Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Hugo Odhner in Toronto, ON, Canada. Pendleton is pleased that Odhner will accept both a teaching position with the Academy and an assistant pastoral role for the Bryn Athyn Church. The Academy Board of Directors and the Trustees of the Bryn Athyn Church have given their approval, and they just need the consent of the Bryn Athyn Society to make it official. Pendleton looks forward to hearing that the Toronto Society has succeeded in choosing a new...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Llewellyn W. T. David in Toronto, ON, Canada. Pendleton writes that the Academy Board of Directors has officially hired David at a salary of $2500 per year, effective Jan. 1st of the present year, to work as Mr. Theodore Pitcairn’s secretary and also work for the Academy to fill his time. Pendleton looks forward to seeing David in Bryn Athyn.

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Richard Morse in Sydney, Australia. Pendleton is pleased that Morse plans to attend the 1928 London General Assembly, and he reports that they are expecting a large attendance. Pendleton discusses the matter of vaccination as it relates to Miss (Mora) White’s attendance at the Academy. Pendleton brought the issue before the Board of Directors, and they agreed with him that proof of vaccination is required for Academy students under the charter granted...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Richard Morse in Sydney, Australia. Pendleton has received Morse’s letter of August 18th. He is impressed that Morse still enjoys playing tennis at age 73 as he himself was forced to give up tennis long ago. He informs Morse that the Academy Board of Directors has discussed Morse’s request regarding the holding of his property, and it was decided that the Academy should take charge of it since the organization of the Sydney Society is not yet...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton informs Tilson that the Academy Board of Directors has agreed to allocate $450 for the use of the Burton Road School. Pendleton will send Tilson a formal statement to this effect once he has received a copy of the resolution from the secretary.

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton acknowledges receipt of Tilson’s letter of Sept. 20th. He has ready it with sympathy and will present it to the Board of Directors when he returns from his episcopal trip west.

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton presented Tilson’s appeal for funding to the Academy Board of Directors, and they have awarded Tilson a gift of $450 from the Glanville Bequest. Pendleton leaves it to Tilson and his pastoral council to decide how best to use the gift. Pendleton thanks Tilson for sending news of the Church in England following the Assembly and Dedication. Pendleton hopes the new church building in Colchester will...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors, Pendleton read aloud Tilson’s letter of August 20th regarding the discontinuation of the Burton Road school. The members were distressed and refused to accept its permanent closing. As a result, they resolved to pass a resolution in January to continue payments to the Burton Road school for one year in the hopes of its revival. Pendleton also inquires whether Tilson’s...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton is happy to hear from Tilson now that the “storm” of the Assembly meetings has passed. He agrees with Tilson’s reflections, and he hopes that the Burton Road church will not meet the same fate as the Peckham Rye church. Pendleton is pleased that Tilson has added Mr. Anderson to his Council and Mr. Stebbing to his Board of Finance. He comments, “Sometimes a new infusion of blood is vitalizing.” The Board...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton writes that, until further notice, the Board of Directors has approved final payments of $87.50 to Tilson and $137.50 to Miss Dowling from the Glanville Bequest. The expected income from the Bequest has been reduced by 86% as a result of the Depression. The Board approved payments from the Bequest of $450 to the Colchester School for the years 1933 and 1934. The Board is hopeful that the value of the...