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Jane Addams to William Edgar Borah, August 16, 1927

Addams asks Borah to intercede to prevent the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement Immigrants International Affairs Law NHPRC Requests

Carrie Chapman Catt to Jane Addams, May 26, 1927

Catt asks Addams for information so that she can publish a defense of peace activists vilified by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Anti-radicalism Criticism NHPRC Peace Public Opinion Requests Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, March 16, 1920

Addams comments on Kellogg's recent discussions about Anita Whitney.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Help!Journalism Onsite

Jane Addams to Hannah Clothier Hull, March 11, 1920

Addams tells Hull that she could speak with Mitchell Palmer, but doubts it will be of use; she also invites the Hulls to visit Hull-House.

Anti-radicalism Hull-House Visits Requests

An Alle, dis noch wie Menschen emfinden, ca. March 1920

Misař describes political turmoil and oppression against Socialists and Jews in Hungary.

Anti-radicalism Anti-Semitism Communism Crime Democracy Germany Government Hungary Religion Russia War

Olga Popper Misař to Jane Addams, March 10, 1920

Misař asks Addams for help to pressure England to stop the oppression going on in Hungary.

Anti-radicalism Anti-Semitism Civil Rights Foreign Policy Hungary Relief Efforts Requests

Chafee, Zechariah, Jr. (1885-1957)

Anti-radicalism Censorship Civil Rights Law Philosophy United States

Jane Addams to Friend William Richardson, November 3, 1925

Addams asks Richardson to pardon Charlotte Whitney.

Anti-radicalism Crime Government Requests

Vanzetti, Bartolomeo Franci (1888-1927)

Anarchism Anti-radicalism Business Crime Italy NHPRC United States

Sacco, Nicola (1891-1927)

Anarchism Anti-radicalism Crime Immigrants Italy NHPRC United States

Jane Addams to Calvin Coolidge, August 9, 1927

Addams asks Hoover for clemency for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti as a means of foreign-born Americans

Anti-radicalism Crime Government Immigrants Requests

Statement on the Auditorium Theater Meeting, January 24, 1920

Addams defends the Auditorium Theater event after hearing that the government might investigate.

Anti-radicalism Free Speech Government

Speech at Auditorium Recital Hall, February 21, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams and Catt opposes the efforts of the government to deport immigrant radicals because of their political beliefs.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Criticism Free Speech Government Immigrants Lectures

Speech at Auditorium Recital Hall, February 21, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams opposes the efforts of the government to deport immigrant radicals.

Anti-radicalism Government Immigrants Lectures

American Protective League

Anti-radicalism World War I

Summary of Robert Alexander Gunn's Speech, January 30, 1920

Reports Gunn's La Porte, IN speech critical of Jane Addams.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Hull-House

Janet Ayer Fairbank to Jane Addams, August 28, 1920

Fairbank regrets that Addams decided not to endorse James Middleton Cox in the governor's race.

Anti-radicalism Free Speech Politics Requests

The Greatest Free Speech Trial of the War, February 1921

The ACLU seeks funding for an appeal of the IWW conspiracy case.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Courts Free Speech Labor

Alvey Augustus Adee to Jane Addams, April 27, 1920

Alvee tells Addams that the State Department cannot interview in John Reed's arrest save to assure he has a fair trial.

Anti-radicalism Crime Finland Foreign Policy Government

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, February 17, 1920

Kellogg apologizes to Addams for publishing an item in the Survey about possible Department of Justice surveillance of Addams.

Anti-radicalism Government Journalism Public Opinion

Freedom of Speech and Opinion a Crime, April 1920

An article that criticizes the imprisonment of Charlotte Whitney on the grounds of free speech.

Anarchism Anti-radicalism Crime Free Speech

Florence Kelley to Paul Underwood Kellogg, February 13, 1920

Kelley criticizes Kellogg's decision to print an unsubstantiated claim that Addams was under investigation by the Department of Justice.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Journalism

Jane Addams and Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Fremont Older, February 27, 1920

Addams and Breckinridge send Older a telegram defending Anna Whitney.

Anti-radicalism Crime

Charles Wesley Mosher to Jane Addams, February 24, 1920

Mosher writes Addams to criticize her remarks regarding political deportations.

Anti-radicalism Crime Criticism Government Immigrants Immigration Politics

Attorney Ferguson Speaks., January 14, 1920

An editorial supports most of Charles Ferguson's takes on radicalism, but does not support his idea that colleges promote radicalism.

Anarchism Anti-radicalism Articles Communism Education Free Speech Immigrants

Kate F. O'Connor to Jane Addams, January 15, 1920

O'Connor sends Addams some clippings about attacks on her and Hull-House, and tells her that she is loved.

Anti-radicalism Immigrants Praise Public Opinion

Robert H. Lanyon to Jane Addams, February 23, 1920

Lanyon argues with Addams's beliefs on the deportations of radicals.

Anti-radicalism Criticism

James Gorton to Jane Addams, February 23, 1920

Gorton supports Addams' remarks on the deportation of aliens and woman suffrage.

Anti-radicalism Free Speech Lectures Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Edward Scott Beck, February 23, 1920

Addams accuses the editor of the Chicago Tribune of unfair coverage of her address, and explains her position on political deportations.

Anti-radicalism Criticism Democracy Free Speech Immigrants Journalism Labor Lectures

The Immigrant and Social Unrest, April 19, 1920

Addams discusses the relationship between immigrants and social unrest. This speech was given at the National Conference on Social Work in New Orleans.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Democracy Free Speech Immigrants Immigration Labor Lectures Social Class Social Welfare Social Work

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