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Settlement Work, June 1, 1906 (excerpt)
Addams discusses the role of class relations in the settlement movement. Only Addams' portion of the article was included.
Settlement Work, June 1, 1906 (excerpt)
Addams discusses the role that settlements play in improving the conditions of the poor. Only the portion of the article with Addams remarks has been included.
Comments at the Roadside Settlement, February 28, 1905
Addams made remarks during a visit to a Des Moines settlement about the role that women's clubs play in social work.
Settlement Work Lecture to Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, October 21, 1905 (excerpt)
An excerpt of Addams' discussion on settlement houses and the role of women's clubs.
Advantages and Disadvantages of a Broken Inheritance, May 26, 1908
In this address given at the 13th Annual Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems held at Atlanta University, Addams discusses the difficulties immigrants face in Chicago.
The Chicago Settlements and Social Unrest, May 2, 1908
Addams discusses the association in the public eye between settlements and immigrants and when immigrants are involved in high profile crimes, settlements are accused of supporting anarchism. Addams defends the role of the settlement as the bridge…
Address to the University Settlement Society of New York, December 7, 1911
Addams' speech on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the University Settlement about the growth of the settlement movement.
The Relation of "Settlements" and Religion, November 8, 1908
Addams introduces a discussion about the purposed of social settlements at the Abraham Lincoln Centre. The event celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jenkin Lloyd Jones' pastorate.
Comments at the University Society Annual Meeting, March 21, 1903 (excerpts)
Newspaper summary of Addams' comments about the need to increase the work of settlements to meet need.
Address to Franklin Street Settlement, March 17, 1902 (excerpt)
Addams speaks to the Franklin Street Settlement in Detroit about working in a settlement.
Autobiographical Notes Upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: Problems of Poverty, July 1910
Addams describes the poverty of the Hull-House neighborhood in the early days of her work there. She discusses the lack of security and loneliness of the elderly, as well as child labor.
Autobiographical Notes Upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: Early Undertakings at Hull-House, June 1910
Addams writes about finding a location for her settlement and the early days of settling into the neighborhood and developing the ideas for their work.This is the third of six articles excerpted from Twenty Years at Hull-House.
Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910
Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and…
Unknown (B. F.) to the Editor of the New York Evening Post, May 29, 1908
B. F. writes in praise of Addams' article "The Chicago Settlements and Social Unrest" in Charity and the Commons, discussing the role of the settlement in integrating immigrants into city life.
M. Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, July 15, 1912
Thomas writes Addams about a meeting with Mary Randolph Thomas and offers some gossip about Mary Wagner.
Social Settlements in Illinois, ca. January 24, 1906
Addams discusses the history of social settlements in Illinois at a meeting of the Illinois State Historical Society, discussing the neighborhoods, settlement foundings, child labor, African Americans, and other similar charitable organizations.
Jane Addams to Graham Taylor, December, 16 1911
Addams writes to Taylor that Rudolf Matz would be a excellent choice as trustee of the Chicago Commons.
Paul Monroe to Jane Addams, December 11, 1911
Monroe asks Addams to contribute an article about the social settlement as an educational institution to the Cyclopedia of Education.
Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June [15], [1909]
Addams reports to Smith on events at the National Conference on Charities and Correction.
Lecture on the University Social Settlement, October 29, 1901
A newspaper report of Addams' speech before the Woman's Club of Bloomington, on the work of the University Social Settlement. Addams provided a history of settlement work and the basic principles at Hull-House.
Mary B. Lippincott to Jane Addams, December 06, 1901
Lippincott seeks Addam's opinion for a new hire at the Kingsley House.
Susan Parrish Wharton to Jane Addams, November 10, 1901
Wharton writes Addams for suggestions for candidates for a job opening at the Starr Centre.
The Friendship of Settlement Work, March 28, 1903
A summary of discussions at the University Settlement by Addams and other speakers that discussed forming relationships as an integral part of settlement work.
Address to the University Settlement, May 21, 1903
Addams' keynote speech at the University Settlement's annual meeting discusses the kind of settlements that build relationships and community.
Maynard M. Metcalf to Jane Addams, July 8, 1901
Metcalf writes to Addams about staffing needs for Lawrence House.
Elizabeth Thacher Kent to Jane Addams, September 20, [1903-1905?]
Kent asks Addams for suggestions of a man to run a new settlement planned in Crawfordsville, Indiana.