Jane Addams Memorial Collection

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Jane Addams Memorial Collection

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Addams sends Blatchford a check for a fee and requests information about taxes owed on properties in Mary Linn's estate.

Addams apologizes for writing the wrong amount on the check she sent and acknowledges Blatchford's check.

Addams sends a check for taxes and thanks Blatchford for attending to the matter.

Fragment of a letter discussing an unidentified artist.

Addams asks Forbush for suggestions on neighborhood improvement for presentation at the National Council Charities and Corrections in Portland.

McCormick writes Addams to announce his engagement to Katharine Dexter.

Addams apologizes for her delay in securing names of Chicago businessmen interested in working with the International Peace Conference.

Addams thanks Bettman for the flowers she sent for Christmas.

Addams regrets that she cannot squeeze another engagement into her New York trip, but is intrigued by his work and hopes to meet him.

Gilder suggests several poems on war to Addams.

Addams tells Holt that she cannot provide a statement on an article by Walter Rauschenbusch.

Addams asks Smith to reconsider leaving Hull-House.

Addams writes Smith about an alumna meeting and briefly discusses classmates.

Addams thanks Ehrich for his hospitality in Colorado.

Addams discusses George Washington's life, relating modern problems to the ideas that Washington had as a soldier, citizen, statesman, and planter.

Addams writes a letter of recommendation for Ethelyn Pettit.

Webb informs Addams that H. G. Wells is to visit America and he wants Wells to visit Hull-House.

Addams writes Sikes to accept her invitation to lecture in Bloomington, Illinois, about Industrial Education.

Addams writes Galbraith to ask that a performer in Twelfth Night have his night service postponed until after the play.

Addams thanks Naton for his letter and affirms her intentions to remain on the Chicago School Board.

Rauschenbusch declines Addams' invitation to participate at the National Conference on Charities and Correction in St. Louis because he has been so busy traveling and lecturing since the fall.

Addams apologizes for holding on to Andrews' article too long and praises him for its views on suffrage and protective legislation.

Addams hopes to see Hostetter during a visit.

Addams declines to write an article for the Congregationalist due to the press of work.

Walsh praises Addams for her autobiographical articles and suggests she read his book.

Addams sends Taylor a book about Tolstoy along with her holiday greetings.

Addams writes Teller about plans for a lecture and suggests that the Butterfly Association attend.

Addams declines Hart's invitation to write for the Cyclopedia of American Government.

Kuhns clarifies for Addams some financial records about the Joseph T. Bowen Country Club.

Addams tells Sanders that though NAWSA officers disagreed over participation in the recent election, she did not foresee difficulties ahead.

Addams asks Sivertson to meet with her at the suggestion of Alexander McCormick.

Addams sends Hostetter gifts from her recent trip to Italy and Jerusalem.

Addams is unable to write an article for Watkins because her mother died when she was a baby.

Addams informs Hostetter of her travels and general well being.

Wallas sends Addams his book, likelyGreat Society (1914), which he calls a continuation of his Human Nature in Politics.

In this forward inThe Child in the City: A Handbook of the Child Welfare Exhibit at the Coliseum, Addams explains the impact of the Child Welfare Exhibit in New York and praises the generosity of Harriet McCormick for bringing the exhibit to Chicago.

Addams invites Forbes to the Peace Meeting that will be held in Washington, D.C. and sends a letter that she wrote to Catt.

Addams offers a memorial to Joseph Tilton Bowen and describes the creation of the Hull-House country club named after him.

An essay collected from Addams' writings on children, child labor, and recreational opportunities in the city.

Marvin acknowledges the receipt of funds to clear a land title.

Cronkrite informs Marvin about Addams land dealings.

Bill from Cronkrite to Marvin for managing Addams' land issue.

Addams thanks Hostetter for helping Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman while she recuperated at Hull-House.

Addams thanks Forbush for sending her The Manual of Play.

Addams asks Hostetter to come to Chicago to visit with Alice Haldeman at Hull-House and attend speaking engagements.

Bear tells Addams that Cedarville wants to hold a Jane Addams Day and asks Addams for a date when she could return to speak about her recent work.

Cedarville Village Council resolves to name an annual Jane Addams Day, if Addams approves.

Addams seeks to send Haas a copy of Twenty Years at Hull-House.

Addams recommends Fanny Fisch for a summer job.

Addams discusses the issue of who should lead the American delegation to the International Congress of Women.