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Interview with New York Times, May 14, 1915

Addams discusses the sinking of the Lusitania but remains firm that the United States should avoid joining the war.

Jane Addams to Mary Anderson, July 27, 1929

Addams tells Anderson that Caroline Slade cannot serve as American delegation chair for the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference and asks her to do her best to find another.

Conferences Requests

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, July 1929

Addams sends Lovett a postcard of their view of the woods near Bar Harbor.

Travels

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Jane Addams to Sara Chapman Bull, June 23, 1906

Addams sends Bull a letter asking for suggestions for a settlement worker to work in India.

India Requests Settlements

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Behramji Merwanji Malabari to Jane Addams, May 26, 1906

Malabari asks Addams to help them locate a head resident for a new settlement in India.

India Requests Settlements

Sister Nivedita to Jane Addams, February 14, 1906

Nivedita asks Addams to find a head resident for a new settlement in India.

India Requests Settlements

Addie Waits Hunton to Jane Addams, June 17, 1929

Hunton tells Addams of her family connections to Julius Rosenwald, who might support her candidacy.

Relief Efforts

Statement on Domestic Service, (excerpt), April 23, 1929

Addams notes that many women reject domestic service because of its perceived social status.

Labor Lectures Women

Australian Participants in Second Pan-Pacific Women's Conference, ca. April 1929

The Conference lists names of Australians who have agreed to participate in its study groups.

Australia Conferences

Lecture to the Tucson Collegiate Club, March 16, 1929 (summary)

Addams discussed international women's organizations and the role of college women in addressing social problems.

Education Lectures Women's Rights

Speech to the Tucson Woman's Club, March 4, 1929 (summary)

Addams tells the Tucson Woman's Club about the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference.

Conferences Hull-House Lectures

Speech to the Tucson Business and Professional Women's Club, March 2, 1929 (summary)

Addams discusses her involvement in women's clubs and its impact on her work.

Clubs Lectures

Statement on Police Brutality during Picketing, February 23, 1914 (excerpts)

Addams notes the role of private detectives in violence during picketing.

Labor Police

Statement on Acquittal of Ellen Gates Starr, March 21, 1914

Addams tells reporters that she is happy that Ellen Starr was acquitted of disorderly conduct.

Labor Law

Speech to the Arizona Association of Social Workers, February 15, 1929 (summary)

A summary of Addams remarks about her work in Chicago at the Arizona Association of Social Workers.

Lectures Social Work

Speech to the Tucson Women's Club, February 14, 1929 (excerpt)

Addams argues that world peace is coming as nations learn to settle disputes.

Arbitration Peace

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, February 2, 1929

Addams sends Lovett a clipping about the donation of a Native American mortar and pestle and asks her to insure that it is labelled.

Hull-House

National Committee on Rauschenbusch Lectureship Foundation proposed list, ca. January 1929

A list of proposed members of the fundraising committee to form a lectureship at Rochester University in memory of Walter Rauschenbusch.

Education Memberships Tributes

Jane Addams to Mr. Miller, May 2, 1929

Addams sends Miller a book and wishes she had time for a letter.

Books Requests

Jane Addams to John Haynes Holmes, November 2, 1918

Addams invited Holmes to dine at Hull-House and thanks him for his comments on Jenkin Lloyd Jones.

Hull-House Visits Requests Tributes

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, January 14, 1929

Addams tells Lovett she misses her and hopes to see her soon.

Friends Visits

Emily Greene Balch to Gustaf Axel Jäederholm, January 11, 1929

Balch asks Jäederholm to support Addams' nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Awards and Honors Health Nobel Prize Requests

Committee on Militarism in Education fomm, ca. January, 1929

The Committee's form for donations.

Requests

The Committee on Militarism in Education: Origin and Aims, ca. January, 1929

The Committee details its history and current efforts in a brochure.

Education Government Military Social Reform War Youth

Committee on Militarism in Education, ca. January, 1929

The Committee summarizes its efforts to remove compulsory military training from schools.

Education Military

George Albert Coe to Jane Addams, January 10, 1929

Coe asks Addams to support the work of the Committee on Militarism in Education.

Education Military Requests

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, January 10, 1929

Addams asks Lovett to distribute a copy of Twenty Years at Hull House.

Health Requests

Statement on Bill for Navy Cruisers, November 19, 1928

Addams opposes a bill to fund the construction of fifteen naval cruisers because it is hypocritical.

Diplomacy Foreign Policy Military Peace

John Palmer Gavit to Alice Hamilton, January 9, 1929

Gavit tells Hamilton how concerned he is about Addams's health.

Health

Jeannette Flitcraft Stetson to John Palmer Gavit, January 9, 1929

Stetson updates Gavit on Addams's slowly improving health.

Health

Jane Addams to Robert Ray Newton, January 9, 1929

Addams tells Newton that because of her poor health she is cancelling her speech at the American Friends Service Committee Spring Conference.

Conferences Health Lectures

Jane Addams to Ada Medora Yoder Hicks, January 9, 1929

Addams updates Hicks on her travel plans.

Thanks Travels

Mary Rozet Smith to Stanley Ross Linn, January 8, 1929

Smith thanks Linn for Christmas gifts, and updates him on Addams's health.

Family Health Holidays Thanks

Jane Addams to Myra Harriet Reynolds Linn, January 8, 1929

Addams thanks Linn for her recent letters and Christmas presents.

Family Holidays Onsite

Hull-House Receipt, December 31, 1928

Hull-House acknowledges Anita McCormick Blaine's gift of $1,000.

Finances Hull-House

Jeannette Flitcraft Stetson to Anita McCormick Blaine, January 3, 1929

Stetson thanks Blaine for her donation to Hull-House.

Health Hull-House Philanthropy

Mary Rozet Smith to Anita McCormick Blaine, January 3, 1929

Smith thanks Blaine for donation to Hull-House in Addams's stead.

Health Hull-House Philanthropy Thanks

Nathaniel Schmidt to Jane Addams, December 30, 1928

Schmidt tells Addams she has been elected as an honorary member of the Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs' International Council.

Memberships Praise Requests

Catherine Breshkovsky Birthday Party Announcement, ca. December, 1928

Blackwell sends information about sending gifts to Catherine Breshkovsky for her 85th birthday.

Celebrations Czechoslovakia Tributes

Alice Stone Blackwell to Jane Addams, December 29, 1928

Blackwell sends Addams details on a birthday party for Catherine Breshkovsky.

Requests

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, December 29, 1928 (fragment)

Barnett describes Erlund Field's introduction to the Settlement Movement in England.

England Settlement Movement Travels

Statement on Herbert Hoover, October 17, 1928

Addams endorses Herbert Hoover for president at his campaign headquarters.

Agriculture Politics Prohibition

Grace Abbott to Jane Addams, December 27, 1928

Abbott tells Addams why she thinks the Rockefeller Foundation is slow to fund the League of Nations Advisory Committee on Traffic in Women and Children.

Finances Health Human Trafficking Juvenile Delinquency League of Nations Philanthropy