Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev Victor J. Gladish in Colchester, England. Pendleton discusses the difficulties faced by Gladish in maintaining a New Church school in Colchester; He writes that “outsiders” should only be admitted for the purpose of maintaining the school, but that if maintaining the school becomes the primary objective, the New Church element in the school will soon vanish. Regarding the matter of Colchester increasing its proportion of financial support for the...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Victor J. Gladish in Colchester, England. Pendleton has received Gladish’s letter of Sept. 5th. Pendleton has just returned from an automobile trip out to Pittsburg with a group of people from Bryn Athyn to attend the dedication of the new church building there. Pendleton appoints Gladish as secretary for the upcoming British Assembly. Pendleton discusses whether to appoint a permanent Assembly Treasurer; He supposes that the Treasurer’s job would be...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Victor J. Gladish in Colchester, England. Pendleton thinks that the appointment of an Assembly committee with its own treasurer is advisable. This will help to differentiate between Assembly meetings and society meetings. Pendleton proposes that Bishop Tilson should chair the committee and will write to him about it. Pendleton also suggests that Gladish should serve on the committee as well as one representative from the Colchester society and one...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Victor J. Gladish in Colchester, England. Pendleton informs Caldwell that income from the Glanville Bequest has been reduced by 86%. However, the Board of Directors has decided that remittances for the Colchester school can be continued at the rate of $450 per year through June 30th, 1934. The Board anticipates that its investments of the Glanville Bequest funds will recover, but for now they have been greatly affected by the Great Depression.

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. William Hyde Alden in Bryn Athyn, PA, USA. Pendleton informs Alden that if he is able to attend the 1928 London General Church Assembly, the Church will contribute $200 towards his travel expenses.

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Willis L. Gladish in Covert Resort, MI, USA. Pendleton discusses Gladish’s summer work at Covert and hopes the children’s school there will become permanent. Pendleton writes that Fred (Waelchli) is doing well in the Northeast, reporting that there are earnest General Church members there. Early efforts of the General Church were also going well in Europe, until everything was interrupted by the war. Names mentioned: Fred (Waelchli), Mrs. Gladish

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary (Mrs. Viola Wolcott Rennels) to A. Wynne Acton in London, England. Rennels tells Acton they have heard good things about him since his arrival in London. She is sending him 10 copies each of the Church's updated baptism and confession of faith record cards. In Bryn Athyn, they are excied for the upcoming election, although it seems as if the wrong man will win.

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Andrew Czerny in Brooklyn, New York, USA. The Bishop has asked F. Pendleton to write to the Bureau of Citizenship as Czerny requested in his letter of Sept. 6th. F. Pendleton encloses a copy of this letter. W.F. Pendleton says they enjoyed having Czerny with them in Ocean City and were sorry this his visit was so short. Enclosure: Freda Pendleton to the Bureau of Citizenship, Washington, D.C. Text: "Rev. Czerny has been...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Andrew Czerny in London, England. F. Pendleton gives Czerny notice that the Bishop expects to sail for England in about two weeks. As a result of overworking, the Bishop has been ill since Thanksgiving and finds it imperative to make a radical change to recover his health. Theodore Pitcairn convinced the Bishop to join him on his trip to South Africa to visit Fred Gyllenhaal, and they will be sailing there via England....

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Emil R. Cronlund in Toronto, Canada. The Bishop has sailed for England and will therefore need to postpone his visit to Toronto. He regrets the postponement but finds it necessary to take this opportunity to visit Europe, and if possible, South Africa and Australia. The Bishop Emeritus (W.F. Pendleton) will take the Bishop’s place in the U.S. but will not be undertaking any episcopal trips. The next General Assembly will...