William Dudley Foulke Papers

Documents in this collection

Jane Addams to William Dudley Foulke, December 12, 1913

Addams accepts Foulks request to stand in for Foulke at a meeting of the National Municipal League if he is still too ill to travel.

Lectures, Memberships, Requests

Jane Addams to William Dudley Foulke, August 10, 1916

Addams thanks Foulke for sending her his poetry book.

Books, Thanks

Jane Addams to Mary Taylor Reeves Foulke, December 9, 1919

Addams tells Foulke that she has had to reschedule her trip to Richmond.

Lectures, Travels

Description

Correspondence, diaries, journals, copybook, speeches, writings, notes, legal papers, clippings, printed material, and other papers. The bulk of the collection consists of Foulke's correspondence reflecting his literary career and public service. Of special note are letters from Theodore Roosevelt discussing civil service reform, the Progressive movement, Woodrow Wilson, the World Court (Permanent Court of International Justice), and pacifism. The collection also includes diaries and related material documenting the travels of Foulke, Arthur Middleton Reeves, and Mark E. Reeves in Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land (Palestine); correspondence of the Foulke (Faulk) family and related Cates, Reeves (Reeve), and Shoemaker families; a copybook kept by the Shoemaker family; scrapbooks kept by Foulke's daughter, Mary Foulke Morrisson; and a late 15th century fragment of the Tristram Saga obtained by Arthur Middleton Reeves on a trip to Iceland.

Rights

Cleared

Source

Finding aid: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001001

Alternative Title

William Dudley Foulke Papers