Dear Miss Addams:
In my haste to keep an appointment this morning I neglected to put in my brief-case the material which I took from our files in New York. I am enclosing this to you now, as some of it may save you time and trouble, especially the data blank, which you will notice bears the date of 1919.
In my talk with Mr. Byron I tried to make him understand how very desirous we are that you be included in our second volume. If I go back to New York without Chicago's most important woman for our book I'll just naturally be shot at sunrise. It was for this reason that I came back to talk with Mr. Byron, to see if there was anything I could do personally to speed up the matter. I realize how busy you are, and feared you might forget it.
I have empathized the point that we would not want to print a short sketch about an American woman with an international reputation, hence our desire that the article be written by some one very close to you, so that it would convey to our readers the true greatness of the real Miss Addams.
If you would really prefer, we will draft the article in our editorial offices from whatever material you are willing to furnish us. Then, if you like, we will send it to some one who knows you well, who might put in the little personal touches -- "humanize" it, so to speak.
As I believe I tried to explain, both to you and to Mr. Byron, whenever we write the biography of a woman whose life is intimately connected with any certain movement or cause, we desire a sketch of that subject also, and if possible illustrations, and would like to have a brief history of Hull House in connection with your biography, and if that institution would like, a picture of Hull House could be run in addition to your portrait. In this same connection, it often happens that such an organization, as a matter of courtesy, wants the privilege of assuming the expense of inserting the photograph of the subject. This same matter came up in connection with the biography of Miss Cornelia Bradford, of Whittier House, Jersey City. In any case, we want your biography. The photograph is optional. [page 2]
In order to see the consummation of this very important matter, I am extending my stay in Chicago somewhat beyond the time I had intended to stay, but hope that I may have your article by November 1, or if you desire one of our editors to write it and submit it to a friend, as I have suggested, will you please let me know, and I will transmit at once all the material you may wish to let me have to our New York office. It is because we are planning to go to press with Volume II the middle of November that I am making every effort to get all possible action on your article without unnecessary loss of time.
I want to thank you for the privilege of having the little visit with you today. I shall not soon forget your kind and gracious acceptance of our invitation to come into our book.
Sincerely,
P.S. May I ask that the material I am enclosing be kept for me when I call for the additional material, or finished article, so that I may return it to our files?
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