect's drawing and plans for the home.

5.  Evaluation of the painting by J. P. Marsh that was a gift to the President's Residence from the Peabody Estate. Evaluation by Max Allen along with photograph of the painting.

MC2011/235b is located in MC General File: Faculty/Staff, along with files on the Manchester College Presidents - Marden

1.  2003-2004 Manchester Philanthropy magazine, excerpt, "The Marden Years: Reflections upon a most remarkable presidency."

2.  Article from North Manchester News Journal, 1 December 2004, "Sense of Self Becomes Parker Marden's Legacy."

7.  Biographical article about Parker Marden.

MC2011/235c -   Located in Vault - Box Containing Inaugural Materials of President Jo Young Switzer -identified with accession numbers - Invitation from President Jo Young Switzer to A. Blair Helman and Pat Helman to attend President Jo's inauguration installation service.

4.  Photocopy from the MEMO, 7 February 2006 with Presidet Jo Young Switzer and A. Blair Helman looking over a scrapbook presented to Kay Batdorf.

5.  Note to A. Blair Helman from President Jo Young Switzer about a book that the Council of Independent Colleges published for its 50th anniversary.  Photocopy of A. Blair's response. 

6.  Unsigned letter to Dr. Jo Young Switzer from A. Blair Helman congratulating her upon becoming the 14th president of Manchester College.

8.  Newspaper articles about Jo Young Switzer assuming presidency following Parker Marden.

9.  "A Time for Celebration," a booklet elebrating the inauguration of Jo Young Switzer.

Katie Hill is the youngest daughter of Bunny Helman.

Excerpt below from copy of Helman's letter to President Jo Young Switzer:

Thank you very much for sending me a copy of the beautiful book which the Council of Independent Colleges published for its 50th anniversary.  .... I was acquainted with the council for the Advancement of Small Colleges (CASC), the predecessor to CIC, which was organized to help its members raise money and win regional accreditation.  Since the Church of the Brethren colleges were all accredited and were members of the Association of American Colleges, we became members of the Council of Protestant Colleges and Universities, made up of colleges related to mainline churches that were members of the National Council of Churches.  When CIC expanded its mission, we all became members. 

During the six months in 1967, when I served as Chairman and Interim President of CPCU, I spent every other week in Washington, D.C. and attended meetings of the Washington Secretariat chaired by Logan Wilson, president of the American Council of Education.  I knew Alexander W. Astin, Conrad Hillberry, Harold L. Hodgkinson, Morris Keeton, Clark Kerre, Gary H. Quehl, Nesbitt Sanford, G. Kerry Smith, and others mentioned in the book.  I worked with Frank Sparks, the founder of the Associated Colleges of Indiana, the first cooperative statewide association of independent colleges in the nation.