William H. Taft Papers

Description

President of the United States and chief justice of the Supreme Court. Correspondence including letterpress
books, speeches and addresses, presidential and judicial files, legal files and notebooks, family papers and letters, business and estate papers, engagement calendars, guest lists, scrapbooks, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs documenting Taft's career.

Rights

Cleared

Alternative Title

William H. Taft Papers

Documents in this collection

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Addams asks for Taft's support on a bill to establish a Child Labor Bureau.

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Addams and a number of other leaders petition President Taft to open a commision to study the conditions of labor, its relation to the government, the cost of strikes, and trade unions.

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Rosenwald and Addams write Mack in support of the appointment of Julia Lathrop to head the United States Children's Bureau.

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President Taft writes Addams for her opinion on the appointment of Julia Lathrop as head of the U.S. Children's Bureau.

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Addams invites Taft to deliver an address at a dinner to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first Juvenile Court of Chicago.

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Taft tells Addams that he cannot attend the Juvenile Court anniversary dinner.