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Jane Adams to Emily Caroline Fitten MacDougald, ca. March 25, 1914

Addams asks MacDougald to organize the women of Atlanta to seek a reprieve for Leo Frank in order to review the evidence.

Crime Requests Social Justice

E. Wayne Stahl to the Editor of the Rock Island Argus, December 11, 1920

Stahl criticizes Addams for her opposititon to capital punishment.

Crime Crime Enforcement Criticism

Everett Rich to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune, December 6, 1920

Rich disputes Addams's views on capital punishment, claiming that sentimental opposition results in more crime.

Crime Crime Enforcement Criticism

L. H. Knox to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune, December 7, 1920

Knox takes issues with Addams's opposition to capital punishment, offering examples of English justice.

Crime Crime Enforcement Criticism England

Jane Addams to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1920

Addams defends her views on capital punishment, replying to a critical editorial.

Courts Crime Juvenile Delinquency

Matthew A. N. Shaw to Jane Addams and Oswald Garrison Villard, November 24, 1920 (summary)

Shaw asks Addams and Villard to investigate Black lynchings once their inquiry on Ireland is completed.

African-Americans Racism Requests

Jane Addams to Earlham College, August 1920 (excerpt)

Addams praises Earlham College and supports efforts to raise an endowment.

Education Finances

Rufus Daniel Isaacs and Alice Edith Cohen Isaacs to Jane Addams, ca. February 9, 1923

The Isaacs invite Addams to lunch at Government House.

India Onsite Travels

Appeal from American Assistance for Families of German and Austrian Scientific Teachers, ca. April 1922

The Committee seeks donations to support struggling intellectuals in Europe.

Austria Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Harry S. Mecartney to Alfred James Balfour, February 5, 1922

Mecartney asks Balfour to support the adoption of a Flag of All Nations at the Washington Disarmament Conference.

Internationalism Requests

Harry S. Mecartney to Warren Gamaliel Harding, February 5, 1922

Mecartney asks Harding to adopt the Flag of All Nations at the Washington Disarmament Conference.

Internationalism Requests

Harry S. Mecartney to Elihu Root, February 4, 1922

Mecartney asks Root to support his Flag of All Nations at the Washington Naval Conference.

Internationalism Requests

Harry S. Mecartney to Charles Evans Hughes, February 4, 1922

Mecartney asks Hughes to support the Flag or All Nations for use at international meetings.

Internationalism Peace Requests

Harry S. Mecartney to Washington Disarmament Conference Delegates, ca. February, 1922

Mecartney asks delegates of the Washington Conference to support his plan for a Flag of All Nations.

Internationalism Requests

Jane Addams to John Huntoon, August 28, 1911

Addams informs Huntoon that she cannot appear at an event in Akron due to her health.

Settlements

Harry S. Mecartney to Jane Addams, April 22, 1922

Mecartney sends Addams his letter asking the Genoa Conference to adopt his World Flag.

Conferences Internationalism Peace Requests

American Union Against Militarism to Jane Addams, December 5, 1921

The Union asks Addams to write William Thompson in support of naval disarmament.

Disarmament Peace Requests

American Convalescent Home for Vienna's Children Appeal, May 1921

An appeal for funds for medical care for children in Vienna.

Austria Children Public Health Relief Efforts Requests

Frederick Pollock and Francis Younghusband to Jane Addams, June, 1921

Pollock and Younghusband invite Addams to the International Moral Education Congress.

Conferences Education Morality Requests

American Assistance for Families of German and Austrian Scientists and Teachers to Friend, ca. April 1921

The Committee asks for help fund relief effrots for scientists and teachers in Austria and Germany.

Austria Germany Relief Efforts

Statement of the Central Committee for the Restoration of International Relations, July 10, 1919

The Committee announces it formation and seeks to gather opinions about the resumption of international relations.

Internationalism Peace

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Arthur Deerin Call, July 10, 1918

Karsten relays Addams' gratitude and accepts the honorary position for her in the American Peace Society.

Awards and Honors Thanks

Jane Addams to Emily M. Herey Denison, November 23, 1915

Addams asks Denison to write a telegram to Woodrow Wilson urging him to join a conference of neutral nations.

Diplomacy Peace Requests World War I

Mabel L. Hyers to Grace Waring Stoy, September 16, 1915

Hyers denies that Mrs. J. K. Weston was a representative of the Woman's Peace Party.

Crime Peace

Frederick H. Deknatel to the Editor of the New York Tribune, January 6, 1902

Deknatel writes on Addams behalf, disputing an article which states that she is in favor of lynching African-Americans.

African-Americans Crime

Letters from a German Soldier, July 1, 1915

Letters written by a German soldier, published in Jus Suffragi, detail the moral dilemma faced by troops at the front.

Germany Military World War I

Jane Addams to Francis Heney, October 29, 1914

Addams hopes for Heney's success in his Senate election.

Progressive Party

Henry Leunker to Jane Addams, September 16, 1913

A unwanted admirer writes to Addams.

Crime Love Public Opinion

Woodrow Wilson to Jane Addams and Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, January 23, 1917

A form letter from Wilson thanks Addams for her generous response to his recent speech.

Foreign Policy Peace

Progressive Party Questionnaire, ca. August 1912

A mail-in questionnaire asking Illinois voters about their interests and seeking volunteers.

Child Labor Labor Progressive Party Woman Suffrage

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