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Garver, Theodore Franklin (1845-1929)

International Juvenile Court Society

Address to the Merchant's Club, March 8, 1902

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

Chicago Child Welfare Courts Crime Immigrants Lectures Poverty

Alschuler, Samuel (1859-1939)

Courts Democratic Party Law Men Politics

Brown, Edward Osgood (1847-1923)

Courts Law Men

Sutherland, Alexander George (1862-1942)

Courts Men Politics

Stafford, Wendell Phillips (1861-1953)

Courts Law Men Poetry

Sadler, Frank P. (1872-1931)

Courts Crime Enforcement Law Lectures Men Prisons

Gary, Elbert Henry (1846-1927)

Courts Labor Law Men Politics

Charles Richmond Henderson to Jane Addams, July 22, 1912

Henderson offers an analysis of Addams' statement about capital punishment in Illinois.

Courts Crime Enforcement Help!

Fredrik Stuart to Jane Addams, August 10, 1912

Stuart tells Addams about a court case in which he defended George Weber.

Courts Crime Family Law

Barnum, William H. (1840-1915)

Courts Law Men

Harriet B. Laidlaw to Jane Addams, July 8, 1912

Laidlaw writes Addams about the upcoming trial of the men who attacked Rose Livingston in Chinatown in New York and the lies being spread about her.

Courts Gossip Social Welfare

Brown, Willis (1872-1933)

Courts Juvenile Delinquency Men Social Work

Probation Work Under Civil Service, March 17, 1906

Addams discusses the experiences of Chicago probation officers and the profession of civil service.

Chicago Children Civil Service Courts Education Government Legislation

Juvenile Protective Association

Child Welfare Courts Juvenile Delinquency

Münsterberg, Emil (1855-1911)

Charities Courts Germany Men Poland Politics Social Reform Social Welfare

Zipf, Oscar R. (1866-1942)

Courts Law Men Progressive Progressive Party Progressivism

Franklin, Dean (1872-1944)

Courts Law Men Progressive Progressive Party Progressivism

Gino C. Speranza to Grace Abbott, March 21, 1911

Speranza thanks Abbott and Jane Addams for their work on behalf of the American Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology in its investigation of the courts.

Courts Crime Enforcement Immigrants Research

Joseph L. Welcome to Jane Addams, July 4, 1911

Welcome, a prisoner in the Illinois State Penitentiary, asks Addams for advice regarding getting parole and asks her to assure his mother that he doing fine.

Courts Requests White Slavery

Payne, John Barton (1855-1935)

Chicago Courts Law Men Politics

Ben B. Lindsey to Julia C. Lathrop, August 24, 1911

Lindsey writes Lathrop about a controversial child labor law, explaining his disagreement with Jane Addams over the issue.

Chicago Courts Juvenile Delinquency Labor Legislation NotAddams!Theater

Jane Addams to Julia C. Lathrop, ca. 1911

Addams writes Lathrop about the Juvenile Court and instructions about the fresh air program.

Children Courts

Ben B. 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

Jane Addams to Jonathan P. Dolliver, November 25, 1909

Addams urges Senator Dolliver to support a bill in Congress to create the Federal Children’s Bureau.

Chicago Courts Legislation Politics Youth

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