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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, V.W. Rennels, to Rev. Hendrik W. Boef in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Rennels is sending Boef 10 of the newly designed baptism record cards which have just arrived from the printer. Rennels sends love to Boef’s wife, Virginia, and their baby.

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, V.W. Rennels, to Rev. Hendrik W. Boef in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Rennels points out that on the death record card Boef sent for Mrs. Douglas, her age was listed as 64, but her date of birth was listed as Jan. 19th 1877, which would have made her 58 at the time of her death. Rennels informs Boef of this so he will not wonder about Douglas’ age when her death is published in the Life.

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary to Rev. Henry Leonardos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Unsigned, likely written by Viola Wolcott Rennels. Pendleton’s secretary has learned that Leonardos baptized both Miss (Elizabeth) Barreto and her mother, but no record of their baptisms has ever been received by the Bishop’s office. She encloses five baptism cards and two marriage record cards for Leonardos. She requests that Leonardos fill out two cards for the baptisms and one for the marriage...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Homer Synnestvedt. F. Pendleton has looked into Grace and David Lindsay’s General Church membership at Synnestvedt’s request. Grace joined the Church on Feb. 3rd, 1920. David joined Mar. 14th, 1921. F. Pendleton adds, “She [Grace] has never joined Theta Alpha, by the way. I do not know why, perhaps some personal reason, or perhaps because she does not believe in New Church education, which is of course, our ‘reason for...

Scope and Contents Letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Hugo Odhner. General Church of the New Jerusalem letterhead. F. Pendleton apologizes for missing Odhner at the college yesterday. She explains her record-keeping system of General Church members in detail and invites Odhner to see it next time he visits. She also includes a list of all the members she has on record as part of the Toronto Society and asks Odhner whether she is missing any. Names mentioned: Mrs. E. G. Anderson,...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Viola Wolcott Rennels, to Rev. Hugo Odhner in Toronto, ON, Canada. The Bishop has asked Rennels to inform Odhner that he did not forget the other matters discussed in Odhner’s most recent letter; He thinks it will be best to address them with Odhner in person at the Toronto Assembly. Rennels thanks Odhner for the record card of Miss Hachborn which she has just received. Names mentioned: Bishop (N. D.) Pendleton, Miss (Ann/Anne? Irene?)...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. John E. Bowers in Toronto, Canada. Pendleton is returning the membership applications for Mr. and Mr. Sole because the backs of the applications need be filled out. When she receives the applications again, she will send them certificates of membership.

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. John E. Bowers. Pendleton is sending out General Church membership lists to the Church’s ministers to gather information on members, whether they are married, dead, have moved, are still interested in the Church, etc. Pendleton hopes Bowers will look over the enclosed list and update her with any information he has. Pendleton is sorry Bowers was not able to attend the February meetings in Bryn Athyn as they were quite...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Karl R. Alden in Toronto, Canada. Hubert Hyatt has asked F. Pendleton to look up Stanley Anderson in the Church records. There is no record of Anderson joining the Church. It is possible that either Mr. Odhner lost Anderson's application, or that Anderson believes he became a member by being confirmed. F. Pendleton thinks that young people need to be better educated about the process of joining the Church; Some even...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Freda Pendleton, to Rev. Karl R. Alden in Toronto, Canada. F. Pendleton is returning Alden's list of congregants. She has marked those who are not memebers of the General Church, including Stanley Anderson, who she thinks should be a member. F. Pendleton has received a change of address for the Potts family. She was interested to see the Jessemens on Alden's list as she is curious about the results of the Chruch's efforts during the War. F....