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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

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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

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 10, 1929

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

Health Requests

Jane Addams to Dorothy Detzer, 1929

Addams asks Detzer to gather names for a petition.

Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Dorothy Detzer, ca. September 24, 1928

Addams sends Detzer a peace plan for filing.

Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, February 24, 1930

Addams writes Lovett to discuss Hull House's Coffee House and her progress on The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House.

Health Hull-House Requests Writings

Carl Bismarck Roden to Jane Addams, November 28, 1930

Roden tells Addams that the Chicago Public Library will extend the hours of the Hull-House branch to help serve unemployed men.

Hull-House Library Requests

Jane Addams to Charles P. Schwartz, December 9, 1930

Addams asks Schwartz to renew his donation to Hull-House.

Finances Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams to Neva Leona Boyd, May 12, 1929

Addams asks Boyd to arrange an interview with Miss Gilbertson.

Hull-House Visits Requests

Jane Addams to William H. and Lucille Enders Savin, November 10, 1929

Addams invites the Savins to dine at Hull-House to celebrate their wedding.

Hull-House Visits Requests Weddings

Jane Addams note, February 1930

Addams notes when she sent a note to Ethel Snowden.

Requests

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, February 24, 1930

Addams asks Rich for Mrs. Armstrong's address.

Requests

Jane Addams to Hannah Clothier Hull, February 24, 1930

Addams sends Hull a statement for the London Naval Conference and suggests they help Gertrude Ferber find a job.

Disarmament Peace Requests Unemployment

Jane Addams to Alice Boynton, February 20, 1930 (fragment)

Addams asks Boynton about a possible title for a peace competition.

Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Hannah Clothier Hull, February 18, 1930

Addams asks Hull to send a statement to the London Naval Conference.

Disarmament Peace Requests

Lida Gustava Heymann to Jane Addams, February 12, 1930

Heymann tells Addams that she cannot travel to the United States this year due to many duties in Europe.

Conferences Requests Travels

Jane Addams to Graham Taylor, May 10, 1928

Addams congratulates Taylor on his manuscript and asks to keep it until June.

Books Requests

Jane Addams to Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr., May 10, 1928

Addams asks McCormick to renew his donation for Hull-House.

Hull-House Immigrants Requests

Jane Addams to Dorothy Detzer, ca. December 3, 1929

Addams shared a telegram from Antoineta Rivas urging the Women's League for Peace and Freedom to investigate the Mexican presidential election and advocate for truth.

Mexico Requests

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, December 3, 1929

Addams sends Balch a telegram and tells her she also sent it to Sybil Moore.

Requests

Jane Addams to Ada Medora Yoder Hicks, August 17, 1929

Addams asks Hicks to send a Hull House Yearbook to an acquaintance.

Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams to Frances Davison Ficke, September 9, 1900

Addams tells Ficke that Miss Seabury would be a good addition to her staff.

Jobs Requests

Dorothy Detzer to Lawrence Richey, September 27, 1928

Detzer asks Richey to arrange an interview for Jane Addams and Herbert Hoover while she is in Washington.

Government Meetings Peace Requests

Louise de Koven Bowen to Julius Rosenwald, December 23, 1929

Bowen asks Rosenwald to clarify a question on his donation of Sears stock to Hull-House.

Finances Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, October 26, 1929

Addams asks Kellogg to check about permissions before publishing her article from the John Dewey Tribute.

Publishing Requests

Secretary to Julius Rosenwald to Jane Addams, December 18, 1929

Rosenwald's secretary tells Addams that he cannot attend a Hull-House program due to ill health.

Health Hull-House

Jane Addams to Dorothy Detzer, December 18, 1929

Addams sends Detzer New Year's wishes.

Holidays Requests

Jane Addams to Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett, July 6, 1929

Addams advises Barnett to postpone her planned lecture trip to America until the Spring.

Lectures Travels

Jane Addams to Mary Anderson, July 6, 1929

Addams asks Anderson to send her letter to Caroline Slade once Valeria Parker has had a chance to decide if she should serve as American chair for the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference.

Conferences Requests