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Address on Neighborhood Improvement, June 25, 1904 (Extract)

Article summarizes and quotes from Addams' speech and comments on neighborhood improvement at the National Conference of Charities and Correction.

Conferences Lectures Social Work

Albert Joseph Kennedy to Jane Addams, June 6, 1923

Kennedy tells Addams about the National Conference of Social Work, including the resolutions passed.

Conferences Education Settlements Social Work

Arthur Piper Kellogg to Charles Read Nutter, June 24, 1910

Kellogg sends a list of authors and subjects for a book and includes Addams' article "Charity and Social Justice."

Civil Rights Labor Publishing Writings

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, December 13, 1909

Lindsey sends Addams a copy of a letter he wrote to the president of the National Congress of Mothers and sends news about an upcoming meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in St. Louis.

Courts Meetings

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, May 11, 1910

Lindsey informs Addams that he will be unable to the National Conference on Charities and Correction in St. Louis later in the month.

Conferences Politics

Charity and Social Justice, June 11, 1910

Printed version of Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

Charity Child Welfare Conferences Education Lectures Philanthropy Social Reform Social Work

Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910

Printed version of Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

Charity Child Welfare Conferences Education Lectures Philanthropy Social Reform Social Work

Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910

Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

Charity Child Welfare Conferences Lectures Philanthropy Recreation Settlement Movement Social Reform Social Work

Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910 (excerpt)

Newspaper report of Addams' speech at the conference of Charities and Correction in St. Louis discussing state of charitable work.

Charity Lectures Poverty Social Work

Child Labor and Pauperism, May 9, 1903

Addams describes the plight of child labor and education in Chicago, especially in the case of immigrants.

Child Labor Children Education Immigrants Industry Labor

Child Labor and Pauperism, May 9, 1903 (draft)

Addams' draft speech, on child labor and education, given at the National Conference of Charities and Correction, in Atlanta.

Child Labor Children Consumerism Education Industry Labor Poverty

Christina Merriman to Jane Addams, January 21, 1914

Merriman informs Addams of an upcoming meeting of the Survey board of directors.

Meetings

Francis Henry Gavisk to Jane Addams, May 10, 1916

Gavisk sends Addams greetings from the National Conference of Charities.

Conferences Health

Gino C. Speranza to Jane Addams, June 17, 1912

Speranza explains that he will not be in Cleveland for the conference and cannot discuss his manuscript with Addams at that time.

Travels Writings

Gino C. Speranza to Jane Addams, November 15, 1908

Speranza thanks Addams for her letter and praises her work, inviting her to come see what he is working on in New York.

Immigration Industry Praise

Graham Taylor to Jane Addams, May 23, 1914

Taylor discusses finances and plans for summer camps for Hull-House boys and girls.

Children Finances Hull-House Recreation

Graham Taylor: Pioneer in Sociology, November 18, 1928

Addams praises Taylor's contributions to the field of sociology.

Articles Biography Settlement Movement Social Work Tributes

H. A. Stevens to Jane Addams, November 23, 1908

Writing on behalf of Oscar Straus, Stevens writes Addams that he has not received the bulletin she promised.

Requests

Helen Louise Hatch to Jane Addams, January 27, 1912

After Addams declined an invitation to speak at the Industrial School Association in Detroit, Hatch writes in the hopes of scheduling another time and to solicit ideas for a replacement.

Requests Settlements

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, December, 1913

Barnett sends Addams some notices (not found) about her husband.

Requests Settlements

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to National Federation of Settlements, September 17, 1913

Barnett sends a notice to the National Federation of Settlements from a message that the late Samuel Barnett once delivered.

Death Gambling Lectures Religion Settlements Tributes

Henry Sydnor Harrison to Jane Addams, September 13, 1916

Harrison is part of the Men's Equal Suffrage League in Charleston, West Virginia and is hoping to secure Addams as a speaker.

Requests Woman Suffrage

His Will to Righteousness, February 9, 1919

Addams added additional text to her published Theodore Roosevelt tribute for public memorial in Chicago.

Awards and Honors Eulogies Writings

His Will to Righteousness, January 18, 1919

Addams discusses Theodore Roosevelt's impact on social work in a memorial article for The Survey.

Civil Service Politics Social Work Tributes Trusts

Immigrants, June 26, 1909

Addams reviews the research and papers of her colleagues on the topics of immigration, employment, and education at the National Charities and Correction meeting.

Conferences Immigrants Juvenile Delinquency Labor Prostitution

Immigrants: Report of the Committee, June 12, 1909

Addams argues that even as immigration has caused congestion in cities, it has also brought cultural beauty, which Americans should embrace and enjoy. This speech was given at the National Conference of Charities and Correction in Buffalo on June 12, 1909.

Charity Conferences Immigrants

Informal Address On The Life and Character Of Miss Jane Addams, May 19, 1925

Converse talks about Addams to a school club.

Biography Family Hull-House Women

International Implications of Social Work, 1928

The Commission reports on social work's connection to worldwide problems and solutions.

Child Welfare Education Historical figures History Housing Immigrants League of Nations Public Health Settlement Movement Social Welfare Social Work

Interview at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, May 22, 1910

Addams argues that the role of women in society is broadening and will continue to expand in future.

Lectures Politics Settlement Movement Social Reform Theater

Introduction to Religion in Social Action, 1913

Addams introduces and summarizes the content of Graham Taylor's book, provides some biographical information on Taylor, and praises the work.

Labor Praise Religion Settlements Social Work

James Edward West to Jane Addams, July 5, 1910

West asks Addams to write an article about the plight of widows for the magazine, The Delineator.

Family Requests Social Welfare

Jane Addams Relates the Steps by Which She Became a Progressive, October 12, 1912

Addams offers a biographical justification of why she has entered politics and joined the Progressive Party.

Biography Hull-House Labor Patriotism Philanthropy Politics Progressive Social Welfare Social Work

Jane Addams Resume, June 9, 1928

Addams lists her accomplishments.

Awards and Honors Biography

Jane Addams to Arthur Eugene Bestor, April 23, 1918

Addams sends Bestor a list of the places at which she spoke on the topic of food conservation.

Lectures Social Welfare Thanks Travels

Jane Addams to Carrie Chapman Catt, December 21, 1914

Addams details her plans to issue invitations to specific women's organizations rather than a general call for the upcoming peace meeting in Washington.

Conferences Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Clara Landsberg, September 7, 1913

Addams asks Landsberg to take over some work at the labor museum for Laura Addams and complains that the Settlement conference will keep her away until the end of the month.

Conferences Hull-House Requests Travels

Jane Addams to David Bressler, March 18, 1909

Addams invites Bressler to give a paper at a program on immigration she is planning for the Conference of Charities and Correction.

Conferences Immigrants Requests

Jane Addams to David Bressler, March 31, 1909

Addams writes Bressler with details regarding the presentation of his upcoming lecture.

Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to J. R. Elston, May 19, 1910

Addams sends material to Elston.

Conferences Requests Writings

Jane Addams to Joseph Krauskopf, April 4, 1911

Addams declines Krauskopf's invitation to speak at the National Farm School due to her engagement at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections.

Family Requests

Jane Addams to Lucretia Treat, October 25, 1903

Addams asks Treat for suggestions on neighborhood improvement for presentation at the National Council Charities and Corrections in Portland.

Conferences Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June [15], [1909]

Addams reports to Smith on events at the National Conference on Charities and Correction.

Conferences Settlement Movement

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June 17, 1909

Addams writes Smith about her acceptance speech as president and some of the work of the National Conference on Charities and Correction.

Conferences Onsite Travels

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June 6, 1911

Addams writes Smith about the National Conference on Charities and Corrections and sends hopes to see her soon.

Conferences Travels

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 16, 1910

Addams reports to Smith that she is settled into her hotel in St. Louis and ready for her speech at the National Conference on Charities and Correction.

Friends Travels Writings

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 19, 1910

Addams writes Smith from St. Louis about her participation in the the National Conference on Charities and Correction.

Conferences

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, May 27, 1910

Addams writes Smith about the end of the National Conference on Charities and Corrections in St. Louis and sends an update on her health and travel plans.

Conferences Travels

Jane Addams to Oscar Solomon Straus, November 12, 1908

Addams provides Straus with information on the Committee on Immigrants program coming up at the Conference of Charities and Correction.

Charity Conferences Requests

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, February 4, 1929

Addams asks Kellogg, to send her information needed for her draft of Second Twenty Years at Hull-House.

Conferences Progressive Requests Writings

Jane Addams to Robert Archey Woods, March 8, 1910

Addams asks Woods his opinion about planning a meeting of settlement workers who attend the annual meeting of the National Conference on Charities and Correction in May in St. Louis.

Settlements

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