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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 596 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Karl R. Alden, 1923-09-26

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Identifier: RG.004.01
Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Karl R. Alden in Toronto, Canada. F. Pendleton informs Alden that N.D. Pendleton will visit Canada next May. F. Pendleton discusses the weather in Bryn Athyn; today they have the heaviest fog she has ever seen, and in general it has been unusually and unpleasently wet. F. Pendleton's father (W.F. Pendleton) is not ill but is very frail. However, W.F. Pendleton preached at the last Assembly "with some of his old time...
Dates: 1923-09-26

Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Richard Morse, 1929-09-12

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Identifier: RG.004.01
Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Richard Morse in Sydney, Australia. Unsigned, possibly written by Viola Wolcott Rennels. The Bishop’s secretary informs Morse that his letter to the Bishop of August 7th has arrived. The Bishop is currently in attendance at the First Assembly of South Africa, but the letter will be brought to his attention upon his return in November. The Bishop’s secretary encloses 10 blank baptism record cards for Morse, and also requests further...
Dates: 1929-09-12

Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Richard Morse, 1929-10-18

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Identifier: RG.004.01
Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Viola Wolcott Rennels, to Rev. Richard Morse in Sydney, Australia. Rennels has received Morse’s letter to the Bishop, and she will bring it to his attention upon his return from South Africa in November. Bishop DeCharms has informed Rennels that the next Assembly will open in Bryn Athyn on June 15th. Morse should make arrangements for Miss Taylor’s passage to America accordingly. Names mentioned: Bishop (N. D.) Pendleton, Bishop (George)...
Dates: 1929-10-18

Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Robert J. Tilson, 1927-10-15

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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Unsigned. Likely written by either Freda Pendleton or Viola Wolcott Rennels. Pendleton’s secretary informs Tilson that his letter to the Bishop with enclosures has arrived and will be brought to the Bishop’s attention upon his return home from the various district assemblies.

Dates: 1927-10-15

Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Willard D. Pendleton, 1935-10-24

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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Viola Wolcott Rennels, to Rev. Willard D. Pendleton in Aspinwall, PA, USA. Rennels encloses the Order of Service that the Bishop plans to use when he preaches at the upcoming Pittsburgh Assembly. Willard may make any changes to the Order of Service that he feels are necessary. The subject of the Bishop’s sermon will be “The Rule of Love.”

Dates: 1935-10-24

Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. William B. Caldwell, 1916-05-29

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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. William B. Caldwell. Pendleton requests the title of Caldwell’s paper for the Assembly so it can be printed in the Assembly program.

Dates: 1916-05-29

Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. William B. Caldwell, 1932-06-21

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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, V.W. Rennels, to Rev. William B. Caldwell. Rennels informs Caldwell of the dates for the 1932 district assemblies: Pittsburgh September 23-25th, Chicago October 14-16th, Ontario November 11-13th.

Dates: 1932-06-21

Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Willis L. Gladish, 1930-05-07

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Identifier: RG.004.01
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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Viola W. Rennels, to Rev. Willis L. Gladish in Chicago, IL, USA. The Bishop has asked Rennels to ask if Gladish will be able to meet with a Miss Taylor who will be coming from Australia to attend the Assembly in Bryn Athyn. Miss Taylor will be taking a train from the West coast to Chicago, and Rennels asks that Gladish help put her on a train from Chicago to Philadelphia where Rennels and Miss Mora White will meet her.

Dates: 1930-05-07

Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Willis L. Gladish, 1930-05-14

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Identifier: RG.004.01
Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Willis L. Gladish in Chicago, IL, USA. Unsigned, most likely written by Viola W. Rennels. The Bishop’s secretary informs Gladish that Miss Taylor’s travel plans have changed, and he no longer needs to make arrangements to meet her in Chicago. As a member of the Ladies’ Committee of Assembly Arrangements, the Bishop’s secretary would like to know if Gladish’s son, David, will be attending the Assembly with his family. The Bishop’s...
Dates: 1930-05-14

New York Societies, Circles, etc., 1850 - 1980

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Identifier: Sub-Series 21
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The material in this sub-series contains records, correspondence, ephemera and other materials from several iterations of New Jerusalem church organizations in New York, including the Convention church (now Swedenborgian Church of North America), the New York Society of the General Church of the New Jerusalem, the Brooklyn Society and others. Folder titles are all "New York Society" although the church may have existed at times as a "circle" or "group" instead of a full society.

Dates: 1850 - 1980