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Charles Love Logan to Daniel Kiefer, March 11, 1915

Logan shares his ideas about how public opinion on militarism might be impacted by World War I.

Military Peace Public Opinion World War I

Alice Thacher Post to Jane Addams, November 8, 1915

Post relates to Addams her conversation with William Jennings Bryan about the Woman's Peace Party's letter to the President and plans for a Congress after peace is achieved in Europe.

Conferences Peace War

The Passing of the King, November 15, 1915

Culbertson's poem argues that the result of the war will be the passing of monarchy in favor of rule by the people.

Peace Poetry Politics War

Newton C. Parke to Jane Addams, January 12, 1917

Parke asks Addams for a written statement on the movement for permanent peace after World War I.

Peace Requests

Anonymous ("Every Day Woman") to Jane Addams, May 15, 1917

The author asks Addams to stand against polygamy, which she fears will infect the United States due to war casualties. .

Marital Relations Onsite World War I

Hannah Clothier Hull to Jane Addams, January 20, 1918

Hull thanks Addams for the photographs she sent and has a request regarding the conference following the end of the war.

Conferences Friends Holidays Peace Thanks

Ellen McGregor Maury Slayden to Jane Addams, January 21, 1918

Slayden wants to know when Addams will be visiting Washington, and explains a plan which her friend has in regards to the end of the war.

Help!Peace Requests Travels World War I

After the War--?, May 1918

Wheeler puts out a call for ideas about what will happen after World War I.

Foreign Policy Public Opinion Relief Efforts Socialism World War I

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, May 10, 1918

Kellogg writes Addams to discuss his work in Europe for the Red Cross and the role that the Survey and other journals can play in the post-war world.

England Finances Social Work World War I

Ernest Cook Poole to Jane Addams, July 12, 1918

Poole requests Addams's help in his work with the Foreign Press Bureau. Poole explains the role educators of all nations have in the aftermath of war.

Education Publishing Requests

Annexation--Questions for the American Group, ca. November 1918

Hull sent Addams a survey on her views on the annexation of territories.

Foreign Policy Internationalism Peace World War I

Jane Addams to Levi Hollingsworth Wood, November 6, 1918

Addams tells Wood that while she admires Roger Baldwin's statement, her reasons are very different.

Peace World War I

Statement on Appeal from German Women, November 15, 1918

Addams notes that she knows the German women who issued the appeal and does not believe it is a propaganda plan.

Germany Peace World War I

Alfred Gleason Clark to Jane Addams, November 15, 1918

Clark advises Addams not to support the German women's appeal due to war crimes and atrocities committed by German troops.

Food Shortages Germany Peace World War I

Virginia Barton Swan Dales to Jane Addams, November 15, 1918

Dales asks Addams whether the Washington branch of the Woman's Peace Party should hold a meeting in support of the German women's appeal.

Germany Peace Requests World War I

Crystal Eastman to Jane Addams, November 15, 1918

Eastman asks Addams if the New York branch of the Woman's Peace Party can respond with sympathy to the German women's appeal.

Food Shortages Germany Peace Requests World War I

Norman Matoon Thomas to Jane Addams, November 16, 1918

Thomas telegrams Addams that the New York Fellowship of Reconciliation supports sending food relief in answer to the German women's appeal.

Foreign Policy Germany World War I

Jane Addams to Norman Matoon Thomas, November 17, 1918

Addams thanks Thomas for his telegram regarding the German woman's appeal and hopes to meet to discuss it.

Food Shortages World War I

Memorial to the Reparation Commission, 1919

Letter discussing the milk shortage in Germany.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests

Information for Friends of Our Dead, ca. 1919

Pierce provides information for those who lost family and friends in World War I.

Death Military World War I

Photography of Graves, ca. 1919

A description of the policy for getting photographs of World War I soldiers' graves.

Death Military World War I

The Next Step, January 20, 1919

Addams argues for post war relief and the establishment of the League of Nations and other international organizations to help guarantee the peace. The speech was given at the University Auditorium as part of the Farmer's Week celebration.

Charity Ethics Food Shortages Foreign Policy Internationalism Lectures Morality Peace Public Health Russia

Raymond Robins to Jane Addams, January 22, 1919

Robins tells Addams about Catherine Breshkovsky's views on Russia and her current American visit.

Czechoslovakia Diplomacy Russia

Address on the League of Nations, February 11, 1919

Addams addresses the Great Lakes Congress of the League to Enforce Peace, arguing for the importance of international cooperation after the war. The meeting was held in Chicago.

Charity Internationalism Lectures Peace

How to Feed the World, February 13, 1919

Addams' address to the American Women's Victory Dinner uses the end of the war to urge for greater international collaboration to ensure food supplies. The speech was given at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

Charity Ethics Food Shortages Internationalism Lectures Onsite Public Health Relief Efforts World War I

How to Feed the World, February 13, 1919

Addams' address to the American Women's Victory Dinner uses the end of the war to urge for greater international collaboration to ensure food supplies. The speech was given at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

Charity Ethics Food Shortages Internationalism Lectures Relief Efforts World War I

Alfred Beaver Yeomans to Jane Addams and Hull-House Residents, February 17, 1919

Yeomans tells Addams about conditions in Europe and the relief work he is doing.

France Relief Efforts

Charles C. Pierce to Jane Addams, February 20, 1919

Pierce sends Addams information regarding locating and photographing the graves of American soldiers in France.

Death Military World War I

Déclaration de Indépendance de l'Esprit, March 1919 Also known as A Declaration of Spiritual Independence, March 1919

Rolland calls upon the people of all nations to unite now that World War I has ended and throw off nationalism in favor of working for humanity.

Internationalism Nationalism Peace World War I

Jane Addams to the Woman's Peace Party. Committee of Thirty-Five, March 22, 1919 Also known as Jane Addams to the Carrie Chapman Catt, March 22, 1919

Addams explains the travel restriction that limit the number of American delegates to the International Congress of Women and asks who will be able to make the trip.

Peace Travels

Women's Part in this New World, April 10, 1919

Addams explores the role that American women will have in rebuilding the world and the economy.

Articles Economics Food Shortages Labor World War I

Alice Hamilton to Hamilton Family, May 1, 1919

Alice Hamilton writes to her family of her travels with Jane Addams in France through devastated areas affected by World War I.

Peace Poverty Travels World War I

Jane Addams to Eri Baker Hulbert, May 1, 1919

Addams sends Hulbert a postcard showing the devastation of France after World War I.

Travels World War I

Jane Addams to Esther Margaret Linn Hulbert, May 2, 1919

Addams describes the trip she took to locate Hulbert's brother's grave in France.

Family France Help!Travels World War I

Le Groupe "Clarté", May 10, 1919

Barbusse announces the creation of Clarté, a group of writers and artists, seeking political and social change.

Art Democracy France Literature World War I

Alice Hamilton to Mary Rozet Smith, May 12, 1919

Hamilton tells Smith all about the delegates and atmosphere of the International Congress of Women's opening day.

Austria Conferences Hungary Lectures Onsite Peace World War I

America's Place in the New World, May 16, 1919

Addams discusses the role of American women as economic factors in the post-World War I global economy.

Food Conservation Food Shortages Labor Relief Efforts World War I

Woodrow Wilson to Jane Addams, May 16, 1919

Wilson states to Addams that difficulties prevent a promising outlook at the Paris Peace Conference.

Peace Politics

Women's Part in This New World, May 16, 1919

Addams discusses the role of American women as economic factors in the post-World War I global economy.

Food Conservation Food Shortages Labor Relief Efforts World War I

Katharina Heine Hanfstaengl to Jane Addams, May 18, 1919

Hanfstaengl writes to Addams regarding the Woman's Congress meeting in Zurich.

Germany Internationalism Peace

Alice Hamilton to Mary Rozet Smith, June 8, 1919

Hamilton tells Smith about her visit in England and her hopes to meet up with Addams in London.

England Friends Religion World War I

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

Alice Hamilton to Mary Rozet Smith, July 5, 1919

Hamilton tells Smith about her travels with Addams, makes comments on their companions, and their plans to go to Germany.

Government Help!Hungary Peace Relief Efforts Religion Travels

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

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, July 7, 1919

Balch updates Addams on remaining costs from the Congress and discusses the need for child welfare in Hungary.

Child Welfare Finances Hungary Peace Relief Efforts

Report on Budapest City Children's Asylum and White Cross Asylum, July 8, 1919 (excerpt)

The Swiss Red Cross reports on the deaths of children in the City Children's Asylum and White Cross Hospitals in Budapest.

Children Food Shortages Hungary Relief Efforts World War I

Statement of the Central Committee for the Restoration of International Relations, July 10, 1919

The Committee announces it formation and seeks to gather opinions about the resumption of international relations.

Internationalism Peace

Society of German Deep-Sea Fisheries to Fraulein Köpke, July 21, 1919 (extract)

The Society reports on the impact of the war on deep-sea fishing in Geestemunde.

Germany 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

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Déclaration de Indépendance de l'Esprit, March 1919 Also known as A Declaration of Spiritual Independence, March 1919

Jane Addams to the Woman's Peace Party. Committee of Thirty-Five, March 22, 1919 Also known as Jane Addams to the Carrie Chapman Catt, March 22, 1919

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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