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Vida Dutton Scudder to Jane Addams, March 17, 1900

Scudder suggests Addams find a position for Carol Dresser.

Jobs Recommendations Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to Florence Kelley, ca. April 1900

Addams tells Kelley that she has been appointed to the jury for the 1900 World's Fair.

Memberships Requests Travels

Jane Addams to Frances Davison Ficke, September 9, 1900

Addams tells Ficke that Miss Seabury would be a good addition to her staff.

Jobs Requests

Jenkin Lloyd Jones to Jane Addams, January 30, 1901

Jones recommends Frederick Burlingham as a potential Hull-House resident and asks Addams about contributing articles.

Hull-House Residents Requests Writings

Jenkin Lloyd Jones to Jane Addams, February 11, 1901

Jones encloses a letter from James K. Hosmer (not included) and asks Addams to respond to Hosmer directly.

Requests

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, February 26, 1901

Addams discusses the upcoming visit of Peytr Kropotkin and asks if Ely can arrange any lectures for him in Madison, Wisconsin.

Hull-House Visits Requests

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, February 28, 1901

Ely discusses Peytr Kropotkin's upcoming lectures and discusses Kropotkin's "Fields, Factories and Workshops," and its publication.

Hull-House Visits Requests

Jane Addams to Henry Carter Adams, March 6, 1901

Addams asks if Adams can arrange lectures in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Peytr Kropotkin in April, noting that she seems to have become his western manager.

Lectures Requests

Henry Carter Adams to Jane Addams, March 7, 1901

Adams discusses possible lecture venues for Peytr Kropotkin at the University of Michigan and invites Addams to visit Ann Arbor.

Lectures Requests

Edmund Janes James to Jane Addams, March 14, 1901

James invites Addams to speak at the American Academy of Political and Social Science's extension program for 1901-1902.

Education Lectures Requests

Emma Goldman to Jane Addams, April 7, 1901

Goldman writes regarding Peytr Kropotkin's upcoming visit and asks Addams to provide admission to the meetings arranged for Chicago for her friend Hippolyte Havel, who would not be able to afford entry.

Lectures Requests

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, April 19, 1901

Ely suggests that Peytr Kropotkin stay at his home while he is in Madison, Wisconsin, and updates Addams on Anna Ely's medical condition.

Lectures Requests

Rollin Lynde Hartt to Jane Addams, April 27, 1901

Hartt writes to solicit articles from Addams for the Boston Transcript.

Requests

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, May 9, 1901

Addams writes Wald about staffing at Hull-House and a Miss Green.

Hull-House Jobs Requests

Meyer Bloomfield to Jane Addams, May 23, 1901

Bloomfield writes Addams for advice on forming a settlement house in Boston.

Requests Settlements Social Work

Mary Coonley Hollis to Jane Addams, June 19, 1901

Hollis writes to Addams, discussing prospects for Dorothy Reynolds and noting that Alice Keyes is concerned for Reynolds.

Education Requests

Helena Stuart Dudley to Jane Addams. June 24, 1901

Dudley wishes Addams well and asks about positions for a friend.

Jobs Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, June 29, 1901

Writing to Blaine, Addams recommends Clara Landsberg for a position at the Francis W. Parker School.

Education Jobs Requests

Jane Addams to Emily Herey Denison, June 30, 1901

Addams apologizes to Denison for being too busy to visit but promising to try later in the summer.

Requests Travels

Jane Addams to Marion Talbot, July 4, 1901

Addams writes Talbot to express her desire to cover bills incurred by Esther Linn.

Family Finances Requests

Maynard M. Metcalf to Jane Addams, July 8, 1901

Metcalf writes to Addams about staffing needs for Lawrence House.

Finances Jobs Requests Settlements

Helen Wadsworth Yates to Jane Addams, July 16, 1901

Yates asks Addams for Kelley's address.

Requests

Jane Addams to Eleanor Sophia Smith, August 6, 1901

Addams asks Smith to reconsider leaving Hull-House.

Hull-House Residents Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to George Platt Brett Sr., August 26, 1901

Addams advises Brett of the Macmillan Company about the return of John Linn to New York.

Family Publishing Requests

Anonymous ("An American native born Anarchist") to Jane Addams, October 1, 1901

The author seeks Addams' help in convincing the government to aid in his cause to find an island where anarchists can live.

Anarchism Requests

William Thomas Stead to Jane Addams, October 12, 1901

Stead writes to Addams regarding her support for the anarchists arrested in Chicago and includes copies of his own works on the topic.

Anarchism Hull-House Visits Requests

Susan Parrish Wharton to Jane Addams, November 10, 1901

Wharton writes Addams for suggestions for candidates for a job opening at the Starr Centre.

Jobs Requests Settlements

Mary B. Lippincott to Jane Addams, December 6, 1901

Lippincott seeks Addam's opinion for a new hire at the Kingsley House.

Jobs Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to Mary Thorn Lewis Gannett, January 26, 1902

Addams apologizes that she cannot stay with Gannett, as she has already accepted an invitation to stay elsewhere.

Requests Thanks Travels

Jane Addams to Frederic J. V. Skiff, January 26, 1902

Addams asks Skiff if the Field Museum might donate a collection of medieval textiles to the Hull-House Labor Museum.

Hull-House Philanthropy Requests

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, February 6, 1902

Addams invites Blaine to a speech she is giving at the Chicago Woman's Club.

Lectures Requests

Susan Parrish Wharton to Jane Addams, March 1, 1902

Wharton informs Addams that they still seek a director for the Starr Centre.

Jobs Requests Settlements

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, March 17, 1902

Addams writes to make arrangement to see Haldeman and about plans for the summer.

Education Family Requests Travels

Mary Louise Marot to Jane Addams, March 21, 1902

Marot writes Addams about the possibility of teaching in Chicago over the summer and residing at Hull-House.

Education Hull-House Residents Requests

Jane Addams to Mr. Dean, March 27, 1902

Addams declines Dean's invitation because she is leaving New York.

Requests

Samuel Milton Jones to Jane Addams, March 31, 1902

Jones writes Addams about her request for a gas engine, adding that he hopes to see her soon.

Hull-House Requests

Sophia Engel Van Dine to Jane Addams, April 16, 1902

Van Dine writes Addams about her experiences with the asylum for feeble-minded children, particularly detailing its political difficulties, and asks for advice about creating a civil service position for the institution.

Children Medicine Politics Requests

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, April 17, 1902

Addams writes Blaine about the work of a committee and asks for reaction to Democracy and Social Ethics.

Books Legislation Requests

Florence Griswold Buckstaff to Jane Addams, April 17, 1902

Buckstaff writes Addams for advice on finding a leader for a settlement in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Requests Settlements

Samuel Milton Jones to Jane Addams, April 25, 1902

Jones invites Addams to speak at Golden Rule Park and talks about topics he finds interesting.

Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, May 19, 1902

Addams asks for Haldeman's help with Sarah Young's baby and invites her to summer school at Chautauqua, New York.

Education Family Requests

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, June 12, 1902

Addams writes Blaine with news of taking the Rockford Summer School to Chautauqua, New York, and asks for an opinion of the chapter Educational Methods from Social Ethics and Democracy.

Books Education Requests