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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

Report of Committee on Organization, July 28, 1927

Members of the Council report on their May meeting about organizing with other peace organizations.

Arbitration Military Peace War

Jane Addams to Thea Woolf, August 19, 1926

Addams tells Woolf that due to her health she has to cancel her German appearances.

Germany Health Lectures

Address of Miss Jane Addams before Resolutions Committee, Democratic National Convention, June 24, 1932

Addams asks the Democratic National Convention to adopt ap peace plank that includes participation in the League of Nations, global disarmament, the cancelling of war debts, and recognition of the Government of the Soviet Union.

Disarmament Foreign Policy International Affairs League of Nations Lectures Peace Politics Requests Soviet Union United States

Annie Pennypacker Carlyle to Reva L. Ireland, December 19, 1924

Carlyle tells Ireland about the American Service Committee's work in Mexico City.

Education Health Imperialism Mexico Religion Revolution Social Work

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Speech to the Dairy Jubilee, January 30, 1922

Addams urges farmers to set up a corn exchange with Europe to open new markets and feed the starving.

Agriculture Economics Food Shortages International Affairs Lectures

Jane Addams to the Chicago Tribune, December 1921 (summary)

The Chicago Tribune retracts a statement it published based on Addams's claim that she was misquoted.

Journalism Relief Efforts

Speech to the College Club, November 25, 1921 (excerpts)

Addams urges the public to share its opinions on the Washington Naval Conference and argues for American involvement in international affairs.

Disarmament Foreign Policy Lectures Peace Relief Efforts

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

Branislawa Oleski Lamprecht de Petschenko to Jane Addams, September 10, 1924

Lamprecht de Petschenko asks Addams to help raise money to keep the Russian Pedagogium afloat.

Education Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, March 19, 1924

Addams tells Thomas that the best she can do is offer short remarks at a Philadelphia event for relief for German children because she is overbooked.

Jobs Lectures Relief Efforts Requests

Emily Greene Balch to Mrs. Stephenson, May 12, 1924

Balch advises Mrs. Stephenson in ways that she can work for international peace.

Education International Affairs Peace Politics Requests

Joseph Rowntree Gillett to Jane Addams, March 22, 1924

Gillett asks Addams to write an preface for a memoir by Josephine Butler.

Publications Requests Writing

Speech to the American Friends Service Committee Reunion, June 24, 1920

Addams discusses changes in American civil liberties after World War I.

Free Speech Immigrants Lectures Nationalism Patriotism

Speech on European Relief, March 21, 1920

Addams makes the case for European relief to save starving children.

Child Welfare Democracy Europe Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Philip Adams, May 7, 1921

Addams provides Adams with documentation needed for her passport to travel to Europe to attend the International Congress of Women.

Peace Travels

Allen Wardwell to Jane Addams, February 3, 1923

Wardwell invites Addams to a meeting regarding fundraising to relieve the famine in Russia.

Relief Efforts Requests Soviet Union

Address to Baltimore Society of Friends, October 30, 1919 (summary)

A summary of Addams' remarks to the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends about conditions in Europe and her trip through Germany.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Minnesota Russian Relief Committee Flyer, September 1922

The Committee calls for help for impoverished children in Russia.

Child Welfare Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, October 5, 1922

Addams asks Thomas about inviting Fridtjof Nansen for an American speaking tour.

Lectures Relief Efforts Requests

Gertrud Baer to Emily Greene Balch, June 30, 1922

Baer offers Balch her ideas on spreading peace work in the United States among young people.

Clubs Education Hull-House Lectures Peace United States Youth

Hilda Clark to Albert Ross Hill, August 31, 1922

Clark asks Hill for help in raising money for relief efforts in Eastern Europe, especially in Poland and Russia.

Austria Finances Germany Poland Relief Efforts Requests Russia

Appeal from American Assistance for Families of German and Austrian Scientists and Teachers, ca. April 1922

The Committee seeks donations to support struggling intellectuals in Europe.

Austria Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Eva Watson-Schütze to Jane Addams, April 15, 1922

Watson-Schütze tells Addams about relief efforts for artists in Austria.

Austria Education Help!Peace Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, April 13, 1922

Thomas updates Addams on problems with organizing relief for the Russian Famine.

Finances Relief Efforts Russia

Hilda Clark to Jane Addams, April 13, 1922

Clark sends Addams news of the activities of the Friends Relief Mission to alleviate food shortages in Austria.

Austria Food Shortages Internationalism Poland Relief Efforts Russia

Furnas, Paul J. (1889-1960)

Civil Rights Religion

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, April 8, 1922

Thomas sends Addams letters (not found) regarding the amalgamation of relief efforts.

Relief Efforts

Anna Mary Lloyd to Wilbur Kelsey, May 5, 1922

Lloyd forwards Kelsey a donation for European relief from Mr. Dowd.

Relief Efforts

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, April 7, 1922

Thomas asks Addams for her thoughts on having the American Friends Service Committee take over the American Committee for Russian Famine Relief, which is in financial trouble.

Relief Efforts Requests

Albert Joseph Kennedy to Jane Addams, March 18, 1922

Kennedy updates Addams on efforts to raise famine relief funds for Russia and asks her to prepare a paper for the international settlement conference.

Finances Food Shortages Relief Efforts Settlements Soviet Union

Jane Addams to Charles Henry Wacker, December 6, 1921

Addams sends Wacker a correction about reported statements she made on Germany's need for aid.

Food Shortages Germany Journalism Lectures Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Charles Henry Wacker, December 6, 1921

Addams provides Wacker with the actual content of her statement on conditions in Germany that was misreported in the press.

Food Shortages Germany Lectures Relief Efforts

Mervyn Winston Baum to Jane Addams, January 12, 1922

Baum invites Addams to become a patron of a symphony benefit for German children.

Music Relief Efforts Requests

James Augustus Cadwallader, Sr. to Jane Addams, January 11, 1922

Cadwallader sends Addams information on relief efforts for her talks in Kansas.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to James A. Norton, May 17, 1921

Addams sends Norton forms for Mary Rozet Smith and herself to apply for passports under the American Friends Service Committee.

Memberships Travels

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, November 9, 1921

Balch tells Addams about her activities for peace and European relief.

Austria Food Shortages Health Peace Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Anna Ruth Fry, August 20, 1921

Addams gives Fry her version of the problems with Brent Allinson and his plans for a new international committee for relief in Russia.

Onsite Relief Efforts Requests Soviet Union

George Foster Peabody to Jane Addams, April 5, 1921

Peabody tells Addams about his wife's anti-war play In the Vanguard and wishes her success in peace work.

Germany Peace Plays Propaganda

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, April 12, 1921

Balch tells Addams about her meetings in Czechoslovakia and plans for the upcoming Women's International League for Peace and Freedom conference.

Czechoslovakia Help!Meetings Peace

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, January 29, 1921

Thomas tells Addams that the Soviet Union is allowing the American Friends to distribute relief supplies to Russian children and requests aid.

Relief Efforts Requests Soviet Union

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, December 21, 1920

Thomas thanks Addams donations for European relief that she raised and asks for clarification about one.

Relief Efforts

Ellen Winsor to Jane Addams, November 29, 1920

Winsor asks Addams for a letter of introduction for Sophia Dulles and discusses impressions of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Disarmament Introduction Peace Requests