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Accession #MC2012/84
TopicSpectrum
TitleSpectrum: Back-up Copies
LocationArchives (IS) Unit #3
CitationSpectrum: Back-up Copies, MC2012/84, 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.
ProvenanceProfessor Beate Gilliar May 2012
Scope and Content

Beate Gilliar gave copies of the Spectrum from May 1961, Volume 1, Number 1 -  through- 2010. This set was missing years 1963, 1969, 1971, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1996, 1999.  These Copies were combined with pre-existing issues to compose a complete set which is now housed in the Archives' "Sanctum." shelving unit #1.  Other issues are stored in the Inner Sanctum [IS] on Unit #3.

Date of Accession17 May 2012
Bio History Note

Beate Gilliar gave copies of the Spectrum from May 1961, Volume 1, Number 1 -  through- 2010. This set was missing years 1963, 1969, 1971, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1996, 1999.  These Copies were combined with pre-existing issues to compose a complete set which is now housed in the Archives' "Sanctum." shelving unit #1.  Other issues are stored in the Inner Sanctum [IS] on Unit #3.

The archivist found a small clipping lying about the Archives with no mention of source.  It felt reasonable to retype part of it here. [Clipping now in MC General File in folder titled: Spectrum ] "By the 1970s, "Spectrum" became a once-a-year publication."

"Klingler, who retired in 1993, became the adviser of "Spectrum" twelve years after it was founded."

"In comments written on page two of the 1993 edition, Klingler notes that an issue of "Spectrum" had been produced every year despite his less-active advisership and a standard of quality that, he says, wasn't as consistently high as under Dr. Garey."

"Klingler says his style was passive for at least two reasons.  First, unlike Garey, Klingler had a family and was unwilling to take on more responsibilities at Manchester than he already had."

"Second, he had a strong sense that there were both good and bad writings; students, on the other hand, felt that there was only.....[the clipping is cut off]..."

Archivist NoteDescription prepared 17 May 2012 by Jeanine M. Wine.
 


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