Telegram Pledge from Austin, Texas, March 1951

Name/Title

Telegram Pledge from Austin, Texas, March 1951

Entry/Object ID

2023.430

Description

A telegram from the Austin, Texas, Ward-Belmont alumni group pledging $711.00 plus one yearling register angus bull.

Context

In the spring of 1951, Ward-Belmont was sold to the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Quickly, efforts were made by Ward-Belmont alumni in an attempt to reverse the sale. They started the Alumni Fund where they asked the Ward-Belmont community to pledge anything they could to support the campaign of negotiating with the TBC.

Collection

Harpeth Hall Archives