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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