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Rose Morgan French to Jane Addams, April 25, 1921

French asks Addams to help call for American intervention in Germany's financial crisis.

Economics Foreign Policy Germany Requests United States

Anna Lindemann to Jane Addams, April 16, 1921

Lindemann tells Addams about the plight of Germany and asks help employing German women.

Education Germany Help!Labor Onsite Relief Efforts Requests Unemployment World War I

Emily Greene Balch to Stephen Pierce Hayden Duggan, February 17, 1921

Balch tells Duggan about the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's relations with a commission to visit Germany, Fight the Famine Council, and the League of Nations.

Germany International Affairs League of Nations Peace Relief Efforts

Sophia Sturge to Jane Addams, March 2, 1921

Sturge tells Addams of her plans to provide relief for famine victims in Germany, particularly adults, by setting up a home in Holland.

England Germany Peace Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 25, 1921

Balch sends Addams the text of Lili Jannasch's letter that describes the German women's struggle against Pan-Germanism and seeks help from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Germany Nationalism Pacifism Peace Politics Requests

Lucy Hoesch Ernst to Jane Addams, January 8, 1921

Ernst asks Addams for a meeting, telling her that she has felt alienated from American peace activists and advising on the problems in Germany.

Criticism Germany Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Manley Ottmer Hudson, January 7, 1921

Addams forwards Hudson a letter from Germany (not found) and invites him to visit Hull-House.

Germany Hull-House Visits Labor

Das Deutsche Rote Kreuz in Gegenwart und Zukunft, November 1920 Also known as The German Red Cross in the Present and Future, November 1920

The German Red Cross provides information about its recent work.

Charity Germany International Affairs Medicine Military Public Health Relief Efforts World War I

Otto Julius Merkel to Jane Addams, December 25, 1920

Merkel tells Addams about the political situation in Germany.

Communism Food Shortages Germany Holidays Politics Relief Efforts

Sophia Sturge to Jane Addams, December 9, 1920

Sturge asks Addams for help in raising support for an home for German children in the Netherlands.

Child Welfare Germany Help!Relief Efforts Requests

Gardiner Howland Shaw to Herbert Lockwood Willett, November 13, 1920

Shaw tells Willett that the stories of Black French troops in Germany have been greatly exaggerated.

Foreign Policy France Germany International Affairs Military Racism

Emily Greene Balch to Stephen Pierce Hayden Duggan, January 13, 1921

Balch asks Duggan for help establishing a commission to investigate the economic situation in Germany.

Foreign Policy Germany Government Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton, October 30, 1920

Thomas sends Addams letters of thanks (not found) for donations of cod liver oil in Germany.

Germany Relief Efforts

Anonymous to Jane Addams, September 29, 1920 (fragment)

The author asks Addams for help getting American women to protest atrocities in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Germany Racism World War I

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

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

Herbert David Croly to William Fisher Byron, May 26, 1920

Croly asks Byron to thank Addams for the memorandum.

Germany Thanks

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

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, November 25, 1919

Kellogg inquires about a manuscript on the condition of Germany.

Germany Publishing

Report, Hamburg War Food Office, January 14, 1920

Hamburg reports on its inadequate food supplies and failing crops.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Report of the Oberbürgermeister, Düsseldorf, Germany, January 9, 1920

Köttgen provides information on Dusseldorf's precarious food situation.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Siegfried Heckscher to Jane Addams, January 16, 1920

Heckscher sends Addams a report from Düsseldorf's mayor on relief efforts.

Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, January 10, 1920

Thomas updates Addams on efforts for German relief, focusing on reaching out to influential German-Americans.

Immigrants Relief Efforts Thanks

Otto Leopold Schmidt to Jane Addams, January 31, 1920

Schmidt updates Addams on the status of raising relief funds for Germany in Chicago.

Germany Immigrants Philanthropy Relief Efforts

Katherine Sophie Dreier to Jane Addams, February 22, 1920

Dreier offers Addams her views on several German women leaders.

Germany Internationalism Peace Women's Rights

Aeusserungen von Lehrern und Lehrerinnen aus Schulen in Gelsenkirchen, March 1920 Also known as Statements from teachers from schools in Gelsenkirchen, March 1920

German teachers describe the impact of food shortages on education.

Children Education Food Shortages Germany Onsite

Emil Abderhalden to Harry Gideon Wells, December 1919

Abderhalden asks Wells for help funding a plan to feed starving German children.

Child Welfare Germany Relief Efforts World War I

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, December 1, 1919

Addams explains to Thomas that if they can publicize the cooperation of Herbert Hoover, the collection of funds for German food relief would become easier.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Emily Hobhouse to Jane Addams, November 19, 1919

Hobhouse writes Addams about relief for children in Leipzig, Germany, children.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, November 28, 1919

Thomas asks Addams for the name of the president of the Central Relief Committee in Cleveland so they can coordinate relief in Germany.

Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, November 19, 1919

Addams writes to Thomas about giving lectures to German-Americans and sends a copy of Abderhalden's letter.

Finances Germany Lectures

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

Emil Abderhalden to Harry Gideon Wells, October 15, 1919

Abderhalden seeks support for German children suffering from starvation.

Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Joseph Thompson Eliott to Jane Addams, September 25, 1919

Eliott praises Addams for her work in Germany and sends information about rumors of fishing blockades after the Armistice.

Germany Relief Efforts World War I

Manifesto de Protestation Contre Le Traite De Paix de Versailles, July 5, 1919 Also known as Protest Manifesto Against the Treaty of Peace at Versailles, July 5, 1919

The Comité protests the exclusion of Germany from the League of Nations and protests the Versailles Treaty as unfair and seeks to replace it with one designed to keep the peace.

Diplomacy Germany Peace World War I

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 7, 1919

Thomas thanks Addams for forwarding a donation for famine relief in Germany.

Charity Germany Relief Efforts

Carolena Morris Wood to Jane Addams, July 1919

Wood tells Addams about conditions in Germany and hopes to see her before she heads back to America.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Travels

Herbert Clark Hoover to John Work Garrett, June 25, 1919

Hoover sends Addams a letter of introduction to the American ambassador to the Netherlands.

Germany Government Relief Efforts Requests

Miss Addams' Own Words vs. Herald's Quotation, June 12, 1917 (excerpt)

The Herald apologizes for misquoting Addams's statement about German-Americans and the enty of the United States in World War I.

Germany Lectures World War I

Plain Dealer's Post Box, July 1, 1917

Various people write letters to the German Republic of their responses to a piece by the editor.

Germany Publishing War

Christian Sihler to Jane Addams, July 1, 1917

Sihler tells Addams he added her name to a list of subscribers to a potential publication about Germany.

Germany Help!Peace Publishing

Elizabeth Breeze Vermilye to Jane Addams February 19, 1917

Vermilye criticizes Addams's request for a referendum and explains that there are some times when war is necessary to protect the nation.

Criticism Germany Patriotism Peace Politics War World War I

Statement on German Food Crisis, August 27, 1919

Addams provides a brief statement on her tour of German child welfare conditions.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Jane Addams, September 7, 1916

Karsten is looking for a pamphlet that Mead needs and will pass it along when she finds it. Karsten has also been working with several librarians who are interested in peace literature.

Library Peace

Questions for Neutrals, February 1916

The document outlines the Organization of American Women for Strict Neutrality's rationale for calling for an arms embargo, citing historical examples.

Foreign Policy Government Neutrality War World War I

Where the Christmas Spirit Will Wane, December 1919

Addams describes the shortage of food in Europe and its impact on women and children.

Food Shortages Germany Health World War I

After the Lean Years: Impressions of Food Conditions in Germany When Peace was Signed, September 6, 1919

Addams and Hamilton report on their investigation of food shortages and conditions in post-War Germany.

Charity Child Welfare Children Germany Health Internationalism Relief Efforts

Report of Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton on the Situation in Germany, August 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail their trip to Germany to see conditions for child welfare after World War I.

Child Welfare Children Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Hamilton to the Friends Service Committee on the Situation in Germany (fragment), August 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail in full their trip to countries once in the Central Powers for the Society of Friends, on the matter of food and relief distribution.

Charity Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Health Medicine Onsite Relief Efforts Writings

Mabel Thorp Boardman to Jane Addams, July 29, 1915

Boardman writes to Addams about the work the Red Cross is doing during the war, and hopes that nations would stop fighting each other.

Charities Peace War

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Das Deutsche Rote Kreuz in Gegenwart und Zukunft, November 1920 Also known as The German Red Cross in the Present and Future, November 1920

Aeusserungen von Lehrern und Lehrerinnen aus Schulen in Gelsenkirchen, March 1920 Also known as Statements from teachers from schools in Gelsenkirchen, March 1920

Manifesto de Protestation Contre Le Traite De Paix de Versailles, July 5, 1919 Also known as Protest Manifesto Against the Treaty of Peace at Versailles, July 5, 1919

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