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Giant Cacti on the Arizona Desert, ca. February 1930

Postcard with a photograph of cacti.

Onsite

Charles H. Schwager business card, ca. January 30, 1930

Contact information for Charles Schwager.

Business

Questionnaire on Human Trafficking, ca. December 1927

The Committee gathers information on activities to end woman and child trafficking for a report.

Child Welfare Labor Prostitution Requests Travels

Postcard of Prague Street Scene, 1929

A postcard with a street scene from Prague.

Czechoslovakia

Maison des Enfants brochure, October 3, 1929

A pamphlet describing the Children's Country Home in Switzerland.

Children Education Switzerland

Biloxi Postcard, ca. 1927

A photographic postcard of a house in Biloxi.

Onsite Photography

New Mexico Postcards, 1929

Two postcards of old buildings in New Mexico.

Travels United States

Indian Bungalow postcard, ca. 1929

A postcard of a Papago Indian Bungalow at Tucson

Travels

Society for Studying the Question of the Establishment of the International Clearinghouse Association membership application, August 1928

An application for life membership in the society.

Memberships

Invitation to the Republican National Convention Nomination of Herbert Hoover, August 11, 1928

The Committee invites Addams to attend Herbert Hoover's nomination as presidential candidate.

Meetings Requests

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to Jane Addams, ca. September 8, 1926

The Endowment invites Addams to a dinner for American professors of international relations.

International Affairs Requests

Geneva Institute of International Relations to Jane Addams, ca. September 6, 1926

The Institute invites Addams to attend a luncheon in honor of Austen Chamberlain.

Meetings Onsite Requests

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Public Meeting Announcement, ca. September 5, 1926

The League advertises a public meeting where Addams, Jeanne Melin, and Gertrud Baer will speak.

Conferences Lectures Peace Switzerland

Geneva Institute of International Relations to Jane Addams, ca. September 4, 1926

The Institute invites Addams to a luncheon in honor of Paul Mantoux.

International Affairs Requests

Geneva Institute of International Relations to Jane Addams, ca. September 3, 1926

The Institute invites Addams to a luncheon in honor of Harold B. Butler.

International Affairs Requests

Hawaii Postcards, ca. August 1928

Postcards of sugar cane gathering, fishing, and palm trees depicting Hawaii.

Onsite Travels

Photograph of Japanese Peace Exhibit, May 1928

Three photographs of an exhibition displayed by the Japanese Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Japan Onsite Peace

Marian Harwood Calling Card, 1928

A calling card for Marion Fleming Reid Harwood.

Australia Peace

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

Institute for Juvenile Research Registration Form, January 23, 1926

An attendance form for the Institute's event on the study of human behavior.

Meetings Research

Note card, ca. January 20, 1926

Addams made notes on a card regarding publishing Aletta Jacobs's memoirs.

Publishing Women's Rights

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

Bryan Memorial University Donation Card, November 1925

A blank card for donors to help support the creation of a Bryan Memorial University in Dayton, Tennessee.

Education Tributes

Birthday Poem to James Weber Linn, May 11, 1926

Addams writes a poem to mark James Weber Linn's 50th birthday.

Family Poetry Tributes

Advertisement for The Enemy, ca. June 2, 1925

Advertisement announcing the publication of The Enemy and The Fool by Channing Pollack.

Peace Publications Theater

Note regarding a Trip to the Balkans, ca. June 23 1927

The Committee notes that Camille Drevet's suggestion to travel to the Balkans is a good suggestion.

Peace Travels

Note on an envelope, June 4, 1926

Garlin leaves a note to preserve the contents of the envelope for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom meeting in Chicago.

Peace

Two Youths Held on Girl's Charges, June 1927

Newspaper story of a young girl being brutally attacked by two men she was with. Relates to the rise in crime in America during the Prohibition Era.

Crime Newspapers Onsite Police Women

Sybil Jane Moore Calling Card, ca. June 1926

Addams writes contact information on Moore's calling card.

France

Jefferson Centennial Election Nomination Blank, ca. June 1926

The Jefferson Election seeks nominations for a pilgrimage to Washington to celebrate the Declaration of Independence.

Celebrations Tributes United States

Photograph of Sarojini Naidu, April 1927

A photograph of Sarojini Naidu at the Golden Threshold in Hyderabad, India.

India Onsite Photography

The Works of the Sesame Publishing House, ca. 1925

A book catalog of children's books in German.

Children Folklore Germany Literature

Jane Addams Note, December 18, 1926

Addams promises a book for Francis Kales.

Books

Photograph of Kajiko Yajima and Genevieve Faville Topping, ca. 1925

Photograph of Madame Kaji Yajima andGenevieve Topping

Japan

Chen Family Photograph, ca. February 1927

A photograph of Sophia H. Z. Chen's family.

China Onsite Photography

Postcard, ca. 1926

A postcard drawn by a Hungarian girl of Rabindranath Tagore.

Art India

Emily Greene Balch note, October 1926

Balch hopes that they can get a biographical treatment of Emily Hobhouse.

Peace Tributes

Permit to visit Shannon Power Development Works, July 27, 1926

Prendergast approves Addams's visit to the Shannon Power Development.

Ireland Travels Utilities

Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute Council Invitation, July 19, 1926

The Council invites Addams to a ceremonial ground breaking.

Celebrations England Requests

Calling cards of delegates to the International Congress of Women, 1926

A stack of calling cards from delegates of the International Congress of Women in Dublin.

Conferences Peace

The Ladies' Round Table to Jane Addams, July 7, 1926

The Round Table invites Addams to lunch.

Ireland Requests

Lingnan University Donation Form, 1926

A form to donate funds towards Lingnan University.

China Education

Phone conversation between Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine's secretary, December 31, 1927

Addams called for Blaine regarding her annual donation to Hull-House.

Hull-House Requests

Phone conversation between Jane Addams and Anita McCormick Blaine's secretary, December 27, 1927

Addams telephones Blaine's office and asks for a return call.

Requests

Phone conversation between Jane Addams and Anita McCormick Blaine's secretary, December 27, 1927

Addams calls Blaine to arrange a meeting.

Requests

Jane Addams to John Nevin Sayre, November 2, 1925

Addams signs a form allowing her signature to be used for the foreword to Winthrop Lane's pamphlet.

Peace

Emily Greene Balch Note, ca. March 1926

Balch notes that a paragraph in Madeleine Doty's letter might be good to publish in a newsletter.

Peace

Peacemaker's Pilgrimage, ca. April 1926

Information on the planned Peacemakers' Pilgrimage to be held in June.

Arbitration England Pacifism Peace

Referendum to the National Council of The National Economic League, ca. April 1926

A referendum seeking opinions on repealing or modifying the Volstead Act.

Prohibition Requests

Hull-House Christmas Card, 1925

An etching of the Hull-House court used for a holiday card.

Holidays Hull-House

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