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William Hammond Parker to Jane Addams, November 28, 1924

Parker asks Addams her opinion about postponing the International Conference of Social Work to 1926.

Conferences Requests Social Work

William Colfax Graves to John A. Lapp, January 29, 1927

Graves asks Lapp top send financial reports about the Social Worker's Country Club.

Finances Hull-House Requests Social Work

William Colfax Graves to John A. Lapp, January 24, 1927

Graves asks Lapp for a report from the Social Workers' Country Club.

Hull-House Social Work

William Colfax Graves to Harold Stanley Lewis, February 10, 1927

Graves tells Lewis that the Social Workers' Country Club is sending less money to its governing board.

Finances Social Work

Wallace Rider Farrington to Frances Spaeth Parks, December 7, 1927

Farrington invites Parks to attend the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference in Honolulu.

Education Government Hawaii Health Peace Social Reform Women

Unknown to Jane Addams, November 20, 1911

The writer and Robert Woods ask Addams to lecture in residence at Amherst for about four weeks in 1912-1913.

Education Lectures Requests Social Work

Tribute to Minnie F. Low, May 29, 1922

Addams recalls her social work activities with Minnie Low.

Charity Chicago Hull-House Immigrants Onsite Tributes White Slavery

Tribute to Anna Nicholes, September 1917

Addams pays tribute to the work and deeds of her recently departed friend Anna Eliza Nicholes.

Death Eulogies Social Work Writings

Tribute to Allen Bartlit Pond, April 21, 1929

Addams presents a memorial to Allen Bartlit Pond, describing their friendship and his architectural achievements at Hull-House and beyond.

Architecture Chicago Death Hull-House Immigrants Settlement Movement Social Work

Tribute to Alfred Kenyon Maynard, January 11, 1925

Addams offers a memorial tribute to A. Kenyon Maynard at the Chicago Commons.

Death Settlement Movement Social Work Tributes

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

The Progressive's Dilemma: The New Party, November 1912

Addams defends the planks of the Progressive Party's platform by giving evidence from her experience.

Immigrants Labor Philanthropy Politics Public Health Social Reform Social Work Woman Suffrage

The Call of the Social Field, June 12, 1911

In this speech to the National Conference on Charities and Correction meeting in Boston, Addams discusses the qualities that attract people to social work as an occupation and as a way of life, dedicated to the greater good of society.

Education Lectures Social Work Socialism Sociology

Suppose Nobody Cared, November 16, 1924 (excerpts)

Addams talks about Philadelphia's role in the history of charitable organization.

Charities Lectures Social Work

Social Service and the New York Community Church, July 1925-1926

The Church describes its social service programs.

Religion Social Work

Rosika Schwimmer to Jane Addams, January 8, 1924

Schwimmer blasts Addams and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section for their lack of publicity and organizing work for the International Congress of Women and criticizes the impact that social workers have made on the peace cause.

Conferences Criticism Education Peace Social Work

René Sand to Jane Addams, September 3, 1926

Sand sends Addams a list of attendees for a meeting of the League of Red Cross Societies.

Conferences Relief Efforts Social Work

René Sand to Jane Addams, July 17, 1926

Sand invites Addams to attend a planning meeting for an international social work conference in Europe.

Conferences France Requests Social Work

René Sand to Jane Addams, July 16, 1926

Sand sends Addams information about an organizing meeting for an international conference of social service and wishes that she could attend.

Conferences France Social Work

Philanthropy and Politics, September 18, 1912

Addams discusses how philanthropic activities become political activities, citing instances from her own work in Chicago.

Government Philanthropy Politics Public Health Social Work

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

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, June 11, 1923

Kellogg sends Addams a paragraph about her role in the social work movement (not found) which he has to delete from an article.

Social Work

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, January 12, 1917

Kellogg tells Addams about The Survey's plans to integrate work on peace and social settlements.

Internationalism Peace Publishing Social Work

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, February 23, 1918

Kellogg tells Addams that he is back at work and sends her pamphlets on his work with the Red Cross.

Social Work World War I

Notes on Dr. Harold Mann, January 26, 1923

A note describing Harold Mann or Mirkee Agricultural College.

India Social Work

Neighborhood Improvement, June 22, 1904

Addams gave this speech at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, reporting on the activities of the Committee on Neighborhood Improvement.

Conferences Lectures Social Work

Need a Woman Over Fifty Feel Old?, October 1914

Addams explains how middle-aged women still contribute to society, providing examples.

Child Labor Child Welfare Philanthropy Social Welfare Social Work Temperance Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Minnie F. Low to Jane Addams, January 25, 1918

Low informs Addams of steps being taken to minimize expenditures regarding the Social Workers' Country Club.

Clubs Finances Requests Social Work

Mary Foulke Morrisson to Social Workers, ca. October, 1912

The Committee reaches out to social workers asking for their support of the Progressive Party.

Requests Social Work

Martha Bensley Bruère to Jane Addams, January 8, 1927

Bruère sends Addams a report on prohibition (not found) for use in a book.

Chicago Prohibition Social Work

Martha Bensley Bruère to Jane Addams, January 8, 1927

Bruère sends Addams a report on prohibition (not found) for use in a book.

Chicago Onsite Prohibition Social Work

Maria Matilda Widegren to Jane Addams, November 24, 1925

Widgren sends Addams names of American women who might be interested in joining the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Peace Social Work Sweden

Margaret Bergen to Jane Addams, July 28, 1925

Bergen tells Addams about the plans for the Institute of Pacific Relations conference held in Hawaii and introduces William and Makiko Vories who are establishing a school in Japan.

Conferences Education Introduction Japan Social Work

Louise Loeb Hamburger to Jane Addams, January 31, 1925

Hamburger invites Addams to a luncheon of the Chicago Woman's Aid.

Requests Social Work

Louise de Koven Bowen Biography, ca. 1922

Addams tells the story of Bowen's life and contributions to numerous causes.

Awards and Honors Child Welfare Hull-House Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Louise de Koven Bowen Biography, ca. 1922

Addams describes Bowen's life story and her contributions to numerous causes.

Awards and Honors Child Welfare Hull-House Woman Suffrage Women's Rights World War I Writings

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Louise de Koven Bowen Biography, 1922

Addams tells the story of Bowen's life and contributions to numerous causes.

Awards and Honors Child Welfare Hull-House Woman Suffrage Women's Rights World War I

List of YMCA Secretaries in China, ca. December 28, 1922

Woods prepares a list of YMCA secretaries in Chinese cities for Addams to visit.

China Social Work

Lecture on Social Settlement System, July 28, 1902

Addams discusses the settlement house's role as a charity and the means by which it appeals to the poor. She spoke at the Decatur Chautauqua.

Charities Child Labor Lectures Settlement Movement Social Work

Katherine Minni Strong to Jane Addams, September 29, 1912

Strong thanks Addams for suggesting that she investigate the training of social workers and relays information about her travels to conduct the investigation.

Courts Social Work

Julius Rosenwald to Jane Addams et al., August 12, 1912

To celebrate his 50th birthday, Rosenwald donates $50,000 to establish a country club for social workers of Chicago.

Social Work

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Jane Addams, June 25, 1922

Lathrop tells Addams that though her friends are disappointed, they accept her decision to withdraw her name from consideration for the presidency of the National Conference of Social Work.

Conferences Memberships Social Work

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Jane Addams, June 25, 1922

Lathrop tells Addams that though her friends are disappointed, they accept her decision to withdraw her name from consideration for the presidency of the National Conference of Social Work.

Conferences Onsite Public Opinion Social Work

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Jane Addams, June 24, 1922

Lathrop appeals to Addams to stand for president of the National Conference of Social Work.

Memberships Requests Social Work

John Adams Kingsbury to Jane Addams, August 15, 1912

Kingsbury congratulates Addams on her statement defending her decision to support the Progressive Party.

Politics Social Work

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, October 25, 1916

Addams gives Kellogg suggestions on improving the statement of support for Woodrow Wilson that he is circulating for social workers.

Politics Social Work

Jane Addams to Mary E. Gallagher, April 28, 1929

Addams tells Gallagher that no one from Hull-House will be at the Social Work conference but she will try to send materials about Tom Mooney to friends.

Civil liberties Conferences Hull-House Social Work