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Jane Addams to Robert Alexander Gunn, February 3, 1920

Addams asks Gunn to support his charges of radicalism at Hull-House.

Criticism Hull-House World War I

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, March 23, 1918

Addams thanks Kellogg for his Red Cross books and praises his work in Europe.

Social Work Travels World War I

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June 4, 1919

Addams tells Smith about the illness of Harriet Herrick and her plans to leave Europe.

Health Onsite Peace Travels

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June 23, 1919

Addams tells Smith she will likely be sailing home soon.

Health Onsite Relief Efforts Travels

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, June 14, 1919

Addams tells Smith about her social activities in England and plans for returning home.

England Peace Travels

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, April 24, 1919

Addams tells Smith about their days in France, travel plans and meetings.

France Help!Peace Travels

Jane Addams to Mary Rozet Smith, April 18, 1919

Addams writes from the ship about the delegation aboard asks Smith to send a message to Mary Wilmarth.

Help!Peace Travels

Jane Addams to Julia Clifford Lathrop, June 30, 1917

Addams discusses Raymond Robins' assignment in Russia and Hull-House affairs.

Charities Russia

Jane Addams to Ernesto Giuseppe Fabbri, June 21, 1917

Addams tells Fabbri that she cannot donate to the American Red Cross because she is already contributing to it in Chicago.

Charity Requests World War I

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, March 20, 1920

Addams answers many of Balch's questions regarding travel in 1921, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom personnel, and the summer school plans.

Food Shortages Lectures Meetings Peace Prisoners of War Relief Efforts Travels

Jane Addams to Eleanor Daggett Karsten, March 17, 1917

Addams tells Karsten that she agrees that peace workers should be willing to do Red Cross work if the need arises.

Help!Peace World War I

Jane Addams to Alice Thacher Post, December 17, 1918

Addams encourages Post to go abroad as an alternate delegate of the Committee of Five and tells her about the difficulties she and others have been having securing passports.

Conferences Peace Recommendations Requests Travels

James Grover McDonald to Jane Addams, May 12, 1920

McDonald updates Addams on the need for substantial aid to Eastern Europe to avoid political chaos and on political upheaval in Mexico.

Europe Foreign Policy League of Nations Mexico Relief Efforts

Interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 5, 1918

Addams discusses the effects of the war on young girls and women, efforts to ban German-language newspapers, and food conservation efforts.

Immigrants Morality Recreation World War I

Illinois Vigilance Association, May 2, 1921

A description of the Illinois Vigilance Association's new campaign.

Eugenics Illinois Social Purity

Feed the World and Save the League, 1920 (fragment)

Addams discusses the League of Nations plans to reconstruct Europe after the war.

England Food Shortages Foreign Policy Germany Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Peace Relief Efforts

Ernest Flagg Henderson to Jane Addams, June 24, 1917

Henderson describes pro-World War I propaganda and tells Addams that he now supports peace.

Germany Peace Public Opinion World War I

Emma Wold to Jane Addams, February 11, 1920

Wold invites Addams to join the American Women's Emergency Committee that is sending relief to children in Russia.

Relief Efforts Requests Russia

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, March 19, 1920

Balch introduces Addams to Géza Dell-Adami who is working to free Siberian prisoners of war.

Introduction Peace Prisoners of War Requests

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, August 29, 1919

Balch sends Addams an appeal for food relief for Germany and Austria.

Food Shortages Peace Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, August 10, 1920

Balch tells Addams of Yella Hertzka's upcoming trip to the United States.

Peace Prisoners of War Relief Efforts

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Katherine Davis Cumberson, May 28, 1917

Karsten updates Cumberson on plans for the Congress After the War and questions the California branch's decision to serve as a Red Cross unit if needed.

Peace