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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

A Plea for More Play, More Pay and More Education for Our Factory Girls and Boys, 1913

An essay collected from Addams' writings on children, child labor, and recreational opportunities in the city.

Child Labor Child Welfare Children Education Recreation

A Plea for More Play, More Pay and More Education for our Factory Girls and Boys, 1914

A compilation of Addams' writings on reducing child labor, and increasing playgrounds and education for working-class children.

Child Labor Children Education Hull-House Labor Morality Music Recreation Social Welfare Theater

Address at the Opening of the Joseph Tilton Bowen Country Club, June 22, 1912

Addams offers a memorial to Joseph Tilton Bowen and describes the creation of the Hull-House country club named after him.

Death Hull-House Lectures Philanthropy Recreation

Alfred Landon, Baker, Daniel Miner Lord, and Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, December 8, 1913

The group asks Blaine for a donation to help provide playgrounds for children.

Charity Children Recreation Requests

Allen Bartlitt Pond to Louise de Koven Bowen, May 8, 1917

Pond writes to Bowen regarding a bequest from the Schwabacher family for a summer camp to be operated in conjunction with the University of Chicago Settlement.

Children Hull-House Recreation Social Welfare

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

Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910

Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

Charity Child Welfare Conferences Lectures Philanthropy Recreation Settlement Movement Social Reform Social Work

Comments about a League for the Protection of Children, June 29, 1908

Addams discusses the work of the League for the Protection of Children, formed to advocate for the well being of children in Chicago. The comments were made during the National Education Association meeting.

Child Welfare Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Recreation

Comments at the Commercial Club Dinner, April 28, 1906 (excerpts)

Addams and Edward Dunne speak on Chicago's capacity to fund recreation and park spaces.

Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Philanthropy Recreation Youth

Dedication of Bomberger Park, June 30, 1908

Addams praises the new park established in Dayton and is drowned out by children's excitement.

Child Welfare Children Lectures Recreation

Edward B. DeGroot to Jane Addams, October 7, 1911

DeGroot writes Addams about his resignation from the South Park Systems.

Recreation Social Welfare

England's Bunker Hill, August 7, 1926

Barnett argues against a plan of redeveloping Bunker Hill in England into housing.

England Finance Recreation Requests War

Feeding Europe and Saving America, February 18, 1921 (excerpts)

Addams spoke to the Reading Chamber of Commerce on the role that the United States could play in reducing the humanitarian crisis in Europe.

Europe Food Shortages Foreign Policy Hull-House Immigrants Peace Recreation Relief Efforts Settlement Movement

George Albert Bellamy to Jane Addams, February 5, 1913

Bellamy asks Addams for suggestions on Cleveland's plan to develop a parks and recreation department.

Government Recreation Requests

Gertrude Howe Britton to Juvenile Protective Association Executive Board, July 11, 1911

Britton offers a detailed description of the work of the Juvenile Protective Agency.

Child Welfare Juvenile Delinquency Law Recreation

Graham Taylor to Jane Addams, July 12, 1924

Taylor tells Addams on about the success of summer programs at the Chicago Commons Farm Camp and seeks help fundraising for it.

Chicago Recreation Requests Settlements

Graham Taylor to Jane Addams, May 23, 1914

Taylor discusses finances and plans for summer camps for Hull-House boys and girls.

Children Finances Hull-House Recreation

Herbert Clark Hoover to Jane Addams, May 5, 1924

Hoover acknowledges Addams's letter and sends it to the Executive Chairman of the Committee on Outdoor Recreation.

Recreation Requests

Interview with Jane Addams, January 30, 1911

Addams and Marshall discuss play's positive effect on young children.

Children Crime Juvenile Delinquency Recreation

Interview with the Kansas City Star, April 20, 1908

Addams talks with a Kansas City Star reporter about increased political participation, recreation in cities and her work as garbage collector in Chicago.

Lectures Politics Recreation Social Work

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

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, June 1, 1913

Addams asks Blaine for a donation to the Hull-Hull-House Outing Fund. The letter, which probably went out to numerous others, was sent while Addams was abroad.

Children Hull-House Philanthropy Recreation Requests