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Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, March 21, 1901

Addams reminds Blaine about a reception for neighborhood teachers at which Elizabeth Hughes will speak.

Hull-House

Jane Addams to Samuel M. Jones, April 8, 1901

Addams invites Jones and his wife to come to Hull-House to meet Peytr Kropotkin and to hear him lecture.

Hull-House Lectures

What the Theater at Hull House Has Done for the Neighborhood People (extract), March 29, 1902

In this published excerpt of a lecture given on March 25, 1902, Addams describes how Hull-House provides a cheaper form of theater entertainment for the neighborhood.

Hull-House Theater

Jane Addams to Wallace Rice, December 30, 1902

Addams seeks a lecture on the Poetry of Labor or the Poetry of Revolt for Hull-House.

Labor Poetry Requests

Jane Addams to Wallace Rice, April 3, 1903

Addams wants to reschedule Rice's talks at Hull-House because a Socialist candidate for alderman has opened a headquarters nearby and attendance has been poor.

Hull-House Lectures Politics

Jane Addams to Mabel Hay Barrows, June, 1903

Addams delights in having another Greek Day at Hull House and encourages Barrows to organize it.

Celebrations Hull-House

Jane Addams to Mabel Hay Barrows, June 25, 1903

Addams is delighted that Barrows will attend the play, and promises the manuscripts in a few days.

Hull-House

Hull House and Its Neighbors, May 7, 1904

Addams discusses the two methods by which Hull-House seeks to expose immigrant communities to greater society: by securing people who form friendships in the community and by providing self-expression to the immigrants.

Education Immigrants Plays

Aylmer Maude to Jane Addams, June 22, 1904

Maude warns Addams about the character of John C. Kenworthy, who he hears is speaking at Hull-House.

Gossip Hull-House

Jane Addams to H .A. Bridgman, January 5, 1905

Addams asks if she can still contribute a tribute to Graham Taylor despite missing the deadline.

Holidays Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams to Harriet Monroe, May 13, 1905

Addams sends cards and invites Monroe to attend a Hull-House dinner of artists and musicians.

Hull-House Music Requests

Clara Landsberg to Anita McCormick Blaine, November 23, 1905

Addams invited Blaine to "The Trolls Holiday" a performance at Hull-House.

Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams's Own Story of Her Work: The First Five Years at Hull-House (Second of Three Installments), April 1906

In the second article of a series, Addams reports on some of the activities accomplished at Hull-House from 1889-1894.

Child Labor Children Hull-House Immigrants Labor Settlement Movement Settlements Social Work Youth

Statement on a Conference Held at Hull-House, June 9, 1906

Statement on a conference held at Hull-House.

Courts Crime Enforcement Law Youth

Jane Addams to Peter Christian Lutkin, January 3, 1908

Addams writes Lutkin to inform him of Frederick Deknatel's absence due to the unexpected death of his sister.

Death

Margaret Dreier Robins to Jane Addams, February 10, 1908

Robins writes Addams to apologize for the newspaper reports about the Women's Trade Union League pulling their meetings from Hull-House.

Alice Thacher Post to Jane Addams, February 10, 1908

Post informs Addams that the newspaper coverage of the Women's Trade Union League's decision to move their meetings from Bowen Hall at Hull-House to the Chicago Federation of Labor Hall was inaccurate and designed to cause hard feelings.

Journalism Labor

Jane Addams to [Donors], May 18, 1908

Addams reports on the Hull-House Labor Museum's condition after six years of operation and encloses the First Report on the Museum.

Education Hull-House Labor Onsite Philanthropy

Jane Addams to W. E. B. Du Bois, August 24, 1908

Addams writes Du Bois that she is happy he will visit Hull-House in September.

Hull-House Lectures

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, November 7, 1908

Addams invites McCormick to Hull-House on Monday evening.

Requests

Jane Addams to Benjamin Barr Lindsey, January 16, 1909

Addams invites Lindsey to attend a luncheon at Hull-House.

Child Labor Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, January 19, 1909

Addams invites Blaine to a Hull-House luncheon.

Requests

Jane Addams, Louise de Koven Bowen, Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Unknown (re: Edward A. and Sara L. Steiner), [March 12], 1909

Addams, Bowen, and Breckinridge invite an unknown person to Hull-House for a meeting of professors and the League for the Protection of Immigrants.

Immigrants Requests

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, April 21, 1909

Addams invites Blaine to a meeting of the Illinois Child Labor Committee.

Labor Legislation Requests

Jane Addams and Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart to Anita McCormick Blaine, October 23, 1910

Addams and Van Der Vaart invite Blaine to attend a conference at Hull-House about child labor legislation.

Child Labor Requests

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, May 3, 1911

Addams invites Wald to visit Hull-House with Irene Lewisohn and discusses Mary Rozet Smith's health.

Friends Health Hull-House Visits

Jane Addams to Dwight H. Perkins, May 25, 1911

Addams invites Perkins to Hull-House to hear Raymond Unwin speak.

Hull-House Visits Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, July 18, 1912

Breckinridge accepts Addams' invitation to a dinner at Hull-House.

Friends Hull-House Visits

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, November 19, 1912

Addams accepts Ely's suggestion to have Professor Kühnemann give a lecture onTolstoy at Hull-House.

Friends Lectures

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, November 22, 1912

Ely suggests to Addams that Professor Kühnemann lecture on Tolstoy at Hull-House.

Hull-House Visits Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Dorothy North, November 30, 1912

Addams thanks North for her donation and assistance during Thanksgiving at Hull-House.

Holidays Hull-House Thanks

Milwaukee Address on Suffrage , January 7, 1913 (excerpt)

Addams recounts a story depicted in a children's play at Hull-House, which she offers as an allegory about the importance of women in society.

History Theater

Jane Addams to Louise Lindin, February 4, 1913

Addams thanks Lindin for her monthly donation and offers some news from Hull-House.

Finance Hull-House Philanthropy

Jane Addams to Ida Minerva Tarbell, March 17, 1914

Addams thanks Tarbell for her involvement with the Fuller singers performance at Hull-House and asks if she has heard anything from the Outlook.

Hull-House Thanks

Jenkins Lloyd Jones to Jane Addams, November 25, 1914

Jones cannot attend a meeting with Mrs. Lawrence at Hull-House.

Hull-House

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, December 16, 1914

Addams invites Blaine to see hear a Christmas concert at Hull-House.

Holidays Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams to Caroline Margaret McIlvain, December 28, 1914

Addams invites McIlvain to the "Old Settlers' Party" at the Hull-House on New Years day and asks for names of older residents that ould speak about its history.

Holidays

Statement on Hull House Speakers, February 1, 1915 (excerpt)

Addams avows that there is no "blacklist" for speakers at Hull House, denying a rumor that radical thinkers were not welcome.

Free Speech Hull-House Labor Socialism

Jane Addams to Stephen Samuel Wise, December 26, 1916

Addams tells Wise about the Woman's Peace Party Annual Convention and his suggestion that Wilfred Wilson Gibson visit Hull-House.

Hull-House Lectures Peace

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Catherine Colvin, May 7, 1917

Karsten discusses Colvin's idea that Alice Norton give talks at both Hull-House and Lake Forest.

Lectures Peace

Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 30, 1917

Addams discusses Raymond Robins' assignment in Russia and Hull-House affairs.

Charities Russia

Jane Addams to Sameul Northrup Harper, June 1, 1918

Addams tells Harper that she and Rachelle Yarros will approach certain names about the League to Aid and Support Russia. She notes that there will be a Russian speaker at Hull-House and hopes to hold a meeting then.

Hull-House Russia