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Statement on Abraham Isaak and Chicago Anarchists, September 8, 1901

Addams asks the Mayor for permission to see Abraham Isaak and other anarchists arrested in the wake of the McKinley assassination.

Anarchism Courts Crime Immigrants

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.

Child Welfare Courts Crime Immigrants Lectures Poverty

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, September 13, 1904

Lindsey writes Addams that he is mailing her his booklet on juvenile court field work.

Child Welfare Courts

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, October 10, 1904

Lindsey tells Addams about efforts to vote him out as judge of the juvenile court.

Courts Friends Jobs Politics

Probation Work Under Civil Service, March 17, 1906

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

Children Civil Service Courts Education Government Legislation

Julia Clifford Lathrop to Benjamin Barr Lindsey, May 27, 1906

Lathrop informs Lindsey that she and Addams are excited to hear his suggestions on a matter assumed to be about the Juvenile Court Committee.

Courts Law

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, May 28, 1906

Lindsey hopes Addams can meet Miss Laurane Porter, who is very interested in the children's groups they are a part of, including the Juvenile Courts.

Child Welfare Courts Hull-House Requests

Statement on a Conference Held at Hull-House, June 9, 1906

Statement on a conference held at Hull-House.

Courts Crime Enforcement Law Youth

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, June 15, 1906

Lindsey asks Addams if either she or Lathrop will be able to entertain Miss Laurene Porter while she is in Chicago.

Courts Hull-House Visits

Jane Addams to Ann Harper, February 19, 1908

Addams writes to Harper about the Children's Aid Society in Chicago and Harper's desire to help children.

Charities Courts

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, June 1, 1908

Lindsey writes Addams about corruption within the political parties in Denver.

Courts Gambling Politics

Andrew A. Bruce to Jane Adams, July 27, 1908

Bruce sends Addams a flattering letter about her that he received from Judge Charles F. Amidon.

Courts

Jane Addams to Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver, November 25, 1909

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

Courts Legislation Politics Youth

Benjamin Barr 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

Winifred Salisbury to Jane Addams, January 5, 1910

Salisbury praises Addams' new book and shares some of her own experiences working in a candy factory.

Courts Industry Labor Praise Women's Rights

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

Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 1911

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

Children Courts Onsite

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Julia Clifford Lathrop, August 24, 1911

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

Courts Juvenile Delinquency Labor Legislation Theater

Jane Addams to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, May 15, 1912

Addams sends Breckinbridge material regarding an interesting movement related to the Juvenile Court.

Courts

Charles Richmond Henderson to Jane Addams, July 22, 1912

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

Courts Crime Enforcement

Katherine Minni Strong to Jane Addams, September 29, 1912

Strong thanks Addams for suggesting that she investigate the training of social workers and relays information about her travels to conduct the investigation.

Courts Social Work

Henry S. Freeman to Clara Landsberg, October 24, 1912

Freeman writes Landsberg a lengthy story about how he ended up in jail.

Courts Employment Labor

The Juvenile Adult Offender, July 22, 1913

Addams explains how educational background, economic situations, and family predicaments have an impact on juvenile crime; and she argues for special treatment of the "juvenile adult." The article was published in October 1913.

Courts Crime Crime Enforcement Juvenile Delinquency Prisons Youth

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, September 11, 1913 (fragment)

Lindsey writes Addams to explain a campaign to discredit his work to regulate crime against women.

Courts Crime Crime Enforcement Law Prostitution Sex Reform

Preface to Safeguards for City Youth at Work and at Play, 1914

A preface by Addams, explaining the importance of the book Safeguards for City Youth at Work and Play and matters of child welfare.

Books Child Labor Child Welfare Civil Service Courts Juvenile Delinquency Philanthropy Public Health Public Opinion Public Works Sanitation Writings

Statement on Judge Harry Olson, February 19, 1915 (excerpt)

Addams participates in a political rally for the election of Judge Harry Olson to Mayor of Chicago.

Courts Juvenile Delinquency Politics

Jane Addams to Charles P. Schwartz, August 11, 1915

Addams sends Schwartz a letter from Charles French regarding her role as William Orr's guardian.

Courts Requests

Jane Addams to William Orr, September 1, 1915

Addams was put in charge of Orr's estate until he was of age, and now that he is old enough, Addams would like him to go to court and regain control of his estate.

Courts Finances Requests

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Samuel Train Dutton, January 25, 1917

Karsten tells Dutton that Addams has accepted his invitation to join the National Advisory Board of the World's Court League.

Courts Internationalism Memberships

Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, October 12, 1919

Addams introduces Jacquelin Bertillon to Julia Lathrop in hopes to gain her help with the juvenile court system.

Courts Introduction

Memorial Address for Judge Merritt W. Pinckney, June 9, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams gives a memorial address on Merritt Pinckney's work on the juvenile court at his funeral on June 9 at St. Paul's Universalist Church. It was published in Unity a month later.

Courts Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Praise Tributes

Statement on the Nicholas Viana Case, December 1, 1920 (excerpt)

Addams argues against the death penalty for Nicholas Viana because he is a minor.

Courts Crime Juvenile Delinquency

Jane Addams to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1920

Addams defends her views against capital punishment for minors.

Courts Crime Juvenile Delinquency

Jane Addams to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1920

Addams defends her views on capital punishment, replying to a critical editorial.

Courts Crime Juvenile Delinquency

The Greatest Free Speech Trial of the War, February 1921

The American Civil Liberties Unions seeks funding for an appeal of the Industrial Workers of the World conspiracy case.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Courts Free Speech Labor

Albert De Silver to American Civil Liberties Union Members, February 15, 1921

De Silver asks American Civil Liberties Union members to allow the use of their names in an advertisement regarding the International Workers of the World free speech case.

Censorship Courts Free Speech Requests

Samuel Colcord to Jane Addams, May 10, 1924

Colcord sends Addams his ideas on how to gather Republican support for the World Court.

Courts Internationalism Politics Requests

Introduction to The Child, the Clinic and the Court, January 1925

Addams introduces the papers from the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Juvenile Court of Chicago.

Conferences Courts Writings

Citizen's Anniversary Committee to Jane Addams, January 2, 1925

The Committee invites Addams to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Chicago Juvenile Court.

Celebrations Courts Juvenile Delinquency

Mary Margaret Bartelme to Jane Addams, January 6, 1925

Bartelme thanks Addams for the anniverasry celebration she hosted for the Juvenile Courts of Cook County at Hull-House.

Celebrations Courts Hull-House Onsite Praise

New Factors in American Japanese Relations and a Constructive Proposal, January 21, 1925

Gulick discusses Japanese-American foreign relations and how they have been impacted by the Great Kanto Earthquake and the anti-Japanese immigration laws passed in the United States.

Courts Eugenics Foreign Policy Government Immigration International Affairs Japan Journalism Law Racism United States

Kansas City Speech, November 30, 1925 (excerpts)

Addams notes that American foreign policy is criticized outside the country for failing to join the World Court and League of Nations.

Courts Foreign Policy Immigration Internationalism League of Nations Lectures

Statement on Women on Juries, December 17, 1925 (summary)

Addams urges Illinois women to work legislatively for the right to jury service.

Courts Women's Rights

The World Court, January 14, 1926

Addams offers a history of movements for world courts and peace. The speech was given at the Palmer House in Chicago to the Women's Roosevelt Republican Club.

Courts International Affairs Lectures Legislation Onsite Religion World War I

The World Court, January 14, 1926

Addams speaks on the value of the World Court to peace in a speech before the Women's Roosevelt Republican Club.

Courts Foreign Policy Internationalism Lectures

Arthur Garfield Hays to Jane Addams, April 23, 1926

Hays tells Addams that he believes that Joseph Cashman committed libel against the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and updates her on the status of their complaint.

Anti-radicalism Courts Criticism Peace

Memorandum on the World Court Conference in New York, October 27, 1926

McDonald summarizes a meeting of the World Court Conference that discusses the United States's reaction to the World Court and whether or not unity of action was desirable.

Courts Disarmament Foreign Policy Government International Affairs League of Nations Peace