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Our Undeclared War, June 16, 1920 (excerpt)

Berle praises Russian-American Relations for revealing the way American foreign affairs are conducted.

Foreign Policy International Affairs Soviet Union

Otto Glogau to Jane Addams, September 30, 1920

Glogau asks Addams to support efforts to repatriate Siberian war prisoners.

Prisoners of War Relief Efforts Requests

Otto Julius Merkel to Jane Addams, December 25, 1920

Merkel tells Addams about the political situation in Germany.

Communism Food Shortages Germany Holidays Politics Relief Efforts

Our Ex-Enemies and Their Industrial Efficiency, January 27, 1921

Cripps argues that Europe in a single industrial unit and a punitive peace treaty will impact all countries.

Austria Economics Industry Peace

Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, February 19, 1921

Villard regrets missing Addams in Chicago and wishes he never got her involved in the American Commission on Conditions in Ireland.

Ireland Public Opinion Visits

Olivia Winifred Watterson Giles to Emily Greene Balch, ca. February 28, 1921

Giles tells Addams about the prospects for a peace movement in the Balkans.

Bulgaria Feminism Greece Onsite Peace Politics Serbia

Orleans Woman Starts Humane Work in Mexico, ca. March 1921

A clipping describes Alva Blaffer's work in Mexico establishing a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals.

Child Welfare Education Mexico Philanthropy

Otto Julius Merkel to P. W. Francis, March 21, 1921

Merkel tells Francis about economic conditions in Germany after the peace treaty.

Economics Germany International Affairs World War I

Otto Julius Merkel to Jane Addams, April 2, 1921

Merkel sends Addams a letter he wrote on economic conditions in Germany.

Requests

Olga Popper Misař to Jane Addams, August 19, 1921

Help!Peace

Olga Popper Misař to Jane Addams, October 20, 1921

Misař tells Addams about alarming conditions in Hungary and Austria and asks for support for disarmament in Hungary.

Austria Diplomacy Disarmament Hungary Military Peace Requests Russia War

Olga Popper Misař to Jane Addams, October 20, 1921

Misař tells Addams about the violence in Hungary.

Austria Hungary Pacifism Peace War

Oscar Solomon Straus and William Harrison Short to Jane Addams, November 19, 1921

Straus and Short invite Addams to join the General Committee on the Limitation of Armament.

Disarmament Memberships Peace

Oxford and Cambridge Week at the London Settlements, December 12-19, 1921

An itinerary of events for the Oxford and Cambridge Week at the London Settlements.

Conferences England Settlement Movement

Oswald Garrison Villard to Anna Mary Lloyd, February 27, 1922

Villard tells Lloyd he will be happy for any introductions that Addams can make for his upcoming trip to Czechoslovakia.

Requests

Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, March 13, 1922

Villard thanks Addams for sending letters of introduction to Hungarian leaders.

Hungary Introduction

Otto Julius Merkel to Unknown, May 15, 1922

Merkel discusses the economic and political situation in Germany.

Economics Europe Food Shortages Germany Onsite Relief Efforts

Otto Julius Merkel to Jane Addams, May 17, 1922

Merkel sends Addams letters and reports about conditions in Germany.

Germany

Oswald Garrison Villard to Robert Morss Lovett, January 19, 1923

Villard tells Lovett that he has written to the Nobel Committee regarding Addams and will suggest it to others.

Nobel Prize

Oswald Garrison Villard to Alice Hamilton, March 27, 1923

Villard tells Hamilton that he will correct the Nation's statement that Addams was a member of the Ford Peace Ship.

Peace Praise Travels

Owen Reed Lovejoy to Jane Addams, February 26, 1924

Lovejoy asks Addams to reconsider resigning from the National Child Labor Committee.

Child Labor Memberships Requests

Opening Address, International Congress of Women, May 1, 1924

Addams opens the 1924 International of Women, welcoming delegates and remarking on the situation in the United States.

Internationalism Lectures Peace

Osias L. Schwarz to Jane Addams, May 29, 1924

Schwarz asks Addams to offer his book "General Types of Superior Men" to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Summer School participants at a discount.

Education Onsite Peace Requests

Outline of Peace Lecture, November 1924

Collson outlines her ideas on organizing to prevent the next war.

Lectures Peace War

Olive Davis Edwards to Jane Addams, January 26, 1925

Edwards sends Addams names who might serve on the Barnett Memorial Fund Committee.

Philanthropy Settlement Movement

Owen Reed Lovejoy to Jane Addams, March 18, 1925 Also known as Owen Reed Lovejoy to the Trustees of the National Child Labor Committee, March 18, 1925

Lovejoy updates Addams on efforts to pass a Child Labor Amendment.

Child Labor Meetings

Odell Hauser to Minnie E. Luckey, March 24, 1926

Hauser sends Luckey information about the National Honorary Committee for the American Youth and American Teacher awards.

Awards and Honors Memberships Requests

Odell Hauser to Jane Addams, April 6, 1926

Hauser asks for Addams to comment on the plan for an American Teacher and Youth award.

Awards and Honors Requests

Opinion on Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's British Section's Questionnaire, May 21, 1927

Balch responds to a questionnaire developed by the British Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Peace

One Great Treaty to Outlaw All Wars, February 5, 1928

Peace War

Our Threatened Heritage, April 5, 1928

Bailie's exposé on the leaders of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Criticism Feminism Gossip Government Peace Propaganda

Otto Hermann Kahn to Jane Addams, June 26, 1928

Kahn thanks Addams for the contribution of the children of Hull-House to the Shakespeare Memorial Theater.

Hull-House Theater

Oliver Wendall Holmes Supreme Court Dissenting Opinion, June, 1929

Holmes argues that Rosika Schwimmer ought not be barred from citizenship because her pacifism makes her unwilling to bear arms in defense of the country.

Civil liberties Government Immigrants Law

Outtakes from Fox Movietone Film on Settlements (Fox News Story 6-150), May 9, 1930

Several filmed outtakes of Jane Addams discussing the history of settlements and the work that they do with a group of children. Click this link to view the video, which comes from a 35mm nitrocellulose negative. The film is hosted by the University of South Carolina's Moving Image Research Collection. A reference card about the clip is also attached.

Film Hull-House Settlement Movement Youth