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Series 1: Correspondence, 1870 - 1937

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Scope and Contents

Letters from Jane Addams to her family, friends, and business associates; but the majority are letters received by her from Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, and Coolidge, and from William Jennings Bryan, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Edward Bok, Hamilton Holt, William James, Norman Hapgood, Vachel Lindsay, S.S. McClure, Ellery Sedgwick, Ida M. Tarbell, William Allen White, John Greenleaf Whittier, Charles A. Beard, Edward T. Divine, David Starr Jordan, Paul Kellogg, Emily Greene Balch, Alice Stone Blackwell, Carrie Chapman Catt, Julia Lathrop, Rosika Schwimmer, and Lillian D. Wald, among others.

Dates

  • Creation: 1870 - 1937

Limitations on Accessing the Collection

The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access Note

All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes. Note that folder titles for boxes 8-15 of Series 3 are missing from the finding aid. See the paper version of the html checklist in the Peace Collection for the listing.

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

For the following material in boxes 1-23 see microfilm reels:

  1. 113:27 for calling and gift cards (1889-1935)
  2. 113:38 for poetry received by Jane Addams (1899-1935)
  3. 113:39 for material on Barnett House, Oxford, England (1916-1927); the Central Organization for a Durable Peace [1915-1919?]; and the American Friends Service Committee (1919-1931)
  4. 113:41 for material on the Chicago Ethical Culture Society (1898-1911); the Chicago Federation of Settlements (1894-1934); the Chicago Peace Society (1910-1917); the Chicago Urban League (1917-1926); and the Fellowship of Reconciliation (1917-1929)
  5. 113:42 for material on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1911-1932); the National Child Labor Committee (1904-1933); the National Council for the Prevention of War (1922-1932); the National Federation of Settlements (1899-1931); the Pan-Pacific Women's Association (1925-1934); and Rockford Female Seminary and College, Rockford, Illinois (1882-1908)
  6. 113:43-45 for material on the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (1915-1935)
  7. 113:45 for material on miscellaneous awards and honors (1915, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931); tribute poems; and family correspondence re: Jane Addams' death (1936)
  8. 113:46-49 for material on writings (1879-1938) and writing fragments by Jane Addams
  9. 113:49 for Hull-House Association records: Board of Trustees (1908-1935); auditor's reports and correspondence (1909-1935); and bequest of Cynthia Matilda Jones
  10. 113:50 for Hull-House Association records: contributions/donations lists and accounts (1895-1935); contributions of Wright S. Ludington, Mary Rozet Smith and Mrs. F.D. Stout; miscellaneous financial correspondence, receipts and memos (1895-1932); residents' events and activities (1901-1935); Hull-House Steam Plant (1900-1906, 1916-1917); and general events (1895-1934)
  11. 113:51 for material on the Immigrants' Protective League (1909-1928)

For the following material in boxes 1-30 see microfilm reels:

  1. 113:27 for calling and gift cards (1889-1935)
  2. 113:28 for misc. notes and lists (1896-1935); and material on Hamburg, Germany
  3. 113:38 for poetry received by Jane Addams (1899-1935)
  4. 113:41 for material re: the Chicago Federation of Settlements (1899-1935)
  5. 113:45 for tribute poems written about Jane Addams after her death
  6. 113:50 for Hull-House Association records: contribution of Mrs. F.D. Stout; events and activities of residents (1901-1935); miscellaneous material on buildings (1899-1920); general events (1895-1934); potential lecturers/lectures [c. 1890-1900]; the Bowen County Club and summer outings (1907-1934); the Hull-House Woman's Club (1892-1935); theater at Hull-House (1890-1930) and music at Hull-House (1893-1935)

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Find It at the Library

Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting reproductions from Swarthmore College Peace Collection Library

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