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Frederic Courtland Penfield to Jane Addams, May 25, 1915

Penfield tells Addams that her meeting with Baron Burián must be rescheduled.

Austria Meetings Peace

Lillian D. Wald to Jane Addams, May 6, 1916

Wald writes Addams about efforts to communicate with Germany and Austria about charges against Alice Masaryk.

Austria Crime Enforcement Death Germany Hungary Politics World War I

Alice Hamilton to Mary Rozet Smith, May 12, 1919

Hamilton tells Smith all about the delegates and atmosphere of the International Congress of Women's opening day.

Austria Conferences Hungary Lectures Onsite Peace World War I

Jane Addams to Edward Mandell House, July 30, 1919

Addams asks House to speak with Baron Franz with regard to the Austrian views of the peace process.

Austria Diplomacy Peace Requests

Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton to Manley Ottmer Hudson, ca. July 30, 1919

Addams and Hamilton discuss a meeting they had with Baron Franz and his concerns over the terms of the Paris Peace Treaty, and their reservations about religious freedom in the Roumanian treaty.

Austria Peace Religion Romania World War I

Alfred Grünfeld to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, August 1919

Grünfeld sends a request for food relief for Germany and Austria.

Austria Charity Child Welfare Germany Peace

Yella Fuchs Hertza to Emily Greene Balch, September 27, 1919

Hertzka asks Balch to encourage Catherine Marshall to meet with leaders about Article 160 of the Paris Peace Treaty regarding war prisoners.

Austria Peace World War I

Heinrich Lammasch to George Davis Herron, October 21, 1919

Lammasch tells Herron about the impact of Woodrow Wilson's stroke on conditions in Austria.

Austria Economics Foreign Policy Labor Relief Efforts

Henirich Lammasch to George Davis Herron, October 21, 1919 (excerpts)

Lammasch discusses the poor conditions in Austria and solutions.

Austria League of Nations Relief Efforts

Yella Fuchs Hertzka to Jane Addams, October 31, 1919

Hertzka asks Addams for funds to support the repatriation of Austrian prisoners of war.

Austria Peace Prisoners of War Relief Efforts Requests

Some Data on Conditions of Milk Supply in Central Europe, November 1, 1919

This document recounts the milk shortages in several Central European countries and emphasizes the importance of milk for children and the ill.

Austria Bulgaria Europe Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests Switzerland World War I

Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Hamilton to the American Friends' Service Committee on the Situation in Germany, November 17, 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail in full their trip to Germany and Austria for the Society of Friends, on the matter of food and relief distribution. Descriptions include lack of food in urban areas, lack of medical care for children, and a shortage of milk. They request more funds for post-war work from the American Friends Relief Committee.

Austria Charity Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Health Peace Relief Efforts Requests World War I Writings

Emily Hobhouse to Jane Addams, November 19, 1919

Hobhouse describes hunger as a result of the war in Leipzig, Germany, and asks Addams for relief funds for children there.

Austria Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Health Requests World War I

David Starr Jordan to Jane Addams, November 24, 1919

Jordan writes to Addams about Alfred Fried's work.

Austria Germany Peace Publishing

Carl Beck to Jane Addams, December 2, 1919

Beck tells Addams of his efforts to raise funds to feed Austrian children.

Austria Food Shortages Relief Efforts

David Starr Jordan to Jane Addams, December 9, 1919

Jordan discusses Heinrich Lammasch with Addams and notes that his wife is too ill to continue work for the Women's Peace Party.

Austria Relief Efforts

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, December 12, 1919

Kellogg tells Addams about the dire situation in Austria and the lack of interest among Americans.

Austria Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Rosa Genoni to Jane Addams, December 14, 1919

Genoni asks Addams for assistance in helping Austrian children being cared for in Italy.

Austria Food Shortages Italy Peace Relief Efforts Requests

A Report on the Upper Middle Class in Vienna, January 1920

Vernon reports on food shortages, inflation, and wage stagnation in Vienna.

Austria Economy Food Conservation Food Shortages Poverty Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 14, 1920

Balch sends Addams a letter of introduction for Felix Weiser.

Austria Requests

Alice Clark to Jane Addams, March 23, 1920

Clark sends Addams updates on relief work in Vienna and Germany.

Austria Child Welfare Germany Relief Efforts

Arnold Meyer to Jane Addams, March 28, 1920

Meyer thanks Addams for her concern, provides on update on the famine situation in Zurich, and requests aid for relief efforts.

Austria Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Help!Onsite Relief Efforts Requests

Alvey Augustus Adee to Emily Greene Balch, March 30, 1920

Alley denies allegations that the American government has forestalled the repatriation of prisoners of war in Siberia.

Austria Hungary Politics Prisoners of War Relief Efforts Russia United States

Ida Breitenbaum Müller to Jane Addams, April 9, 1920

Müller asks Addams to send food relief packages to her and other peace activists in Vienna.

Austria Food Shortages Help!Peace Requests

Fritz Max Otto Neumann to Jane Addams, April 10, 1920

Neumann asks Addams to support the creation of a Convalescent Home for Vienna's Children in Austria.

Austria Child Welfare Health Relief Efforts Requests

American Clothing and Hospital Relief for Vienna Contribution Card, April 10, 1920

A donation card for Home's drive to send relief to Austria.

Austria Relief Efforts Requests

Rosika Schwimmer to Emily Greene Balch, April 29, 1920

Schwimmer tells Balch about her work with political refugees and children in Austria.

Austria Relief Efforts

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

Austria Food Shortages France Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Religion War World War I

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

Austria Food Shortages France Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Religion War World War I