AFSCR-PSC-P - American Friends Service Committee: Civilian Public Service / Prison Service Committee Records

Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Hamlition to the Friends Service Committee on the Situation in Germany (fragment), August 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail in full their trip to countries once in the Central Powers for the Society of Friends, on the matter of food and relief distribution.

Charity Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Health Medicine Onsite Relief Efforts Writings

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, September 9, 1919

Thomas gives Addams details on the American Friends Service Committee meeting.

Meetings Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 7, 1919

Thomas thanks Addams for forwarding a donation for famine relief in Germany.

Charity Germany Relief Efforts

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, September 1, 1919

Karsten tells Thomas that Addams will attend the American Friends Service Committee meeting in September.

Meetings Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, December 18, 1919

Addams sends Thomas updates on efforts to raise funds for German relief which have been complicated.

Germany Philanthropy Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Willard Orville Trueblood, December 16, 1919

Addams tells Trueblood that reports of her Ohio speeches being canceled are exaggerated, and discusses opposition to her work for German relief.

Criticism Germany Lectures Relief Efforts World War I

Emily Hobhouse to Jane Addams, November 19, 1919

Hobhouse describes hunger as a result of the war in Leipzig, Germany, and asks Addams for relief funds for children there.

Austria Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Health Requests World War I

William Fisher Byron to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, December 23, 1919

Bryon sends Thomas donations for German relief work.

Charity Germany Health Relief Efforts

William Fisher Byron to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, December 24, 1919

Byron sends Thomas checks for the German relief fund and asks about the distribution of pamphlets.

Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, September 30, 1919

Addams sends Thomas a letter (not found) and fears that they will not be able to secure relief support from the United States Food Administration.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, October 2, 1919

Addams sends Thomas a donation from Miss Lasker and asks that some of it be used to send cod-liver oil to Frankfurt.

Child Welfare Finances Germany Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 3, 1919

Thomas thanks Addams for attending the Friends meeting in Philadelphia and updates her on relief efforts in Europe.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to William Fisher Byron, December 30, 1919

Thomas tells Byron that they are sending pamphlets directly to German-American groups.

Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, December 31, 1919

Thomas updates Addams on fundraising and results for European relief efforts.

Finances Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, January 7, 1920

Thomas asks Addams to help expand the relief efforts for Germany.

Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, February 5, 1920

Addams advises Thomas on how to improve fundraising for German relief in Chicago.

Charity Finances Germany Relief Efforts

Otto Leopold Schmidt to Jane Addams, January 31, 1920

Schmidt updates Addams on the status of raising relief funds for Germany in Chicago.

Germany Immigrants Philanthropy Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, February 5, 1920

Thomas asks Addams to thank Enella Benedict for their donation to German relief efforts.

Relief Efforts Requests

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, February 7, 1920

Thomas asks Addams to help secure funds for European relief and sends a report (not found) on how the funds have been spent.

Finances Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, January 8, 1920

Addams telegrams Thomas that she cannot devote concentrated time to European relief efforts but will help as she can.

Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, January 10, 1920

Addams tells Thomas that she and other Hull-House women will help with German relief and updates him on monies gathered.

Hull-House Lectures Relief Efforts

Harry Rubens to William Fisher Byron, January 9, 1920

Rubens tells Byron that his German relief society is no longer active and points him to the German-American Relief Society.

Immigrants Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, January 10, 1920

Thomas updates Addams on efforts for German relief, focusing on reaching out to influential German-Americans.

Immigrants Relief Efforts Thanks

John B. Creighton to Jane Addams, January 22, 1920

Creighton provides Addams with details on setting up an Illinois center for the American Relief Committee for German Children.

Child Welfare Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, January 24, 1920

Addams sends Thomas $7 in donations gathered for European relief.

Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton, June 7, 1920

Thomas sends Addams and Hamilton a report (not found) on the use of cod liver oil in Frankfurt.

Germany Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, May 13, 1920

Addams asks Thomas about Russian relief to the British Friends Service Committee through the American Friends.

Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, April 6, 1920

Thomas thanks Addams for the relief checks and all she has done for the Friends relief programs.

Europe Finances Relief Efforts Thanks

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, February 20, 1920

Thomas telegraphs Addams not approach Herbert Hoover.

Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Levi Hollingsworth Wood, April 10, 1920

Addams recommends Margaret Stoneborough to Wood as a public speaker for Austrian relief and asks about efforts for the prisoners of war held in Siberia.

Lectures Prisoners of War Recommendations Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, August 2, 1920

Thomas thanks Addams for her contribution of cod live oil for Frankfurt and reports on its use.

Germany Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 6, 1920

Thomas thanks Addams for her plea for support in the New Republic, estimating it might bring $20,000 for relief efforts in Germany.

Germany Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, September 18, 1920

Thomas tells Addams they need contributions for Russian relief now that supplies can be sent.

Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Kathleen Jennison to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, October 5, 1920

Jennison sends Thomas a letter and check from Myrtle Warman.

Microfilm Relief Efforts

Kathleen Jennison to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, October 25, 1920

Jennison sends Thomas a letter inquiring whether needlework being imported for charity needs to pay taxes.

Relief Efforts Requests Taxes

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton, October 30, 1920

Thomas sends Addams letters of thanks (not found) for donations of cod liver oil in Germany.

Germany Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Kathleen Jennison, October 30, 1920

Thomas tells Jennison that duty must be paid on imported embroidery, even for charitable purposes.

Requests Taxes

Kathleen Jennison to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, December 7, 1920

Jennison tells Thomas that Herbert Gaston seeks information on European relief.

Journalism Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, December 18, 1920

Addams sends Thomas donations for European relief.

Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, December 21, 1920

Thomas thanks Addams donations for European relief that she raised and asks for clarification about one.

Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, August 20, 1921

Addams sends Thomas some materials that show how opposed the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom was to creating a new organization for Russian relief.

Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Jane Addams to Anna Ruth Fry, August 20, 1921

Addams gives Fry her version of the problems with Brent Allinson and his plans for a new international committee for relief in Russia.

Onsite Relief Efforts Requests Soviet Union

Basis for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Taking Part in the International Relief Action for Russia, August 14, 1921

Marshall explains the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's role in relief efforts, asking to be allowed to participate in the Conference on Russian Relief and to help spread word about the appeal for help.

Internationalism Peace Relief Efforts Soviet Union

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