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Jan~l\ddamspapers Pro uesf Start here. --- This volume is a finding aid to a ProQuest Research Collection in Microform. To learn more visit: www.proquest.com or call (800) 521-0600 About ProQuest: ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company has forged a 70-year reputation as a gateway to the world's knowledge-from dissertations to governmental and cultural archives to news, in all its forms. Its role is essential to libraries and other organizations whose missions depend on the delivery of complete, trustworthy information. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway • P.O Box 1346 • Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 • USA •Tel: 734.461.4700 • Toll-free 800-521-0600 • www.proquest.com Jan~l\ddamspapers MARY LYNN McCREE BRYAN EDITOR Editorial Group Peter Clark Gail Miller Jane Colokathis Frank A. Ninkovich Beth Durham David N. Ruchman Ann D. Gordon Nancy Slote Dorothy Greene Johnson Lynn Weiner Barbara Starr UMf Published by BELL@HOWELL Information and Leaming Ann Arbor, Michigan 1985 The Jane Addams Papers Project is still searching for Jane Addams materials. Ifyou have knowledge ofAddams correspondence, documents, or writings not listed in this microfilm edition, please notify the editor, Mary Lynn McCree Bryan, Box 24, Fayetteville, North Caro lina 28302. Typesetting by Julie L. Johnson No part ofthis book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, xerography, or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission ofthe copyright owner. Copyright 1985 University ofIllinois at Chicago ISBN 0-8357-0692-3 For additional information, please contact: BELL@HOWELL Information and Learning 300 N. Zeeb Road, P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1346 Telephone: (734)761-4700 800-521-0600 www.bellhowell.infoleaming.com FOREWORD During her lifetime, Jane Addams was one of America's most famous and influential women. Her ideas and actions, as well as those of her friends and associates, significantly affected social policy in this country and the attitudes, standards, and goals of thousands of people throughout the world. The number and variety of projects, movements, and concerns in which Addams was involved is astonishing. Beginning in Chicago in 1889 when she cofounded the social settlement Hull-House with Ellen Gates Starr, Addams became a leader in the settlement movement and focused much of her energy on such reform issues as education, child and immigrant protection, suffrage, and improved working and living conditions for working men and women. During World War I, Jane Addams achieved reknown as a leader in the international peace movement. She was the principal founder of three peace organizations, those being the Woman's Peace Party, the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She served as president and honorary president of the last-named organization until her death in 1935. Addams' steadfast commitment to world peace, her constant work to promote a new international order, and her advocacy of civil liberties earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. It attests to Addams' energy that she had time to correspond with hundreds of people, to prepare the many articles and the eleven manuscripts that became her published books, and to write the texts of hundreds of speeches that she delivered throughout the country. The public Jane Addams and the private woman-friend to many and matriarchal figure to a large and dispersed family of siblings, nieces and nephews, and their children-are reflected in the materials that comprise The Jane Addams Papers. This brief guide to the microfilm edition is intended to assist the researcher in gaining access to the contents of the work. It is not intended as a comprehensive explanation, assessment of, or description of Addams, her papers, or the edition itself. Prepared primarily by the Editor and Nancy Slote, Associate Editor, the guide contains a brief chronology of the life of Addams, a note explaining the procedures and methodology used by the editorial group in preparing the work for publication, and a table of symbols and abbreviations. Information regarding the search, including a list of repositories and sources from which we received copies of Addams materials for the edition, the organization of the work, the editorial apparatus employed in presenting the edition, and the production of the microfilm is presented. iii The contents of the edition appears in outline form as a Table of Contents for the work. It is followed by reel notes describing the content and arrangement of the five major segments of the microfilm edition. A brief reel list completes the guide. It is with great pleasure that we present the microfilm edition of ~ Jane Addams Papers. Mary Lynn McCree Bryan Editor October 1985 iv GUIDE CONTENTS Foreword iii Guide Contents v Acknowledgements vi Editorial Group viii Jane Addams Chronology 1 Note on Preparation and Presentation of the Microfilm Edition 11 Symbols and Abbreviations Used in Edition and Guide 22 Table of Contents of Microfilm Edition 25 Reel Notes: - Correspondence 47 Documents 83 Writings 103 Hull-House Association Records 109 Clippings File 117 Addendum 119 Brief Reel List 127 v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Jane Addams Papers Project has been the recipient of assistance from hundreds of sources. Financial support has come from foundations and federal, grant-making agencies. With a deep sense of gratitude I wish to thank them and recognize them for their generosity: The National Historical Publications and Records Commission The National Endowment for the Humanities The Ford Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation The MacArthur Foundation Chicago Comm unity Trust Field Foundation of Illinois, Inc. Woods Charitable Fund, Inc. Mrs. Albert Pick, Jr. From May 1975 until May 1983, the University of Illinois at Chicago (formerly the University of IDinois at Chicago Circle) served as the host institution for the project. It provided headquarters for the project in the restored Jane Addams' Hull-House, located on the campus of the university, where we worked immersed in the ambiance of the settlement, and surrounded by the treasures, artifacts, and memorabilia of Jane Addams and her colleagues. I am grateful to have had this experience and wish to thank the University of IDinois at Chicago for it. In addition, I wish to thank Duke University for its generosity in serving as the project's host institution since May 1983. Members of the family of Jane Addams have been especially supportive of this undertaking. Not only have they given their blessings to the project, but they have provided materials for the edition as well as personal friendship, support, and encouragement as the work progressed. To the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, I owe particular thanks for making the core collection of the Jane Addams Papers available for the edition. Staff there has always been responsive to the needs of the project. Hundreds of archivists, librarians, and curators from repositories throughout the world have provided able assistance during the search and collection phases of the work. Numerous scholars have assisted in searching various collections as well as providing necessary translations. Such efforts by these generous participants contributed to bringing the edition to fruition. Friends and associates of Miss Addams, the Hull-House Association and individuals formerly associated with the settlement, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and so many others rate special recognition as well. I wish to say a special thank you to the staff of my publishers, especially to Howard McGinn, Pat Allen, Gerry Cook, Russell Gardner, and Gail Mccann vi who worked steadfastly to bring out the last edition to be produced by Microfilming Corporation of America in Sanford, North Carolina. To Sally Scarnecchia and her staff at Bell & Howell Information and Learning, who are now distributing the edition, I also extend my appreciation. Last, but by no means least, my gratitude and love to my husband, Norwood Bryan, who has remained loyal and supportive of my efforts to complete this work. Mary Lynn McCree Bryan October 1985 vn EDITORIAL GROUP The Jane Addams Papers is the result of an eight-year effort by a team of scholars. Names of the full-time editorial staff who served the project at various times as associate editors, assistant editors, editorial assistants, and assistants to the editor appear on the title page under Editorial Group. The microfilm edition has been the beneficiary of their experience, talent, and knowledge. All staff have worked to prepare the Correspondence Section of the edition. I wish especially to recognize the efforts of Gail Miller, Frank Ninkovich, Beth Durham, Dorothy Johnson, Jane Colokathis, and Nancy Slote. While Peter Clark began the development of the Writings Section, Nancy Slote, now Associate Editor, assumed that task and is largely responsible for the product as it appears in the edition. Ann Gordon, who served during the early days as Associate Editor, played a major and vital role in the search for Addams material and in designing the editorial apparatus by which the edition is presented. Lynn Weiner had primary responsibility for selecting and organizing the materials for the Documents Section, while Jane Colokathis performed in a similar capacity for the Hull-House Association Records. Barbara Starr served ably and loyally as Assistant to the