- THESSALONICA AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE (SALONICA,
GREECE)
THESSALONICA AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE (SALONICA,
GREECE) (Boxes 75-77)
Background: also called the "American Farm School,"
Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute began ca. 1903
by Rev. Dr. John Henry House. Wood is treasurer of the Board of
Trustees, 1930-1952.
I. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "Re: City Bank Farmers Trust
Co. - Custodian account" - correspondence, 1929-1952. [6
folders in Box 75]
Notes on contents: letters, memoranda, financial statements,
notes, etc.
Correspondence chiefly between Wood and City Bank regarding financial
matters of the school.
- Correspondence, 1929-1930.
- Correspondence, 1931.
- Correspondence, 1932.
- Correspondence, 1933-1939.
- Correspondence, 1940-1945.
- Correspondence, 1946-1952.
II. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "Miscellaneous re: investments,"
correspondence, 1938. [1 folder in Box 76]
Notes on contents: letters, memorandum, account, security analysis
(stocks, bonds, etc.).
Letters discuss financial concerns of the school.
III. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "Craig R. Smith" correspondence
re: finances, 1938-1952. [4 folders in Box 76]
Notes on contents: letters, memorandum, account and other related
papers.
Primarily correspondence between Wood and Craig R. Smith (Board
of Trustees of Thessalonica and Asst. Vice Pres. of Central Hanover
Bank and Trust Co.), discussing finances of Thessalonica.
- Correspondence, 1938-1941.
- Correspondence, 1942-1945.
- Correspondence, 1946-1949.
- Correspondence, 1950-1952.
IV. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "Re: Gill fund" correspondence,
Jan. - March, 1949. [1 folder in Box 76]
Notes on contents: letters discussing Mary P. Gill Fund, whose
income benefits the American Farm School.
V. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "Current statements," 1950-1953
[incomplete]. [3 folders in Box 76]
Notes on contents: copies of monthly financial statements with
attached lists of contributors, report to trustees from Charles
House (1951).
- Financial statements, 1950-1951 (June).
- Financial statements, 1951 (July - December).
- Financial statements, 1952-1953.
VI. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "Correspondence with Charles
L. House and Ann House," 1947-1952. [2 folders in Box 77]
Notes on contents: letters.
Letters primarily between Wood and Charles and Ann House. Topics
include political situation in Greece, business matters concerning
the school, Ann's "Family letters."
- Correspondence, 1947.
- Correspondence, 1948-1952.
VII. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "Newsletters" 1947-1952
[incomplete]. [1 folder in Box 77]
Notes on contents: letters.
Primarily copies of numbered, typed "Family letters"
written by Ann House, telling of events and day to day life at
the school. Includes letters describing raid of guerrillas on
the school and kidnapping of boys and their subsequent escape
and return (Feb. - March 1949).
VIII. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "Miscellaneous correspondence,"
1950-1952. [2 folders in Box 77]
Notes on contents: letters, report on school used in appeals,
resolutions, memorials, memorandum, notes.
Topics include visit to U.S. of Theo Litsas of American Farm
School (Wood writes letters to various colleges and schools proposing
Litsas as a lecturer).
- Misc. correspondence, 1950.
- Misc. correspondence, 1951-1952.
IX. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "Minutes," etc., 1949-1952.
[1 folder in Box 77]
Notes on contents: copies of typed minutes of the Executive Committee
and Board of Trustees of Thessalonica. Also resolution and a report
to trustees.
X. THESSALONICA SCHOOL - "New ways in ancient Greece"
1931 [booklet in Box 77]
Notes on contents: promotional work on the school, used in $1,000,000
fund-raising campaign.
Gives history of the American Farm School.
