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A Fourth of July Anticipation at the Abraham Lincoln Centre, June 28, 1908

Addams speaks about the benefits of public parks to the community. The remarks were published on July 2, 1908.

Crime Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Recreation

Address to Merchant's Club, March 8, 1902

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

Crime Crime Enforcement Poverty

Address to the Chicago Business Women's Club, April, 1902

Addams addresses the Chicago Business Women's Club on factors that may cause children to grow into "tramps."

Child Labor Child Welfare Crime Lectures

Address to the Merchant's Club, March 8, 1902

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

Child Welfare Courts Crime Immigrants Lectures Poverty

Agnes Hosmer Morey to Jane Addams, November 10, 1917

Morey writes to Addams to ask her to contact President Wilson about intervening in the detention of Alice Paul and Rose Wilson.

Crime Requests Woman Suffrage

Albion W. Small to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune, March 14, 1908

Small criticizes the Chicago Tribune's coverage of the Averbuch Incident, specifically discussing meetings between Jane Addams and others in John Maynard Harlan's office.

Anarchism Crime

Alcock, John Henry (1871-1941)

Crime Illinois Immigrants Immigration Police

Alia, Giuseppe Guarnaccio (1858-1908) Also known as Guarnaccio, Giuseppe (1858-1908)

Anarchism Crime Italy

Alice Stone Blackwell to Jane Addams, April 17, 1921

Blackwell asks Addams to help efforts to aid Soghomon Tehlirian, the assassin of Turkish leader Mehmet Talaat.

Armenia Crime Genocide Germany Requests

Alvey Augustus Adee to Jane Addams, April 27, 1920

Alvee tells Addams that the State Department cannot interview in John Reed's arrest save to assure he has a fair trial.

Anti-radicalism Crime Finland Foreign Policy Government

Amuse to Help Save Souls (Excerpt), October 9, 1910

Newspaper report of Addams' speech on the need for entertainments among the poor in Chicago. The speech was given for the Sunday Evening Club.

Crime Lectures Poverty Recreation Youth

An Alle, dis noch wie Menschen emfinden, ca. March 1920 Also known as To all who still feel like humans, ca. March 1920

Misař describes political turmoil and oppression against Socialists and Jews in Hungary.

Anti-radicalism Anti-Semitism Communism Crime Democracy Germany Government Hungary Religion Russia War

Anna Marcet Haldeman to Jane Addams, February 1916 (fragment)

Haldeman recounts a recent forgery case for Addams.

Business Crime Onsite

Anna Marcet Haldeman to Jane Addams, February 1916 (fragment)

Haldeman tells Addams about a forgery case that she has been dealing with.

Crime Family

Anonymous to "Chicago Record-Herald"- Editor

An anonymous writer apologizes for his misunderstanding of the biases of the Record-Herald against the police. Addams received a copy of this letter.

Crime Crime Enforcement Journalism

Averbuch Incident (1908)

Crime Government Immigrants

Becker, Charles (1870-1915)

Crime Police

Beggs, Carrie Shult (1885-1947)

Crime United States

Beilis, Menahem Mendel (1874-1934)

Crime Religion Russia

Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, June 5, 1914

Lindsey thanks Addams for her help with the Ludlow Massacre and tells of the threats he as received and his anxiety over rising violence in the United States.

Crime Government Labor Requests