Hamilton Family Collection

Documents in this collection

Jane Addams to Ann Harper, February 19, 1908

Addams writes to Harper about the Children's Aid Society in Chicago and Harper's desire to help children.

Charities, Courts

Jane Addams to Clara Landsberg, May 26, 1915

Addams tells Landsberg that she is heading for Budapest with Alice Hamilton.

Friends, Travels

Description

The Hamilton family in the U.S. begins with Allen Hamilton, who emigrated from Northern Ireland in the early 19th century, settled in what became Fort Wayne, Indiana, and married Emerine Jane Holman. They had five surviving children and a number of grandchildren, including the physician, Alice Hamilton, the classicist, Edith Hamilton, Jessie Hamilton, an artist and founder of the Fort Wayne Art School, and Agnes Hamilton, a settlement house worker.

Source

Finding Aid: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00148

Alternative Title

Hamilton Family Collection