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Ellen Gates Starr to the Editor of the Springfield Republican, August 15, 1927

Starr urges the public to believe the experts who claim that evidence was misused against Sacco and Vanzetti.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement United States

Conservative Lawyer's View of Lowell Committee's Report, August 15, 1927

Williams breaks down inconsistencies in the government's report on the Sacco-Vanzetti case, highlighting the misinterpretation of evidence.

Anarchism Anti-radicalism Courts Crime Enforcement Immigrants Italy Law United States

Borah Amazes Sacco Forces, ca. August 19, 1927

Article publishes Borah's telegram to Addams refusing to interfere in the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement Government

Addams Statement on Anita Whitney, May 18, 1927

Addams supports Anita Whitney who was convicted for being a member of the communist party.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement Politics

Jane Addams to Elizabeth Peale Ryder, May 18, 1931

Addams tells Ryder that she is not a Communist and that peace work is not compatible with communism.

Anti-radicalism Communism Criticism Peace

Mary Ryott Sheepshanks to Jane Addams, December 6, 1928 Also known as Mary Ryott Sheepshanks to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Executive Committee, December 6, 1928

Sheepshanks tells Addams about accusations that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is affiliated with the Comintern.

Anti-radicalism Communism Criticism Peace

Jane Addams to Alice Stone Blackwell, March 11, 1927

Addams tells Blackwell that the Chicago Tribune is anti-Russian and unlikely to publish her article.

Anti-radicalism Health Journalism

Intelligence Versus Pacifism and Subversivism, February 3, 1927

A report of a meeting held between Jane Addams, Mary McDowell and members of the Military Intelligence Association regarding attacks on Addams by Frere Hopkins.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Patriotism Peace

The Progressive, December 1, 1926

An issue of the journal that discuses attacks on Jane Addams and Hull-House.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Hull-House

Statement on Captain Watkins, November 11, 1926 (excerpt)

Addams responds to Ferre Watkins's charges that Hull-House was a radical and Communist center.

A Merited Expulsion, June 26, 1928

An editorial agreeing with Helen Tufts Bailie's expulsion from the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Anti-radicalism Civil liberties Clubs

Truth and Justice vs. the D. A. R. Court Martial, ca. 1928

Bailie tells her side of her dispute with the Daughters of the American Revolution and its blacklist.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Clubs Law

Jane Addams to Olive Hanson Rabe, July 6, 1928

Addams congratulates Rabe on the decision in Rosika Schwimmer's naturalization case and sends her some money for expenses.

Civil liberties Immigrants Travels

Jeanette Flitcraft Stetson to Jane Addams, August 12, 1927

Stetson asks Addams to protest the Sacco and Vanzetti execution.

Anti-radicalism Crime Government Requests

List of Donors to Rosika Schwimmer's Legal Fund, November 1927

A list of donors to Rosika Schwimmer's legal fund.

Civil liberties Finances

Harriet Walton Freund to Jane Addams, August 9, 1927

Freund asks Addams to intercede for Sacco and Vanzetti with Governor Fuller.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement Government Requests

Harold Evans to Jane Addams, January 25, 1928

Evans asks Addams her opinion on an idea to involve high ranking Quakers to intercede for Rosika Schwimmer's naturalization case.

Anti-radicalism Law Peace Requests

Anna Garlin Spencer to Jane Addams, January 7, 1928 (fragment)

Spencer tells Addams the back story of why the National Council of Women expelled the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1925.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Peace

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, December 18, 1927

Mead tells Addams about her lecture tour and attacks by patriots who call her a German sympahtizer.

Anti-radicalism Lectures Patriotism Peace

Daniel Edward Howard to Jane Addams, January 20, 1928

Howard asks Addams for her opinion on a letter he wrote in the face of criticism from the Daughters of the American Revolution (not found).

Anti-radicalism Requests

Jane Addams is Scored by Mrs. Dawes, November 12, 1926 (excerpts)

Dawes called Addams and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom communists.

Anti-radicalism Communism Peace

Emily Greene Balch to the Government of Belgium, October 27, 1927

Balch signs an appeal to the Government of Belgium to release August Borms from prison.

Anti-radicalism Belgium Requests

Signers of the Petition for Flemish Amnesty, ca. October 17, 1927

A list of people who signed a petition in support of amnesty for Flemish Nationalists imprisoned after World War I.

Anti-radicalism Belgium Crime Enforcement Requests

Thomas Cuming Hall to Jane Addams, October 31, 1927

Hall sends Addams an appeal on behalf of Flemish nationalists for amnesty for political prisoners.

Anti-radicalism Belgium Politics Requests

Rosika Schwimmer to Jane Addams, October 28, 1927

Schwimmer tells Addams about the support she has received and her mother's failing health.

Anti-radicalism Courts Death Immigration Tributes

Jean Seeley Hargrove to Jane Addams, September 7, 1927

Hargrove asks Addams for a statement that she is not a radical to answer questions raised in her church group.

Criticism Requests

Jane Addams's Plea, August 23, 1927

The Post criticizes Addams’s arguments against the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement Criticism Government Journalism

Anonymous to Jane Addams, ca. August 19, 1927

A reader sends Addams a clipping mocking efforts to stay the Sacco and Vanzetti execution.

Crime Enforcement Criticism Public Opinion

Emily Greene Balch to Laura Morris Evans, February 18, 1927

Balch tells Evans that Addams has been slandered by the Daughters of the American Revolution and defends her from attacks on her patriotism.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Patriotism Praise

Jane Addams to Carrie Chapman Catt, May 31, 1927

Addams advises Catt that the attacks made against her by the Daughters of the American Revolution are a blend of truth and fiction.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Criticism

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, May 31, 1927

Addams sends Balch a letter she write to Carrie Catt and says she thinks it might be foolish to indulge the attacks of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Anti-radicalism Criticism

Jane Addams to Amy Woods, January 11, 1924

Addams sends Woods a clipping about patriotic oaths and suggests that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section might want to protest it.

Anti-radicalism Clubs Peace Requests

Florence Kelley to Jane Addams, July 20, 1927

Kelley tells Addams about slanderous attacks by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Friends Law

Charge of Treason in Schools Denied, ca. April 1926

News report about the Philadelphia Board of Education dismissing treason accusations made by Mrs. William Gold.

Anti-radicalism Conferences Education Government Haiti

Carrie Chapman Catt to Jane Addams, May 26, 1927

Catt asks Addams for assistance in her plan to write an open letter defending peace organizations against attacks on their patriotism.

Anti-radicalism Communism Criticism Peace Socialism

Thousands of Political Prisoners Abroad Need Help, October 1925

The Committee seeks support to free radicals and liberals who are held as political prisoners.

Anti-radicalism Civil liberties Europe Spain

Jane Addams Makes a Point, ca. May 1926

Addams defends her work for social betterment and a newspaper editorial blames the postwar situation for tarring ordinary ideas as communist.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Journalism Lectures Social Work

Note on the Daughters of the American Revolution, April 15, 1927

A brief article noting the Daughters of the American Revolution's views on Inez Irwn, Jane Addams and Florence Allen.

Anti-radicalism Communism Criticism

Study of Public Record of Miss Jane Addams, May 17, 1927

Fay paints Addams as a Bolshevist using quotes and other records.

Communism Criticism Disarmament Labor Peace Politics Socialism Soviet Union

Charles Norman Fay to the Editor of the Boston Herald, May 17, 1927

Fay sends the Herald a report documenting his claims that Jane Addams is a Bolshevist.

Communism Criticism Peace Public Opinion Social Work Socialism

Jane Addams to Harold Hitz Burton, May 2, 1927

Addams provides Burton information defending the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom against charges of communism.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Disarmament Military Peace

Jane Addams to Mildred Scott Olmsted, April 13, 1927

Addams tells Olmsted about Lucia Mead and Rosika Schwimmer and why they are being used to call the Women's international League for Peace and Freedom un-American.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Peace

Dorothy Detzer to Jane Addams, November 22, 1926

Detzer regales Addams with her efforts to secure a retraction from the American Legion in Sioux City.

Anti-radicalism Communism Journalism Peace

Refutation of charges against Jane Addams made by the Daughters of the American Revolution, March 31, 1927

Balch defends Addams against accusations made by the Daughters of the American Revolution and other organizations.

Anti-radicalism Communism Disarmament Pacifism Politics Propaganda War

Emily Greene Balch to George Browning Lockwood, March 31, 1927

Balch refutes Lockwood's leaflet attacking pacifists.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Nationalism Patriotism Peace

Dorothy Detzer to Jane Addams and Hannah Clothier Hull, November 22, 1926

Detzer tells Addams and Hull about problems with leasing the offices of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom due to attacks on the League.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Military Peace

Dorothy Detzer to Jane Addams, ca. November 22, 1926

Detzer tells Addams that she will send her report tomorrow and notes her fear that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is being targeted.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Peace