Margaret Dreier Robins Papers

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Documents in this collection

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, May 23, 1903

Addams asks Robins to write to the Boards of Health of major cities to find out how they regulate and enforce contagious diseases.

Public Health, Requests

Raymond Robins to the New York City Health Department, May 25, 1903

Robins requests information about how New York marks residences with members suffering from infectious diseases.

Crime Enforcement, Public Health, Requests

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, June 21, 1903

Addams encloses a copy (not found) and tells Robins not to bother returning it.

Requests

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, June 24, 1903

Addams remarks on her embarrassment over people reading her book.

Books, Writing

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, July 9, 1903

Addams encourages Robins to bring Mr. Bell to dinner at Hull-House.

Hull-House Visits, Settlement Movement

Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, September 9, 1903

Addams invites Robins for dinner and to prepare to interview Anita McCormick Blaine.

Hull-House Visits, Requests

Margaret Dreier Robins to Jane Addams, October 25, 1906

Robins commits $20,000 of her father's fortune to helping remedy the issue of public schools.

Education, Philanthropy

Jane Addams to Margaret Dreier Robins, December 26, 1911

Writing from the hospital bedside of her nephew, Addams thanks Robins for the book she sent at Christmas.

Family, Health, Holidays, Thanks

Blanche Boies to Jane Addams, August 22, 1912

Boies complains to Addams about the distasteful "Bull Moose Party" name for the new Progressive Party.

Criticism, Progressive Party, Requests

Bull Moose Party clipping, ca. August 1912 (fragment)

This incomplete newspaper clipping describes the Progressive Party strategy in Kentucky.

Progressive Party

Jane Addams to Margaret Dreier Robins, September 1912

Addams informs Robins that she is unable to speak in California.

Woman Suffrage

Mary Rozet Smith to Margaret Dreier Robins, September 15, 1912

On behalf of Addams, Smith writes Robins about Addams' speaking schedule in the coming weeks.

Lectures, Requests, Travels

Clara B. Arthur to Jane Addams, September 9, 1912

Arthur asks Addams to speak about suffrage for the Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs.

Requests, Woman Suffrage

Margaret Dreier Robins to Clara B. Arthur, September 20, 1912

On behalf of Addams, Robins informs Arthur that Addams will speak to the Michigan State Federation of Women's Clubs on October 16th.

Clara B. Arthur to Maragret Dreier Robins, September 23, 1912

Arthur asks Robins, on behalf of Jane Addams, to clarify Addams' speaking engagements in Colorado.

Meetings, Requests

Justin H. Forrest to Jane Addams, August 29, 1912

Forrest writes Addams about a message in the Los Angeles Tribuneabout "Jane Addams Choruses" greeting Theodore Roosevelt on the campaign trail.

Onsite, Progressive Party, Requests

Lucia Osbourne Ford Rutter to Margaret Dreier Robins, November 29, 1912.

Ford forwards a letter To Robins, and lets her know that Addams has declined an invitation.

Requests

Mike F. Matheny to Jane Addams, November 29, 1912

Matheny informs Addams about the Progressive legislation agenda and suffrage in West Virginia and asks her to be a part of it all.

Child Labor, Labor, Legislation, Progressive Party, Requests

Jane Addams to Margaret Dreier Robins, October 15, 1917

Addams tells Robins that she will confirm with Raymond Swing that he should not publish Raymond Robins' letters.

Peace, Requests

Jane Addams to Margaret Dreier Robins, February 26, 1924

Addams thanks Robins for her gift of oranges and sends sympathies for the death of her sister Dorothea Drieir.

Death, Thanks

Description

The collection contains records related to the life of Margaret Dreier Robins. Her involvement with the women's movement and trade unions is extensively documented. Additionally, the collection contains documents and correspondence regarding such specific topics as: prohibition, China, Florida, public health, social welfare, religious groups, the 'Peace Movement', political parties and campaigns, and women's suffrage. The collection also contains biographical material related to both her and her husband as well as correspondence between the two and records related to the Chinsegut Hill estate. Raymond Robins' life is also documented through several scrapbooks and photo albums and many of the clippings and publications reflect his activities as well as those of his wife. There are also records of Raymond Robins' father, Charles E. Robins.

Source

Finding Aid http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/Robins.htm

Alternative Title

Margaret Dreier Robins Papers