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Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, October 7, 1922.

Addams tells Thomas that she is arranging a committee meeting at Hull-House.

Hull-House Meetings

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, May 12, 1922

Kellogg asks Addams to help with a Chicago meeting to raise support for the Survey.

Meetings Requests

Jane Addams to Mary Everts Ewing, December 6, 1920

Addams invites Ewing to a Christmas concert at Hull-House.

Holidays Hull-House Visits Music Requests

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, December 6, 1920

Addams invites Blaine to the Hull-House Christmas concert and to supper.

Celebrations Holidays Hull-House Visits Music Requests

Helen Culver to Jane Addams, October 23, 1920

Culver thanks Addams for naming her Hull-House's honorary president of the board.

Hull-House Philanthropy

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, October 1920

Addams reminds Blaine of a supper at Hull-House.

Hull-House Onsite

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, December 15, 1919

Addams invites Blaine and her daughter-in-law to a concert and dinner at Hull-House.

Holidays Hull-House

List of Meals Charged to Women's Trade Union League Delegates, September 1919

Nestor listed the names of Trade Union League members and the number of meals they had at the Bowen Country Club.

Hull-House

Agnes Nestor to Miss Robinson, September 11, 1919

Nestor thanks Robninson for hosting her club at the Bowen Country Club.

Conferences Finances Thanks Travels

Jane Addams to Martha Ida "Mattie" Johns Dodd, December 18, 1918

Addams invites Dodd and her husband to attend the Hull House Christmas concert and dinner.

Holidays Requests

Jane Addams to Charles Hull Ewing, December 26, 1918

Addams expresses her gratitude for Ewing and explains why she must reschedule a play for children.

Holidays Plays Thanks

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Samuel Northrup Harper, June 3, 1918

Karsten invites Harper to a talk at Hull-House and discusses plans for a meeting.

Hull-House Meetings Russia

Jane Addams to Sameul Northrup Harper, June 1, 1918

Addams tells Harper that she and Rachelle Yarros will approach certain names about the League to Aid and Support Russia. She notes that there will be a Russian speaker at Hull-House and hopes to hold a meeting then.

Hull-House Russia

Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 30, 1917

Addams discusses Raymond Robins' assignment in Russia and Hull-House affairs.

Charities Russia

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Catherine Colvin, May 7, 1917

Karsten discusses Colvin's idea that Alice Norton give talks at both Hull-House and Lake Forest.

Lectures Peace

Jane Addams to Stephen Samuel Wise, December 26, 1916

Addams tells Wise about the Woman's Peace Party Annual Convention and his suggestion that Wilfred Wilson Gibson visit Hull-House.

Hull-House Lectures Peace

Statement on Hull House Speakers, February 1, 1915 (excerpt)

Addams avows that there is no "blacklist" for speakers at Hull House, denying a rumor that radical thinkers were not welcome.

Free Speech Hull-House Labor Socialism

Jane Addams to H .A. Bridgman, January 5, 1905

Addams asks if she can still contribute a tribute to Graham Taylor despite missing the deadline.

Holidays Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams and George Herbert Mead to John Dewey, October 1, 1904

Addams announces that a memorial service was held at Hull-House in honor of Gordon Dewey.

Death Hull-House

Jane Addams to Wallace Rice, December 30, 1902

Addams seeks a lecture on the Poetry of Labor or the Poetry of Revolt for Hull-House.

Labor Poetry Requests

Milwaukee Address on Suffrage , January 7, 1913 (excerpt)

Addams recounts a story depicted in a children's play at Hull-House, which she offers as an allegory about the importance of women in society.

History Theater

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, November 22, 1912

Ely suggests to Addams that Professor Kühnemann lecture on Tolstoy at Hull-House.

Hull-House Visits Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Dorothy North, November 30, 1912

Addams thanks North for her donation and assistance during Thanksgiving at Hull-House.

Holidays Hull-House Thanks

Jane Addams to Caroline Margaret McIlvain, December 28, 1914

Addams invites McIlvain to the "Old Settlers' Party" at the Hull-House on New Years day and asks for names of older residents that ould speak about its history.

Holidays