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Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, February 28, 1901

Addams informs Blaine that she and Elizabeth Hughes will visit on Friday.

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, ca, April 6, 1902

Addams writes to Wald about the reception of William Dean Howells' plays at Hull-House and about her plans for a trip to California.

Friends Hull-House Plays Travels Visits

Samuel Milton Jones to Jane Addams, January 29, 1903

Jones requests that Addams dine with him in Toledo within the next month.

Lectures Public Opinion Requests Visits

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, June 4, 1904

Addams discusses plans to visit the University of Wisconsin and approaches to funders for Ely's plan.

Philanthropy Visits

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, August 13, 1904

Addams misses Mary Rozet Smith and writes about her time spent with Smith's father.

Family Labor Travels Visits

Samuel Gompers to Jane Addams, February 4, 1907

Gompers writes Addams that he will not be attending a meeting with her in Chicago and will come at a different date.

Labor Requests Visits

Jane Addams to Robert E. Ely, February 15, 1907

Addams writes Ely to reschedule their meeting in New York.

Meetings Visits

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, March 8, 1907

Addams asks Wald if she may stay with her during the Peace Conference.

Requests Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, April 23, 1907

Addams proposes that she either meets with Haldeman or Haldeman stays with Addams at Hull-House.

Family Requests Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, April 24, 1907

Addams makes further arrangements to visit with Haldeman.

Family Visits

Elsie Madiera Smith Lucas to W. E. B. Du Bois, May 14, 1907

Smith writes DuBois to report that Jane Addams has been writing Robert W. DeForest and that she plans to attend the Atlanta Conference in 1908.

Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, June 5, 1907

Addams sends Haldeman a birthday present and tries to arrange to see Haldeman and her daughter soon.

Family Visits

Elsie Madiera Smith Lucas to Henry Churchill King, June 19, 1907

On behalf of Addams, Smith accepts King's invitation to Addams to attend Washington's birthday celebration at Oberlin College.

Travels Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, July 10, 1907

Addams writes Haldeman expressing regrets that she is too busy to leave Chicago and promising to visit in the fall.

Family Travels Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 21, 1907

Addams writes Haldeman to arrange a visit with her and other members of the family.

Family Visits

Jane Addams to William H. Matthews, October 23, 1907

Addams accepts an invitation to see Kingsley House in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Settlements Visits

Jane Addams to W. E. B. Du Bois, October 25, 1907

Addams writes to Du Bois to accept his invitation to speak at the Atlanta Conference in May 1908 and sends hopes to meet with him earlier when she is in Atlanta.

Friends Requests Visits

Edward Twichell Ware to Jane Addams, November 13, 1907

Ware invites Addams to visit while she is in Atlanta to give a commencement speech at Atlanta University.

Requests Visits

Seymour Coman to Jane Addams, May 11, 1908

Coman writes Addams for a luncheon meeting and thanks her for the copy of the Charities and the Commons article.

Visits Writings

Walter Hines Page to Jane Addams, September 14, 1908

Page asks Addams if he can visit her in Chicago to persuade her to write an autobiography.

Requests Visits

Jane Addams to Joseph Lloyd Bache, January 9, 1909

Addams accepts Bache's invitation to speak at one of the Chicago schools, perhaps on the topic of Abraham Lincoln.

Visits

Ella S. Stewart to Brand Whitlock, February 17, 1909

Ella Stewart sends Whitlock a check to cover his expenses for traveling to Chicago to speak with suffragists.

Visits Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, February 26, 1909

Addams writes to Haldeman about Esther Hulbert and her children visiting Chicago on their way to Cedarville.

Family Visits

Jane Addams to Joseph Krauskopf, March 15, 1909

Addams declines Krauskopf's offer to attend the exercises of the National Farm School in Pennsylvania.

Education Requests Visits

Jane Addams to Anna Marcet Haldeman, May 13, 1909

Addams apologizes to her Haldeman for not seeing her because Mary Rozet Smith is ill.

Family Health Visits

Helena Stuart Dudley to Jane Addams, December 11, 1909

Dudley thanks Addams for sending her a copy of her book, The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets.

Books Friends Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 23, 1910

Addams writes Haldeman about her convalescence at Louise Bowen's home.

Family Health Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 30, 1910

Addams writes Haldeman about her continued convalescence at Louise Bowen's home.

Friends Health Hull-House Visits

Jane Addams to Anna Haldeman Addams, March 15, 1910

Addams writes her mother about her health and an upcoming visit to Cedarville.

Family Health Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Hostetter, March 26, 1910

Addams hopes to see Hostetter during a visit.

Family Visits

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June 4, 1910

Addams writes Smith about time spent with her family and excitement about Smith's return to Chicago.

Family Visits

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, June 9, 1910

Addams writes to Wald about her summer plans.

Friends Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, June 11, 1910

Addams writes Haldeman that per her request she will try to secure a copy of a photo that had hung in Addams' room.

Requests Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 23, 1910

Addams asks Haldeman to visit Chicago and see a doctor there about her health.

Family Health Visits

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 27, 1910

Addams asks Haldeman if she will be visiting Chicago soon.

Family Visits

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, December 6, 1910

Addams writes Smith about newspaper reviews of her book, a trip to the dentist, and visits with family.

Family Visits

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, December 7, 1910

Addams writes Smith with news from home and about a book she is sending as an early birthday present.

Family Friends Visits

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, December 12, 1910

Addams writes Smith about her time in Cedarville, Illinois.

Family Health Help!Visits

A Visit to Tolstoy, January 1911

In this narratively rich article in McClure's, Addams reflects on her meeting with Tolstoy in Russia in 1896, on her admiration for his principles, and on her pragmatic approach to good work in the urban, industrial context of Hull-House and its diverse surroundings.

Russia Travels Visits

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