Manchester University Archives and Brethren Historical Collection (2024)

1924 Faculty Athletic Association.

1930-1931 Dean Holl's Report to the Faculty.

Academic Statistics Fall Term 1947.

1987- 1993 - Number applying for graduation, graduating with honors, lowest GPA.

Faculty Governance Task Force(1971, 1990-1991), Faculty Executive Committee Minutes(1978-1984, 1984 -1999 incomplete).

Interdisciplinary Studies Committee and Honors Studies (1990-1991).

Enrollment Management Committee (1990). Subcommittee on Academic/Registration/Advising, Provisional Admissions (1987).

Examination Program (1960), Studies on Improvement of Tests, Senior Independent Study Program.

Steering Committee and Self-Study Steering CommitteeMinutes and plans (1967-1989).

Faculty Development Committee and Department Chairs, Department Heads, Meetings (1982 - 1998).

Faculty Development - Faculty Workshop programs 1965 - 2002. 1990 Mission Statement. 1991 Minutes of Professional Studies Meeting.

Discussion of Faculty/Staff Club Room and Faculty/StaffLounge (1980 - 1985).

Faculty banquets and "Welcoming Dinners." The honoring of retirees.

Executive Committee Minutes - Military Recruitment on Campus, Inter-Disciplinary Programs (Peace Studies and Environmental Studies), Faculty Workshops,Discussion Day, Admissions Standards, Educational Frontiers Committee Members, Ethical Research Principles,Faculty Committee Assignments, Religious Life Committee, Accreditation - Self-Study, Faculty Social Programs Committee, Dismissal Procedures for Non-Tenured and Tenured Faculty Members , Skills Development Center, Christian Higher Education, Mission Statement,

Faculty suggestions,"how to improve the experience of minority students on campus," Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference and HBCC Financial Aid Policy, Standards for Honors Graduates, Human Diversity, Harassment, Faculty Governance, Faculty Standing Committees at MC, Collaborative Learning,School Breaks,Representativesfor the Dean of Academic Affairs, Bylaws for Conduct of Faculty Elections, Discussion Day Schedule, Revisions to Faculty Manual, Department Chair Appointment, Retirement Banquet, International Meal, Admissions Classifications, History of Curriculum Review, 1984 task force on Program Reduction, Improved Status of Library Faculty [October 10, 1993], NCAA definition of "good academic standing," and "satisfactory progress of students" [1993], Computer Services, Human Diversity Policy by Affirmative Action Committee, Commuter Assignments 1993-1994 by Faculty Member, Policy for the Promotion and Protection of Human Diversity (1993), Responsibilities of Computer Users, Teacher Education Committees,use of Library in Curriculum, Academic Breaks, Length of Academic Year.

Two Year Curriculum and Instructional Improvement Study circa 1958 - Study on Curricular Integration.

Goals For An Effective Curriculum At Manchester College, July 2000.

Two Year Degree Program, Fall 1974.

Helman's introduction, description and final results of the 1960's Self-Study,and related reports, statistics and minutes. "The New Curriculum at Manchester College, Report of the Self-Study) Status as of June 20, 1968)."

Development of Divisional Core Curricula in Humanities, Social Sciences and Science, etc., Proposed Non-Divisional Core Curriculum Focused on helping each student discover "Who He Is," A Statement of Purpose for Manchester College, Memo to Faculty Regarding Self-Study, Proposed Teaching Load Evaluation.

Grading and Low Scholarship.

Faculty Development Committee - 1974-1997 (incomplete) - includingTenure, Salary, Benefits, Faculty Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teaching, Guidelines for Recognition of Faculty for 25 Years of Service, Sabbatical Requests, Support for Faculty Research Fulltime Status, Revisions to Faculty Manual, Formation of System for Evaluation of Staff and Administration (1992), Annual Reports to the Faculty, Program Adjustment, Student Evaluations of Faculty, Forward Planning Committee, Rank for Librarians.

Committees and Standing Committees of the Faculty 1960 - 1973 (incomplete). Also 2000 - 2001.

Faculty Minutes, February, 1954.

Committee on Instruction 1963 - 1964.

Curriculum Revisions 1961, 1969, and 1977.

1974 materials including but not limited to: - Standards for the Accreditation of Baccalaureate Degree Programs in Social Work -Recommendations from the Natural Science Division to the Academic Committee - Humanities Faculty Core Evaluation - Questionnaire"The following courses and programs help me discover who I am and what I can become." - Senior Colloquium - Proposals for Curriculum Modification.

Academic Program 1988-1989, report of Graduate Student Enrollment - Academic Program developments (1986-1987)

Statistical Evaluation of contributionsby each department (1982 - 1982).

1987-1991materials including but not limited to the following committees:Teacher Education (TEC), Academic Policies , Athletic Committee,Minority Concerns, Human Diversity, Student Life, Human Relations, Facilities Policy, Educational Innovation, Koinonia,College Planning , Management Information, Graduate and Continuing Education.

Budget (1967-1968), budget comparisons,salary scale, faculty benefits, teaching load, Co-Curricular Enrichment Committee,1986President's memo,"An Attempt to Overthrow the Limitations of Manchester College."

Task Force for Program Adjustment(1981-1984).

Photographs: Special Events photograph collection

Special Events Photograph Collection

June1895 Agreement between Citizens' Committee of North Manchester andrepresentatives ofthe German Baptist College which proposeslocation at this point.

1895 articles of association (charters)filed in the Office of the Secretary of State for "Manchester College" and "The Bible School," including role of Trustees and the German Baptist Brethren.

1902 - "Manchester College"- a body politic and corporate, authorized and empowered by the laws of the State of Indiana to proceed to carry out the objects of its organization, signed by Hunt, Secretary of State.

September 1902 Department of State Certificate - Articles of Association.

Secretary of State, Ed Jackson, provides copy of 1902 articles of incorporation in September 1920.

Copy of Articles of Incorporation June 1937showing history of incorporation by copying information from1902 document.

1944 authorization of Schwalm and Ikenberry to execute all instruments pertaining to the business of Manchester College - "Certified Copy of Articles of Incorporation" -Manchester CollegeFoundationand Holding Company, Inc.

Charter - Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company, copy of document filed January 1931 and various revisions.

Correspondence with Secretary's of State.

Dissolution of Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company, Inc. September 1943.

"Aurora"yearbooks 1940, 1942, 1943 with many autographs and signatures thatbelonged to the family of Pauline Brown Carbaugh("Polly").The 1943 "Aurora" contains an additionalloose page that adds names to the "Index."2 letters of commendation from Paul Cannahan (Secretary of the Northern Indiana Camping Association to MC President Vernon Schwalm and Polly's parents, highly complimenting Polly and MC students, Ruth Hanawalt, Helen Cook and Betty Pottenger, on their outstanding work as camp chefs duringWWII's summer of 1942 (they did the work heretofore done by 3 competent male chefs).

Newsletter of the North Manchester Historical Society, Inc., Volume XXVI, Number 3, August 2009, article by John Knarr.

Chautauqua

Article about the history of the "Participation Players," by Scott Strode.

Information about Touring Children’s Theatre: The Participation Players.

This collection contains all the paper documents and audio tape of interviews with Manchester Graduates and former Manchester students who served in Civilian Public Service in the late 1940s.

Education for Conflict Resolution, Inc. materials including newspaper articles.

A photograph collection of convocation participants and events. Most individuals in the pictures have been identified.

Materialsfrom Bill Eberly's filesthat describehis educational history, the development ofManchester's Environmental Science and public school educational programs,the history ofKoinonia, syllabi, studentnotes (confidential), research data on Indiana and other lakes, Cordier biographical material, Indiana history, and Manchester College quips.

Manchester College Library Renovation, illustration of Main Level, 15 September 1998.

Funderburg Library Interior Renovation and Facade Beautification Architectural Drawings by MSKTD & Associates, Inc., 8 February 1999.

Advancement materials including but not limited to:

• Funderburg Library funding correspondence.
• Hall of Science funding soliciation and dedication ceremonies, 1960.
• 2001 reports on additions and renovations to the Science Center.
• Science Center Campaign - promotional materials, groundbreaking,and dedication ceremony, 2005.
• Norman and Grace Wine Recital Hall Campaign - and dedication events.
• Breaking ground for the Union.
• PERC building project.
• The Next Step Campaign: Science Center, Union, Winger Recital Hall.
• 2010 - 2011 President's Report.
• The Next Step Campaign Notebooks [2000 - 2003]: Science Center, Union, Winger Recital Hall.
• Manchester College wraps up The Next Step! Campaign.
• Manchester's March of Progress.
• Step Up To The Future - The Centennial Campaign for Manchester College.
• Focus on the Seventies [Phase I and II].
• Oak Leaves article 17 March 1960 - Cordier pays Two-Day Visit, UN Executive To Address Community Sunday, Monday.

Focus on the Seventies - Campaign Materials July 1970 - 23 January 1975 - CONFIDENTIAL.

Focus on the Seventies - Phase II - Campaign Materials 1978 -1982 - CONFIDENTIAL.

Focus on the Seventies Transmittal Forms - CONFIDENTIAL.

Fundraising Survey Report--1970:

• A report prepared by Marts & Lundy, Inc. and dated 19 March 1970.

Campbell & Company campaign materials.

Restricted access and reproduction.

Lists of paintings, news articles, photos about artist, Daniel Garber.

Gladdys Muir Peace House and Garden: Background, fundraising, architectural plans.

Awards presented tothe Manchester College Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

Extensive collection of photographs, publications and memorabilia from the collection of Leona Row Eller from her participation in the World Friendship Center, Hiroshima, Japan.

Author, Theodore Dreiser, visited North Manchester during the summer of 1915. Hisobservations of the community were included in his autobiography, "A Hoosier Holiday." John Knarr writes about Dreiser's family and includes material on the Snap/Snepp/Sheneb/Shenep/Schneb/Schnebb family as well as on the Fruit family.

A second article, "A Trip to Niagara Falls, 1925," was discovered among papers donated to the North Manchester Center for History by Descendants of Ellis and Harold Miller.

Memorabilia belonging to student, Paul Kinsel,. The collection reflects his 1928 - 1929 through 1931 -1932 college experience.

Textbook with the handwritten nameof Edward Kintner on the cover. The title of the book is "Guide To The Study Of The Anatomy Of The Shark, Nexturus, And The Cat," by Samuel Eddy, Clarence P. Oliver, John P. Turner, Second Edition, New York: John Wiley & Sones, Inc., London: Chapman & Hall, Limited.

For more information on Edward Kintner see, "The Story of the Natural Sciences at Manchester College," by WIlliam R. Eberly.

Lilly Endowment Inc.,surveys, reports and grant approval.

MU2012/24a: Minutes of the meetings of the Directors of the Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company. The minutes start with 14 February 1931.

The last recorded meeting in this book is 24 September 1938.

MU2012/24b: "Minutes of the Executive Board of Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company," beginning with a report on the first meetingheld on4 April 1935.

Farm Income and Expense for period ending 30 June 1937.

May Day history and information 1926-present. Newspaper clippings.

Qualifications for a Foreign Missionary and missionary wife - Reorganization Plan of COB Home Mission Work to carry on the work of Church Extension in America and the World.- 1925 Report of the Regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the C. B. I. S. Held at the School 9 1925 along with Recommendations for the Idaho request- Private School Inspection form- Balance Sheet and Statement For Year Ending 1913, 1916,1919, 1925for the Brethren Publishing House, and Schedule of Business for Directors meeting of the Brethren Publishing House, 1925 - Newspaper clippings - 1942 clipping recappingPresident Schwalm's Lion's Club speech-"Odd-Fellowship" and its history and Why Christians cannot belong - Secret Societies-1922 Brethren Publishing House Financial Report - Buying Brethren Publishing Co. stock to support missionary work- Young People's Commission appealpromoting their own publication -Manchester College Audit Report forF/Y 1935- Manchester College andManchester College Foundation and Holding Co., Inc. audits,1937 - Preliminary meeting and estimates for Fine Arts Building construction and pledge reports - Official Reports of the General Mission Board 1920-1927 - Helser correspondence - Early Nigerian missionary conflicts -Correspondence 1920 forward, between Charles Bonsack and Otho Winger, including the1937 Japanese capture of the China mission area - Correspondence between the General Brotherhood Board and missionaries in India and China (1913 - 1918) -Copies of Business/Financial Reports/and Minutesof the Church of the Brethren General Mission Board (1912 -1947).

Records for the following National and AmericanOrganizations:

Citizens National Committee for Higher Education, Inc.

National Merit Scholars, Cooperative College Registry (CPCU), Consultation on Institutional Change, Educational Opportunity Grants Program (Upward Bound), United Ministries in Higher Education, Association of American Colleges Annual Meetings.

Eleven issues of the Newsletter of the North Manchester Historical Society, Inc., containing historical information about events and figures of North Manchester. Some of these people are connected to Manchester College.

• Sabbatical letters.
• Manchester Institute.
• Reaching Business and Community Through Expert Training, Tree Commemoration 30 October 2003.
• A Proposal for a Shared Investment in a New College Union at Manchester College, 1998, Capital Improvement Program,The LillyEndowment, Inc.

Organ, Cordier Auditorium, Austin Organs, Inc., specifications.

Organ Fund (partially restricted).

These news releases primarily feature guest artists performing on campus, some through the College Union Board and the Artist-Lecture Series. Examples of the performers are; The Dale Warland Singers of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., rock concert by "Featherstitch," the Goldovsky Grand Opera Theater, the Arbors, Leonard Rose (cellist), The Lettermen, Duke Ellington, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Si Zentner (trombonist), Eugene Holmes (baritone), The Four Saints, the new York Brass Quintet, the Concert Choir of Columbus Senior High School.

2. An assortment of newspaper articles regarding performers appearing at Manchester College (1960's - 1990's).

Newspaper articles include: Rosa Page Welch (classical sacred musical singer), The Sounds of Hope.

3. Six Programs: Fort Wayne Philharmonic, 1983, Wilma Jensen, Organist, 1988, Brian L. Best Presents A Musical Tribute to Walt Disney, 1980, "Journey Into Blackness," featuring VOICES, Inc., Black Musical Theater, The Ethnic Dance Theatre, 1990, Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, An Evening of Eighteenth-Century Entertainment.

A detailed description of the Roy Plunkett collection - Box #1: 1938 - 1988.

Athletics, 1968 - 1982.

Women's Extramural Sports Program, 1973-1986.

Womens' Athletics, 1979-1986.

Student Affairs, Intramural Sports, 1980 - 1983.

Football, 1979 - 1982.

Indiana Organizations - Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference1981-1986.

Dean of Academic Affairs, 1983 -1986.

Dean of the College, 1967 -1983.

THE MANCHESTER PLAN, An Academic Program for the '70's.

Registrar Correspondence, 1956 -1986. CONFIDENTIAL.

Academic Affairs, Faculty Workshop, 1971 - 1980.

Librarian, 1964 - 1986.

Academic Affairs, Letters to the Faculty, 1963 - 1975 and 1975-1983.

Manchester College Faculty Meeting and Business Materials,1977 - 1986.

Academic Affairs, Faculty Study Grants, 1966 - 1972.

Director of Graduate Studies, 1971-1986.

Associate Academic Dean, 1978 - 1984.

Academic Affairs, Faculty Committees 1953 - 1986- Committee for the Future.

Parker Marden materials: Memos, reports, faculty/staff news, hate-email, commitment to diversity, thoughts about September 11, campus telephone directory, student activity calendar, alumni hometown tour invitations, and much more.

Deeds of property owned or administered by Manchester College andMount Morris College, including property divided with the Church of the Brethren. Documents of agreement between MC and Calvin Ulrey and Miriam Ulrey. Lots including Railroad Addition North Manchester (Judge John Comstock). Cook family property. Koinonia. Property associated with Eel River Church of the Brethren. Insurance policies (property/equipment/autos).

1895 articles of incorporation and charter (E. S. Young) - also documents following administration change1900 and also the formation and dissolution of Manchester College Foundation and Holding Company.

Assorted Files from Public Relations - 1962 through1998.

Articles related to Manchester University(2015) include but are not limited to:

Abigail Fuller(minimum wage), Phil Wright (emergency doctor back on the front line), Gerad Good (men's basketball head coach), Benson Onyeji(Iran agreement), Tiana Maclinand Aja Michael (millennials honored), Heather Schilling (call on teachers),Leonard Williams, Thelma Rohrer andTim Ogden (new deans), social work program earns perfect reaccreditation score, volunteers clean Eel River,college sexual-assault rules, Adam Hohman (online education), MUexemplifies career pathway programs, Nicole Sauder (Teacher of the Week), Lisa Updike Starks (Young Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award), Chris Garber (illness andobituary),President Dave McFadden (seek out and learn from those who are different, Wanda Will Button), Pharmacogenomics Master's Degree, MUone of "Best in Midwest,'" Brad Pyrah (married same-sex couplesand tax season), student newspaper wins statewide awards, students selected (Inaugural Fellows for a new Greater Fort Wayne Inc.),Holly Beer ("Vote 'yes' for Fremont Community Schools"),MU degree first of kind (genetic-based drugs wave of future), antidiscrimination policy at MU(sexual orientation and gender identity), Dwight Farringer (interest in science shouldn't be discouraged), Ahmed Abdelmageed (adding pharmacists to health care team), Tim McElwee - Melanie Harmon (VP for Academic Resources, Names Advancement Leader), Mark Huntington (Associate Dean for Natural and Health Sciences), Jack Gochenaur (Nonprofit CFO of the Year), death of Rowan Daggett, Emma Nellans (working with an autistic child), death of Bill Scott, Maggie Wimberly (Wabash Habitat for Humanity), MU honors Bob Kellerand Dee Keller, Athletic Hall of Fame inductees [(Donna (Shively )Moudy, Heather (Harshman) Turk, Todd Saylor, Todd Saunders, Joe Phillips, Andy McClain] ,Holiday Community Events, Robert Pettit (Disneyland), Tiana Maclin (recognized for community involvement), Whitney Caudill (member of Embassy Theatre boardand board memberof YMCA Northeast Indiana.), pharmacy students (link between DNA and medical results), K-3 students experience MU during"Walk Into My Future" event, 2015, "Manchester U. Launches First-of-Its-Kind Degree," Brian Henriksen poison ivy), colleges and universities collaborate to align with business work-force needs," campus lockdown following threats, Graduation 2015 Set for May 17,"MU Men's Tennis .500 for Weekend," "MU Baseball Team Geared up for Conference Tourney," Neil Wollman (Democrats need to unite to defeat Pence), MU's program expands academic offerings, "Small schools sidestep Sweet Briar's struggles," Debra Futa (director of the St. Joseph County Public Library), Deanna Beckner (Faith in Action Award from Office of Religious Life), honoring Rachel Polando (in photo with student, Emma Scheumann), Jim Brumbaugh-Smith, andKatharine Ings, promotions of Tim McElwee, Melanie Harmon andRaylene Respond, Christer Watson (GOPquashes climate change research),Judd Case (Chess Camp), String Camp (Robert Lynn, Elizabeth Smith, Scott Humphries), Robotics (Robin Mitchell).

Information about scholarships awarded by Manchester College, memorial scholarships, and scholarships awarded by other organizations.

A large collection designated as MC2011/227 and divided into 5 folder groupings; [1-16], [17-22], [23-44], [45-83]. Schutz was a professor at Manchester College, as well as a farmer, public speaker, pastor, candidate for Congress (Indiana,1932) and a contendor in the 1936 Governor's race.He was a Kiwanis Club official and Chairman of the Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana.The collection describesIndiana before and during WWII. Schutz corresponds with soldiers and provides names ofNorth Manchester men killed in combat. Topics of import include; prohibition, economic recovery from the Great Depression, andHitler's impacton Europe. Schutz was a contemporary of Andrew Cordier who participated in some of Schutz's political involvements.

A great deal of material including but not limited to: Correspondence surrounding Schwalm's trip to Nigeria, including letters to and from missionaries and interaction with the Foreign Mission Commission of the Church of the Brethren General Brotherhood Board. Issues regarding the Mexico Indiana Old Folks Home and Schwalm's leadership in the creation of Timbercrest.

Many drafts of presentations as well as completed speeches, articles,and sermons by Vernon Schwalm, including an address given in the fall of 1923 at Manchester College, the year the Academy was eliminated. Schwalm gives a brief history of the institution.

Addresses presented by outside speakers on the Manchester College campus.

A vast assortment of correspondence and materialsfrom a variety of sourcesconcerning personal and professionally related topics. Some are related to the Church of the Brethren One letter of interest regards Mr. Max Pinney, Huntington, Indiana, who donated a charcoal drawing of Roanoke Classical Seminary (by the artist, Hansacre, of Chicago)to Manchester College.

Science Center: Proposal, fundraising, dedication.

Material from MC2004/308 related to the Science Center is included with the folders of MC2007/11.

Legal documents, financial arrangements,and discussions regarding congregations within the South Central District of the Church of the Brethren.

Copy of letter written by Jacob Rife in 1878 describing the formation of the first Church of the Brethren congregations in the state of Indiana.

Articles of Incorporation for "The Church of the Brethren, Southern District of Indiana, Inc." along with incorporation change to "South/Central District of Indiana, Inc."

Special Events Photograph Collection.

Special Events Photograph Collection, circa 1992 - 1993.

All photos are black and white. Many are identified andmost are from the 1990's.

Special Events Photograph Collection, circa 1992 - 1993, including Ingrid Rogers playing guitar for the German Club.

Manchester Recycling, Inc., is a project involving the citizens of the Town of North Manchester.

1. Folder containing planning information for Manchester Recycling, Inc. It includes the "Strategic Planning Summary," March 23, 1995. Copy of the "Articles of Incorporation."

Biographical materialsand images ofSadie Stutsman Wampler.

Church of the Brethren materials, primarily from the Middle Indiana and South/Central Indiana Districts: 1921 Huntington, INCOB directory - 1920 , 1921, 1922, 1924programs for the COB Summer Conferenceand Summer Assembly- 1922 Bulletin for Middle Indiana Church of the Brethren Equity Board - 1922 Minutes of the COB District Meeting - 1958-1959 Church Extension Project - Lessons in Stewardship Studies - 1954-1955 Brotherhood Fund Giving - 1972, 1973Memo from Carroll Petry, South Central District of Indiana - 1972, 1973SALT newsletters from the District Witness Commission - Program for the South/Central District Conference, 1972, 1973 - "Together" publication - 1953 - 1966, "Central Region Herald" - 1955-1971 "Guide Lines" - 1922-1958 District News Letters - "Living the Story, 50 Years of Brethren Volunteer Service" -1948 Middle District of Indiana directory - other COB directories from various years and including District Conference Minutes from 2004, 2005, 2006 - 1895 Annual German Baptist Meeting, Decatur, Illinois, aninformational booklet from the Wabash Railroad advertising service and accommodations - 1912 Christmas postcard from Sunday School Teacher, Frank Weybright to Viola Neher - Postcard - Bird's eye view of North Manchester- 1940 Postcard of Peabody Memorial Home -photograph of aCOB District Meeting - 1912 program for Special Bible Term - Notes regarding discussion at Annual Meetings during the middle1800's - Letters, Reports, Elders' Meeting programs -"The Eldership: Ordination and Responsibilities- Guidelines for ministerial ordination - 1940-1941 church organizational list- 1969 letter to Brother Harshbarger (Ladoga Church)from the Heeters. Commemorative plates:COB Buffalo, Mexico, Liberty Mills. Pleasant View and Peru COB directories. Centennial Program of the MexicoCOB.ManchesterCOB Heritage Celebration,1991, honoring Elder R. H. Miller and Sister Emma Miller along with other Manchester COB historical publications and church directories. 1910 and 1923 jointSunday School programs.Statistics, research,meeting minutes anddiscussion matierialsrelated to the mergerof the Middle and the Southern Indiana Districts of the Church of the Brethren. A variety of Northern Indiana District materials.

This assortment of Church of the Brethren Materials includes but is not limited to: Southern Indiana legal drafts and documents -Brethren Service Commission statement regarding police action in Korea -Minutes of the Brethren Service Commission -Report of NY Relocation Hostel to the Committee for Resettlement of Japanese-Americans,1944 -Guiding principles and objectives of Brethren Service -Boni (ponee) family history - Mount Morris Church of the Brethren accomplishments and goals- Junior High Church School - "Account of the Society of Dunkards in Pennsylvania," 1786, from Lancaster to Ephrata- History of the Olympia, VirginiaChurch of the Brethren, Virginia- May 1930, Bulletin of La Verne College - "Echo," January 1960 - "Hier is des echo auf das Echo der Hamburger Gruppe." ICYE Exchange 1958/1959 - John David Bowman - Global Women's Project, "Globalink," Issue No. 21 1994 and No. 25 -Report to Heifer Committee January 1946, Brethren Shipment to Poland - 1944 report on Heifers for Relief Shipment Number 1 to Puerto Rico -Bethany Seminary 1941 graduates - Death of Mary Leedy -Appraisal of the Indiana Home Mission Extension Committee,1964 -Program, 129th District Conference of the Northern Indiana District- "Dedication Memorial and Membership Directory" for the Wenatchee Valley Church of the Brethren, 1929- Winona's Greatest Convention, Church of the Brethren Conference- George Brubaker's handwritten notes on church practice - Women in the church - unique and powerful - March 1999and 1978 News Release citing femaleparticipation in a nationwide Gathering of Church of the Brethren Women - Universal Military Training vs the American Way, Kermit Eby's testimony before the House Armed Services Committee,1947 -"The Third Day," 1998, quarterly newsletter by the Office of Brethren Witness Environmental Working Group - "Sourvenir of McPherson College, 1904,"photo album.- Information about "Liberty Cemetery," Orange County, Indiana- Listing and dates of Church of the Brethren congregations within Indiana along with districts and mother churches- Old German Baptist Brethren congregations in Canada, and in the United State -script, "The Missionary Awakening of Elm Grove," written by a Class in mission at Bethany Bible School - General Brotherhood Board and Commissions Agenda," 1952,Warren Bowman.

Statements, tracts, leaflets, brochures, booklets, Sunday School materials, published by the General Brotherhood Board, Elgin, IL and by other Church of the Brethren related committees, organizations, churches and individuals that explain beliefs and principles of the Church of the Brethren.

In Good Faith newsletter collection.

Volume 4 (1948) [incomplete].

An assortment of itemsfound in basem*nt of the South Central Indiana District Office building. Some interesting items include a notebook containing Funerals at the Eel River Church along with obituaries of individuals who died in the area.

Files of the South Central IndianaDistrict of the Church of the Brethren, including congregational correspondence with the DistrictMinister and church histories: Anderson, Arcadia, Arcadia/Windfall Yoked Fellowship, Beech Grove, Bachelor Run, Christ Our Shepherd, Clear Creek, Eel River, Hickory Grove, Howard, Huntington City, Kokomo, Lafayette, Liberty Mills, Locust Grove, Logansport, Loon Creek, Lower Deer Creek, Manchester, Marion, Muncie, Nettle Creek, Northview, Peru, Pipe Creek and Guernsey, Pittsburg, Richmond and Richmond/Four Mile Yoked Parish, Rossville, Salamonie, South Whitley, Sweetser, Wabash, West Eel River.

District Minister position description.

Minutes of the Mission-Ministerial Board of the Middle District of Indiana Church of the Brethren (1939).

Land records, deeds, financial reports, guest book, treasurer's records,investments, and contractsregarding the West Manchester Church of the Brethren, and possibly "Acme" school, as well as Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Records and materials related to "Women's Work" of the Central Region of the Church of the Brethren. This would include Northern, Middle and Southern Indiana, Michigan, North East, North Western and Southern Ohio, as well as Southernand Northern Illinois.