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Antoineta Rivas to Jane Addams, ca. November 17, 1929

Rivas asks Addams and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to investigate the recent Mexican election.

Mexico Politics Requests

Jane Addams to Mary Anderson, July 27, 1929

Addams tells Anderson that Caroline Slade cannot serve as American delegation chair for the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference and asks her to do her best to find another.

Conferences Requests

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Jane Addams to Sara Chapman Bull, June 23, 1906

Addams sends Bull a letter asking for suggestions for a settlement worker to work in India.

India Requests Settlements

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Behramji Merwanji Malabari to Jane Addams, May 26, 1906

Malabari asks Addams to help them locate a head resident for a new settlement in India.

India Requests Settlements

Sister Nivedita to Jane Addams, February 14, 1906

Nivedita asks Addams to find a head resident for a new settlement in India.

India Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to Mr. Miller, May 2, 1929

Addams sends Miller a book and wishes she had time for a letter.

Books Requests

Jane Addams to John Haynes Holmes, November 2, 1918

Addams invited Holmes to dine at Hull-House and thanks him for his comments on Jenkin Lloyd Jones.

Hull-House Visits Requests Tributes

Emily Greene Balch to Gustaf Axel Jäederholm, January 11, 1929

Balch asks Jäederholm to support Addams' nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Awards and Honors Health Nobel Prize Requests

Committee on Militarism in Education form, ca. January, 1929

The Committee's form for donations.

Requests

George Albert Coe to Jane Addams, January 10, 1929

Coe asks Addams to support the work of the Committee on Militarism in Education.

Education Military Requests

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, January 10, 1929

Addams asks Lovett to distribute a copy of Twenty Years at Hull House.

Health Requests

Jane Addams to Dorothy Detzer, 1929

Addams asks Detzer to gather names for a petition.

Peace Requests

Nathaniel Schmidt to Jane Addams, December 30, 1928

Schmidt tells Addams she has been elected as an honorary member of the Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs' International Council.

Memberships Praise Requests

Alice Stone Blackwell to Jane Addams, December 29, 1928

Blackwell sends Addams details on a birthday party for Catherine Breshkovsky.

Requests

Albert Joseph Kennedy to Jane Addams, December 21, 1928

Kennedy asks Addams to help raise funds for James Mallon's illness.

Charity Finances Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to Dorothy Detzer, ca. September 24, 1928

Addams sends Detzer a peace plan for filing.

Peace Requests

Lida Gustava Heymann to Jane Addams, December 10, 1928

Heymann asks Addams why she refused to endorse the Modern Methods of Warfare Conference.

Conferences Peace Requests War

Jane Addams and Valeria Hopkins Parker to Margaret Watts, August 20, 1928

Addams and Parker tell Watt that the reporting about Mildred Staley's discussion of morality was incorrectly reported in the news.

Conferences Morality Requests

Address to the Kansas City Conference of Social Workers, May 14, 1928 (excerpts)

Addams exhorts social workers to support a bill suspending immigration quota to allow family members of residents to join them.

Government Immigration Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Ida Campbell Mott-Smith Lovett, February 24, 1930

Addams writes Lovett to discuss Hull House's Coffee House and her progress on The Second Twenty Years at Hull-House.

Health Hull-House Requests Writings

Jane Addams to Julia Ellsworth Ford, December 28, 1927

Addams asks Ford for a few days to study the issue before signing a petition.

International Affairs Requests

Carl Bismarck Roden to Jane Addams, November 28, 1930

Roden tells Addams that the Chicago Public Library will extend the hours of the Hull-House branch to help serve unemployed men.

Hull-House Library Requests

Jane Addams to Charles P. Schwartz, December 9, 1930

Addams asks Schwartz to renew his donation to Hull-House.

Finances Hull-House Requests

Jane Addams to Setty Swarts Kuhn, October 8, 1930

Addams accepts Kuhn's invitation to speak in Cleveland.

Lectures Requests

Baker Brownell to Jane Addams, July 20, 1929

Brownell asks Addams to speak to his Contemporary Thought program at Northwestern University.

Education Lectures Requests

Ada Medora Yoder Hicks to Baker Brownell, July 22, 1929

Hicks tells Brownell that Addams is out of town until October and will reply to his request on her return.

Lectures Requests

Ada Medora Yoder Hicks to Baker Brownell, July 27, 1929

Yoder tells Brownell that due to Addams's uncertain health she cannot promise to be able to speak to his class.

Health Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Neva Leona Boyd, May 12, 1929

Addams asks Boyd to arrange an interview with Miss Gilbertson.

Hull-House Visits Requests

Jane Addams to William H. and Lucille Enders Savin, November 10, 1929

Addams invites the Savins to dine at Hull-House to celebrate their wedding.

Hull-House Visits Requests Weddings

Statement on Charles Lindbergh, February 16, 1928

Addams comments on Charles Lindbergh's flying career.

Requests Transportation

Ramananda Chatterjee to Jane Addams, ca. July 20, 1931

Publications Requests Tributes

Jane Addams note, February 1930

Addams notes when she sent a note to Ethel Snowden.

Requests

Jane Addams to Adena Miller Rich, February 24, 1930

Addams asks Rich for Mrs. Armstrong's address.

Requests

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, January 28, 1930

Kellogg asks Addams to help Gertrud Ferber find a job.

Employment Requests

Madeleine Zabriskie Doty to Jane Addams, February 20, 1930

Doty asks Addams to send a statement on disarmament to the London Naval Conference.

Disarmament Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Hannah Clothier Hull, February 24, 1930

Addams sends Hull a statement for the London Naval Conference and suggests they help Gertrude Ferber find a job.

Disarmament Peace Requests Unemployment

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 21, 1930

Balch asks Addams to intervene to solve a problem with Madeleine Doty's activities for the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Peace Requests

Hannah Clothier Hull to Jane Addams, February 23, 1930

Hull sends Addams materials from Emily Balch who is leaving for Europe.

Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, February 22, 1930

Addams asks Kellogg to review her book manuscript.

Onsite Requests Visits Writing

Jane Addams to Fanny Butcher, November 27, 1928

Addams recommends Butcher some books about the Pacific.

Books Requests

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, February 21, 1930

Kellogg asks Addams to support the Radburn Plan for housing.

Housing Requests Social Welfare Urban Planning

Hannah Clothier Hull to Jane Addams, February 21, 1930

Hull telegrams Addams, requesting that she send a message that can be read for the disarmament radio broadcast responding to the London Naval Conference.

Requests