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Mary Dorsey Anderson Hill to Jane Addams, January 23, 1901
Anderson seeks Addams' advice on hiring a new person to take over the Neighborhood House in Louisville, KY. She discusses the function of a settlement and the relationship between religion and settlement work.
Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, April 30, 1901
Addams writes Smith about her trip to New Orleans, visiting settlements, and the Sophie Newcomb College, and attending the Methodist Mission Conference.
Jane Addams to John H. Lathrop, July 31, 1901
Addams writes Lathrop to choose a day in which she can speak at All Souls Church.
The College Woman and Christianity, August 8, 1901
Addams discusses the challenges facing college women, including the habit of self-preparation, a tendency to make an exception of herself, and the danger that study without action makes a person timid and irresolute. She argues that there is a need to do and to do for others without concern for one's own reputation that makes for good Christian work.
Obligation of the Woman College Student to Christianity Today, August 8, 1901
A draft of Addams' article about the challenges facing college women who want to contribute to society.
Obligation of the Woman College Student to Christianity Today, August 8, 1901
Addams discusses the challenges facing college women who want to contribute to society.
John Heyl Vincent, "A Birthday Memorandum, 1832-1902," February 24, 1902
Vincent's printed acknowledgement of the many wishes and greetings he received for his 70th birthday.
Charles Frederick Bradley to Jane Addams, April 27, 1902
Bradley writes Addams, acknowledging receipt of her book, Democracy and Social Ethics, and thanking her for her work.
The New Social Spirit, December, 2, 1902
A copy of a speech about labor, philanthropy, and immigrants that Addams delivered to the National Council of Jewish Women.
Jane Addams to Julia Henrietta Gulliver, April 21, 1903
Addams discusses giving a sermon and furnishings at Rockford College with Gulliver.
Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, April 4, 1904
Addams thanks Blaine for the Easter greeting and describes the season in the Hull-House neighborhood.
Editors' Note for Man, the Social Creator, August 1905
Addams and Withington introduce a series of essays by Henry Demarest Lloyd for a posthumous compilation Man, the Social Creator.
Editors' Note to "Man, the Social Creator," August 1905
Addams and Withington introduce a posthumous publication of Henry Demarest Lloyd's recent writings on religion.
Gustavus Tuckerman to Jane Addams, March 30, 1906
Tuckerman informs Addams of his plans to leave his current church and find a new, more "liberal" church to continue his worship.
Samuel H. Bishop to Jane Addams, April 19, 1907
Bishop praises Addams on Newer Ideals of Peace, especially the arguments about religion and democracy.
Jane Addams to Henry Churchill King, May 20, 1907
Addams expresses to King her interest in speaking for the Religious Education Association but regrets that she cannot yet make commitments because of her involvement with the Chicago School Board.
The Relation of "Settlements" and Religion, November 8, 1908
Addams introduces a discussion about the purposed of social settlements at the Abraham Lincoln Centre. The event celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jenkin Lloyd Jones' pastorate.
James Taft Hatfield to Jane Addams, March 2, 1908
Hatfield offers Addams advice on dealing with claims that Hull-House is a bed of Anti-Catholic activism.
John Handly to Jane Addams, March 5, 1908
Handly apologizes to Addams for the way other Catholics are treating Addams.
Harriet Dean Flower Smith Farwell to Jane Addams, April 10, 1908
Smith tells Addams that despite the attacks in the press, many people support her work at Hull-House.
The Chicago Settlements and Social Unrest, May 2, 1908
Addams discusses the association in the public eye between settlements and immigrants and when immigrants are involved in high profile crimes, settlements are accused of supporting anarchism. Addams defends the role of the settlement as the bridge between immigrant communities and the American public, holding that it does not change in times of crisis.
The Reaction of Moral Instructions upon Social Reform, April 3, 1909
Addams describes the current moral situation of American youth as a result of the current education and religious situations. This speech was also given before the Chicago Sinai congregation.
The Reaction of Modern Life upon Religious Education, February 11, 1910
Addams explains the relationship between education, religion, labor, and crime as she has experienced it in Chicago.
Eugenie M. Bacon to Jane Addams, March 7, 1910
Bacon praises Addams' book The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets and writes about the progressive activities in which the women of her town are engaged.
Autobiographical Notes upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: The Snare of Preparation, May 1910
Addams' autobiographical account of her education at Rockford College and her travels in Europe. This is the second of six articles excerpted from Twenty Years at Hull-House.
Frohman for Sunday Plays, September 4, 1910
Frohman proposes a law that would allow the presentation of plays on Sunday as long as they have a moral lesson.
Edward William Bok to Jane Addams, September 21, 1910
Bok asks Addams to write an article for The Ladies' Home Journal on the moral and ethical issues currently involving the church.
Edward William Bok to Jane Addams, October 7, 1910
Bok again asks Addams to write an article about the church and sends his wishes that Twenty Years at Hull-House will have wide circulation.
Tribute to Theodore Parker, November 17, 1910
Addams pays tribute to Theodore Parker at a Memorial Banquet in Chicago, where she praised his anti-slavery work and support of black suffrage, blamed his generation for not extending suffrage to women, and surmised that Parker would have ultimately supported the franchise for women had he lived longer.
Ellen Frost to Jane Addams, December 31, 1910
Frost relates personally to some of the subjects that Addams covers in Twenty Years at Hull House.
Woman's Home Mission Review of Twenty Years at Hull-House, February 1911
A religious journal review of Twenty Years at Hull-House, praising Jane Addams' work as wise and uplifting.
Religious Education and Contemporary Social Conditions, February 16, 1911
In this draft, Addams offers a strong indictment against old fashioned religious education and argues that the church, in order to encourage modern youth to see the validity of religion, must engage the realities and distractions of urban life.
Joseph Skutch to Jane Addams, February 20, 1911
Skutch interprets a dream Addams wrote about in Twenty Years at Hull House and asks her to help prepare for the end of the world.
Edward William Bok to Jane Addams, March 30, 1911
Bok asks Addams to revise an article submitted on religious education, asking her to edit it with an eye toward the appeal of a more general audience.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones to Jane Addams, April 26, 1911
Jones asks Addams to stand in for him in his pulpit while he is away.
Edward Menkin to Jane Addams, May 12, 1911
Menkin writes Addams about writing an article on the Russian government's refusal to honor passports of Catholic or Jewish Americans.
Walter Rauschenbusch to Jane Addams, May 22, 1911
Rauschenbusch thanks Addams for sending one of her speeches to him as requested.
Hull House, May 26, 1911
The Rocky Mountain News praises Hull-House and Jane Addams against criticisms that Hull-House is a "godless" and "Christless" institution.
The Social Situation: Religious Education and Contemporary Social Conditions, June 1911
Addams offers a strong indictment against old fashioned religious education and argues that the church, in order to encourage modern youth to see the validity of religion, must engage the realities and distractions of urban life.
The Religious Life in America, September 23, 1911
A pamphlet of "press notices" on Wilhelm Müller's Religious Life in America (1911).
Josiah Strong to Jane Addams, October 11, 1911
Strong requests an article from Addams on women's suffrage for use in Sunday school classes.
Annie Adams Fields to Jane Addams, November 11, 1911
Fields praises Addams' work on social evil and claims that God is working through her.
Address to the University Settlement of New York, December 7, 1911
Addams' speech on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the University Settlement about the growth of the settlement movement.
Statement on Santa Claus, December 9, 1911
Addams extols the benefits of cultivating a belief in Santa Claus among children. It was part of a larger article, "We Believe in Santa Claus," published in a variety of newspapers.
Charles M. Sheldon to Jane Addams, December 14, 1911
Sheldon writes Addams about meeting with her at Hull-House to discuss her work on an article about prostitution.
Kate Waller Barrett to Jane Addams, December 21, 1911
Barrett thanks Addams for her articles about prostitution and explains the work of the Florence Crittenton Mission.
Rose E. Livingston to Jane Addams, 1912
Livingston writes Addams about her article on white slavery, because she herself is working in the Chinatown area of New York City working to help women get out of prostitution.
What Is Socialism?, 1912
The article argues that the virtues of socialism and a socialist economy are supported by the Bible.
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