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Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, March 12, 1900

Jane Addams writes to Mary Rozet Smith while they are apart.

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, January [11-30?], 1901

Ely encourages Addams to continue working on Democracy and Social Ethics and to send him a general description of it for advance publication.

Writings

Respect for Law, January 3, 1901

Addams' argues that mob violence, and particularly lynching against African Americans in the South, erodes respect for the all among all groups and accomplishes nothing positive for any community that condones it.

African-Americans Crime Enforcement Writings

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

Jane Addams to Florence Kelley, July 1901

Addams writes to Kelley about her conversations with other people.

Writings

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.

Education Hull-House Religion Settlements Writings

Statement on New Year's Resolutions, January 1, 1902

Addams' gives a brief quote on New Years resolutions.

Morality Writings

Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman to Jane Addams, April 26, 1902

Seligman writes Addams to praise Democracy and Social Ethics.

Books Praise Writings

Vida Dutton Scudder to Jane Addams, April 27, 1902

Scudder writes Addams from Italy to acknowledge receipt of Addams' book, Democracy and Social Ethics, but admits she has not yet found time to read it.

Health Travels Writing Writings

Stanley R. McCormick to Jane Addams, April 28, 1902

McCormick writes Addams about a chapter of her book, Democracy and Social Eithics, and detailing how he plans to use the concept on his ranch.

Books Business Industry Writings

Samuel A. Barnett to Jane Addams, May 13, 1902

Barnett thanks Addams for sending a copy of her book, Democracy and Social Ethics.

Books Friends Writings

William Stone Booth to Jane Addams, May 29, 1902

Booth writes Addams about corrections to her book, Democracy and Social Ethics, for a future printing.

Books Publishing Writings

Reply to Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, August 17, 1902

Addams responds to Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews provocative statement that unmarried individuals "have no place in society nor in the scheme of the universe." This is part of a longer article that quotes many people.

Marital Relations Writings

Albert C. McFarland to Jane Addams, September 24, 1903

McFarland provides an estimate for printing "Newsboy Conditions in Chicago."

Finances Writings

Child labor as a Factor in the Increase of Pauperism, October 4, 1903

Addams recounts some of the ways child labor has ruined the future of those children exposed to it.

Child Labor Child Welfare Consumerism Labor Writings

Albion W. Small to Jane Addams, October 17, 1904

Small writes Addams asking if she would be willing to allow her paper to be published in a journal.

Requests Writings

William Hard to Jane Addams, January 15, 1905

Hard praises Addams' recent article on immigration.

Immigration Public Opinion Writings

Child Labor, March 16, 1905

Addams discusses the damage that child labor causes children, physically and mentally, and calls for it to be halted.

Child Labor Children Education Writings

Color of Americans, April 16, 1905 Also known as The Yellow Kid, 1905

Addams relates a story about peasants in Russia who believe that all Americans are black. It was published in several newspapers on April 16, 1905, and then also under the title of "The Yellow Kid" in an anthology of quotes from famous people.

Race Russia Writings

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.

Philosophy Religion Writings

Emma Engle to Jane Addams, February 24, 1906

Engle praises Addams' article in Ladies' Home Journal.

Hull-House Praise Requests Writings

Henrietta C. Mowry to Jane Addams, February 24, 1906

Mowry praises Addams for her work with Hull-House after reading her article in Ladies' Home Journal.

Hull-House Praise Writings

Robert Adger Bowen to Jane Addams, February 27, 1906

Bowen inquires about Hull-House after reading Addams' article in Ladies' Home Journal.

Hull-House Praise Writings

Jessie Goldner to Jane Addams, February 28, 1906

Goldner wishes to know if she can be of any help at Hull-House.

Hull-House Writings

Remarks on Immigrant Children and Public School Teachers, March 1906

Addams criticizes public school teachers for not having a grasp of non-American history.

Education Immigrants Writings

Anna B. Floyd to Jane Addams, March 1, 1906

Floyd would like more information on Settlement work to use in a classroom setting.

Hull-House Requests Settlement Movement Writings

Edward William Bok to Jane Addams, March 17, 1906

Bok, the Editor of Ladies' Home Journal, congratulates Addams on the success of her article and urges her not to hesitate to contact him if she needs help publishing her work.

Publishing Requests Writings

Thomas Y. Crowell to Jane Addams, March 19, 1906

Crowell reminds Addams of their arrangement for the publishing of one of her works in the magazine Philanthropy and Social Progress.

Publishing Requests Writings

Macmillan Company to Jane Addams, April 30, 1906

The Macmillan Company issues a credit statement to Addams for her book.

Books Business Finances Publishing Writings

Beulah M. Frost to Jane Addams, April 9, 1906

Frost, a senior set to graduate in June, is using Addams as a subject for her final paper and is asking Addams if she would send more information which she can use.

Requests Writings

Limited Segregation by James Elder Armstrong, May 23, 1906

Armstrong presents his findings on segregated and non-segregated classrooms, and what that means for the inner workings of a gendered human.

Education Gender Roles Writings

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, July 10, 1906

Ely forwards Addams part of a letter from Justice O. W. Holmes of the U. S. Supreme Court, expressing how much he liked Addam's book Democracy and Social Ethics.

Books Friends Praise Public Opinion Writings

Municipal Housekeeping, July, 22, 1906

Addams discusses the shift from industrialism to humanism.

Government Politics Social Work Writings

James Elder Armstrong to Jane Addams, September 18, 1906

Armstrong writes to Addams about the differences between gender segregated and non-segregated classes and how women and men teach these classes differently.

Education Gender Roles Writings

Jane Addams to George Platt Brett Sr., October 10, 1906

Addams replies to Brett of The Macmillan Company assuring the manuscript's near complete status, as well as some signed manuscripts.

Books Publishing Writings

George Platt Brett Sr. to Jane Addams, October 11, 1906

Brett informs Addams that her manuscript for The Newer Ideals of Peace is going straight to the printers for production.

Books Publishing Writings

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, October 12, 1906

Ely writes to Addams upon finishing his proofreading of The Newer Ideals of Peace, and proceedes to tell her about his edits.

Books Finances Friends Publishing Writings

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, October 13, 1906

Ely gives a detailed account of his finds while proofreading Addams' The Newer Ideals of Peace.

Books Finances Friends Writings

Interpretation of the Chicago Industrial Exhibit, March 1907

Addams introduces the Chicago Industrial Exhibit's goals and content for publication in its Handbook.

Conferences Labor Writings

Effect of Familiarity, September 5, 1907

Addams highlighting the lack of attention most pay to the industrial labor done to produce everyday goods.

Industry Labor Writings

Harriet Eliza Merriam Van Der Vaart and Anna Eliza Nicholes to Jane Addams, [May 1908]

Van Der Vaart and Nicholes praise Addams' article on the Averbuch incident and pledge help.

Praise Settlements Writings

Maud Warner McCormick to Jane Addams, May 1908

McCormick writes Addams to praise her article on the Averbuch Incident.

Praise Writings

Emily P. Lyon to Jane Addams, [May?], 1908

Lyon writes in support of Addams' article on the Averbuch Incident.

Onsite Praise Writings

James Weber Linn to Jane Addams, May, 1908

Linn praises Addams on her article on the Averbuch Incident and discusses his decision to return to the University of Chicago to teach.

Education Family Jobs Writings

Nathan Bijur to Jane Addams, May 1, 1908

Bijur praises Addams article on the Averbuch incident in Charities and Commons.

Praise Writings

William Adams Brown to Jane Addams, May 5, 1908

Brown writes Addams to praise her article on the Averbuch incident in Charities and the Commons.

Praise Writings

Emelius Clark Dudley to Jane Addams, May 6, 1908

Dudley thanks Addams for sending a copy of her Charities and Commons,

Praise Writings

Harriet Dean Flower Smith Farwell to Jane Addams, May 6, 1908

Smith writes Addams to praise her for the article on the Averbuch Incident, to ask for five copies, and to send best wishes for a pleasant time in Richmond, Virginia.

Praise Writings