Box 1
Contains 32 Results:
Jane Addams, Hull House, to Janet Speakman, Swarthmore , 1925-10-03
Typed signed letter. Addams wrote that plans for a clinic at Hull House had not materialized and therefore there was no opening for a nurse. She closed with "affectionate greetings to your mother."
Passport, 1926
Issued before her second trip to Russia second time in 1926 to travel with a delegation led by Christian evangelist Sherwood Eddy
Janet to family from London, 1926
Handwritten letters, letterhead of the National Hotel, London. Also a postcard to her sister and brother-in-law from Paris.
Invitation from Soviet chargé d'affaires, London, 1926
Prior to her second trip to Russia second time in 1926, Janet traveled with a delegation led by Christian evangelist Sherwood Eddy.
To Janet from [?], Moscow, Sept. 14 [1926]
Typed letter, the author wrote that he/she had arrived without an invitation from the Delegation and was shut out of the meetings. He intended to travel alone. writing articles.
Carbon of an essay or interview of a Russian by Brent Allinson and poem
Typed carbon, incomplete. Interview with a Russian concerning the economy. Also a typed draft of a poem Reflections of a Prisoner in Russia, daeted July 25d, 1927 for J.S.
Photos of Russia, ca. 1926
Snapshots of peasants and sites.
Text and notes for her Russia slideshow lecture, ca. 1927
Upon her return to Philadelphia, Janet prepared a lecture and slideshow entitled "From Moscow to Turkestan: An Interpretatioin of Russian Peasant Life." The cover of her small brochure features a photo of Janet Speakman in traditional Russian peasant.
How I learned to speak Russia, essay at Columbia University, NYC., undated
How I learned to speak Russia, essay at Columbia University, NYC. Incomplete, introduction to her early experiences, notes, a poem
