Letter to DeWitt Wallace About The Ward-Belmont Situation, 1951

Name/Title

Letter to DeWitt Wallace About The Ward-Belmont Situation, 1951

Entry/Object ID

2023.321

Description

Letter from the Ward-Belmont Alumnae Fund to DeWitt Wallace regarding the upsetting Ward-Belmont TBC news.

Context

In 1951, it was announced that the Tennessee Baptist Convention had plans to turn the Ward-Belmont School into a co-ed Baptist college. The announcement was sudden and took many WB alumnae by surprise. They started funds and petitions with the hope of negotiating with the TBC to get the Ward-Belmont property returned to WB alumnae.

Collection

Harpeth Hall Archives