Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Willis L. Gladish in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton has received Gladish’s last letter with a report of the annual meeting. He notes that with 70 members, Gladish seems to have a thriving society, and he compares this to his time in Chicago when he struggled to keep the group going. Pendleton thinks the group could benefit from a full-time pastor, and he is sorry that they do not feel ready to take on that responsibility yet. Pendleton reports that...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Willis L. Gladish in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton has received Gladish’s last letter with enclosed membership applications. Pendleton is pleased with Gladish’s work in helping expand the Church, and he also thanks Gladish for the personal support expressed in Gladish’s letter. Pendleton hopes the Church will reach a state of rest soon. Pendleton sends congratulations to David and Eleanor (Gladish?) on the birth of their second son.

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Willis L. Gladish in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton congratulates Gladish on the growing membership of his society. Pendleton send best regards to Mrs. Gladish and hopes that she will be able to join Gladish at the upcoming June Assembly in Bryn Athyn.

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Alan Gill. F. Pendleton writes that Gill may remember a Mrs. Marie Lussi who is interested in the Church. The Bishop thinks Mrs. Lussi might be interested in attending the upcoming Assembly in New York, and he has requested that Gill send her notice of the meetings. F. Pendleton comments that Mrs. Lussi seems anxious to meet the Bishop and is “evidently quite a character.” Mrs. Lussi is apparently married but has not...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Ernst Pfeiffer in The Hague, Holland. Pendleton’s secretary informs Pfeiffer that his letter regarding funds to defray the expenses associated with the lecture series he plans to give in January and February has arrived and will be given to the Bishop upon his return from South Africa in about two weeks.

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Richard Morse in Sydney, Australia. F. Pendleton acknowledges Morse’s letter to the Bishop of December 10th. She explains that in the Bishop’s absence, all letters are being handled by the Bishop Emeritus (W. F. Pendleton). The Bishop left Bryn Athyn in February to accompany Rev. Theodore Pitcairn on a missionary trip to South Africa. Being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, it was thought that the sea voyage would...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Rev. Arther O. Brickman in Allentown, PA to John Pitcairn. Brickman thanks J. Pitcairn for the clergyman’s tickets and reports on his successful missionary activities in Philadelphia and Allentown. He discovered while staying with the Juengerichs (Iungerichs) in Philadelphia that the old gentleman Mr. Iungerich may not recover following an operation on his lower jaw. Brickman will soon continue his missionary tour with stops in Pittsburgh, Franklin, Indianapolis,...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from Rev. Gustaf Baeckström to N.D. Pendleton in Bryn Athyn, PA, USA. Baeckstrom sends the record of baptism and application for Church membership for Mr. Tor Stenström, a convert from the Lutheran State Church. Baeckstrom also sends a marriage record for one of Erik Sandstrom’s sisters; Her husband is not a church member yet but is receptive to the doctrines. Baeckstrom is leaving for a missionary trip to northern Sweden where he will give lectures and try to establish reading...