Hull-House Association Records

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Edmond M. Dunne to Jane Addams, December 31, 1901

Dunne offers holiday greetings and accepts Addams' invitation to visit.

Friends Holidays Hull-House Visits

Hull-House Year Book 1906-1907

Annual report of Hull-House, covering the activities, operations, and administration.

Gambling Hull-House

Hull-House 1889-1909, 1909

Addams reports on Hull-House's facilities and social services on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary, providing a sense of the costs of maintaining buildings and programs, and ending with an appeal for financial support.

Charities Finances Hull-House

Maurice S. Kuhns to Jane Addams, January 6, 1913

Kuhns sends Addams financial information about the Joseph T. Bowen Country Club for approval of the Hull-House Trustees.

Finances Hull-House Requests

Joseph T. Bowen Country Club Land Values, ca. January 6, 1913

Financial records explaining the property values of lands held by the Joseph T. Bowen Country Club and the Hull-House Association.

Finances Hull-House

Jane Addams to Charles P. Schwartz, August 11, 1915

Addams sends Schwartz a letter from Charles French regarding her role as William Orr's guardian.

Courts Requests

Charles N. French to Jane Addams, July 19, 1915

French advises Addams to clear up the issue of her guardianship of the estate of William Orr.

Children Finances Requests

Charles P. Schwartz to A. R. Hodges, May 5, 1915

In Addams' absence, Schwartz is willing to meet Hodges to discuss an overdue bill.

Finances

Mary Rozet Smith to Charles P. Schwartz, August 26, 1915

Smith encloses a letter from William C. Orr to Addams so that Schwartz can get in touch with him.

Requests

William C. Orr to Jane Addams, August 20, 1915

Orr sends Addams contact information.

Requests

Jane Addams to William Orr, September 1, 1915

Addams was put in charge of Orr's estate until he was of age, and now that he is old enough, Addams would like him to go to court and regain control of his estate.

Courts Finances Requests

Declaration of appearance to close final accounting and remove final guardianship, September 11, 1915

Addams is removed as the guardian of Orr's estate and put in Orr's name.

Finances

Jane Addams to Clara Landsberg, June 9, 1917

Addams sends Landsberg some information (not found) and asks her to destroy it.

Requests

Whittier Burnet to Jane Addams, February 9, 1920

Burnet sends Addams a poem he wrote after hearing her speak.

Lectures Praise

Helen Culver to Jane Addams, October 19, 1920

Culver donates $250,000 in bonds to Hull-House and retires from the Hull-House board of trustees asking that Charles Hull Ewing take her place.

Finances Hull-House Philanthropy

Ellsworth Faris to Jane Addams, November 24, 1922

Faris thanks Addams for a donation from Hull House for boys in the stockyard districts.

Child Welfare Hull-House Settlements Thanks

Jane Addams to Charles Henry Dennis, November 2, 1923

Addams tells Dennis that she has gathered names of people who can help with the American Peace Award.

Peace Requests

Description

The collection consists primarily of materials generated or collected by the central administrative office of Hull House Association and documents the history, leadership, activities, and mission of the organization. It also includes materials relating to the affiliates and the administrative records from two affiliate centers: the Jane Addams Center and the Uptown Center. The materials in the collection span the years from 1889 to 1999, but the bulk of material is from approximately 1963 to 1979.

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Description: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52770565

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Hull-House Association Records