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Alice Salomon to Jane Addams, December 11, 1911

Salomon praises Twenty Years at Hull House and believes it will be useful to social workers in Germany.

Books Germany Praise Settlements Social Work

Neena Hamilton Pringsheim to American Chamber of Commerce Directors, December 11, 1914

Pringsheim argues that trade practices of the United States in the early years of World War I have not been neutral.

Canada England Foreign Policy France Japan Peace War

Neena Hamilton Pringsheim to Jane Addams, January 2, 1915

Pringsheim sends support for Addams' peace work from Germany by opposing the sending of ammunition from the States to Europe.

Business Peace Praise War

Carrie Chapman Catt to Jane Addams, January 16, 1915

Catt explains the international issues that she has encountered in trying to organize an international peace meeting.

France Germany Internationalism Meetings Memberships Peace War

Alice Hamilton to Mary Rozet Smith, May 5, 1915

Hamilton details the various reactions of women from European countries to Addams' lectures.

Arbitration Belgium Conferences Internationalism Peace Russia Travels War World War I

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Statement on Quaker Food Commission Work, July 2, 1919

Addams discusses her plans to distribute food to German children.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

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

Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Hamlition 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

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

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

Official Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Alice Hamilton, September 1919

Addams and Hamilton report on their visit to Germany to see conditions after World War I.

Europe Food Shortages Germany Health Medicine Relief Efforts

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

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

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

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

Speech to the Missouri State Teachers Association, November 8, 1919 (summary)

Addams discussed the conditions in post-war Europe to the Missouri State Teachers Association at the Auditorium.

Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts

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

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

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, November 25, 1919

Kellogg inquires about a manuscript on the condition of Germany.

Germany Publishing

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

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

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