Kelley Family Papers

Description

Correspondence, documents, and photographs of the Kelley family. The members of the family most prominent in the collection are Albert Kelley, Caroline B. Kelley, Florence Kelley (1859-1932), John Bartram Kelley, Margaret Dana Kelley, Nicholas Kelley, and William Darrah Kelley (1814-1890). There are letters to William D. Kelley from Andrew Carnegie, Rutherford B. Hayes, Lajos Kossuth, Abraham Lincoln, Thaddeus Stevens, and Gideon Welles. Also, a group of twenty letters to Florence Kelley from Jane Addams, dated 1900-1931.

Rights

Cleared

Alternative Title

Kelley Family Papers

Documents in this collection

Addams writes to Kelley, recounting John and Margaret Kelley's visit.

Addams asks Kelley's opinion on schooling options for Margaret Kelley.

Addams writes to Kelley about her conversations with other people.

Addams writes to Kelley about John Kelley's visit to Hull-House and work done to publish portions of her manuscript.

Addams updates Kelley about her life and their friends.

Addams seeks Kelley's permission to send John Kelley with Stanley Linn on a trip to Buffalo, New York.

Addams writes to Kelley about plans and preparations for John Kelley's trip.

Addams confides in Kelley the story behind the hurried marriage of Esther Linn and Charles Hulbert.

Smith writes to Kelley regarding education expenses for Sara as well as on the health of some of Kelley's friends in the neighborhood.

Addams sends material to Elston.

Addams asks Kelley for some clarification before she takes a matter to the president of Sears, Roebuck Co., and she sends news about a suffrage meeting and Lillian Wald's health.

Addams looks forward to seeing Kelley at Hull-House.

Addams invites Kelley to join the American delegation to the meeting of the International Committee for Permanent Peace.