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Emil Selberg to Jane Addams, August 15, 1920

Selberg tells Addams that his organization can ship care packages within Germany without duty or freight charges.

Germany

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

Rosa Schusz to Jane Addams, July 30, 1920

Schusz thanks Addams for the food relief she sent through the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Austria Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Address to the Normal School, July 23, 1920 (summary)

Addams argues for American support for European relief at a talk before the State Normal School.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Christina Merriman to Jane Addams, July 6, 1920

Merriman thanks Addams for the Fight the Famine pamphlets.

Charity England Food Shortages Relief Efforts

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

Austria Food Shortages France Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Religion War World War I

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

Austria Food Shortages France Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Religion War World War I

James Grover McDonald to Jane Addams, June 22, 1920

McDonald thanks Addams for her help on efforts to bring relief to the Soviet Union.

Foreign Policy Peace Relief Efforts Soviet Union

The Necessity for Leadership in the Americanization Movement, June 19, 1920 (excerpt)

Addams argues for women to be able to hold citizenship on their own merits, rather than on the status of their husbands. This speech was given at the General Federation of Women's Clubs, in Des Moines.

Immigrants Lectures Relief Efforts Woman Suffrage

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 Bainbridge Colby, May 26, 1920

Addams thanks Colby and asks to send him more information on relief efforts in the Soviet Union.

Government Relief Efforts

Food Draft Receipts, May 25, 1920

Receipts for food drafts sent by Addams to Vienna and Berlin.

Relief Efforts

Olga Popper Misař to Jane Addams, May 25, 1920

Misař thanks Addams for relief packages and details who they were given to.

Food Shortages Peace Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Patrick James Gratten Mythen, May 20, 1920

Addams is eager to work with Abbot Patrick and the Russian Orthodox Church to promote relief efforts in Russia.

Relief Efforts Religion Russia

Jane Addams to Bainbridge Colby, May 18, 1920

Addams asks Colby to allow relief efforts to proceed in the Soviet Union.

Government Relief Efforts Requests Russia

Rudolf Jentzsch to Jane Addams, May 14, 1920

Jentsch asks Addams for a recommendation about the suitability of placing German orphans with an American relative.

Children Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Speech to West Side Methodist Episcopal Church, May 2, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams discusses America's responsibility to help starving Europe.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, April 12, 1920

Addams clarifies for Blaine two European relief appeals with similar names but different goals.

Germany Philanthropy Relief Efforts

Fritz Max Otto Neumann to Jane Addams, April 10, 1920

Neumann asks Addams to support the creation of a Convalescent Home for Vienna's Children in Austria.

Austria Child Welfare Health Relief Efforts Requests

Ida Breitenbaum Müller to Jane Addams, April 9, 1920

Müller asks Addams to send food relief packages to her and other peace activists in Vienna.

Austria Food Shortages Help!Peace Requests

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

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, March 31, 1920

Addams sends Thomas a check received at a speech on famine efforts in Denver.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Arnold Meyer to Jane Addams, March 28, 1920

Meyer thanks Addams for her concern, provides on update on the famine situation in Zurich, and requests aid for relief efforts.

Austria Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Help!Onsite Relief Efforts Requests

Alice Clark to Jane Addams, March 23, 1920

Clark sends Addams updates on relief work in Vienna and Germany.

Austria Child Welfare Germany Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, March 21, 1920

Addams sends Thomas donations for European relief she was given at a meeting.

Philanthropy Relief Efforts

Speech on European Relief, March 21, 1920

Addams makes the case for European relief to save starving children.

Child Welfare Democracy Europe Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Anna Marcet Haldeman-Julius, March 16, 1920

Addams sends Haldeman-Julius an update on the French boy they sponsored in honor of John Linn.

Education Family France

Americanization, March 13, 1920

Addams discusses the way Americans should view immigrants and European relief efforts.

Education Food Shortages Immigrants Lectures Relief Efforts

The Wards of a Great City, February 29, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams discusses European food shortage and the responsibility of government toward feeding people at the First Methodist Church in Evanston.

Immigrants Lectures Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Harriet Dunlop Prenter, February 25, 1920

Addams provides Prenter with details about an upcoming lecture in Canada.

Lectures Peace Relief Efforts

Present Food Conditions, February 19, 1920 (summary)

Addams gave a speech on food conditions in Europe to the Farmer's Institute, a day later than scheduled.

Europe Lectures Relief Efforts

B. Gilbertson to Jane Addams, February 18, 1920

Gilbertson

Food Shortages Help!Peace Relief Efforts

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

Address to Toledo, Ohio, Nurses on the European Food Shortage, January 26, 1920

Addams relays the food and medical crisis effecting postwar Europe to a audience of medical experts.

Germany Lectures Peace Relief Efforts Russia

Address to the Social Workers' Club of Detroit, January 25, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams describes the conditions in Europe after the war.

Food Shortages Housing Lectures Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, January 24, 1920

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

Relief Efforts

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

Address to the Badger Club, January 18, 1920

Addams discusses efforts to save starving children in Europe.

Europe Lectures Relief Efforts

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

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

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

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

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

Bryon sends Thomas donations for German relief work.

Charity Germany Health Relief Efforts

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

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams December 13, 1919

Thomas tells Addams he is sending her materials to help raise funds for European relief.

Relief Efforts

William Fisher Byron to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, December 13, 1919

Byron sends Thomas donations to support German children.

Relief Efforts

Nannie Ashenheim Reis to Jane Addams, December 9, 1919

Reis thanks Addams for speaking to her group and asks for her name as Honorary Chairman.

Lectures Relief Efforts Requests

C. Fulton to Jane Addams, December 4, 1919

Fulton asks Addams's opinion on postcards with the text of Germany military operations in regard to her efforts to raise funds for relief there.

Criticism Germany World War I

C. Fulton to Jane Addams, December 4, 1919

Fulton sends Addams a postcard with General Von Bulow's threat to Liege, with sarcastic wishes for a good trip in Germany.

Germany Relief Efforts World War I

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