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Committee on Militarism in Education fomm, ca. January, 1929

The Committee's form for donations.

Requests

Albert Joseph Kennedy to Louis J. Affelder, ca. December 21, 1928

Kennedy tells Affelder to send Stella Mallon a check for $750.

Charity

Albert Joseph Kennedy to Jane Addams, December 21, 1928

Kennedy asks Addams to help raise funds for James Mallon's illness.

Charity Finances Requests Settlements

Vida Dutton Scudder to Jane Addams, April 2, 1900

Scudder tells Addams about her opposition to donations from the Rockefellers to Wellesley College.

Education Finances Philanthropy

Grace Abbott to Jane Addams, January 18, 1929

Abbott tells Addams that Julius Rosenwald is willing to help James Mallon's unexpected medical expenses.

Charity Health Settlement Movement

Invitation to a Demonstration of Dye Techniques, August 10, 1927

The Ladds host a demonstration of textile dying and Alabama plantation story telling in Bar Harbor.

Celebrations Philanthropy

Harriet Eliza Merriam Van der Vaart to Jane Addams, March 18, 1928

Van der Vaart discusses the service work she plans on doing in the Ozarks.

Charity Praise Settlements

Speeches in Lincoln, October 26, 1925 (excerpts)

Addams discusses peace and women's roles in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Charity Lectures Peace

Anna Garlin Spencer to Jane Addams, June 4, 1926

Spencer sends Addams a donation for the International Congress of Women in Dublin and tells her about summer plans.

Education Help!Philanthropy

Jane Addams to William Arthur Maddox, April 28, 1927

Addams tells Maddox that she does not understand the Carnegie Foundation's fundraising interests.

Hull-House Philanthropy

Louis J. Affelder to Jane Addams, February 28, 1925

Affelder sends Addams the names of recent contributors to the Barnett Memorial Fellowship.

Charity Hull-House Settlement Movement

Evelyn Clara Gedge to Jane Addams, June 11, 1926

Gedge thanks Addams for trying to raise funds for her school.

Gratitude India Philanthropy

William Arthur Maddox to Jane Addams, May 4, 1926

Maddox tells Addams that he was not successful getting donations for a Peace library from the Carnegie Foundation.

Art Education Philanthropy

Jane Addams to William Arthur Maddox, May 2, 1926

Addams tells Maddox that the Carnegie Foundation might be interested in supporting Rockford College.

Library Philanthropy Requests

Louis J. Affelder to Jane Addams, April 20, 1925

Affelder sends Addams names of recent donors to the Barnett Memorial Fellowship.

Philanthropy Settlement Movement

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 31, 1925

Kellogg tells to Addams about the work of the Charles Cabot and the Cabot Fund to support the rights of steel workers.

Industry Labor Philanthropy

Frederick Paul Keppel to Jane Addams, September 11, 1925

Keppel advises Addams that the Carnegie Corporation's support is mostly through colleges, but that they might supports arts in settlements at some point in the future.

Hull-House Philanthropy

Helen Hall to Jane Addams, January 20, 1925

Hall sends Addams names of people who might support the Barnett Memorial Fellowship.

Memberships

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, September 13, 1924

Barnett misses Addams and wants to hear more of her activities and inner thoughts.

Anti-Semitism England Onsite Praise Settlements

Russian School for Orphans Facing Calamity, September 9, 1924

The Tribune reports on the potential closure of the Russian Pedagogium Falkenberg in Falkenberg and efforts to save it.

Charity Child Welfare Death Education Germany

Albert Joseph Kennedy to Jane Addams, September 4, 1924

Kennedy updates Addams on activities related to the Barnett Memorial Fellowship.

Settlement Movement

Herman Louis Ekern to Mary Rozet Smith, October 25, 1924

Ekern thanks Smith for her donation to the La Follette campaign and asks her to see if some friends might also support it.

Onsite Politics

Sarah Montgomery Hester to Jane Addams, May 16, 1924

Hester asks Addams to write a letter about her experience at St. Luke's Hospital in Tokyo that could be used for fundraising.

Charity Japan Medicine Requests

The Social Results of Charitable Effort, November 17, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the need to understand the poor in order to solve the problems of poverty.

Charity Immigrants Lectures Poverty Settlement Movement Social Work

Anna Mary Lloyd to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, January 9, 1922

Lloyd sends Thomas a check for the Old People Fund.

Charity Requests

Hamilton Holt to Jane Addams, November 4, 1921

Holt asks Addams's opinion on the Woodrow Wilson Foundation's program.

Internationalism Philanthropy Requests

Emily Lovett Eaton to Jane Addams, November 12, 1920

Eaton thanks Addams for speaking to the Consumers' League of Syracuse and suggests a caroling fundraising appeal for European children.

Charity Holidays Relief Efforts Requests

John Szlupas to Jane Addams, July 1, 1920

John Szlupas writes Jane Addams in regards to his movement to improve education in Eastern Europe.

Education Food Shortages Help!Lithuania Poland Relief Efforts Requests Russia Settlements

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

The Subtle Problems of Charity, February 1899

Addams discusses the problems that charity workers face when they bring middle-class assumptions about the poor to their efforts to practically help them.

Charity Labor Poverty Social Work

Speech to the Chicago Business Woman's Club, November 19, 1902 (excerpts)

Addams discusses woman's capacity for bad behavior and that women's philanthropy should be more active in areas like child labor.

Child Labor Lectures Philanthropy Woman Suffrage

Report on Social Economy Exhibits, Louisiana Purchase Exposition Committee, February 8, 1906

Addams reports on efforts of women in creating exhibits that discussed social economy compared to the Paris Exhibition in 1900.

Conferences Philanthropy Social Work

David B. Ogden, Ernesto Giuseppe Fabbri, Gertrude Stevens Rice, Lucy How Schelling, and Bessy Mason Campbell Coles to Jane Addams and Mary Rozet Smith, June 20, 1917

Ogden and others ask Addams to donate funds to their Red Cross drive.

Charity Requests

Samuel McCune Lindsay to Jane Addams, ca. June 13, 1917

Lindsay asks Addams to join a committee seeking tax exemptions for charitable donations.

Charity Requests

Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 30, 1917

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

Charities Russia

World's Peace Film, Inc. Brochure, 1915

Webster sends Addams a pamphlet on The World's Peace Film Co. which details the company's officers and its plan to create films to promote world peace. It also describes how people can invest in the company to make a profit.

Film Finances Peace Philanthropy

Henry Stewart to Jane Addams, November 29, 1916

Stewart informs Addams of an endorsement by the Subscriptions Investigating Committee and the proper format for referencing this endorsement on paper.

Charities Finances Requests

Jane Addams and Louise de Koven Bowen to Edgar Addison Bancroft, June 17, 1916

Addams and Bowen discuss a plan for funding preventive medicine.

Education Philanthropy Public Health

Report of the Chairman, January 1, 1916

A report of the finances and activities of the Committee on Temporary Organization for Teaching Character.

Finances Morality Publishing

Alice Stone Blackwell to Jane Addams, January 2, 1916

Blackwell asks Addams for money on behalf of Catherine Breshkovsky, a Russian exile.

Charity Peace Requests Russia

Memorial Address for Jenkin Lloyd Jones, November 28, 1918

Addams praises Jenkin Lloyd Jones and discusses his efforts in Chicago and for peace.

Charity Eulogies Lectures Peace

Maurice Browne to Jane Addams, March 29, 1915

Browne tells Addams that because they are paying reduced royalties, they can donate fund to the American Belgian Relief Fund.

Charity Peace Theater

Widows and Courts: Administering the Funds to Parents Act, March 18, 1914

Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.

Charity Child Welfare Civil Service Finances Illinois Legislation Microfilm Philanthropy Politics Poverty Social Welfare

Widows and Courts: Administering the Funds to Parents Act, March 18, 1914

Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.

Charity Child Welfare Civil Service Illinois Legislation Philanthropy Politics Poverty Social Welfare

Jane Addams to James Scott Brown, April 9, 1915

Addams thanks Brown for his donation for the peace movement.

Peace Philanthropy Thanks

The Struggle of Life Above the Poverty Line, September 26, 1913

Addams' speaks on the impact of poverty at the National Federation of Settlements in Pittsburgh.

Charity Conferences Labor Lectures Legislation Poverty Settlement Movement

Remarks on the Funds for Parents Act, ca. September 26, 1913

Addams discusses the Funds to Parents Act, which provides charitable support for impoverished children.

Charity Lectures Legislation Poverty

Miss Addams, January 1913

Addams defends her involvement in partisan politics and argues that philanthropy and politics must often be partners in charting a better future for families and for communities. This is the first article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a woman's roles in affecting change.

Juvenile Delinquency Labor Philanthropy Politics Public Health Social Welfare Social Work