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Alvey Augustus Adee to Emily Greene Balch, March 31, 1920

Adee confirms that the American Young Men's Christian Association has never offered to repatriate prisoners of war.

Charities England France Prisoners of War Relief Efforts United States

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 Levi Hollingsworth Wood, April 10, 1920

Addams recommends Margaret Stoneborough to Wood as a public speaker for Austrian relief and asks about efforts for the prisoners of war held in Siberia.

Lectures Prisoners of War Recommendations Relief Efforts

American Clothing and Hospital Relief for Vienna Contribution Card, April 10, 1920

A donation card for Home's drive to send relief to Austria.

Austria Relief Efforts Requests

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

The Spirit of Social Service, April 18, 1920

Addams relates the purpose of social work with efforts to feed starving children in Europe. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work, in New Orleans.

Ethics Food Shortages Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Social Work

The Spirit of Social Service, April 18, 1920

Addams relates the purpose of social work with efforts to feed starving children in Europe. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work, in New Orleans.

Ethics Food Shortages Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Social Work

Levi Hollingsworth Wood to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, April 26, 1920

Wood updates Thomas about efforts to raise funds to return prisoners of war in Siberia.

Prisoners of War Relief Efforts

Levi Hollingsworth Wood to Jane Addams, April 28, 1920

Wood updates Addams on efforts to raise funds to help prisoners of war in Siberia.

Prisoners of War Relief Efforts

Rosika Schwimmer to Emily Greene Balch, April 29, 1920

Schwimmer tells Balch about her work with political refugees and children in Austria.

Austria Relief Efforts

Appeal from the Russian Patriarch, May 1920

The Russian Patriarch, Tikhon, pleads with the American people to help feed their children.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests Soviet Union

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

Addams discusses America's responsibility to help starving Europe.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Livingston Farrand to Bertalan Barna, May 6, 1920

Farrand tells Barna how limited the American Red Cross is in regard to the prisoners of war in Siberia.

Prisoners of War Relief Efforts Soviet Union

James Grover McDonald to Jane Addams, May 12, 1920

McDonald updates Addams on the need for substantial aid to Eastern Europe to avoid political chaos and on political upheaval in Mexico.

Europe Foreign Policy League of Nations Mexico Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, May 13, 1920

Addams asks Thomas about Russian relief to the British Friends Service Committee through the American Friends.

Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Patrick James Gratten Mythen to Jane Addams, May 13, 1920

Abbott Patrick sends Addams an appeal by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church to organize relief for Russian children.

Relief Efforts Religion Soviet Union

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, May 14, 1920

Thomas tells Addams the Quakers could get medical supplies to the Soviet Union through England if they can raise funds.

Relief Efforts

Appeal of the Hajin Armenian, May 14, 1920

Bourjakian, Shikrdmian, and Mangrian appeal to Allied women to intervene on behalf of Hajin, Armenia in its fight against the Turks.

Armenia Relief Efforts Requests Turkey War

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

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

Bainbridge Colby to Jane Addams, May 20, 1920

Colby tells Addams the State Department will allow relief workers to enter Russia, but it will have to be at their own risk.

Government Peace Relief Efforts Requests Russia

Christina Merriman to Jane Addams, May 20, 1920

Merriman tells Addams about the efforts of the League of Free Nations Association to raise funds.

League of Nations Peace Relief Efforts Requests Russia

William Nafew Haskell to Near East Relief Association, May 25, 1920

Haskell informs Near East Relief on the current state of the Armenian relief effort.

Armenia Food Shortages Military Relief Efforts

Alice Kauser to Jane Addams, May 25, 1920

Kauser updates Addams on efforts to repatriate prisoners of war still held in Siberia.

Prisoners of War Russia

James Grover McDonald to Jane Addams, June 3, 1920

McDonald asks Addams for information on relief efforts in Soviet Russia and discusses the League's book Russian-American Relations.

Communism Foreign Policy Soviet Union

Alice Kauser to Jane Addams, June 5, 1920

Kauser updates Addams on difficulties in raising funds for prisoners of war in Siberia.

Prisoners of War Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Freda Kirchwey to Jane Addams, June 8, 1920

Kirchwey sends Addams a fragment of an article regarding German relief efforts and offers further publicity.

Germany Relief Efforts

Grace Abbott to Jane Addams, June 9, 1920

Abbott tells Addams that prospects of support for a Lithuanian university are dim given political conditions.

Education Lithuania Relief Efforts

Emily Maud Leaf to Jane Addams, June 14, 1920

Leaf sends Addams literature (not found) on the work of the Fight the Famine Council.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to James Grover McDonald, June 21, 1920

Addams sends McDonald information about potential supporters for the League of Free Nations Association's petition to send aid to the Soviet Union.

Philanthropy Politics Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Florence Sachs Rauh to Jane Addams, ca. July 1920

Rauh promises Addams to send a check from the American Woman's Emergency Committee.

Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Florence Sachs Rauh, ca. July 1920

Addams instructs Rauh to send the check to Charles Hutchinson.

Relief Efforts

John Szlupas to Jane Addams, July 1, 1920

John Szlupas writes Jane Addams in regards to his movement to improve education in Eastern Europe.

Education Food Shortages Help!Lithuania Poland Relief Efforts Requests Russia Settlements

Florence Sachs Rauh to Jane Addams, July 2, 1920

Rauh asks Addams for a receipt for a donation which was mistakenly sent to Hull-House.

Finances 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

Christina Merriman to Jane Addams, July 6, 1920

Merriman thanks Addams for the Fight the Famine pamphlets.

Charity England Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Diana Agabeg Apcar to Jane Addams, July 23, 1920

Apcar asks Addams and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to intervene for Armenian women and children.

Armenia Child Welfare Relief Efforts Requests World War I Youth

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

Florence Taylor to Jane Addams, July 30, 1920

Taylor asks Addams about setting up an executive committee for the American Relief for Russian Women and Children group.

Relief Efforts

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

Jane Addams to Mary Ryott Sheepshanks, August 7, 1920

Addams advises Sheepshanks on possible American speakers on relief efforts.

Lectures Peace Relief Efforts Requests

Mary Rozet Smith to Clara Landsberg, August 7, 1920

Smith reacts to Landsberg's plans to spend a year in Austia.

Friends Hull-House Relief Efforts Travels

Jane Addams to Clara Landsberg, August 7, 1920

Addams congratulates Landsberg on her upcoming trip to Austria but will miss her at Hull-House.

Friends Hull-House Residents Peace Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, August 10, 1920

Balch tells Addams of Yella Hertzka's upcoming trip to the United States.

Peace Prisoners of War Relief Efforts

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, August 12, 1920

Kellogg updates Addams on efforts to reform the Russian Committee of the League of Free Nations Association.

Relief Efforts Soviet Union

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

American Relief for Austrian War Prisoners in Siberia Contribution Card, ca. September 1920

A form for making contributions for bringing Austrian prisoners of war home from Siberia.

Prisoners of War Relief Efforts

Isabel Barnett to Jane Addams, September 8, 1920

Barnett informs Addams about a change of plans regarding American aid to Germany.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Agnes Lisle Brown Leach, September 14, 1920

Balch writes Leach about the role of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section and updates her on recent activities.

Internationalism Peace

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