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How Would You Uplift the Masses?, February 4, 1892

Addams describes the efforts of Hull-House in a speech to the Sunset Club in Chicago.

Democracy Education England Hull-House Immigrants Settlement Movement Settlements

Jane Addams to Vida Dutton Scudder, April 25, 1900

Addams discusses Scudder's opposition to Wellesley's accepting a donation from Standard Oil, and locating people to fill a position at a settlement.

Finances Friends Hull-House Visits Jobs Settlement Movement

Social Settlement Aims, March 22, 1901 (excerpt)

Addams discusses English settlement work at the Kenwood Evangelical Church.

England Lectures Settlement Movement

Statement on Paris Hull House, May 28, 1901

Addams disputes a claim that a settlement house based on Hull-House was to be established in Paris.

France Settlement Movement

Lecture at the First Unitarian Church, November 2, 1901 (excerpts)

A summary of Addams' talk on Tolstoy and settlements, given at the First Unitarian Church in Minneapolis.

Labor Lectures Settlement Movement

Mary Ellen Richmond to Jane Addams, 1902

Richmond gives Addams detailed feedback on her book, Democracy and Social Ethics.

Books Charity Criticism Onsite Praise Settlement Movement

Address to Franklin Street Settlement, March 17, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams speaks to the Franklin Street Settlement in Detroit about working in a settlement.

Immigrants Lectures Settlement Movement

Address to B'rith Kodesh Temple, March 18, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the formation and goals of Hull-House in a speech to the B'rith Kodesh Temple.

Biography Lectures Settlement Movement

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

The Social Results of Charitable Effort, November 17, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the need to understand the poor in order to solve the problems of poverty.

Charity Immigrants Lectures Poverty Settlement Movement Social Work

Comments at the University Society Annual Meeting, March 21, 1903 (excerpts)

Newspaper summary of Addams' comments about the need to increase the work of settlements to meet need.

Charities Lectures Meetings Poverty Settlement Movement

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, July 9, 1903

Addams encourages Robins to bring Mr. Bell to dinner at Hull-House.

Hull-House Visits Settlement Movement

Idea of the Social Settlement, July 12, 1903 (excerpt)

An excerpt of Addams' talk at "Settlement Sunday," held at the University of Chicago.

Education Immigrants Lectures Settlement Movement

Address to the North Broadway Social Settlement, November 5, 1903

Addams speaks to the North Broadway Social Settlement about how she runs Hull-House.

Hull-House Immigrants Lectures Settlement Movement

Speech to Christian Church Minister, June 6, 1904 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the need for settlement houses.

Lectures Settlement Movement

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, ca. June 19, 1904

Addams invites Robins to a conference of settlement folk.

Conferences Requests Settlement Movement

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, June 22, 1904

Addams writes Haldeman about an old acquaintance and the Conference of Charities and Corrections.

Friends Settlement Movement Travels

Marie Rolin Tuttle to Jane Addams, August 4, [1904]

Tuttle asks Addams if she knows of anyone who would be willing to help run a settlement home in Paterson, NJ.

Jobs Requests Settlement Movement Settlements

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, December 5, 1904

Addams writes to Blaine regarding William M. Salter's efforts to raise money for a permanent house for his settlement.

Philanthropy Requests Settlement Movement Settlements

Introductory Note to Children in American Street Trades, [1905]

Addams provides an introduction for a reprint of Myron E. Adams' article published in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, on the working conditions of newspaper boys.

Child Welfare Labor Settlement Movement

Hull-House Woman's Club Song, March 15, 1905

Jane Addams wrote the lyrics to a song on the occasion of the opening of the Hull-House Woman's Club Building. A chorus sung the song at the festivities.

Hull-House Music Settlement Movement