Letter Correspondence Between Ellen Hofstead and Margaret Powell, April 1951

Name/Title

Letter Correspondence Between Ellen Hofstead and Margaret Powell, April 1951

Entry/Object ID

2023.428

Description

Margaret Powell relays to Ellen Hofstead that Mr. Rigell was not responsive to her letter to him and that the Executive Board would not be open to discussing the matter further.

Context

The Tennessee Baptist Convention purchased Ward-Belmont in an effort to create academically strong Baptist schools to further their mission. The Ward-Belmont community was blindsided by the sale and quickly began raising money in an attempt to negotiate and take the school back from the Baptists.

Collection

Harpeth Hall Archives