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Ellen Frost to Jane Addams, December 31, 1910

Frost relates personally to some of the subjects that Addams covers in Twenty Years at Hull House.

Books Education Praise Religion

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, ca. February 1921

Balch tells Addams that she has joined the Society of Friends.

Help!Onsite Peace Religion

Esther Marie Kitching and E. G. Stephenson to the Members and Friends of the Missionary Settlement for University Women, April 7, 1926

Kitching and Stephenson describe their experiences at the Missionary Settlement for University Women.

Education Help!India Onsite Religion Settlements

Ethical Economics, September 1, 1915

This paper focuses on the relationship between ethics, economics, government, and religion.

Economics Ethics Government Lectures Religion

European Mailing List, November 1915

Addams sends a copy of her European mailing list to Hyers.

Peace Religion

Fellowship of Faiths Outline, ca. August 1925

An outline for a book written by Martin on the Fellowship of Faiths.

Books Religion

Fellowship of Faiths, Brochure and Announcement, May 1925

An announcement of May programs and information about the Fellowship.

Immigrants Meetings Religion

Francis Greenwood Peabody to Jane Addams, September 22, 1922

Peabody praises Addams's Peace and Bread in Time of War and her views on religion.

Criticism Peace Religion

Frank Alfred Stewart Mercer to Jane Addams, June 16, 1917

Mercer offers his help to the peace movement and emphasizes the importance of a devotion to God to establishing peace.

Peace Religion World War I

Frederick Lynch to Jane Addams, December 31, 1914

Lynch supports the idea of a peace meeting and suggests some other religious groups that might be interested.

Meetings Peace Requests

Frohman for Sunday Plays, September 4, 1910

Frohman proposes a law that would allow the presentation of plays on Sunday as long as they have a moral lesson.

Religion Theater

Harriet Irene Dunlop Prenter to Emily Greene Balch, March 24, 1922

Prenter updates Balch on Women's International League for Peace and Freedom activities in Canada and discusses her rationale on peace and economic justice.

Canada Communism Labor Meetings Peace

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to National Federation of Settlements, September 17, 1913

Barnett sends a notice to the National Federation of Settlements from a message that the late Samuel Barnett once delivered.

Death Gambling Lectures Religion Settlements Tributes

Henry Ware Read to Jane Addams, April 9, 1917

Read praises Addams and recalls seeing her speak while a student at Knox College.

Hull-House Praise Religion

How Long O Lord?, ca. 1915

Palmer's poem questions how the world, that can create such beauty, can also breed such hate and violence. Addams comments appear at the bottom.

Poetry Religion World War I

How Long, O Lord?, October 1915

Palmer's poem questions how the world, that can create such beauty, can also breed such hate and violence.

Morality Poetry War World War I

Howard A. Kelley to Jane Addams, May 12, 1912

Kelly wishes to republish Addams article "The Church and the Social Evil," but he wants to verify a citation about St. Augustine first.

Criticism Prostitution Religion Writings

Howard Atwood Kelly to Jane Addams, May 18, 1912

Kelly thanks Addams for sending him a book by Justus Hecker, a German physician and writer, and he shares some ideas on Catholicism, his writing, and a book he has been reading.

Politics Religion Writing

Ida Minerva Tarbell to Jane Addams, November 14, 1913

Tarbell asks Addams to consider writing an article about martyrdom, a topic the two had discussed during Tarbell's last visit to Hull-House.

Lectures Religion Writing

In the Matter of the Settlement of Disputed Questions between Mexico and the United States, April 18, 1921

The Association reports on United States - Mexico relations in terms of politics, business, and religion.

Agriculture Business Foreign Policy Industry International Affairs Mexico Religion United States

International Catholic League: A Service-Corps for the Universal Church, ca. January 1924

The League outlines its mission and structure.

Internationalism Religion

Interview with the New York World, July 31, 1913

Addams speaks about her trip to the Middle East and the Zionism that was flourishing at the time during her visit to Jerusalem. She concludes that the suffrage movement has become universal.

Travels Woman Suffrage