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Yinger Family Papers C.MSS.0013

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Table of Contents

Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3

Biographical/Historical note.......................................................................................................................... 4

Scope and Contents note............................................................................................................................. 11

Administrative Information .......................................................................................................................13

Bibliography.................................................................................................................................................13

Collection Inventory.................................................................................................................................... 15

George Daniel and Emma Bancroft Yinger..........................................................................................15

Elmer and Hattie Mae Brown Bancroft................................................................................................ 46

The Clement Bancroft and Aileen Yinger Family................................................................................51

The George Dempster and Ruth Mastin Yinger Family.......................................................................53

Edgar and Eleanor Eunice Yinger Walton............................................................................................58

The Homer Vincent and Alberta Porter Yinger Family....................................................................... 61

The Floyd Wendell and Madelon Haring Yinger Family.....................................................................70

The Paul Wesley and Harriet Knapp Yinger Family............................................................................71

The John Milton and Winnie MacHenry Yinger Family......................................................................78

The Charles and Marian Virginia Yinger Copenhaver Family.............................................................79

Other Family.......................................................................................................................................... 79

Yinger Family Lecture Series............................................................................................................... 84

Yinger Singers....................................................................................................................................... 84

“Yinger Yarner”.....................................................................................................................................86


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Summary Information

Repository Albion College Archives and Special Collections

Title Yinger family papers

Date [inclusive] 1870-1994

Extent 10.25 Linear feet 11 boxes

Language English

Preferred Citation

[item], folder, box, [Title], Archives and Special Collections,Stockwell-Mudd Library, Albion College.Albion, MI.


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Biographical/Historical note

Revs. George Daniel (1875-1934) and Emma Bancroft Yinger (1875-1960) The daughter of Elmer andHarriet (“Hattie”) May Brown Bancroft, Emma (“Emza”) Bancroft was born 1875 May 9 in LenaweeCounty, MI. She had four brothers: Edward, Pearl J., James, and Donald; two sisters: Elinor Snyder andHattie Mae Day; two half-brothers: Emory and Archie (mother, Hattie Lamont). Her aunts and unclesincluded Clara Ganun [Clark?], Jennifer DeMiller, Flora Pope, George, and Martin.

Emma was educated in the public schools, at Raisin Valley Seminary and Defiance College. Shegraduated from Albion in 1904. While at Defiance, she was a student minister in a nearby country church,making the eight-mile trip in a horse and buggy.

She married the Rev. George D. Yinger in 1903 and with him served Methodist churches in Hanover,Horton, Concord, Bellevue, Union City, Quincy, Nashville, St. Louis, Greenville, Grand Rapids PlainfieldAvenue, South Haven, and Three Rivers. Both Rev. Mr. and Rev. Mrs. Yinger were known as giftedpreachers.

George Daniel Yinger was born to Daniel and Helen Yinger, near Homer, MI in 1875. He had twobrothers: Floyd E. (d. 1932) and Gabriel J. Yinger; and two sisters: Mrs. Norris G. Olney and Mrs. PeterTurner. His grandparents were John and Mary Yinger. George D. was a graduate of Albion College in1903.

George D. was known among members of the Methodist conference as a “church builder” for his workrehabilitating and remodeling churches in South Haven and Horton. His other charges included GrandRapids, Greenville, St. Louis, Bellevue, and Union City. He taught music in the public schools in hisyouth, the love of which he carried with him and spread to his congregations and other family members.

George D. died in 1934 while serving as pastor at Three Rivers.

Mrs. Yinger lived in Greencastle, Indiana, after Mr. Yinger’s death, while three of her children were inschool there. She then preached in Hanover and Horton, after which she served in the State School forthe Blind in Lansing. During World War II Mrs. Yinger taught at the Houston School near Marshall. Shecontinued her residence in Marshall until she retired.

In 1947 the Rev. Mrs. Yinger was named “Mother of Michigan.” She was the first ordained womanMethodist minister in Marshall and one of the first in the Methodist ministry. Her eight children wereall prominent in ministerial and educational circles. She was also well-known for her published poetry,including Life and Love, Complementary Mysteries (1949), The Key to Peace (1959). In January of 1960she was recognized as a minister and poet in the first edition of Who’s Who of American Women, whichnamed about 3,000 women as “outstanding.”

Mrs. Yinger died at the age of 85 in November 1960 at Friendship Haven, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, where shehad been a resident since she retired in April of 1960. She is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Albion, MI.


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Hiram and Sarah Ann Brown Hiram and Sarah Ann Brown appear to have been Emma Bancroft Yinger’smaternal grandparents.

Clifford and Hattie Mae Bancroft Day Hattie Mae was the youngest sister of Emma Bancroft Yinger.She married Clifford Day and was the mother of two. Her mother, Hattie Brown Bancroft, died when shewas but a few hours old. Due to the age difference from her siblings, she was more like a daughter than asister to her older brothers and sisters and for several years made her home with Rev. and Mrs. George D.Yinger. She was preceded three months earlier in death by her husband.

Rev. James Henry (d. 1958) and Mrs. Cora Eddy Bancroft The Rev. James Henry Bancroft was bornin Palmyra, Michigan. After a time, his family moved to Blissfield, where James met and marriedCora Eddy. For a short time he taught, but he eventually resigned from his school and moved to CedarRapids, Michigan to preach. He was ordained in the Battle Creek First Methodist Church. James heldappointments at Shepherdsville, Sheridan, Berrien Springs, Portland, Otsego, Mason, and Hillsdale.

James and Cora had five children: Nolda (Mrs. Lloyd Hall), Leora (Mrs. Ernest Meade), Donna (Mrs.Robert Meyers), James, and Robert. After Cora’s death, James married Ms. Elsie Moncrieve of Otsego,Michigan. Elsie was a dear friend of Cora’s and a member of their church.

Floyd Erwin (1905-1937) and Arlene Yinger Floyd Erwin was the son of Floyd E. Yinger, formerDearborn mayor and brother to George Daniel Yinger. Floyd Erwin was born in Grand Rapids, Michiganon April 3, 1905 and was a resident of Detroit and Dearborn for most of his life. He married his wifeArlene in 1926. His sisters included Helen Y. Wright and Mrs. J. Edgar Bigelow; his brother was WesleyB. Floyd.

Erwin was also a graduate of Albion College, 1926. While at Albion College, he belonged to theZetalethian fraternity and the Albion College Glee Club. He died on 1937 May 2.

Rev. Clement Bancroft (1905-1972) and Mrs. Aileen Humphrey Yinger Clement Bancroft Yinger wasborn in Concord, Michigan to Emma and George Daniel Yinger on 1905 August 30. He received abachelor’s degree from Albion College in 1928; Master’s and S.T.D. at Boston University in 1932 and1935 respectively; and an honorary D.D. from Albion in 1967.

Clement married his wife Aileen Humphrey (b. 1909 December 1), married 1928 August 12. Aileenreceived a bachelor’s degree in religious education from Boston University and a Master’s in educationfrom the New York State University College at Brockport. She was much in demand for original Bibledramatizations and wrote a book on them. While Clement was pastor at Albion First Methodist Church,she was president of the local Council of Church Women, a member of the board of directors of theYWCA, and a member of the Current Events Club.

Clement served as pastor at two other churches in Michigan, aside from Albion First; as well as inMassachusetts (Grace Methodist Episcopal in Haverhill), New Hampshire (Federated Church in Bristol),Pennsylvania, and New York (Emmanuel Methodist in Lockport, Grace Methodist and West AvenueMethodist churches in Rochester). He was ordained deacon in 1958.

Clement’s other positions included District Superintendent of the Rochester District of the Western NewYork Methodist Conference; director of the Folt Home, Rochester Methodist Home, Rochester AreaCouncil of Churches, Inc., and the Methodist House of Chautauqua. He was also a trustee and treasurerof the Watson Memorial Homestead Camping and Conference Center. In 1964 he served as a summer


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exchange minister in Bristol, England and in 1966 was an official delegate to the World MethodistConference in London, England.

While at Albion College, Clement was a debator, orator, and senior member of the “Yinger Quartette”that sang in more than one hundred communities in one year, then enlarging and representing BostonUniversity for two years as the “Yinger Sextette of Boston University.”

Clement was the father of Winthrop Bancroft (b. 1934 June 2) and Pamela Kay (b. 1938 March 20).Winthrop married Joanne Friedrich, a 1955 graduate of Albion College. Winthrop and Joanne are theparents of Michael Allen (b. 1956 October 26), Peter Bancroft (b. 1958 November 15), Lydia Lynn (b.1960 January 19), and Andrew Wesley (b. 1962 May 16). Winthrop and Joanne had a College Greekdaughter as well, Eviania Souvatzapolou. Winthrop is a 1957 graduate of Albion College and was at onetime Executive Director of the Council of Churches in Fresno, California. Pamela was a school teacher inthe Rochester, New York school system.

Rev. George Dempster (1907-1972) and Mrs. Ruth Mastin Yinger George Dempster (“G. Dempster,”“Dempster,” or “Dem”) was born in Concord, Michigan to Emma and George Daniel Yinger on 1907February 20. G. Dempster married Ruth Mastin (b. 1905 February 6) on 1928 June 9. Dempster andRuth were the parents of Ruth Yvonne (“Yvonne;” b. 1935 November 19). Yvonne married Richard CoxQuinlan, and they had three children: Robert Dempster, Ruth Margaret, and Paul Richard.

Dempster received his B.A. from Albion College in 1929; B.D. at Garrett Biblical Institute with a year ofgraduate study at Boston University School of Theology in 1932; an M.A. from Northwestern Universityin 1933; and an honorary D.D. from Albion College in 1945. While an undergraduate at Albion,Dempster topped the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter scholastically and was a member of DeltaSigma Rho, the honorary forensic fraternity, as well as the Yinger Quartette of Albion College. Ruth, alsoan Albion College graduate from 1929, received an M.A. in religious education at Northwestern.

After graduating from Greenville High School, Dempster preached on the Greenville Circuit from1924-1925. He was received as a member of the Michigan Methodist Conference in 1925. While atAlbion, Dempster also preached at Spring Arbor Church (1925-1927), Sandstone Church (1926-1927),and at Concord in the evenings for his brother Clement (1925-1927). While at Garrett, Dempster pasturedat McKinley Park Methodist Church (1930-1933). He was ordained elder in 1931 and was pastor at ThreeRivers, Michigan from 1934 to 1938; Albion First United Methodist Church, 1938-1950; St. Luke’sMethodist Church in Dubuque, Iowa, 1950-1957; Clinton First Methodist Church (Iowa), 1957-1962;Burlington First Methodist Church (Iowa), 1962-1972; and Sibley Methodist Church, June-September1972. During his years as pastor of Albion, he was president of the Albion Ministerial Association; wasassociated with Boosters, Knockers, and Rotary Clubs; counseled World War II Air Crew detached men;and was a trustee of Bronson Hospital, Kalamazoo and Lake Louise Christian Community.

Dempster died in Sibley, Iowa on 1972 September 1. Mr. Edgar and Mrs. Eleanor Eunice Yinger Walton(1909-1983) Eleanor Eunice (“Tudy”) was born in Bellevue, Michigan to Emma and George DanielYinger on 1909 November 11. She was a graduate from Albion College in 1931; and received her twoM.A. degrees from Boston University in 1948, in speech-theatre and religious education. In addition, shestudied at the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, the International Film Institute in Vence,France, and the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

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Tudy taught at Grand Ledge High School from 1931-1940. She left teaching English and speech anddirecting plays at Lansing Eastern High School at the beginning of World War II to go to Italy andNorth Africa with the Red Cross. She remained with the Red Cross as an area director in Germanyuntil 1947. She was a director of professional theatre at the Peabody Theatre, Boston, Massachusettsfrom 1947 to 1948; director of theatre, assistant professor of English and speech, and director of radio,Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana, 1948-1951; visiting professor in children’s theatre andoral interpretation at Northern Michigan University, Summer 1951; producer-director of WingspreadSummer Theatre, Colon, Michigan and the Wagon Wheel Summer Theatre, Warsaw, Indiana, 1954-1962;teacher of English and speech and head of the department of theatre at Kellogg Junior College, ca.1963-1964; and associate professor of communication arts and sciences at Western Michigan University,1965-1978.

Her productions and publications include Follow the Santa Fe Trail (1971), Nest of Letters (1971),Peaceable Kingdom (1973), Kurt Vonnegut’s Miss Temptation (1973), Truman Capote’s Children ontheir Birthdays, The Sandburg Mosaic (1974), Wits of the Round Table (1974), and Chautauqua (1977).

She was chairman of the oral interpretation area of the department of communication arts andsciences at Western Michigan University (WMU), 1972-1978; originator, designer, and director of thecommunication arts and sciences seminar in Britain for WMU, 1968-1975; writer, producer, director,and talent-scout for the eight-hour program, Chautauqua Diamond Jubilee celebration; committeemember for the bicentennial celebration of July 4 and 5, 1976, writing material for and representingEleanor Roosevelt; chosen for the master teachers reading program of the Michigan Speech Association,October 1977; co-chairman for the theatre-oral interpretation area of the Michigan Speech Association,1958-1960, 1966-1968; oral interpretation advisor for the MISL, three terms; and a participant in SuperSummer 1978 and Alumni College 1978. Tudy was also a member of the Michigan Speech Association,Central States Speech Association, Speech-Communication Association of America, British DramaAssociation, International Shakespeare Association, and the International Speech Association. In addition,Tudy was a lecturer, book reviewer, reader, and program organizer—making over 900 public appearancesfor a number of groups and organizations. She was also director of over a hundred plays, in civic,educational, military, and professional settings.

She was an honorary member of Phi Rho Pi, the National Forensics Association, and Theta Alpha Phi,the National Honorary Dramatic Society. She was listed in Who’s Who in American Women and World’sWho’s Who of Women. Eleanor was also cited for meritorious service in the American Red Cross for hertime overseas during World War II.

Rev. Homer Vincent Sr. (1910-1972) and Mrs. Alberta Porter Yinger Homer Vincent was born inKalamazoo, Michigan, to Emma and George Daniel Yinger on 1910 July 7. Graduating from AlbionCollege in 1932, Homer continued his education at DePauw University, where he received a Master’sdegree, and at Chicago Theological School, where he obtained his divinity degree. While a student atChicago, he held a pastorate at Constantine, Michigan.

He married Alberta Porter (b. 1906 February 9), EX 1934 Albion College, on 1932 June 25. Theywere the parents of Emelyn Yinger Theiss (“Lynn;” b. 1935 June 24), Homer Vincent Jr. (“Vincent;”b. 1938 August 31), and Karen Eleanor (b. 1942 June 10). Lynn married A. Robert Theiss and was amusic teacher in the public schools of Litchfield, Ohio. Vincent was director of health in Chatanooga,Tennessee. Karen was instructor of sociology at Western Michigan University.


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Homer spent three years in the Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota; four yearsat the First Congregational Church, La Cross, Wisconsin; began a pastorate at the Congregational Church,Claremont, California and spent four years there; and was the pastor of Fairlawn Community Church,Akron, Ohio for 24 years until his death.

Rev. Floyd Wendell (1913-1942) and Mrs. Madelon Haring Yinger Floyd Wendell Yinger was bornin Union City, Michigan, to Emma and George Daniel Yinger on 1913 January 4. He was married toMadelon Haring (b. 1914 August 1), Albion College Class of 1936, on 1934 September 1. They were theparents of Stephanie Lee (b. 1941 June 25).

Floyd W. received a bachelor’s degree at Albion College in 1935; a Masters at the University of Michiganin 1938; and also attended DePauw University and Western State Teachers College. While at AlbionCollege, he was a member of the Zetalethian fraternity (later TKE) and the varsity track team. He wasalso a member of the Yinger Sextette.

After serving as pastor of the Hanover-Horton church and the Methodist church at New Buffalo, he taughtworld history and American literature at Flushing High School and was about to become high schoolprincipal at Utica when he fell ill. Floyd W. died in 1942 at the age of 29 at Lake Helen, where he hadbeen convalescing for seven weeks following an operation on a brain tumor.

Rev. Paul Wesley (1914- ) and Mrs. Harriet Knapp Yinger Paul Wesley was born in Union City,Michigan, to Emma and George Daniel Yinger on 1914 September 15. He was the husband of HarrietKnapp (b. 1916 May 8), whom he married 1938 January 1. They were the parents of Marilyn LouiseYinger Halstead (b. 1942 June 19). Marilyn had two daughters: Christy and Cindy and a son, Jay Alan (b.1947 June 19). Jay Alan married Frances Freedman, and together they had a daughter, Nikole.

Paul graduated from DePauw University and took his B.D. at Union Theological Seminary. He wasthe pastor of Cleveland Park Congregational Church in Washington, D.C. in 1939-1943; chaplainin the army, Air Borne Engineers, in New Guinea, Australia, Philippines, and Japan, 1943-1946;minister at First Congregational Church, Riverside, California, 1947-1952; Union CongregationalChurch, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 1952-1960; Piedmont Community Church, Piedmont, California,1960-1971; vice-president Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, 1971-1973; and senior pastor, FirstCongregational Church, Greenwich, Connecticut. While in Tokyo as a major, he served as the seniorchaplain at MacArthur’s headquarters. Paul was also a trustee of the Pacific School of Religion, GraduateTheological Union, and the Healing Community; and local president of Rotary International. He wroteThe Good News of Jesus, Being on Good Terms with Life, and a dramatic interpretation of The Robe.

Dr. John Milton (1916-2007) and Mrs. Winnie MacHenry Yinger John Milton (“Honie,” “Hon,” “J.Milton,” “Milton”) was born in Quincy, Michigan, to Emma and George Daniel Yinger. He received hisB.A. degree from DePauw University in 1937, his M.A. degree from Louisiana State University in 1939,and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1943. On 1941 July 20, he married Winnie G.MacHenry (1919-2002). They had three children: Susan Ellen (b. 1945 July 26), John McHenry (b. 1947April 3), and Nancy Virginia (b. 1952 April 23).

From 1941 to 1947, Milton taught sociology at Ohio Wesleyan University. In 1947, he was appointedAssociate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Oberlin College, rising to the rank of Professorin 1952. At Oberlin he taught specialty course in “Race Relations,” “Society, Culture and Personality,”“Sociology of Religion,” “Methods of Research,” and others. He served as department chairman from


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1969 to 1975. In 1971, Milton was elected Secretary of the American Sociological Association andA.S.A. President in 1976. His numerous academic honors include fellowships from the GuggenheimFoundation (1968-1969), the National Endowment for the Humanities (1976-1977), and the East-WestCenter, Honolulu (1968-1969). In 1976, he was a visiting fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge Universitywhere he worked on British materials. Prior to his returning in 1987, Milton was elected to honorarymembership in Phi Beta Kappa. Also, he received honorary degrees from DePauw, 1982, and Syracuse,1996.

Milton’s scholarly achievements are broad and significant. His research and publications range overseveral disciplines, including the sociology of religion, race relations, and educational sociology. Hisbook Religion, Society, and the Individual (Macmillan, 1957) was translated into Italian in 1961, Frenchin 1964, and Spanish in 1968. Other publications include A Minority Group in American Society(McGraw-Hill, 1968), The Scientific Study of Religion (Macmillan, 1970), and Countercultures (FreePress, 1980). Milton and his Oberlin colleague George E. Simpson (d. 1998) co-authored Racial andCultural Minorities: An Analysis of Prejudice and Discrimination (Harper Brothers, 1953), a modernclassic now in its fifth edition. In 1958, Yinger and Simpson received the Anisfield-Wolf Award for thebest scholarly work on race relations. The Oberlin authors shared the award with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Five years of research among disadvantaged adolescents attending the Special Educational OpportunitiesProgram at Oberlin College culminated in the publication of Middle Start: An Experimental Study ofEducational Enrichment in Early Adolescence (Cambridge University Press, 1977), a joint study withOberlin faculty Kiyoshi Ikeda, Frank Laycock, and Stephen Cutler. Milton served on the Editorial Boardof three professional journals: The American Sociological Review, Social Problems, and the Journal ofConflict Resolution.

As Emeritus Professor, Milton continued to lend his insight and expertise to Oberlin College, servingon the Dean’s Research Group on Black Student Progress (1986-1987) and on the Archives AdvisoryCommittee (1989-1995). He co-authored in 1987 The Costs of Housing Discrimination and Segregation:An Interdisciplinary Social Science Statement, a landmark report about how racial ghettos became astructural feature of American urban society. In 1994, he authored Ethnicity: Source of Strength? Sourceof Conflict? During the 1996 Commencement-Reunion Weekend, he presented a talk entitled “AlongMany Paths—To a Common Destination” to the Friends of the Oberlin College Library.

Charles Leonard and Marian Virginia Yinger Copenhaver (1918- ) Marian Virginia was bornin Nashville, Michigan, to Emma and George Daniel Yinger on 1918 February 18. She marriedCharles Copenhaver (b. 1915 August 23) on 1941 August 27. Charles was the pastor of the OneondaCongregational Church, South Pasedena, California as well as the Congregational Church of Plainfield,New Jersey. They had three children: Chad (b. 1944 November 4), Janice (b. 1948 June 22), and MartinBancroft (b. 1954 November 27). Marian received a bachelor’s degree from Albion College in 1940,where she majored with honors in speech and dramatics. She did graduate work at the University ofMichigan, Columbia University, and Union Theological Seminary. She was in great demand for herinterpretation of “The Story of the Madonna,” a dramalogue written by the wife of Clement BancroftYinger.

Albion College Yinger Family Lecture The annual Yinger Family Lecture is given in honor of the manymembers of the Yinger family who are graduates of Albion College. The Rev. Emma Bancroft married


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George Daniel Yinger and they had eight children, six of whom attended Albion. G. Dempster Yingerwas pastor of the First Methodist Church of Albion from 1938-1950.

It is planned that each student generation at Albion will have the opportunity to hear a distinguishedlecturer on each of the several – and diverse – topics that were of major concern to the Yinger alumni andalumnae: religion, drama, English literature, history, and sociology.

The lectureship has been established by a bequest from Eleanor Yinger Walton and by gifts from MarianYinger Copenhaver and other family members and friends, to honor these graduates of Albion (as well asthe many other members of the Yinger family who are Albion graduates):

George Daniel Yinger, 1875-1934 (Class of 1904) Emma Bancroft Yinger, 1875-1960 (Class of 1903 and1904) Clement Bancroft Yinger, 1905-1972 (Class of 1928, Honorary Degree 1967) G. Dempster Yinger,1907-1972 (Class of 1929, Honorary Degree 1945) Eleanor Eunice Yinger Walton, 1908-1983 (Class of1931) Homer Vincent Yinger, 1910-1972 (Class of 1932) Floyd Wendell Yinger, 1913-1942 (Class of1935) Marian Virginia Yinger Copenhaver (Class of 1940) Winthrop Bancroft Yinger (Class of 1957)Ruth Yvonne Yinger (Class of 1957)

Speakers

o 1985-86 J. Milton Yinger, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Oberlin College – “Race andEthnicity in American Society Today” o 1986-87 William McNeill, University of Chicago historian o1987-88 Steven Winn, drama critic for San Francisco Chronicle o 1988-89 Dr. Langdon GIlkey, Professorof Theology, University of Chicago Divinity School o 1989-90 Dr. Heidi Hartman, Director of theInstitute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington, D.C. o 1990-91 Sidney Fine, Historian, ProfessorEmeritus at the University of Michigan - “The United States and the Holocaust” o 1991-92 James Roose-Evans, English author and theatre director o 1992-93 Dr. Carol L. Meyers, Professor of Religion, DukeUniversity o 1993-94 Steven Feld, Anthropologist and Jazz Musician – “Senses of Place: The Role ofSong in New Guinea Culture” o 1994-95 Kristie MacCrakis, Michigan State University – “Science andEspionage: The Case of East Germany” o 1995-96 No speaker o 1996-97 John Russell Brown, Professorof Theatre and Director of the Graduate Studio at the University of Michigan – “Shakespeare’s Plays onthe World Stage” o 1997-98 Wendy Doniger, Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religionat University of Chicago – “Splitting Women in Ancient Greek and Indian Religions” o 1998-99 Dr.Brackette Williams, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow – “You Cannot Get There from Here:Blackness, Evil, and Moral Redemption o 1999-2000 Roger Daniels, Charles Phelps Taft Professor ofHistory at University of Cincinnati – “The Incarceration of Japanese Americans, 1942-2000” o 2000-01Dr. Carol Wright Krause, Playwright and Scholar of 19th Century American Actresses – “CharlotteCushman: America’s First International Actress” o 2001-02 No Speaker o 2002-03 Dr. Jonathan Z. Smith,Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor of the Humanities, University of Chicago o 2003-04Dr. Mary Pattillo, Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at NorthwesternUniversity – “Making and Remaking Ghettos in Chicago” o 2004-05 Professor Juan Cole, Professor ofHistory at University of Michigan – “Islamic Politics and American Iraq” o 2005-06 Thomas Lynch,Award-winning Essayist and Poet, Director of Lynch & Sons Funeral Home, Milford, MI – “Adventuresin Essaying and Poems” o 2006-07 Martin E. Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service ProfessorEmeritus of the History of Modern Christianity at the University of Chicago - "Pluralism in America: TheGood News, the Bad News”


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The Yinger Singers (From “Twelve Yinger Singers Notable Chorus: Uniting Sextette, Quartettes andDuos Long Popular for Organ-like Harmony and Sparking Versatility.”

When the late Rev. George D. Yinger was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Quincy, MI, hebegan to train his four oldest children with rare directing ability. Their ages then ranged from five to ten,the youngest being able to carry the melody in four part harmony with accuracy and skill. The “YingerJuvenile Quartet” was immediately popular. It caught the ear of the manager of a small Chautauqua,and sand in a regular lyceum circuit that first summer. This original quartet, through the years sandtogether before hundred of audiences—in evening concerts, on the great Methodist Centenary programin Columbus, in the cantonments during the war—and one year its members were enrolled as freshman,sophomore, junior, and senior in Albion College, during which time they sand in 133 concerts throughoutthe middle west as “The Yinger Quartet of Albion College.” They were noted for exquisite harmony andcharm.

When this older quartet left home to go to college, a unique situation still prevailed. There remainedat home four more children so nearly counterparts of the older four that strangers hearing the youngerquartet were astonished that the Yinger children had changed so little. Building on the experience of theolder group, these children perfected many difficult musical arrangements.

In 1928 the two older boys married talented girls who, combined with the original quartet formed theorganization known as the “Yinger Sextette of Boston University.” There three young men and threeyoung women all attended Boston University as regularly enrolled students, defraying expenses byconcert singing in 99 different programs in New England communities. The quartet also sang regularly onSunday mornings in the First M. E. Church of Boston. The following year the Sextette traveled from coastto coast, singing to large and enthusiastic audiences.

During the school year of 1933-34 another combination was formed. The third son had married a youngwoman talented not only in music but in chalk artistry. This couple, with the three youngest boys of thefamily entered DePauw University and became known as the “Yinger Singers of DePauw University.”

These various groups have received plaudits from musicians, governors, bishops, outstanding clergymenand laymen from one end of America to the other.

In later years, the Twelve Yinger Singers Notable Chorus was formed, which included all the Yingerchildren but Paul, as well as four of the boys’ wives, Ruth, Aileen, Alberta, and Madelon.

“The Yinger Yarner” This publication was sent out once a month to members of the Yinger family allover the country. It was a mimeographed newsletter printed by the Yingers. Each of the family branchescontributed news to its columns, saving a lot of time and money in correspondence.

Scope and Contents note

The Yinger Family papers cover the years 1870-1994. The collection provides an overview of theinterests and careers of individuals within the Yinger family, as well as family member interrelationships.


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As many of the members of the Yinger family were Methodist pastors, there are a number of itemsrelating to their work in the church.

The collection consists of 14 series:

Series I, George Daniel and Emma Bancroft Yinger, is arranged by subseries, including Certificates andAwards; Clippings; Correspondence; Journals; Notes and Receipts; Photographs; Poetry; Scrapbooksand Albums; Sermons, Essays, Addresses and Reports; Albion College; and Church Documents. Itwas difficult to discern at times between Emma Bancroft Yinger’s journals, notebooks of poetry andscrapbooks. Each has a combination of photographs, clippings, imagery, and writings, but the bulkcontent of the materials within the books determined where they would live in the organizational schemaof the collection. The materials are organized by series, which is determined by type of document orsubject matter, and then chronologically. The largest series of material are her correspondence andwritings.

Series II, Elmer and Hattie Mae Bancroft, is arranged chronologically. The undated materials areorganized by type of material: correspondence, poetry, other writings.

Series III, The Clement Bancroft and Aileen Humphrey Yinger Family, is arranged chronologically. Inaddition to material related to Clement and Aileen, this series contains material related to their children,Winthrop Bancroft and Pamela Kay as well.

Series IV, The George Dempster and Ruth Mastin Yinger Family, is arranged chronologically. In additionto material related to George and Ruth, this series contains material related to their daughter, YvonneYinger Quinlan.

Series V, Edgar and Eunice Yinger Walton, is arranged chronologically.

Series VI, The Homer Vincent Sr. and Alberta Porter Yinger Family, is arranged by subseries, includingChurch Documents, Correspondence, Photographs, Sermons, Albion College, and Clippings. In additionto material related to Homer Sr. and Alberta, this series contains material related to their children Emelyn,Homer Vincent Jr., and Karen.

Series VII, The Floyd Wendell and Madelon Haring Yinger Family, is arranged chronologically. Inaddition to material related to Floyd and Madelon, this series contains material related to their daughter,Stephanie. Floyd Wendell Yinger is not to be confused with Floyd E. Yinger or Floyd Erwin Yinger.

Series VIII, The Paul Wesley and Harriet Knapp Yinger Family, is arranged by subseries, includingChurch Documents, Correspondence, Photographs, Sermons, and Miscellaneous. In addition toinformation on Paul and Harriet, this series contains information related to their daughter Marilyn.

Series IX, The John Milton and Winnie MacHenry Yinger Family, is arranged chronologically. Inaddition to information on John and Winnie, this series contains information on their daughter Susan.John Milton is often referred to as “Hon” or “Honie.”

Series X, The Charles Leonard and Marian Virginia Yinger Copenhaver Family, is arrangedchronologically. In addition to information on Charles and Marian, this series includes information ontheir children, Chad, Janice, and Martin Bancroft, as well as Charles III.


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Series XI, Other Family, is arranged chronologically. It contains materials that were not identifiable withthe major family members represented in the collection.

Series XII, Yinger Family Lecture Series, is arranged chronologically. It contains photographs andbrochures related to this lecture series at Albion College.

Series XIII, Yinger Singers, is arranged chronologically. It contains brochures, flyers, posters,correspondence, clippings, church bulletins documents the travels and performances of the YingerSingers, the Junior Yinger Quartette, the Yinger Juvenile Songsters, the Yinger Quartette of AlbionCollege, and the Yinger Sextette of Boston University.

Series XIV, “The Yinger Yarner,” is arranged chronologically.

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Albion College Archives and Special Collections 2001

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Rights

The literary rights to this collection are assumed to rest with the person(s) responsible for the productionof the particular items within the collection, or with their heirs or assigns. Researchers bear full legalresponsibility for acquisition to publish from any part of said collection per Title 17, United States Code.The Albion College Special Collections Department may reserve the right to intervene as intermediary atits own discretion.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

The papers were donated to Albion College by Marion Yinger Copenhaver and Dr. J. Milton Yinger in1994.

Bibliography


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“Dr. Yinger, Albion Pastor 11 ½ Years, Dies Unexpectedly at Sibley, Iowa.” Albion Evening Recorder(1972, September 5): 3.

“Rev. Homer Vincent Yinger Sr.” Michigan Christian Advocate (1973, February 22).

“Twelve Yinger Singers Notable Chorus: Uniting Sextette, Quartettes and Duos Long Popular for Organ-like Harmony and Sparkling Versatility” [publication, date unknown].


George Daniel and Emma Bancroft Yinger

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Collection Inventory

Series I George Daniel and Emma Bancroft Yinger 1890-1960

Subseries 1.A Certificates and Awards 1902-1947, undated

Box Folder

Teacher's Second Grade Certifacte for Emma Bancroft Yinger June 24,

1902

1 1

Michigan Christian Conference Certificates for Emma Bancroft

Yinger 1903-1907

1 2

American Mother of Michigan for 1947 Certificate for Emma Bancroft

Yinger 1947

1 3

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from State of MI Civil Service

Department undated

1 4

Subseries 1.B Clippings 1893-1960, undated

Box Folder

Clippings 1893-1930, undated 1 5

Bancroft Obituaries undated 1 6


Clippings

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Emma Bancroft Yinger 1941-1951 1 9

Political Cartoons, Toledo Blade 1942-1943 1 10

"Yinger Family" . Michigan Christian Advocate. 1944, September 21 1 11

"Sammy Singzon: Philippines Gospel Artist," publication

unknown post-1944

1 12

"Michigan Mother of 1947: Emma Bancroft Yinger" 1947 1 13

"Pastor's Sermon Dedicated to Parents' Anniversary." Enterprise. 1952,

August 10

1 14

"Two Woman Pastors Seeking Equal Rights for U.S. Group." Chicago

Daily News. August 16, 1954

1 15

Re: Emma Bancroft Yinger May 1958, undated 1 16

Obituaries for Emma Bancroft Yinger November/December 1960 1 17

Emma Bancroft Yinger Obituary 1960 1 18

"Our Little House," unknown publication undated 1 19


Correspondence

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"A True Incident," unknown publication undated 1 20

"Mrs. Dora Richards Miller," unknown publication undated 1 21

"The Old Farm," "The Solitude of Two," unknown publication undated 1 22

"Cuff," unknown publication undated 1 23

"Everybody But God," Michigan Christian Advocate. undated 1 24

Clippings, unknown publications undated 1 25

Notes and clippings, unknown publications undated 1 26

Remnants of George Daniel Yinger undated 1 27

"Woman Will be Pastor of Methodist Episcopal Chapel," unknown

publication undated

1 28

Subseries 1.C Correspondence 1895-1959, undated

Box Folder

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Edith G. Williams February 5, 1895 1 29

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Emma December 12, 1897 1 30


Correspondence

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Letter to George Daniel Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger January

24-25, 1902

1 31

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from George Daniel Yinger February

1902

1 32

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from James Bancroft April, May 1902 1 33

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Harriet Bancroft May, June 1902 1 34

Book I Letters of George Daniel Yinger and Emma Bancroft Yinger,

compiled by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1902

1 35

To George Daniel Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger 1902, 1903, 1906 1 36

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from George Daniel Yinger 1902-1910 1 37

Book II Letters of George Daniel Yinger and Emma Bancroft Yinger,

compiled by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1902-1910

1 38

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Addie February 4, 1903 1 39

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from May March 1903 1 40

Correspondence between George Daniel Yinger and Emma Bancroft

Yinger 1903

1 41

To George Daniel Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger August 1, 1907 1 42


Correspondence

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To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Cora and James Yinger July 11, 1910 1 43

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from George Daniel Yinger September 27,

1917

1 44

Book III Letters of George Daniel Yinger and Emma Bancroft Yinger,

compiled by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1917-1934

1 45

To/from George Daniel Yinger and Emma Bancroft Yinger ca. 1917 1 46

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Mabel February 18, 1918 1 47

To George Daniel Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger September 10,

1919

1 48

To George Daniel Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger July 26, 1920 1 49

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Thomas S. Henderson July 31, 1920 1 50

To Emma Bancroft Yinger 1920, 1954 1 51

To George Daniel Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger January 1923 1 52

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Elinor Yinger June 20, 1923 1 53


To Emma Bancroft Yinger from George Daniel Yinger September 1925 1 55


Correspondence

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Letters to the Family from Emma Bancroft Yinger and George Dempster

Yinger 1926-1940

1 56

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Farmers and Merchants Bank of

Nashville, Michigan 1928, 1940

1 57

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Elmer Bancroft November 17, 1929 1 58

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Family 1929-1958, undated 1 59

Telegram to George Daniel Yinger from Eleanor Yinger Walton March 21,

1931

1 60


To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Elinor Yinger May 8, 1933 1 62

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from James Bancroft May 18, 1934 1 63

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Clement Bancroft Yinger June 2,

1934

1 64

Letter to EBY from Edward and Lois Bancroft June 3, 1934 1 65

Correspondence between Bishop Blake, Florence and Emma Bancroft

Yinger August 21, 1934

1 66

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Grace E. Brompton October 12, 1934 1 67


Correspondence

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To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Aileen Humphrey Yinger 1934? 1 68

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger April 20, 1935 1 69

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Mrs. Charles Baldwin Aunt

Emma June 22, 1935

1 70

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Marian Yinger Copenhaver July 29,

1935

1 71

Invitation to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Raisin Valley Church August 2,

1935

1 72

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Aileen Humphrey Yinger August

15, 1935

1 73

Postcard to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Clement Bancroft

Yinger September 6, 1935

1 74

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Ruth Mastin Yinger October 9, 1935 1 75

Telegram to Emma Bancroft Yinger from George Dempster

Yinger November 19, 1935

1 76

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Clifford Allen April 17, 1936 1 77

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Okie James 1936 1 78


Correspondence

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To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Homer Vincent Yinger January-March

1938

1 79

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from the Floyd Wendell Yinger Family March

16, 1938

1 80

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Clement Bancroft Yinger March 22,

1938

1 81

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. April 19, 1938 1 82

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from George Dempster Yinger July 28, 1938?

Box Folder

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Clement Bancroft Yinger August 14,

1938

1 84

To Emma Bancroft Yinger and George Daniel Yinger from Albert R.

Elliott, Treasurer Board of Stewards December 31, 1938

1 85

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Paul Wesley Yinger March 23, 1939 1 86

Birthday card and letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Mrs. Charles

Baldwin Aunt Emma May 8, 1939

1 87

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from George Dempster Yinger November 27,

1939

1 88


Correspondence

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To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Grace Evely Brown December 17, 1939 1 89

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Floyd Wendell Yinger 1939

Box Folder

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from C. Brown May 31, 1940 1 91

Thank you card to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Mr. and Mrs. Michael Herga June 8, 1940

Box Folder

Letter of introduction for Emma Bancroft Yinger from MI School for the

Blind July 10, 1940

1 93

To Mrs. Whitney from Emma Bancroft Yinger 1940 1 94

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Marian Yinger Copenhaver March 1940 1 95

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Bernard March 23, 1941 1 96

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Albert R. Elliott, Treasurer, Board of

Conference Claimants April 1, 1941

1 97

To "My Dears" from Emma Bancroft Yinger December 27, 1941 1 98

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Marian Yinger Copenhaver

Family January 5, 1942

1 99

To Ferguson/Mom from Madelon February 1942 1 100


Correspondence

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To Elinor Bancroft Snyder from Emma Bancroft Yinger April 6, 1942 1 101

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from John Milton Yinger Family June 9, 1942 1 102

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Elinor Bancroft Snyder October 4, 1942 1 103

Telegrams to Emma Bancroft Yinger and George Dempster Yinger from

Eleanor Yinger Walton July 30, 1943

1 104

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Florence A. Grohe? February 28, 1944 1 105

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Paul Wesley Yinger September 15, 1944 1 106

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Alberta September 25, 1944 1 107

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Paul Wesley Yinger October 1, 1944 1 108

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Elinor Bancroft Snyder October 2, 1944 1 109

To "My Dears" from Emma Bancroft Yinger June 4, 1945 1 110

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from G. Bromley Oxnam July 14, 1945 1 111

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Paul Wesley Yinger August 15, 1945 1 112

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Eunice Yinger Walton September 25,

1945

1 113


Correspondence

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Invitation to Albion Methodist Church, Michigan Mother of 1947 - May

11, 1947

1 114

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Mattie 1947 1 115

To Family from Emma Bancroft Yinger 1947-1957, undated 1 116

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Carrie Knause January 9, 1949 1 117

To Mr. Ewbank from Emma Bancroft Yinger June 22, 1949 1 118

To "My Very Dear Friend" from Emma Bancroft Yinger undated

General note

with First Congregational Church program - March 11, 1951

1 119

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Glenn M. and Margaret Frye (Assistant to

the Bishop, Methodist Church, Detroit) January 1, 1953

1 20

From Emma Bancroft Yinger February 24, 1953 1 121

From Emma Bancroft Yinger March 6, 1953 1 122

From Emma Bancroft Yinger April 16, 1953 1 123

From Emma Bancroft Yinger May 18, 1953 1 124


Correspondence

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From Emma Bancroft Yinger June 8, 1953 1 125

From Emma Bancroft Yinger July 28, 1953 1 126

From Emma Bancroft Yinger August 6, 1953 1 127

From Emma Bancroft Yinger August 24, 1953 1 128

From Emma Bancroft Yinger September 21, 1953 1 129

To son from Emma Bancroft Yinger September 25, 1953 1 130

From Emma Bancroft Yinger October 2, 1953 1 131

From Emma Bancroft Yinger October 9, 1953 1 132

From Emma Bancroft Yinger November 2, 1953 1 133




Christmas card from Emma Bancroft Yinger December 22, 1953 1 137

From Emma Bancroft Yinger December 28, 1953 1 138


Correspondence

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To "Darlings" from Emma Bancroft Yinger (with a clipping of "Heads

State Dry Cleaners" ) January 25, 1954

1 139

To "My Darlings" from Emma Bancroft Yinger February 28, 1954 1 140

To Jay from Emma Bancroft Yinger June 27, 1954 1 141

To "My Precious Darlings" from Emma Bancroft Yinger December 10,

1955

1 142

To Emma Bancroft Yinger August 14, 1956 1 143

To son from Emma Bancroft Yinger August 21, 1956 1 144


Postcard to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. 1959 1 146

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from John Takach March 19 1 147

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Elmer Bancroft August 5 1 148

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from George Dempster Yinger September 23 1 149

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Marian Yinger Copenhaver undated 1 150

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Alberta Copenhaver undated 1 151


Correspondence

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Telegram to Emma Bancroft Yinger from the "Kids" undated 1 152

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Paul Wesley Yinger undated 1 153

Card to Emma Bancroft Yinger from grandchild undated 1 154

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from William H. Philips undated 1 155

Card to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Floyd Wendell Yinger

Family undated

1 156

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from George Dempster Yinger undated 1 157

To Emma Bancroft Yinger from Floyd Wendell Yinger undated 1 158

To George Daniel Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 1 159

Letters to Emma Bancroft Yinger and George Daniel Yinger from Paul

Wesley Yinger and George Dempster Yinger undated

1 160

Unidentified and incomplete correspondence undated 1 161

Christmas card from Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 1 162

To "My wild birds everywhere" from Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 1 163

To Sunday School Teacher from Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 1 164


Journals

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To "My Dears" from Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 1 165

Postcard to "My Dear" from Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 1 166

From Emma Bancroft Yinger, written at 54 Westgate Rd, Asheville, North

Carolina undated

1 167

To " My Dear Boy" from Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 1 168

Subseries 1.D Journals 1896-1957, undated

Box Folder

"My Tryst With My Pen, Book III" 1896-1933 2 1

Excerpt from journals 1902, undated 2 2

Journal by Emma Bancroft Yinger February 29, 1912; March 23, 1913;

June 12, 1913

2 3

"My Tryst With My Pen" includes family tree 1927-1929, undated 2 4

"My Tryst With My Pen, Book II" 1928-1943 2 5

Box

Daily Journal of Emma Bancroft Yinger for 1933 1933-1934 11

Box Folder


Journals

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Journals of Emma Bancroft Yinger October 29-December 4, 1934 2 6

"My Tryst With My Pen" 1934 2 7

Journal by Emma Bancroft Yinger September 19, 20, 22, 1935 2 8

Journal of Emma Bancroft Yinger September 26-December 29, 1935 2 9

"My Tryst With My Pen" 1935 2 10

Journal of Emma Bancroft Yinger 1935, 1944 2 11

Journals 1942 and 1936-1938 2 12

"Scribbles of the School for the Blind, Lansing, Michigan" by Emma

Bancroft Yinger 1937

2 13

My Tryst With My Pen by Emma Bancroft Yinger Summer of 1939 2 14

Bristol, New Hampshire by Emma Bancroft Yinger Summer of 1939 2 15

The Self Book by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1939-1942 2 16

Diary 1941 by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1941 2 17

Traveling Journal by Emma Bancroft Yinger September 7, 1941-August

14, 1942

2 18


Notes and Receipts

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"My Tryst With My Pen" Beginning 1943 2 19

"Chapter III" by Emma Bancroft Yinger February 9, 1943 2 20

Page from a Journal by Emma Bancroft Yinger June 13, 1943 2 21

Perpetual Datebook Journal by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1945-1953 2 22

Journals by Emma Bancroft Yinger March 7, December 25, 1956 2 23

"Emma Bancroft Yinger" September 1957 2 24

Journal Excerpts undated 2 25

"Rambling Tryst With Her Pen" undated 2 26

Running Journal - Diary of Emma Bancroft Yinger and George Daniel

Yinger undated

2 27

Subseries 1.E Notes and Receipts 1898-1938, undated

Box Folder

Notes ca.1928 3 1

Westminster Presbyterian Church program with handwritten notes by

Emma Bancroft Yinger January 23, 1938

3 2


Photographs

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Note undated 3 3

Notes undated 3 4

"Timeless and eventless…" undated 3 5

"Woman human type of which man is the variation…" undated 3 6

Raisin Valley Seminary tuition payment March 5, 1898 3 7

Checkbook stub 1924 3 8

Accounting sheet Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 3 9

Subseries 1.F Photographs 1904-1958, undated

Box Folder

"The Yingers" Albion College graduation 1904

General note

2 copies

3 10

Negatives ca. 1924 3 11

Emma Bancroft Yinger 1952

General note

3 12


Poetry

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badly faded

George Daniel and Emma Bancroft Yinger 1958, undated 3 13

George Daniel and Emma Bancroft Yinger Family undated 3 14

George Daniel and Emma Bancroft Yinger's children, Religious Emphasis

Week, Albion College undated

3 15

Photos undated 3 16

Family Photo Album undated 3 17

Yinger Family Photographs undated 3 18

Subseries 1.G Poetry 1895-1959, undated

Box Folder

"Helpful thots (sic) gained by the way, while a student in Defiance and

Albion and Raisin Valley Seminary" 1895-1902

3 19

"Orations of Lysias" by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1901 3 20

"I Like" by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1904 3 21

"Woman" 1931, 1935, undated 3 22

"What is Love?" by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1934?


Poetry

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Box Folder

"The First Christmas in Heaven" 1934? 3 24

"Our Still-born Baby" February 8, 1939 3 25

"Prince of Peace!" December 17, 1939 3 26

Poems by Emma Bancroft Yinger April 7, 1940, 1945 and 1952 3 27

Poems by Emma Bancroft Yinger March 12, 1941; July 1945; April 16,

1946; November 24, 1947; March 18, 1959

3 28

"I Said Yesterday" by Emma Bancroft Yinger July 1942 3 29

Houston School Poems by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1943 3 30

"My Last Sonnet" February 1947 3 31

"A New Song" by Emma Bancroft Yinger; "One Family," "True Wealth"

April 1948; December 25, 1947

3 32

Yinger, Emma Bancroft. Teach Us to Live! Latonia, KY: V. Carter

Services 1948

3 33

Yinger, Emma Bancroft. Life and Love, Complementary Mysteries.

Latonia, KY: V. Carter Service 1949

General note

3 34


Poetry

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3 copies

"Ad Quem? Which? A Poetical Brochure" 1950 3 35

"I Have Come into the Garden to Gather Lilies" March 11, 1951 3 36

Yinger, Emma Bancroft. Peace on Earth. Latonia, KY: V. Carter

Service 1951

General note

2 copies

3 37

"Too Many Moons" March 9, 1953 3 38

Poems and Writings by Emma Bancroft Yinger and Quotations 1953-1956 3 39

Poetry by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1956, undated 3 40

This Morning's Prayer by Emma Bancroft Yinger February 18, 1957 3 41

Yinger, Emma Bancroft. Hurt Not the Tree. Tucson, AZ: V. Carter

Service 1957

General note

2 copies

3 42

Poetry 1957-1959, undated 3 43


Poetry

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Poetry 1958-1959, undated 3 44

"The Dawn is Breaking" May 29, 1959 3 45

Yinger, Emma Bancroft. The Key to Peace. Colorado Springs, CO: V.

Carter Service. 1959

General note

2 copies

3 46

"To My Birdlings Here and There" by Emma Bancroft Yinger July 6 3 47

Poetry by Emma Bancroft Yinger #2 undated 3 48

Poems undated 3 49

Poems undated 3 50

Poems by Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 3 51

Poems by Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 3 52

Poem "Mother" by Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 3 53

Poems by Emma Bancroft Yinger "Break York Alabaster Boxes…"

undated

3 54


Poetry

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Poetry undated 3 55

"Ad Quem?" by Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 3 56

"Ad Quem?" undated 3 57

"Faith, Hope, Love" undated 3 58

"The First Day of School" undated 3 59

"The Golden Key" undated 3 60

"If for Women" by Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 3 61

"Life Abundant" undated 3 62

"Luvena" undated 3 63

"Missionary Poems" undated 3 64

"Mothers Lullaby" words by Emma Bancroft Yinger, music by Mrs. Floyd

Yinger undated

3 65

"Thots (sic) on Different Subjects" undated 3 66

Yinger, Emma Bancroft. Things That Live and Other Poems undated

General note

3 67


Scrapbooks and Albums

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2 copies

"We Would Be Building…" undated 3 68

Subseries 1.H Scrapbooks and Albums 1890-1960, undated

Box Folder

Autograph Book 1890-1897 4 1

Wedding Album: George Daniel Yinger to Emma Bancroft 1902 4 2

"Great Mothers, and Some Others: Collected in Memory of the Most

Beautiful, Most Ideal, Most Perfect, Most Mother-like Mother, Whose

Memory is a Constant Benediction, Precious Mother: Harriet Brown

Bancroft, My Mother" 1935

4 3

Scrapbook by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1945-1959 4 4

Scrapbook pages 1947 4 5

Memorial Record of Emma Bancroft Yinger November 1960 4 6

"This one thing do I press…" undated 4 7

Subseries 1.I Sermons, Essays, Addresses, and Reports 1896-1955, undated

Box Folder

"Astronomy" October and November 1896 4 8


Sermons, Essays, Addresses, and Reports

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General note

Raisin Valley Seminary

"Astronomy" December 9, 1896

General note


4 9

"Psychology" March 17, 1897 4 10

"Am I My Brother's Keeper?" Commencement Address 1897

General note


4 11

Sermons Preached by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1897-1957 4 12

Sermons and Addresses by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1897-1957, undated 4 13

Early Sermons 1899-1947, undated 4 14

"Our Nation's Tomorrow" (Sunday School Picnic, Sand Lake) August 19,

1900

4 15

Sermons 1900, nd. 4 16

"Missions: Resolutions" January 27, 1901 4 17



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Essays January 1901; May 1, 22, 28; July 24; August 21, 1904 4 18

"Defiance" May 1901 4 19

Some Early Writings of Emma Bancroft Yinger 1901, undated 4 20

Essays January 1902-March 19, 1905 4 21

"Bancroft House" and China essay May 14, 1904 4 22

"Holding the Rope" May 17, 1911 4 23

The White Ribbon October 15, 1915 4 24

"Toast to Daughters" April 9, 1924 4 25

"Home Missionary Address" 1924 4 26

Sermons 1924-1955, undated 4 27

Thanksgiving by Emma Bancroft Yinger 1925 5 1

"Christmas" December 25, 1925 5 2

"Launch Out" WHMS Convention May 17, 1927 5 3

Sermon Given at Trinity Methodist Church, Grand Rapids May 21, 1927 5 4



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Essay by Emma Bancroft Yinger "Live One Day at a Time" August 22,

1934

5 5

"The Minister Moves" 1934-1936 5 6

"Missionary Address. He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith

unto the Churches." April 17, 1938

5 7

An Essay by Emma Bancroft Yinger July 8, 1939 5 8

"Women Preachers" 1943 5 9

Essay of Emma Bancroft Yinger 1945 5 10

"Mother's Day Address" May 11, 1947 5 11

Essays December 1947 and March 21, 1958 5 12

I Have Come Unto the Garden to Gather Lilies. Sermon Preached March

11, 1951 in First Congregational Church, Riverside, California by Emma

Bancroft Yinger. March 11, 1951

General note

2 published, 2 manuscript copies

5 13

Sermon Preached March 11, 1951 by Emma Bancroft Yinger March 11,

1951

5 14



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Sermon by Emma Bancroft Yinger March 11, 1951 5 15

"The Two Great Commandments" by Emma Bancroft Yinger November 6,

1953

5 16

"Mother's Day" May 8, 1955 5 17

Easter Sunday Sermon April 20 5 18

Sermons by Emma Bancroft Yinger June 16-August 31 5 19

"Cats" undated 5 20

Christ Church Methodist Essay undated 5 21

"Concord" undated 5 22

The Homemaker undated 5 23

"Let This Mind Be in You Which Was Also in Jesus Christ" undated 5 24

"My Mother" by Emma Bancroft Yinger undated 5 25

"Preface" undated 5 26

"A Solitary Way" undated 5 27


Albion College

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"Subjects He Came Singing…: (the Life of George Yinger)" by Emma

Bancroft Yinger undated

5 28

"Success Through Failure" undated 5 29

"Thy Kingdom Come" undated 5 30

Incomplete essay undated 5 31

Sermons undated 5 32

"Notes, Poems, and Quotations Used in Sermons (by Emma Bancroft

Yinger) and Addresses"

General note

1 of 2

5 33

"Notes, Poems, and Quotations Used in Sermons (by Emma Bancroft Yinger) and Addresses" undated

General note

2 of 2

Subseries 1.J Albion College 1903-1960, undated

Box Folder

English February 23, 1903 5 35


Albion College

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General note

Albion College

Image: Albion College Class of 1904 1904 5 36

Albion College Commencement Exercises 1904 5 37

Photographs: Albion College Zetalethians and Tau Kappa

Epsilon 1925-1927, undated

5 38

Emma Bancroft Yinger 1926-1951, undated 5 39

Alumni File: George Daniel Yinger and Emma Bancroft

Yinger 1932-1946, undated

5 40

Letter to Emma Bancroft Yinger from Frederic Samuel

Goodrich November 23, 1933

5 41

EBY's Albion College Alumni File 1945-1958 5 42

Correspondence between George Daniel Yinger and Emma Bancroft

Yinger 1903

5 43

"Emma Bancroft Yinger, '04: Minister and Mother" . Io

Triumphe! September 1946

5 44

Card from Leland Publishers, Inc. March 18, 1947 5 45


Church Documents

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Business Reply Card from Albion College Alumni Association September

22, 1947

5 46

Letter to K.J. Hollinshead from Helen White April 2, 1948 5 47

"Class Notes from Far and Near…" Io Triumphe! January 1952 5 48

Albion College Contribution Record for Emma Bancroft

Yinger 1956-1960

5 49

To Ann Hollinshead from Emma Bancroft Yinger July 1957 5 50

Letter to Dr. William W. Whitehouse; includes sonnet by Emma Bancroft

Yinger March 31, 1960; February 7, 1960

5 51

Subseries 1.K Church Documents 1934-circa 1980

Box Folder

Annual Young People's Banquet program May 17, 1929 5 52

The Pulpit November 1942 5 53

Brooks Memorial Methodist Church, Marshall, MI February 7, 1958 5 54

History of the First United Methodist Church, Corner of Michigan and

Center, South Haven, Michigan. 1855-1980

5 55

Hanover and Horton Quarterly Conference Report undated 5 56


Biographical sketches

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Subseries 1.L Biographical sketches

Scope and Contents note

Part I and III not found.

Box Folder

Part II: George meets Emma 5 142

Series 2 Elmer and Hattie Mae Brown Bancroft 1870-1949, undated

Box Folder

Teacher's Contract for Hattie Brown Bancroft June 17, 1870 5 57

To Hattie Brown Bancroft February 26, 1871 5 58

To Hattie Brown Bancroft December 14, 1871 5 59


To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Elmer Sherman Bancroft April 12, 1872 5 61

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Clara Clark April 21, 1872 5 62

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Mate Brown April 28, 1872 5 63

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Libbie Gibbs May 1, 1872 5 64


Elmer and Hattie Mae Brown Bancroft

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To "Dear Schoolmarm" from Mate Brown September 16, 1872 5 65

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Mate Brown September 16, 1872 5 66

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from William H. and C.H. Clark and

Co. October 6, 1872

5 67

To Hattie Brown Bancroft November 18, 1872 5 68

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Mate Brown December 10, 1872 5 69

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Mate Brown, Libbie Gibbs, Elizabeth

Gillane 1872-1873

5 70

"My Darling Sister" March 20, 1873 5 71

"My Dear Daughter" from Hattie Brown Bancroft May 18, 1873 5 72

"Dear Daughter" from Hattie Brown Bancroft May 19, 1873 5 73

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Frank May 25, 1873 5 74

To Hattie Brown Bancroft June 12, 1873 5 75

To Hattie Brown Bancroft July 17, 1873 5 76

To Hattie Brown Bancroft August 26, 1873 5 77



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To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Clarenes Judson September 9, 1873 5 78

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from sister September 21, 1873 5 79

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Sarah Brown September 28, 1873 5 80

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Clara Clark October 28, 1873 5 81

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Mattie Dinehart December 7, 1873 5 82

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Mattie Dinehart? Lou January 24, 1874 5 83


To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Mattie Dinehart February 10, 1874 5 85


To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Mattie Dinehart July 18, 1874 5 87


To Hattie Brown Bancroft June 18, 1878 5 89

To Mrs. Sarahann Brown from G.H. Ranger February 15, 1879 5 90

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from E.S. Bancroft April 27, 1879 5 91



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To Hattie Brown Bancroft from E. Brown June 19, 1879 5 92

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Clara Clark July 20 and 21, 1881 5 93

Poems by Hattie Brown Bancroft 1881, undated 5 94

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Clara Clark 1884 5 95

"Dear Niece" March 4, 1889 5 96

5 97 II To Elinor Bancroft Snyder from Hattie Brown Bancroft April 20,

1891

5 97

"Dear Cousin" from Elinor Bancroft Snyder February 18, 1892 5 98

Bancroft, Hattie Brown. "The Good Shepherd" . Herald of Gospel

Liberty, XCV(52): 830. 1903, December 24

5 99

To Elmer Bancroft from Emma Bancroft Yinger October 10, 1930 5 100

Treasured Words by Hattie Brown Bancroft. Edited and copyrighted by

Emma Bancroft Yinger. Printed by V. Carter Service. 1949

General note

2 copies

5 101

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Clara H. Clark January 10 5 102



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To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Libbie Gibbs May 30 5 103

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Clara Clark July 7 5 104

To Bancrofts from Clara H. Clark undated 5 105

To Hattie Brown Bancroft from Libbie Gibbs undated 5 106

To GBB from Clara? undated 5 107

Poems by Hattie Brown Bancroft undated 5 108

A Poem by Hattie Brown Bancroft undated 5 109

Poem "From the Housekeepers Day Book" by Hattie Brown

Bancroft undated

5 110

Poem "True World" undated 5 111

"Paper" undated 5 112

Essay "Winter" undated 5 113

Essay "Womanhood" by Hattie Brown Bancroft undated

Box Folder

Short Story undated 5 115


The Clement Bancroft and Aileen Yinger Family

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Notebook undated 5 116

Series 3 The Clement Bancroft and Aileen Yinger Family 1925-1960, undated

Box Folder

Clement Bancroft Yinger at Albion College 1925-1927 5 117

Dr. Clement Bancroft Yinger 1928-1972, undated 5 118

Letter to "Folks" from Clement Bancroft Yinger June 6, 1934 5 119

Union Congregational Church program June 2, 1935 5 120

Winnipesaukee Camp Meeting program August 11-18, 1935 5 121

Clement Bancroft and Aileen Humphrey Yinger 1935-1958, undated 5 122

"You are my Disciples, If—" Io Triumphe! by Clement Bancroft

Yinger March 1941

5 123

To Aileen Humphrey Yinger? From Emma Bancroft Yinger 1941 5 124

Correspondence and Pastor's Reports March-May 1948 5 125

Clipping: "Roatry Club Awards Prizes to High School Essay Contest

Winners" . The Era. 1950, May 23

5 126


The Clement Bancroft and Aileen Yinger Family

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Letter "Dear Kids" from Aileen Humphrey Yinger Feburary 9, 1955

Box Folder

"June Brides from Adrian Area: Yinger-Friedrich" . Adrian Daily

Telegram. 1955, June 15

5 128

Clipping "Gifts Presented to Family" . The Era. 1955, September 29 5 129

Letter " Dear Folks" from Winthrop Yinger April 1, 1956 5 130

Letter "Dear Yinger Kids" from Clement Bancroft Yinger April 18, 1956 5 131

To "Yinger Kids" from Clement Bancroft Yinger December 2, 1959 5 132

Grace Methodist Church Bulletin December 25, 1960 5 133

Union Congregational Church program June 23, 30 5 134

To Aileen Humphrey Yinger? from Emma Bancroft Yinger December 14 5 135

Clipping "They Lead Bradford High School Seniors" undated 5 136

"Ode to a Prune" by Aileen Humphrey Yinger undated 5 137

Introducting Aileen Humphrey Yinger: Writer and Dramatist undated 5 138

"Clement B. Yinger" publication date unknown 5 139


The George Dempster and Ruth Mastin Yinger Family

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"Ticket for Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Yinger and the Sinfonietta Orchestra"

undated

5 140

5 141 III Photographs of Clement Bancroft Yinger undated 5 141

Series 4 The George Dempster and Ruth Mastin Yinger Family 1901-1993, undated

Box Folder

Letter to "My Dear Boy" September 5, 1901 6 1

Letters to George Dempster Yinger and Clement Bancroft Yinger from

George Daniel and Emma Bancroft Yinger 1924-1926

6 2

Letter to Clement Bancroft Yinger and George Dempster Yinger from

Emma Bancroft Yinger - Winter 1925-1926

6 3

Albion College Materials George Dempster Yinger 1925 6 4

George Dempster Yinger 1925-1992 6 5

English I Bluebook for George Dempster Yinger June 7, 1926 6 6

Alumni File George Dempster Yinger 1929-1972 6 7

Miscellaneous Letters to George Dempster Yinger 1930, 1934, 1967 6 8

Correspondence and Clippins of Ruth Mastin Yinger 1931-1993 6 9



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Three Rivers Methodist Episcopal Church program July 22, 29, August 19,

1934

6 10

History of the First United Methodist Church of Three Rivers, Michigan:

A Centenarian. Comp. by Sue I. Silliman. Three Rivers Publishing Co.

Forward by George Dempster Yinger 1934

General note

2 copies

6 11

Letter to Greenpauwwites from George Dempster Yinger December 24,

1934

6 12

Three Rivers Pastors Reports by George Dempster Yinger 1934-1938 6 13

Correspondence of George Dempster and Ruth Mastin Yinger 1934-1992 6 14

Letter to "Folks" from George Dempster Yinger November 15, 1935 6 15

Methodist Chimes, Vol. I, No.2 December 17, 1937

General note

3 copies

6 16

Letter to George Dempster Yinger from Floyd December 20, 1937 6 17



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Lenten School of Religion, Three Rivers Methodist Episcopal

Church March 3-April 7, 1938

6 18

"This Year's Preaching Program" George Dempster Yinger 1938 6 19

Church Bulletins George Dempster Yinger 1938-1947 6 20

Albion Methodist Life, Vol. I April 5, 1939

General note

3 copies

6 21

Letter to George Dempster Yinger from the Board of Education of the

Methodist Episcopal Church December 8, 1939

6 22

Letter Board of Education from George Dempster Yinger December 12,

1939

6 23

Letter to George Dempster Yinger from Board of Education of the

Methodist Episcopal Church December 20, 1939

6 24

First United Methodist Church of Albion 1939-1948 6 25

Letter to "My Dear Boy" from Emma Bancroft Yinger September 12,

1940

6 26

Articles on Mr. and Mrs. George Dempster Yinger 1940, undated 6 27



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Yinger, G. Dempster. "Rethinking Our Alcoholic Culture" . Io Triumphe!

22:30. 1941, March

6 28

Pastor's Report May 16, 1941 6 29

Sermons, Prayers and Broadcasts of George Dempster Yinger 1941-1972 6 30

Letter to "Cousin" from George Dempster Yinger January 7, 1942 6 31

Letter from George Dempster Yinger February 4, 1942 6 32

Letter to George Dempster Yinger from Kathryn Turner Garten July 15,

1944

6 33

Letter to George Dempster Yinger from Albion College May 28, 1945

General note

2 copies

6 34

Honorary degree, Albion College for George Dempster Yinger May 28,

1945

6 35

Writings of Yvonne Yinger Quinlan 1945-1948 6 36

Letter to Pastor from Wilbur F. Powell September 19, 1947 6 37

Letter to Pastor from Ralph F. Windows November 24, 1947 6 38



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"In an English Pulpit" by George Dempster Yinger, in Michigan Christian

Advocate February 3, 1949

6 39

Letter to Albion First Methodist Church Congregation from Clifford

Smith December 9, 1949

6 40

Dubuque High School Band program May 11, 1951 6 41

"Mother's Day" St. Lukes's Methodist Church May 13, 1951 6 42

Notes ca. 1951

Box Folder

"The Chimes" St. Luke's Methodist Church February 20, 1955 6 44

"The Minister's Column" George Dempster Yinger September 1955 6 45

Program: "Your Lenten Series" 1955 6 46

Postcard to George Dempster and Ruth Mastin Yinger from Albion

College September 10, 1956

6 47

Letter to George Dempster Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger August

28, 1957

6 48

Letters to George Dempster Yinger from Emma Bancroft

Yinger 1959-1960

6 49


Edgar and Eleanor Eunice Yinger Walton

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To George Dempster Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger April/August

1960

6 50

Letters to George Dempster Yinger from Emma Bancroft Yinger 1960 6 51

Presentation of Dempster Yinger Memorial Handbells - First United

Methodist Church January 12, 1975

6 52

Photos: George Dempster Yinger Family undated 6 53

Photograph George Dempster Yinger undated 6 54

Poem about George Dempster Yinger undated 6 55

Article: "Dr. G. Dempster Yinger Officiates at Wedding of Daughter

Yvonne" undated

6 56

Glee Club Championship undated 6 57

Letter to George Dempster Yinger Family from Emma Bancroft

Yinger undated

6 58

Letters to Parishioners from George Dempster Yinger undated 6 59

Series 5 Edgar and Eleanor Eunice Yinger Walton 1939-1983, undated

Box Folder



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"1500 Miles an Hour: A Bicycle Tour Through England with Eleanor

Yinger" ca. 1939

General note

promotional brochure

6 60

Photos: Eleanor Yinger Walton ca. 1940, undated 6 61

Letter to the Yingers and Copenhavers from Eleanor Yinger

Walton August 6, 1945

6 62

To "Family" from Eleanor Yinger Walton 1946 6 63

To Eleanor Yinger Walton from Harriet Knapp Yinger April 1947 6 64

Wedding Announcement September 9, 1951 6 65

To Paul Wesley and Harriet Knapp Yinger from Mabel Sassafras and

Eleanor Yinger Walton "Tudy" May 24, 1955, undated

6 66

To Eleanor Yinger Walton from Anna L. Briggs June 1, 1955 6 67

Programs from Summer Theatre with clippings re: Wingspread

Theatre July 5-9, June 28-July 2, July 12-16, 1955

6 68

To Paul Wesley Yinger from Edgar Walton August 1, 1955 6 69

Wingspread Summer Theatre program 1955 6 70



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"News Release" March 28, 1956 6 71

"Dear Everyone in the Family" from Eleanor Yinger Walton March 29,

1956

6 72

Eleanor Yinger Walton 1956-1983 6 73

"Chautauqua" , script by Eleanor Yinger Walton September 14, 1977 6 74

"Chautauqua" , script by Eleanor Yinger Walton, unbound September 14,

1977

6 75

"Selections for Students of Voice and Diction" by Eleanor Yinger

Walton 1978

6 76

"Four Scripts" by Eleanor Yinger Walton A Nest of Letters, Hardkoppig

Piet, Follow the Santa Fe Trail, Wits of the Round Table ca. 1979

6 77

Albion College Alumni File: Eleanor Yinger Walton 1983, undated

General note

microfiche

6 78

Sandburg Mosaic by Eleanor Yinger Walton undated 6 79

"United Christian Youth Movement Press Release by Jack Hannah"

undated

6 80


The Homer Vincent and Alberta Porter Yinger Family

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Series 6 The Homer Vincent and Alberta Porter Yinger Family 1926-1973, undated

Subseries 6.A Church Documents 1926-1972, undated

Box Folder

Local Preacher's License, Big Rapids District Homer Vincent Yinger

Sr. 1926

7 1

"The Plymouth Crier" July 1, 1938 7 2

Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. Installation program, Plymouth Congregational

Church December 1, 1938

7 3

Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. Installation program, First Congregational

Church, La Crosse, Wisconsin February 12, 1941

7 4

"Rev. Homer Yinger, Congregational Pastor, takes California Position"

La Crosse Tribune April 13, 1944

7 5

7 6 VI:A "The Open Door" Cremont Church - October 31, 1946

Box Folder

Fairlawn Community Church bulletins 1946-1948 7 7

Maundy Thursday Communion Fairlawn Community Church? March 25,

1948

7 8


Church Documents

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Fairlawn Community Church bulletin May 4, 1948 7 9

Fairlawn Community Church bulletins 1949 7 10

New Member List Fairlawn Community Church? April 6, 1950 7 11


Fairlawn Community Church Information April 6, 1950 7 13

Attendance Award Bulletin Fairlawn Community Church? June 10, 1951 7 14





Fairlawn Community Church Dedication bulletin May 1, 1955 7 19

"The Tower" Fairlawn Community Church 1958 7 20

First Congregational Church, Columbus, Ohio January 7, 1958 7 21

Fairlawn Community Church bulletin 1959 7 22


Church Documents

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Fairlawn Community Church Dedication Bulletin October 28, 1962 7 27


School of Christian Living, Fairlawn Community Church January 13th to

February 17th 1963

7 29

School of Christian Living, Fairlawn Community Church March 6th to

April 3rd 1963

7 30







Church Documents

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"The Tower" Fairlawn Community Church, Akron, Ohio 1966 7 37

Westminster Presbyterian Church bulletin November 23, 1967 7 38



7 41 VI:A "The Tower" Fairlawn Community Church, Akron, Ohio 1968 7 41





New Member List Fairlawn Community Church? December 1971 7 46

"The Tower" Fairlawn Community Church, Akron, Ohio 1971

Box Folder



Correspondence

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"The Tower" Fairlawn Community Church, Akron, Ohio undated 7 49

"Our Album of Faith" Fairlawn Community Church undated 7 50

Fairlawn Community Church brochure undated 7 51

Fairlawn Community Church Lent bulleting undated 7 52

Church bulletins Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. undated 7 53

"The Vigil of Maundy Thursday" undated 7 54

"Typical Week in a Minister's Life" undated 7 55

Pastor's Report by Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. undated 7 56

Subseries 6.B Correspondence 1935-1973, undated

Box Folder

Letter to Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. from President Franklin D.

Roosevelt September 23, 1935

7 57

Letter to Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. from Chicago Theological

Seminary April 29, 1938

7 58

"Statement to the People" by Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. September 29,

1948

7 59


Photographs

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Letter to "Dear Ones All" from Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. January 10,

1949

7 60

Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. 1973 7 61

Christmas Greeting from Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. Familry undated 7 62

Christmas Card from Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. undated 7 63

Letter to Homer Vincent Yinger Sr. from the Stone Family undated 7 64

Subseries 6.C Photographs undated

Box Folder

Homer Vincent Yinger Jr. undated 7 65

Subseries 1.D Sermons 1938-1972, undated

Box Folder

Ordination Paper December 1, 1938 8 1

The Saving Remnant December 10, 1939 8 2

"The Educational Task of Our Time" June 9, 1940 8 3

"Christian Duty Now" September 1, 1940 8 4


Sermons

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"If We Have to Fight" November 23, 1941 8 5

"Let Christians Get Together!" January 11, 1942 8 6

"The Hiding Places of Power" February 15, 1942 8 7

"What Are We Fighting For?" May 31, 1942 8 8

"The Churches and the War" November 8, 1942 8 9

"Why Does God Permit Suffering?" January 24, 1943 8 10

Democracy's Unfinished Business February 14, 1943 8 11

The Danger of Winning the War May 23, 1943 8 12

"Thoughts After Five Years" November 28, 1943 8 13

Religion and Health January 23, 1944 8 14

"The Pursuit of Happiness" August 27, 1944 8 15

"When the Boys Come Home" November 12, 1944 8 16

The Tale of the Innkeeper December 24, 1944 8 17

"Accentuate the Positive" May 11, 1945 8 18


Sermons

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"The Contemporary Case for Conscience" June 17, 1945 8 19

"The Modern Approach to the Bible" December 9, 1945 8 20

"Worship Moods and Modes" January 13, 1946 8 21

"Forgive Us As We Forgive" ; "Dawn on Our Darkness" March 16, 1947;

undated

8 22

Sermon July 24, 1960 8 23

Sermon April 16, 196